Erroneous road signs

[KG909]

Should be CA 99

I assume this is an old photo based on the grain and (what looks like) button copy, but weren't old California interstates signed with state-named shields? And that is an honest question...I keep contradicting myself, one moment thinking they did and other moments thinking they didn't.

Yeah it's pretty old but no I'm sure this was a mistake or something. I don't think California ever signed its highways with interstate shields.

Well of course, no doubt. But I'm wondering if the use of I-99 was intentional (based on reading above) or not. I'm not familiar with the original I-99 plans (if there were any) but perhaps the signage was placed in preparation for an eventual implementation. Then again, it would still be erroneous because I-99 never truly existed in that place and at that time (nor now even).

Oh no we were just messing around. Yet I wouldn't be surprised if they tried intentionally because I-238 exists here.

[jakeroot]

Should be CA 99

I assume this is an old photo based on the grain and (what looks like) button copy, but weren't old California interstates signed with state-named shields? And that is an honest question...I keep contradicting myself, one moment thinking they did and other moments thinking they didn't.

Yeah it's pretty old but no I'm sure this was a mistake or something. I don't think California ever signed its highways with interstate shields.

Well of course, no doubt. But I'm wondering if the use of I-99 was intentional (based on reading above) or not. I'm not familiar with the original I-99 plans (if there were any) but perhaps the signage was placed in preparation for an eventual implementation. Then again, it would still be erroneous because I-99 never truly existed in that place and at that time (nor now even).

Oh no we were just messing around. Yet I wouldn't be surprised if they tried intentionally because I-238 exists here.

Dammit. Though CalTrans can be ambitious sometimes.

[MarkF]

Here's another Caltrans route promotion, should be CA 241:


This was taken in 2006, I think the sign was up for a few years, but it was on a then uncompleted stretch of Alton Pkwy, so not much exposure at the time.

BTW, a new sign with a CA 5 shield went up on southbound Sand Canyon in Irvine just north of I-5. Don't know if this is Caltrans' work or Irvine's.  I'll try to get a photo the next time I go by it.

[roadman65]

https://flic.kr/p/p4h6Nt
https://flic.kr/p/pjswnL
This is how most of the US 19, 98, and 27 Alternate concurrency is signed.  ALT US 27 is on top always, with one directional header for all three routes with the ALT banner in between the direction and all three routes too giving it the impression that US 19 & 98 are also alternate routes.

[formulanone]

https://flic.kr/p/p4h6Nt
https://flic.kr/p/pjswnL
This is how most of the US 19, 98, and 27 Alternate concurrency is signed.  ALT US 27 is on top always, with one directional header for all three routes with the ALT banner in between the direction and all three routes too giving it the impression that US 19 & 98 are also alternate routes.

Which is why we either need to deprecate Alternate 27 (and call the non-multiplexed section FL 500).

Or just go back to colored Kodachrome unishields (not going to happen, though they had the directional banners on them).

[yakra]

Ping Kurumi...

[yakra]

Shot about ten hours ago at Fore River Parkway (US1A) and I-295:

[jakeroot]

Shot about ten hours ago at Fore River Parkway (US1A) and I-295:

Gonna have to expand there, mate.

[roadman65]

The arrow in this assembly for US 221 is totally incorrect.  It should be a doubleheader with the other end of the arrow pointing straight ahead.

US 221 joins US 41 for a brief period along Perimeter Road in Valdosta after leaving a longer concurrency with US 84 between Valdosta and Quittman here.

[formulanone]

Shot about ten hours ago at Fore River Parkway (US1A) and I-295:

Gonna have to expand there, mate.

I'm going to guess the diamond sign with the left and right angled arrows is improperly used. It's to signify that both lanes are for the same direction of travel, but with an obstruction such as a median, pillar, or construction zone.

Using it to denote a gore point for an on-ramp is weird.

[odditude]

Shot about ten hours ago at Fore River Parkway (US1A) and I-295:

Gonna have to expand there, mate.

I'm going to guess the diamond sign with the left and right angled arrows is improperly used. It's to signify that both lanes are for the same direction of travel, but with an obstruction such as a median, pillar, or construction zone.

Using it to denote a gore point for an on-ramp is weird.

i figured it was because the interchange is with I-295.

[roadfro]

Shot about ten hours ago at Fore River Parkway (US1A) and I-295:

Gonna have to expand there, mate.

I'm going to guess the diamond sign with the left and right angled arrows is improperly used. It's to signify that both lanes are for the same direction of travel, but with an obstruction such as a median, pillar, or construction zone.

Using it to denote a gore point for an on-ramp is weird.

That is an acceptable use of the double-arrow sign.

[Kacie Jane]

No offense guys, but I think they did spell it out pretty well. It's at the intersection of Fore River Parkway and I-295. That's an I-95 shield.

Must predate the renumbering to keep I-95 on the turnpike.

[formulanone]

My brain is in debt with stupid, so I didn't notice the "295" in the post.

[roadman65]

My brain is in debt with stupid, so I didn't notice the "295" in the post.

At least you did not have our resident bipolar troll in this thread to tell you this LOL!

[NE2]

Fuck you. I'm tripolar. I jump between awesome, awesomer, and awesomest.

You, on the other hand, are classic passive-aggressive.

[Revive 755]

Semi erroneous sequence on eastbound County A26 at the McHenry County border with Lake County in NE Illinois:

Streetview of End/McHenry County A26/Bay Road

Streetview of East/Lake County A26/Big Hollow Road a few hundred feet east of the end assembly.

[hbelkins]

You, on the other hand, are classic passive-aggressive.

Hey, don't knock being passive-aggressive. It can be a pretty handy trait to have sometimes.

The arrow in this assembly for US 221 is totally incorrect.  It should be a doubleheader with the other end of the arrow pointing straight ahead.

Arrow errors are pretty common in Kentucky.

[1995hoo]

Fuck you. I'm tripolar. I jump between awesome, awesomer, and awesomest.

You, on the other hand, are classic passive-aggressive.

Yawn 

[Kacie Jane]

My brain is in debt with stupid, so I didn't notice the "295" in the post.

At least you did not have our resident bipolar troll in this thread to tell you this LOL!

Fuck you. I'm tripolar. I jump between awesome, awesomer, and awesomest.

You, on the other hand, are classic passive-aggressive.

Wait, I thought I was the bipolar troll?  Though I guess I still can be if NE2 claims to have an additional pole.

[Brandon]

My brain is in debt with stupid, so I didn't notice the "295" in the post.

At least you did not have our resident bipolar troll in this thread to tell you this LOL!

Fuck you. I'm tripolar. I jump between awesome, awesomer, and awesomest.

You, on the other hand, are classic passive-aggressive.

Wait, I thought I was the bipolar troll?  Though I guess I still can be if NE2 claims to have an additional pole.

I'd guess he has an additional leg as well. 

[jakeroot]

No offense guys, but I think they did spell it out pretty well. It's at the intersection of Fore River Parkway and I-295. That's an I-95 shield.

Must predate the renumbering to keep I-95 on the turnpike.

I must have used this same meme at least three times, but it has many uses:

Shot about ten hours ago at Fore River Parkway (US1A) and I-295:

Gonna have to expand there, mate.

I'm going to guess the diamond sign with the left and right angled arrows is improperly used. It's to signify that both lanes are for the same direction of travel, but with an obstruction such as a median, pillar, or construction zone.

Using it to denote a gore point for an on-ramp is weird.

That is an acceptable use of the double-arrow sign.

MUTCD Section 2C.25: The Double Arrow (W12-1) sign...may be used to advise road users that...traffic separated by this sign may either rejoin or change directions.

I see this double-arrow sign most everyday now, and it's interesting because it also has two flashing yellow arrows above the sign pointing in the same direction as the two black arrows. The road itself splits at this location:



I see the double-arrow sign used a lot in New Zealand at slip lane splits:

[TEG24601]

Thanks in large part to a post over in Sine Salad, I found an Erroneous road sign in Yarmouth, NS.



The sign is at the Western Terminus of NS 103.  It indicates that this road is NS 101, which it is not, it is simply a local road.  NS 101 is about 2500' straight ahead.  The "To" portion is correct, and the whole sign would be correct if the two and the 101 shield were swapped.


NS 101 and NS 103 were original supposed to be continuations of each other (forming a loop from Halifax to Yarmouth on both the North and South shores), but it appears now that that may never happen, with this, Breezewood style gap.

[yakra]

i figured it was because the interchange is with I-295.

Ding ding ding!

No offense guys, but I think they did spell it out pretty well. It's at the intersection of Fore River Parkway and I-295. That's an I-95 shield.

Must predate the renumbering to keep I-95 on the turnpike.

I travel thru here fairly regularly, and it's only shown up in the last couple weeks. July 2011 StreetView looks right. I wonder what happened, if the sine got jüted or something...
This is at part of what I call "Classic" I-295, which was never intended to be part of I-95.

[jakeroot]

No offense guys, but I think they did spell it out pretty well. It's at the intersection of Fore River Parkway and I-295. That's an I-95 shield.

Must predate the renumbering to keep I-95 on the turnpike.

I travel thru here fairly regularly, and it's only shown up in the last couple weeks. July 2011 StreetView looks right. I wonder what happened, if the sine got jüted or something...
This is at part of what I call "Classic" I-295, which was never intended to be part of I-95.

The old 295 shield was state-named, so it was probably old and someone decided it needed replacing. Some silly DOT worker obviously was paying no attention to the fact that the road is 295, and put up 95.

Just a classic fuck-up, is my guess.