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

[kphoger]

https://flic.kr/p/2nHXwxh
Near WTC in Manhattan: Someone made an oopsies on a detour sign and used a "US-9A" shield instead of a NY-9A one.

Obligatory link to the correct thread:
National Boards > General Highway Talk > Traffic Control > US/State mixup shield error signs

[plain]

I really dislike this exit sign in CA

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KYz9tKpDCwQCnnhh8

[formulanone]

I really dislike this exit sign in CA

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KYz9tKpDCwQCnnhh8

I'm reading that first half of the panel sign to the tune of do-re-mi, for some reason.

[GaryA]

I really dislike this exit sign in CA

https://maps.app.goo.gl/KYz9tKpDCwQCnnhh8

Reminds me of the exit sign that used to be in Hayward, CA: "A Street / Downtown".  Always sounded to me like it should be the start of a noir private eye story.  Now the exit (I-880, exit 29) is just "A Street" - just as funny, perhaps, but not as poignant.

[1995hoo]

https://twitter.com/TheaLanden/status/1566587966872555520

[LilianaUwU]

(sign I cannot describe)

Umm... well, that's unfortunate.

[1995hoo]

I enjoyed the double entendre in the tweet itself as well as the issue with the sign.

[formulanone]

In similar vein...



(SH 6 near between Navasota and College Station)

[hbelkins]

So she's a ho and a MILF?

[odditude]

So she's a ho and a MILF?

don't threaten me with a good time

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/HBx8BAxXpWxLFuLK8

This PA Turnpike shield is odd to say the least. Plus the Turnpike here is actually I-95 and not I-276 since the I-95 and PA Turnpike direct connection has been completed that truncated I-276 to another location.

[Shedingtonian]

https://goo.gl/maps/HBx8BAxXpWxLFuLK8

This PA Turnpike shield is odd to say the least. Plus the Turnpike here is actually I-95 and not I-276 since the I-95 and PA Turnpike direct connection has been completed that truncated I-276 to another location.

To me, the oddest thing about this location is the sign found as you turn around (which, for some reason, I did):
https://goo.gl/maps/QwfZdhTkkiNeyPZWA

Why is there such a MASSIVE sign in a neighborhood road?? That is freeway size!

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/7qdrDFf4Ro1wBSzX8


A public road entrance is  " Private Roadway."
😅😅😅😅😅

Private Entrance would fit the nature of the sign.

[Rothman]

https://goo.gl/maps/7qdrDFf4Ro1wBSzX8


A public road entrance is  " Private Roadway."


Private Entrance would fit the nature of the sign.

Either way, neither the entrance nor the roadway are open to the public.

[J N Winkler]

https://goo.gl/maps/7qdrDFf4Ro1wBSzX8

A public road entrance is  " Private Roadway."   😅😅😅😅😅

Private Entrance would fit the nature of the sign.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has a small suite of its own standard signs and "Private Roadway" is one of them.  That is actually a big giveaway that the road beyond the gate (Northeast Extension) is not PennDOT infrastructure.

[roadman65]

Whatever the way the verbiage came about, it's funny.  Not here to say they were wrong about it or to criticize it, but to point out the irony in it.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/QroYMnYuMsrdPDEK6

The directional arrows are definitely odd here for both interstates.

[plain]

https://goo.gl/maps/QroYMnYuMsrdPDEK6

The directional arrows are definitely odd here for both interstates.

Totally unrelated but the intersection just past those signs have another gem: the red up arrow on the PV signal (used for buses here).

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eUHNeRm31HbrpNHJ9

[jakeroot]

https://goo.gl/maps/QroYMnYuMsrdPDEK6

The directional arrows are definitely odd here for both interstates.

Totally unrelated but the intersection just past those signs have another gem: the red up arrow on the PV signal (used for buses here).

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eUHNeRm31HbrpNHJ9

For a signal that supposedly isn't permitted, I sure see red up arrows a lot.

[Michael]

I guess this is the best thread to post this unofficial sign I recently saw on Reddit:

[ClassicHasClass]

"TM"

[wanderer2575]

The infamous westbound US-30 "Breezewood BGSs" are temporarily black on orange this year due to roadwork.  Photos taken 09/16 on my drive home from Baltimore.

[lstone19]

Wish I could say I was on a road trip to Wisconsin. Unfortunately, this gem was found in Burr Ridge, IL.

[jakeroot]

Street View of the above: https://goo.gl/maps/xsWfkHnQqcGCvo63A

That is a very cool spot! So strange. Must have been installed by a multi-state contractor who grabbed the wrong blank or something. Then again, this was installed on private property, so maybe it's more appropriate to blame McDonalds.

[LilianaUwU]

Wish I could say I was on a road trip to Wisconsin. Unfortunately, this gem was found in Burr Ridge, IL.

I mean, it's not wrong. That road does lead to WI 83 eventually...