Erroneous road signs

[Rothman]

(Boston, MA-Longwood area) A rare appearance of the default circle state shield. FYI, MassDOT uses square shields on state routes, including this one.
GSV and photo are from July 2019. The shield was removed sometime between then and the following GSV snapshot in November 2020.

NJ shields in MA aren't that rare, especially on MA 9.  There probably are still a couple in the Amherst-Hadley-Northampton area.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

"2 or More Persons per 'Vehilce'"

https://www.startribune.com/mndot-s-typo-on-new-i-35w-signs-has-motorists-laughing/600089616/?fbclid=IwAR0SveOeIXf0qcFqg9FQ-oYjvDihYMhYmIq0Jwn81gGMS0MKwWVUopu3Jz0

[J3ebrules]

That's a long sign for something so incorrect. I was debating whether this photo goes under US/State Shield Mixups, but it's not a shield and looks like a fairly new sign.

[SkyPesos]

"NJ state highway route" ... that's a mouthful of redundancy there.

[hbelkins]

"NJ state highway route" ... that's a mouthful of redundancy there.

It's a cheap Carl Rogers imitation.

Hey, if they can have US Federal Routes, then why not NJ State Highway Routes?

[kphoger]

Well, there are no federal routes, right?  Therefore, the road is in fact {N.J. State Highway} {Route 130}.   

[JoePCool14]

Clearly they were trying oh so hard to convince everyone else that they were right!

[kphoger]

Good grief!  It's not even unique, either:

https://goo.gl/maps/G8vmnrFzqx5WZcz67
https://goo.gl/maps/SaiiUiC1jK7SvDQE7

[Scott5114]

What, it's you mean it's not N.J. State Highway Trunk Road Route 130?

All those words, and yet they still abbreviate NJ...At that point just admit that you're going for the Guinness record for longest street blade and own it.

Also, been a while since I saw chocolate Series B.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/KncsaUXQUXytGjYc8

There is a sign informing motorists that NJ 23 goes to the same left that is prohibited by law.


Why not just have a NJ 23 shield without arrows like we have in Florida?

Ditto here at same intersection.
https://goo.gl/maps/32h85J47HzCR5SiP9
Just post the shield with no directions being here no turns either way are permitted.

[Scott5114]

Because you can turn onto NJ 23 south there, it's just that to do it, you have to use a jughandle.

[jeffandnicole]

https://goo.gl/maps/KncsaUXQUXytGjYc8

There is a sign informing motorists that NJ 23 goes to the same left that is prohibited by law.


Why not just have a NJ 23 shield without arrows like we have in Florida?

Ditto here at same intersection.
https://goo.gl/maps/32h85J47HzCR5SiP9
Just post the shield with no directions being here no turns either way are permitted.

That signage is pretty standard throughout the state.  Nothing wrong with it, because it's only indicating which way a route goes - it's not telling you to make the turn.  Routes are also signed at off ramps and one-way streets where there's no possibility of entering the roadway.

[mrsman]

What, it's you mean it's not N.J. State Highway Trunk Road Route 130?

All those words, and yet they still abbreviate NJ...At that point just admit that you're going for the Guinness record for longest street blade and own it.

Also, been a while since I saw chocolate Series B.

I think it should also be pointed out that this highway is actually U.S. 130, not NJ-130.

So while it is a NJ State Highway in the sense that NJ maintains it, just like it maintains other US highways within its borders, most would not call it NJ-130 since it is a US route.

Google maps names this street as Burlington Pike.  I wonder whether "Burlington Pike" or "US 130" or "Route 130" or "Highway 130" is used by locals to refer to the street and which of the above is used for purposes of mailing addresses.

[Occidental Tourist]

https://goo.gl/maps/KncsaUXQUXytGjYc8

There is a sign informing motorists that NJ 23 goes to the same left that is prohibited by law.


Why not just have a NJ 23 shield without arrows like we have in Florida?

Ditto here at same intersection.
https://goo.gl/maps/32h85J47HzCR5SiP9
Just post the shield with no directions being here no turns either way are permitted.

Because you can turn onto NJ 23 south there, it's just that to do it, you have to use a jughandle.

And at the jughandle up ahead, it lets you know that you should use it for left turns and U-turns . . . except I don't see how you could do a U-turn using it, at least not for Kiel/Kinnelon.  Are they talking about a U-turn from 23 north to 23 south?

Edit: I found this comment in the other thread raising the same issue immediately after I posted.

[odditude]

What, it's you mean it's not N.J. State Highway Trunk Road Route 130?

All those words, and yet they still abbreviate NJ...At that point just admit that you're going for the Guinness record for longest street blade and own it.

Also, been a while since I saw chocolate Series B.

I think it should also be pointed out that this highway is actually U.S. 130, not NJ-130.

So while it is a NJ State Highway in the sense that NJ maintains it, just like it maintains other US highways within its borders, most would not call it NJ-130 since it is a US route.

Google maps names this street as Burlington Pike.  I wonder whether "Burlington Pike" or "US 130" or "Route 130" or "Highway 130" is used by locals to refer to the street and which of the above is used for purposes of mailing addresses.

it's locally known as Route 130, at least as far back as the 80's.

[roadman65]

In NJ logs all US routes are also state designations.  That is why no duplicate route numbers like other states do.  So even though I-80 is signed and referred to as an interstate, in the minds of NJDOT, its NJ 80 or State Route 80.

[jeffandnicole]

What, it's you mean it's not N.J. State Highway Trunk Road Route 130?

All those words, and yet they still abbreviate NJ...At that point just admit that you're going for the Guinness record for longest street blade and own it.

Also, been a while since I saw chocolate Series B.

I think it should also be pointed out that this highway is actually U.S. 130, not NJ-130.

So while it is a NJ State Highway in the sense that NJ maintains it, just like it maintains other US highways within its borders, most would not call it NJ-130 since it is a US route.

Google maps names this street as Burlington Pike.  I wonder whether "Burlington Pike" or "US 130" or "Route 130" or "Highway 130" is used by locals to refer to the street and which of the above is used for purposes of mailing addresses.

it's locally known as Route 130, at least as far back as the 80's.

I posted this one or one similar on a Facebook group page, and some guy gave me a lot of gruff about it because it was "correct".  He wasn't correct, but, whatever.    I think street blades like this get mixed up in translation, and someone in the office verbally says what they're used to saying, and it somehow gets translated to what you see here.  Yet, on other street blades:  "US 130". 

So there's no uniformity.  But there really should be.  Along with the general public motoring along, street blades serve as guidance for emergency responders and those in an emergency. 

[J3ebrules]

What, it's you mean it's not N.J. State Highway Trunk Road Route 130?

All those words, and yet they still abbreviate NJ...At that point just admit that you're going for the Guinness record for longest street blade and own it.

Also, been a while since I saw chocolate Series B.

I think it should also be pointed out that this highway is actually U.S. 130, not NJ-130.

So while it is a NJ State Highway in the sense that NJ maintains it, just like it maintains other US highways within its borders, most would not call it NJ-130 since it is a US route.

Google maps names this street as Burlington Pike.  I wonder whether "Burlington Pike" or "US 130" or "Route 130" or "Highway 130" is used by locals to refer to the street and which of the above is used for purposes of mailing addresses.

I actually live right off of US 130 (the photo is a bit north of me), and I and my neighbors and everyone at the dog park just calls it "130" .

But yeah, I know in this era that US highways are state-maintained... but it's still a US Highway, not an NJ one.

[SkyPesos]

What, it's you mean it's not N.J. State Highway Trunk Road Route 130?

All those words, and yet they still abbreviate NJ...At that point just admit that you're going for the Guinness record for longest street blade and own it.

Could write the number out to make it even longer

"New Jersey United States State Highway Trunk Road Route One Thirty" 

[chrismarion100]

Update WISDot have fix the distance to I-94 and I made a mistake so the distance to Chippewa Falls was right.

A sign where both distances are not correct not to mention that the next exit is not even listed and the exit to Chippewa falls is 7 miles away from the sign and not 10 and I-94 is 26 miles away and not 31 miles away
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9192797,-91.2285751,3a,23.1y,264.69h,87.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s34KSXN6bEeTVUlxYQTqfvA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e4

edit: I did some looking and notice that a few signs along this highway do not have the right distance to Chippewa Falls as it looks like they forgot to update the distance to exit the highway as 29 no long goes through downtown Chippewa Falls

[chrismarion100]

I have found some more signs that are wrong
A sign on that signed as mainline US 53, not Bus. 53 or Hastings Way (WisDOT might have forgot to replace the sign when the bypass opened base on the look of the sign)
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.792007,-91.4584599,3a,49.7y,331.02h,101.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_L4sX15f7QV3Hc5bNU1s5Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4

[interstatefan990]

"NJ state highway route" ... that's a mouthful of redundancy there.

It's almost like they're trying to brand it. Route 130...brought to you by NJ State Highway™.

[roadman65]

This one on NJ Route 79 in Marlboro, NJ has the wrong arrow to the SB Garden State Parkway.
https://goo.gl/maps/6FBwpMqbX1pJb14u5
Should be to the right as NJ 18 south is the best way to get there. Going straight, will indeed get you there via NJ 79, CR 516, Clark Street, and Lloyd Road, but miles out of the way.

[Mapmikey]

This one on NJ Route 79 in Marlboro, NJ has the wrong arrow to the SB Garden State Parkway.
https://goo.gl/maps/6FBwpMqbX1pJb14u5
Should be to the right as NJ 18 south is the best way to get there. Going straight, will indeed get you there via NJ 79, CR 516, Clark Street, and Lloyd Road, but miles out of the way.

Posted route uses CR 520 which is only 3 miles longer but does take twice as long per the Goog...

[roadman65]

This one on NJ Route 79 in Marlboro, NJ has the wrong arrow to the SB Garden State Parkway.
https://goo.gl/maps/6FBwpMqbX1pJb14u5
Should be to the right as NJ 18 south is the best way to get there. Going straight, will indeed get you there via NJ 79, CR 516, Clark Street, and Lloyd Road, but miles out of the way.

Posted route uses CR 520 which is only 3 miles longer but does take twice as long per the Goog...

Think it was carbon copied from before NJ 18 was completed between NJ 34 and the Southbound Parkway.

I remember at the 520 exit on NJ 18 SB there was a Parkway shield that stood long after the freeway extended south of NJ 34 with connection to the Parkway South at the end directing all motorists to it via 520 east.