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

[wanderer2575]

Control destination on an ENDS sign in Cleveland:

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/51377603696
Unusual mile marker at the OR/ WA border on I-5 NB.

[ClassicHasClass]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/51377603696
Unusual mile marker at the OR/ WA border on I-5 NB.

I've seen that one, and I don't think it's intended as a mile marker, even though it uses the same colour and shape. I think they just used what they had in inventory.

[Amaury]

It's just an unusual way of marking the state line.

I previously brought up those signs earlier in this thread here:

While looking for a photo for my Stock Sign Photos thread, I came across these interesting signs at the Washington/Oregon border on Interstate 5.

Northbound - "WA S / L OR" on both sides of the freeway: https://maps.app.goo.gl/T8TCbMMrg8efxikk7
Southbound - "OR S / L WA" on both sides of the freeway: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tV3p1iHSRioQBAkz9

Not sure what they mean.

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eStTTZwLSkBmRckW6
Route 283 to Route 283. Interesting even though both PA 283 and I-283 are separate routes.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/11xMYTEhkXzWqpex5
Old Exit 10 being replaced by Exit 10. 😂

[74/171FAN]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eStTTZwLSkBmRckW6
Route 283 to Route 283. Interesting even though both PA 283 and I-283 are separate routes.

NC 540 says hi (and there may be more of these coming on the southeast side)  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10217264947056219&set=a.10217265444388652)

[RobbieL2415]

The panels on ALL FOUR of these APLs are misaligned at their seams. Look at the outline.
Drives me mad driving under them.
I-91 https://maps.app.goo.gl/q4DwHtqovjJ8PRGU9

[mglass87]

Yet another collection of signs from infamous Hopewell, VA:

"Split lay wrap here":
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3VJCJdHH1FiWKvmf9

This thing that was removed years ago:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/THocjJBLhsAPtxxA7

A sign from the industrial area:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xd612FLuHA7m55So6

Another one of their visitor center sign variations with a bonus funky speed limit sign:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1JR8pqDqJbnrNRRh7

[wanderer2575]

The panels on ALL FOUR of these APLs are misaligned at their seams. Look at the outline.
Drives me mad driving under them.
I-91 https://maps.app.goo.gl/q4DwHtqovjJ8PRGU9

In another variation of misalignment (manufacturing or installation), the new APLs on eastbound I-96 in Novi each has a gap between the panels.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eweq6fFTkai7ZqvB9

(ETA:  I took photos of a couple of these signs and, as an example of how anal I am, I used MS Paint to eliminate the gaps so I don't grind my teeth when I look at them.)

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jjucYXJ8AVRdLfJF8
The I-91 shield has its numbers lined up too close to the bottom like a state name was to be added, but wasn't.

[formulanone]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jjucYXJ8AVRdLfJF8
The I-91 shield has its numbers lined up too close to the bottom like a state name was to be added, but wasn't.

It looks like the ^Massachusetts _Way of signing along freeways which is irritating.

[bzakharin]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jjucYXJ8AVRdLfJF8
The I-91 shield has its numbers lined up too close to the bottom like a state name was to be added, but wasn't.

The sign it replaced had the state name, but the numbers were in the middle (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7394097,-72.6624192,3a,20.5y,206.92h,89.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sw4NILZfDpwPpzeynfmyNLg!2e0!5s20120601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu)

[Amaury]

The font on this sign at the bottom: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eQpjFmca5x8PxifQ9

[roadman65]

The Exit Only for the right lane only?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53647692480
Doesn't seem fitting for the way the lanes part from the mainline or that the ramp splits after departure.

[roadfro]

The Exit Only for the right lane only?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53647692480
Doesn't seem fitting for the way the lanes part from the mainline or that the ramp splits after departure.

Seems like it could be a temporary thing? Those lane lines don't exactly look like they are professionally painted for a permanent install...lines are crooked like a 3-year old drew 'em...

[roadman65]

The Exit Only for the right lane only?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53647692480
Doesn't seem fitting for the way the lanes part from the mainline or that the ramp splits after departure.

Seems like it could be a temporary thing? Those lane lines don't exactly look like they are professionally painted for a permanent install...lines are crooked like a 3-year old drew 'em...

Could be, as it looks resurfaced as when I drove it.


https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZYp9yE8dFgCHbnD7A
This is odd. Either I-70 is redundant or KDOT is inconsistent not keeping the same on top as on side.

It looks funny to see the two US routes only on the pole while the interstate is on both.

[roadman65]

The Exit Only for the right lane only?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53647692480
Doesn't seem fitting for the way the lanes part from the mainline or that the ramp splits after departure.

Seems like it could be a temporary thing? Those lane lines don't exactly look like they are professionally painted for a permanent install...lines are crooked like a 3-year old drew 'em...

https://www.aaroads.com/ks/070/i-070-w-exit-419-3.jpg
Here is AARoads of the same exit minus temporary striping.  Still is odd description of the right lane exiting.


On to another oddity, a black arrow on yellow warning on an exit guide in New Jersey.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LvBAMd2UVnqjKNuk8


https://maps.app.goo.gl/k1MVhZuBdfLaad848
True Route?  😂😂😂

[Tom958]

The last signs for exits 32 and 33 are both marked EXIT ONLY even though neither actually is. WTF, CDOT?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/6tWUMkHu7QJy9tgd8

The APLs aren't MUTCD compliant, either, since the offramps have only one lane, but they're so elegant that I can't fault the designer for using them. Here's another, with one of the rogue EXIT ONLY panels in the distance: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HZxZ4PRBascQwUxz8

As I already pointed out, the APLs here are not warranted because there is only one lane on each offramp and therefore no interior option lane. Could it be that the designers used the MUTCD scheme for the signs at the theoretical gore (page 72, figure 2E-44) in deference to the MUTCD's illustration showing the 2009 standard of using a two-arrow EXIT ONLY panel there even though only one lane is actually dropped? It's only a a short leap to signing one lane as being dropped when none actually are. Is that more plausible than a straight-up brain fart by the designers?

[Tom958]

The Exit Only for the right lane only?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53647692480
Doesn't seem fitting for the way the lanes part from the mainline or that the ramp splits after departure.

Seems like it could be a temporary thing? Those lane lines don't exactly look like they are professionally painted for a permanent install...lines are crooked like a 3-year old drew 'em...

https://www.aaroads.com/ks/070/i-070-w-exit-419-3.jpg
Here is AARoads of the same exit minus temporary striping.  Still is odd description of the right lane exiting.

The current Streetview, November 2023, is more plausible: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DA3Fzwh72tYFraM88

[roadman65]

The Exit Only for the right lane only?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53647692480
Doesn't seem fitting for the way the lanes part from the mainline or that the ramp splits after departure.

Seems like it could be a temporary thing? Those lane lines don't exactly look like they are professionally painted for a permanent install...lines are crooked like a 3-year old drew 'em...

https://www.aaroads.com/ks/070/i-070-w-exit-419-3.jpg
Here is AARoads of the same exit minus temporary striping.  Still is odd description of the right lane exiting.

The current Streetview, November 2023, is more plausible: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DA3Fzwh72tYFraM88

Well they finally did it right.


https://maps.app.goo.gl/k1MVhZuBdfLaad848
This here in SE LA is not from a road agency, but an overzealous property owner who sure hates people using his street as a U Turn since LaDOTD severed the ramp to La 1 making La 24 literally a dead end now.  The state road agency needs to place a "No Outlet" sign and a TO La 1 shield at La 3235 which is the last legitimate turn along the state highway.


https://maps.app.goo.gl/wqDEdMMY9qEfeTTo7
No Turns allowed, but the right lane is striped for right turns.

[bzakharin]

The Exit Only for the right lane only?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53647692480
Doesn't seem fitting for the way the lanes part from the mainline or that the ramp splits after departure.

Seems like it could be a temporary thing? Those lane lines don't exactly look like they are professionally painted for a permanent install...lines are crooked like a 3-year old drew 'em...

https://www.aaroads.com/ks/070/i-070-w-exit-419-3.jpg
Here is AARoads of the same exit minus temporary striping.  Still is odd description of the right lane exiting.

The current Streetview, November 2023, is more plausible: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DA3Fzwh72tYFraM88

Looking through GSV, the sign matched the lane striping between 2016 and 2019 when the dotted line wasn't there. But the sign has not changed despite the dotted line being there both before and after that period.

[wanderer2575]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/wqDEdMMY9qEfeTTo7
No Turns allowed, but the right lane is striped for right turns.

The "No Turns" is intended for the two left (thru) lanes.  This isn't uncommon.

[Shedingtonian]

Today I noticed that plenty of gantries in my area have messed up d's and q's. I guess the contractor had some low quality standards...

Here are the original letters for reference:

[74/171FAN]

Some signage south of the I-81/VA 100 interchange in Dublin. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220223029166423&set=a.10220223118848665)









On I-81 SB approaching US 60 in Lexington, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10220223024166298&set=a.10220223118848665)



On I-81 SB at the ramp to US 220 NB in Daleville, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220223103288276&set=a.10220223118848665)





A couple signs by the US 11/PA 465 intersection in Carlisle (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220223026606359&set=a.10220223118848665)

[steviep24]

Found this unusual weight restriction sign in Spencerport, NY

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1865052,-77.8055878,3a,15y,11.3h,88.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWEQRt-6II0sy3XwgSTzjhg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=0&entry=ttu