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Erroneous road signs

Started by FLRoads, January 20, 2009, 04:01:44 PM

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ErmineNotyours

Seen this week in Missoula, MT: Mainline I-90 on exit.  Should be a green business loop.  It has been up since about 2015.


Great Lakes Roads

I saw sign goofs on Indiana SR 2 southwest of Valparaiso in a newly-built roundabout at Heavilin Road. They have circular shields, which easily gave me vibes from Delaware!

roadman65

The arrow on this is wrong. Both Kinsley and Lyons are via the second right not the first.




The Salt site sign, though, is correct.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

LilianaUwU

I believe I got a lot of errors in one sign.


(Original size)

1. "Detour via bridge closed" doesn't make sense. It should be "detour via closed bridge". The French grammar is correct.
2. Wait, detour via a closed bridge? That makes no sense! The "closed bridge" line should be on top, and then the "bridge closed" wording would be accurate.
3. "Month to month"? I believe the closure is semi-permanent (as I don't recall the bridge being open in recent years), but in that case, no need for that text to be there.
4. "Rue/Street Quai Saint-André" should be just "Quai Saint-André".
5. "Rue Street (name)" shouldn't even be that way. It should be "Rue Saint-Paul Street" and "Rue Abraham-Martin Street".
6. The top sign shouldn't really exist anyways. Just the bottom two signs, with the detour signed with the name of the bridge, should be enough.
"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

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Mergingtraffic

I only take pics of good looking signs. Long live non-reflective button copy!
MergingTraffic https://www.flickr.com/photos/98731835@N05/

WillWeaverRVA

Quote from: Mergingtraffic on September 23, 2021, 04:32:41 PM
They forgot the arrow


They want you to stop right there, right in front of the sign.
Will Weaver
WillWeaverRVA Photography | Twitter

"But how will the oxen know where to drown if we renumber the Oregon Trail?" - NE2

LilianaUwU

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on September 23, 2021, 05:42:38 PM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on September 23, 2021, 04:32:41 PM
They forgot the arrow


They want you to stop right there, right in front of the sign.

Seems like that's exactly what happened.  :spin:
"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

My pronouns are she/her. Also, I'm an admin on the AARoads Wiki.

SkyPesos

I posted this in the enhanced mile markers thread a while ago, though I think it belongs here too:

7/8

Facing south at Old Wanup Road and Hwy 537 in Wanup, ON. They used the wrong shield type (King's Highway instead of Secondary Highway):


Streetview from Aug. 2018 shows it used to be the correct shields:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.3844591,-80.8271369,3a,42.9y,208.61h,82.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shvAi2KD_2BqPKBFqnj-MrA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

WillWeaverRVA

Quote from: LilianaUwU on September 23, 2021, 11:05:11 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on September 23, 2021, 05:42:38 PM
Quote from: Mergingtraffic on September 23, 2021, 04:32:41 PM
They forgot the arrow


They want you to stop right there, right in front of the sign.

Seems like that's exactly what happened.  :spin:

Well then, I'd say the sign did its job!
Will Weaver
WillWeaverRVA Photography | Twitter

"But how will the oxen know where to drown if we renumber the Oregon Trail?" - NE2

ErmineNotyours

Welcome to St. Hellens, Oregon.  Nowhere near Interstate 30 in Dallas, TX, but just off US 30.  How else could they have designated a US 30 business loop?  Use a normal US 30 shield with a "business" banner?


LilianaUwU

Quote from: ErmineNotyours on October 09, 2021, 02:26:11 PM
Welcome to St. Hellens, Oregon.  Nowhere near Interstate 30 in Dallas, TX, but just off US 30.  How else could they have designated a US 30 business loop?  Use a normal US 30 shield with a "business" banner?



I believe that business route is unofficial, hence the lack of competent signage.
"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

My pronouns are she/her. Also, I'm an admin on the AARoads Wiki.

roadman65

https://goo.gl/maps/Vd2wkG3jhaymRMY89
New Brunswick is now via a jug handle behind the signal.  They forgot to change the sign when the eliminated the left turn here.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

plain

Quote from: roadman65 on October 16, 2021, 12:59:16 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/Vd2wkG3jhaymRMY89
New Brunswick is now via a jug handle behind the signal.  They forgot to change the sign when the eliminated the left turn here.

Reminds me of this STOP sign just outside Williamsburg, VA. The signal has been there for 2 years now but they never removed the sign (I was there a few days ago).

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rchSAbQHbsQQnoGs5
Newark born, Richmond bred

PurdueBill

Quote from: plain on October 16, 2021, 02:47:49 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on October 16, 2021, 12:59:16 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/Vd2wkG3jhaymRMY89
New Brunswick is now via a jug handle behind the signal.  They forgot to change the sign when the eliminated the left turn here.

Reminds me of this STOP sign just outside Williamsburg, VA. The signal has been there for 2 years now but they never removed the sign (I was there a few days ago).

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rchSAbQHbsQQnoGs5

The red circles for the left turn lanes on the main drag and the way the sidewalk was built on the side street but not connected to the corner by the other project are both infuriating. 

roadman65

US 13 don't go to US 58 & 460 here. US 13 & 460 goes to US 58 instead. City of Chesapeake goof.
https://goo.gl/maps/EteycengjGP24ebx6
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

ozarkman417

Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 04, 2020, 04:47:34 PM
When you can't rotate text in MS Paint


SM-G965U
This Missouris has been rotated back to the correct position (note the difference in color immediately surrounding the shields)



SM-G965U


plain

Quote from: ozarkman417 on October 22, 2021, 02:36:26 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 04, 2020, 04:47:34 PM
When you can't rotate text in MS Paint


SM-G965U
This Missouris has been rotated back to the correct position (note the difference in color immediately surrounding the shields)



SM-G965U

Aww damn we were having so much fun with this  :-D oh well
Newark born, Richmond bred

LilianaUwU

Quote from: ozarkman417 on October 22, 2021, 02:36:26 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 04, 2020, 04:47:34 PM
When you can't rotate text in MS Paint
(Missouri, 90 degrees to the right)

This Missouris has been rotated back to the correct position (note the difference in color immediately surrounding the shields)

(MoDOT says NO FUN ALLOWED)

It reminded me of the tapping mechanic in Magic: the Gathering.
"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

My pronouns are she/her. Also, I'm an admin on the AARoads Wiki.

FrCorySticha

Quote from: LilianaUwU on October 22, 2021, 05:11:38 PM
It reminded me of the tapping mechanic in Magic: the Gathering.

Unless they're on MtG:Arena, then they'd be tapped 45° instead of 90° as the rules require.

formulanone

I took this in February 2020; a green keystone shield for I-76/Pennsylvania Turnpike:


hbelkins

I've seen a number of those green PA Turnpike signs for various tolled interstates. There may even be some for I-376 since its extension west to I-80.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

LilianaUwU

"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

My pronouns are she/her. Also, I'm an admin on the AARoads Wiki.

mrsman


WillWeaverRVA

Will Weaver
WillWeaverRVA Photography | Twitter

"But how will the oxen know where to drown if we renumber the Oregon Trail?" - NE2



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