Unique, Odd, or Interesting Signs aka The good, the bad, and the ugly

[Bruce]

A clearance sign for a bike/pedestrian only overpass in Kirkland, WA:



(Taken from a Twitter follow)

[Scott5114]

Actually kind of relevant since a particularly tall person on a bike could have problems with an overpass that low.

[plain]

Yao Ming and Tacko Fall might want to duck a little if they happen to hike there.

[thenetwork]

Actually kind of relevant since a particularly tall person on a bike could have problems with an overpass that low.

They do that on the Riverfront Trail near Loma and Fruita, CO when the trail ducks under I-70.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/Dev9iFQvSv1LhtR7A
The NJ 19 shield has a lot to be desired.


https://goo.gl/maps/UTBCvxfwDrrFmV457
Since when is NJ using square design shields?

[Scott5114]

https://goo.gl/maps/Dev9iFQvSv1LhtR7A
The NJ 19 shield has a lot to be desired.

I mean, it's 100% standard other than using Series E(M) for the digits. Not exactly the most attractive design in my opinion, but there's nothing really wrong with it.

https://goo.gl/maps/UTBCvxfwDrrFmV457
Since when is NJ using square design shields?

If you look closely you can see a white circle on an off-white background square. Fabrication error, perhaps?

[JoePCool14]

Sign on the right here just seems like a Keep Right sign with extra steps.

https://goo.gl/maps/81kqFHRXTrDMG9v96

[Rothman]

Sign on the right here just seems like a Keep Right sign with extra steps.

https://goo.gl/maps/81kqFHRXTrDMG9v96

Heh.  Somebody didn't want to admit the Do Not Enter sign was a bad idea.

[kphoger]

A clearance sign for a bike/pedestrian only overpass in Kirkland, WA:



(Taken from a Twitter follow)

Actually kind of relevant since a particularly tall person on a bike could have problems with an overpass that low.

Reminds me of this even wackier example at the recently constructed 13th Street flyover, here in Wichita:  https://goo.gl/maps/KnVDwicrDcq7BNWq5

[ClassicHasClass]

https://goo.gl/maps/Dev9iFQvSv1LhtR7A
The NJ 19 shield has a lot to be desired.

I mean, it's 100% standard other than using Series E(M) for the digits. Not exactly the most attractive design in my opinion, but there's nothing really wrong with it.

https://goo.gl/maps/UTBCvxfwDrrFmV457
Since when is NJ using square design shields?

If you look closely you can see a white circle on an off-white background square. Fabrication error, perhaps?

On the NJ 19 ramp, if you move along, you can see the exact same type of sign but with a proper circle, so the NJ 4 one might be just faded.

Love the NJ 19 button copy!

[Scott5114]

A clearance sign for a bike/pedestrian only overpass in Kirkland, WA:



(Taken from a Twitter follow)

Actually kind of relevant since a particularly tall person on a bike could have problems with an overpass that low.

Reminds me of this even wackier example at the recently constructed 13th Street flyover, here in Wichita:  https://goo.gl/maps/KnVDwicrDcq7BNWq5

Don't want to bump your head while you're traipsing around in the brush under a freeway interchange. That'd be bad.

[ethanhopkin14]

A clearance sign for a bike/pedestrian only overpass in Kirkland, WA:



(Taken from a Twitter follow)

Actually kind of relevant since a particularly tall person on a bike could have problems with an overpass that low.

Reminds me of this even wackier example at the recently constructed 13th Street flyover, here in Wichita:  https://goo.gl/maps/KnVDwicrDcq7BNWq5

That's awesome!  I've seen bridges over roads less marked than this area where if you are driving over these bushes in a creek looking area on the other side of a chain link fence.

[kphoger]

For what it's worth, the path appears to be an access road to the Big Ditch.  There is a gate in the fence at the south end, visible here.

[J N Winkler]

For what it's worth, the path appears to be an access road to the Big Ditch.  There is a gate in the fence at the south end, visible here.

There are multiple accesses--I've used (on foot only) the ones off Zoo Boulevard between the bridge and the I-235 ramps and at the I-235 bridge over the Arkansas River just to the northwest of where 21st Street bends south to become West Street.

Instead of embankment at the I-235 end, the 13th Street flyover bridges have extra length supported on piers that are all hammerhead, no handle.  This is not just to leave enough clearance for a maintenance access, but also to avoid interfering with the flood control function.

[kphoger]

For what it's worth, the path appears to be an access road to the Big Ditch.  There is a gate in the fence at the south end, visible here.

There are multiple accesses--I've used (on foot only) the ones off Zoo Boulevard between the bridge and the I-235 ramps and at the I-235 bridge over the Arkansas River just to the northwest of where 21st Street bends south to become West Street.

Instead of embankment at the I-235 end, the 13th Street flyover bridges have extra length supported on piers that are all hammerhead, no handle.  This is not just to leave enough clearance for a maintenance access, but also to avoid interfering with the flood control function.

You and I (and some others on here) have probably walked right where that access road is...

[hbelkins]

For what it's worth, the path appears to be an access road to the Big Ditch.  There is a gate in the fence at the south end, visible here.

There are multiple accesses--I've used (on foot only) the ones off Zoo Boulevard between the bridge and the I-235 ramps and at the I-235 bridge over the Arkansas River just to the northwest of where 21st Street bends south to become West Street.

Instead of embankment at the I-235 end, the 13th Street flyover bridges have extra length supported on piers that are all hammerhead, no handle.  This is not just to leave enough clearance for a maintenance access, but also to avoid interfering with the flood control function.

You and I (and some others on here) have probably walked right where that access road is...

Didn't we go there during the Wichita meet in 2013?

[J N Winkler]

For what it's worth, the path appears to be an access road to the Big Ditch.  There is a gate in the fence at the south end, visible here.

There are multiple accesses--I've used (on foot only) the ones off Zoo Boulevard between the bridge and the I-235 ramps and at the I-235 bridge over the Arkansas River just to the northwest of where 21st Street bends south to become West Street.

Instead of embankment at the I-235 end, the 13th Street flyover bridges have extra length supported on piers that are all hammerhead, no handle.  This is not just to leave enough clearance for a maintenance access, but also to avoid interfering with the flood control function.

You and I (and some others on here) have probably walked right where that access road is...

Didn't we go there during the Wichita meet in 2013?

Yes, it was the first stop after the meet lunch.  We explored the construction site from the west side of I-235, and several attendees examined the pier foundations.  We did not move over to the east side, where Berean Baptist Church was in the process of (or perhaps had finished) erecting a replacement of their main building that they presumably funded with their right-of-way settlement.  (Hoover Road, which bounds their property on the west, needed to be displaced a bit to the east to accommodate the northbound-to-westbound connector.)  Sadly, this brand-new building was destroyed by fire soon after the flyover opened.  It was a shame--it had been finished in brick with limestone accents.

[kphoger]

Didn't we go there during the Wichita meet in 2013?

Yep, that was the site of the Attack of the Goat Heads.

[1995hoo]

Something prompted me to look at Google Maps for Far Rockaway, where my father's mother once lived (she died almost 30 years ago). In nosing around, I discovered a rather interesting sign just inside New York city limits prohibiting moving from the Seagirt Boulevard service road onto westbound Seagirt Boulevard. (Sorry to have to post a Street View link, but I have not been to Far Rockaway since the days after my grandmother died and I was up there for the funeral.) I have never seen a sign like that anywhere else, though it's an eminently clear sign and it makes perfect sense right there because there are some trees between the service road and the main road coupled with traffic coming off the Nassau Expressway at relatively high speeds, such that they want service road traffic to move over one block further down.

[kphoger]

it makes perfect sense right there because there are some trees between the service road and the main road coupled with traffic coming off the Nassau Expressway at relatively high speeds, such that they want service road traffic to move over one block further down.

And yet apparently that isn't a concern when it comes to traffic approaching from the side street itself, turning from a right angle...

[hbelkins]

Didn't we go there during the Wichita meet in 2013?

Yep, that was the site of the Attack of the Goat Heads.

That's what I was thinking.

[7/8]

it makes perfect sense right there because there are some trees between the service road and the main road coupled with traffic coming off the Nassau Expressway at relatively high speeds, such that they want service road traffic to move over one block further down.

And yet apparently that isn't a concern when it comes to traffic approaching from the side street itself, turning from a right angle...

Yeah, that whole situation seems very confusing. Why not just close the access between Beach 6th and Seagirt, since that area can be accessed from Beach 9th anyway?

Also, that "No Turn" sign doesn't seem that clear to me. Usually those black-on-white arrow signs mean you have to go that way, and this example means the exact opposite. I think it should add the red circle with strike-through (typical for no turn restrictions). Alternatively, this sign would also work if it were allowed in the US...

[kphoger]

Also, that "No Turn" sign doesn't seem that clear to me. Usually those black-on-white arrow signs mean you have to go that way, and this example means the exact opposite. I think it should add the red circle with strike-through (typical for no turn restrictions).

Something like this?

[7/8]

Also, that "No Turn" sign doesn't seem that clear to me. Usually those black-on-white arrow signs mean you have to go that way, and this example means the exact opposite. I think it should add the red circle with strike-through (typical for no turn restrictions).

Something like this?

Yeah exactly!

[JoePCool14]

Also, that "No Turn" sign doesn't seem that clear to me. Usually those black-on-white arrow signs mean you have to go that way, and this example means the exact opposite. I think it should add the red circle with strike-through (typical for no turn restrictions).

Something like this?

I would add a stem on your arrow so it looks more like the standard No Left/Right Turn signs.