The Worst of Road Signs

[kkt]

Best worst US 101 shield ever along the Nacimiento-Fergusson Road in Big Sur:

IMG_0440 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

That's awesome 

[Buck87]

Would a single digit number in a 3 digit US shield be appropriate for this thread?


VS988

[Android]

I dunno.  I already posted one 4 years ago that was probably worse (narrower typeface in that too-wide shield) and no one commented on it at the time.

I just got back from a road trip, and while I did see a few annoying signs along the way, I didn't bother to try to take any pictures.  Only when I was on the end of my journey did I fire up my camera - here is one of a couple of bad US 6 signs I spotted while travelling down CO23 in Holyoke, CO:

[jakeroot]

^^
I would say those are more design errors, appropriate for this thread:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7046.0

[slorydn1]

^
^ Yeah, I think it was established that to be worst worthy a sign would need to meet the criteria of cRaIG cOuntY levels of unadulterated suck. These US-6 examples do not meet that criteria.

[Hurricane Rex]

I'd be one thing if they used series E on it (still inexcudavle but not as much) but series C? Really sign department?  

Edit: My spell check and hands either really like me or hate me. I almost always post on my phone and for whatever reason I can't type accurately on there.

[jakeroot]

[It'd] be one [thing if] they used series E on it (still [inexcusable] but not as much) but series C? Really sign department?

It's possible they used Series C (in that US-6 shield from CO) because the 2di-width called for it, but it wasn't changed to a wider series when the wider shield was accidentally used.

[thenetwork]

^
^ Yeah, I think it was established that to be worst worthy a sign would need to meet the criteria of cRaIG cOuntY levels of unadulterated suck. These US-6 examples do not meet that criteria.

Is the cRaIG cOuntY sign still standing?  Has anyone called ODOT to complain? What did they say?

[Brandon]

^
^ Yeah, I think it was established that to be worst worthy a sign would need to meet the criteria of cRaIG cOuntY levels of unadulterated suck. These US-6 examples do not meet that criteria.

Is the cRaIG cOuntY sign still standing?  Has anyone called ODOT to complain? What did they say?

It and its MaYes CountY counterpart are still there on Google Streetview.  Two bad signs for the price of one location.

[formulanone]

New Mexico Route 150 goes though Hoover, Alabama...Sort of. (This is from 2014, and it's thankfully gone now.)

[TBKS1]

New Mexico Route 150 goes though Hoover, Alabama...Sort of. (This is from 2014, and it's thankfully gone now.)

That is huge...

[Android]

no... it's HUUGGGEE.   hah!

[Brandon]

Shoot, that completely and totally dwarfs the bubble I-shield next to it.  It's yet another example of why I'm not always a fan of state-shape shields.  Who knew Alabama took over half to three-quarters of Georgia!

[thenetwork]

New Mexico Route 150 goes though Hoover, Alabama...Sort of. (This is from 2014, and it's thankfully gone now.)

That is huge...

As is the one on the other side of the intersection!

[vdeane]

New Mexico Route 150 goes though Hoover, Alabama...Sort of. (This is from 2014, and it's thankfully gone now.)

What does this jumbo sign have to do with New Mexico?

[hotdogPi]

New Mexico Route 150 goes though Hoover, Alabama...Sort of. (This is from 2014, and it's thankfully gone now.)

What does this jumbo sign have to do with New Mexico?

The state outline shape is closer to New Mexico than Alabama.

[vdeane]

New Mexico is one step away from a generic circle shield.

[Brandon]

New Mexico is one step away from a generic circle shield.

Look at the state shape.  Either Alabama put on enough pounds to start looking like New Mexico, or Alabama swallowed a good chunk of Georgia.

[formulanone]

New Mexico is one step away from a generic circle shield.

I know the basic shields are circles that usually have zias, but their Frontage Road shields have a state outline:

[US 89]

Cross-posted from the "Driving Forward OK" thread.

[Voyager75]

New Mexico Route 150 goes though Hoover, Alabama...Sort of. (This is from 2014, and it's thankfully gone now.)

I've not gone down Galleria Blvd. in over a year so my memory is foggy but I'm positive they replaced two perfect AL-150 East/West shields with just one of those monstrosities when the Exit 13 flyover was completed years ago. I think there are new east/west ones in place now but they're not perfect.


iPhone

[Voyager75]

Shoot, that completely and totally dwarfs the bubble I-shield next to it.  It's yet another example of why I'm not always a fan of state-shape shields.  Who knew Alabama took over half to three-quarters of Georgia!

Here are the similar bubble shield TO 20/59 and SOUTH 459 out on southbound 459 past Exit 13. What's worse is that the current ones are identical copies of the first ones that were destroyed after a wreck a few years ago. Those replaced the old school original shields after the Galleria flyover was built because I think they were beginning to fade.




iPhone

[Scott5114]

The right panel is another ODOT special. The more you look at it the worse it gets.

[freebrickproductions]

The right panel is another ODOT special. The more you look at it the worse it gets.

What I noticed:
1. Wrong Arrow
2. Arrow appears to be skewed?
3. Univ O f Okla
4. Lindsey Street appears to have been mounted on a slight decline.
5. The word EXIT is way to small on the main part of the sign, and likely isn't needed anyways.

[webny99]

What I noticed:
1. Wrong Arrow
2. Arrow appears to be skewed?
3. Univ O f Okla
4. Lindsey Street appears to have been mounted on a slight decline.
5. The word EXIT is way to small on the main part of the sign, and likely isn't needed anyways.

The "exit" in the upper panel also seems to be slightly smaller than it is on the left.