US/State mixup shield error signs

[Bruce]

I just noticed that when I took my drive to Bridgeport, Washington, back in January, that this reassurance shield for Washington State Route 173 is all sorts of wrong. However, I'm not sure what it's mixed up with. It's just as you enter Bridgeport off of Washington State Route 17. Additionally, looking at Google Maps' only image capture from 2008, which is why it's not the best quality, shows it was correct back then, with Washington's head silhouette: https://goo.gl/maps/JUepiMPMFdM1Nv3r5

I'm not sure why it's incorrect now, nor do I, again, know what it's even mixed up with, as it's not mixed up with a shield used for US routes.

Contractor error, most likely, as the sidewalk was redone a few years ago. That sign has been there since at least 2019: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SR-173N.jpg

[JoePCool14]

https://goo.gl/maps/R8tJziJbQtb3teEL7
NJ 30 shield for US 30 on NJ 187 SB in Atlantic City..

That up arrow makes no sense either. It's inconsistent with the lane configuration and other signage.

[cockroachking]

US-30A in...New York 

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/ENVQts7ScGFxNf1AA
US 36 this Far East.

[JoePCool14]

Multiple instances from WisDOT I've collected over this past year. Apologies for the poor photo quality.

WI-61 should be US-61:


WI-14 should be US-14:

If I had a better photo of this one, I'd probably use it as my profile photo.

WI-18 should be US-18:

[kirbykart]

Smallish bump for a NY 20 shield in Westfield: https://goo.gl/maps/TuAktkExNBLokyNa6

[74/171FAN]

US 130 and US 819 are a thing in Greensburg, PA.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10217818739060673&set=a.10217819107389881

[paulthemapguy]

US 130 and US 819 are a thing in Greensburg, PA.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10217818739060673&set=a.10217819107389881

This is probably my first time ever seeing a US highway shield with a 3-digit number starting with 8 or 9! Makes me wonder about all kinds of fictional highway possibilities...

[formulanone]

US 130 and US 819 are a thing in Greensburg, PA.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10217818739060673&set=a.10217819107389881

This is probably my first time ever seeing a US highway shield with a 3-digit number starting with 8 or 9! Makes me wonder about all kinds of fictional highway possibilities...

There was a US Route 830.

Florida 922 eastbound at Florida 909/915 in North Miami



Photo taken 03/25/06 (since been replaced with correct shields)

[paulthemapguy]

Another Ohio goof along US30:

https://goo.gl/maps/XBgjSEGe3dqBmMf77

[vegas1962]

US-24 downgraded to M-24 in Taylor, MI (confusing because there already IS an M-24 in Michigan that is nowhere near this segment of US-24; this segment is a roughly 3-mile long section of Telegraph Rd between I-94 and US-12 Michigan Ave that has been under construction for several months, and M-24 signs have been wrongly posted throughout the entire northbound construction zone).
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2693209,-83.2700642,3a,75y,10.23h,79.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVUUrRICAUMcKsbGCHl6rOA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

[ethanhopkin14]

US-24 downgraded to M-24 in Taylor, MI (confusing because there already IS an M-24 in Michigan that is nowhere near this segment of US-24; this segment is a roughly 3-mile long section of Telegraph Rd between I-94 and US-12 Michigan Ave that has been under construction for several months, and M-24 signs have been wrongly posted throughout the entire northbound construction zone).
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2693209,-83.2700642,3a,75y,10.23h,79.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVUUrRICAUMcKsbGCHl6rOA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

Although I don't personally care, this situation is a good argument for a California style state route rule, making all routes, regardless of designation, pull for the same pool of numbers. 

[vegas1962]

Although I don't personally care, this situation is a good argument for a California style state route rule, making all routes, regardless of designation, pull for the same pool of numbers. 

Michigan has endeavored to avoid duplicating its US-route numbers as state-route designations.  The major exceptions are US-10/M-10 (with US-10's Ludington-Bay City route not close to M-10 in metro Detroit) and US-24/M-24 (their ends come close in northern Oakland County but don't actually touch); and US-45/M-45 (US-45 in the U.P. is nowhere close to M-45 in the Grand Rapids region).

MDOT assigned M-25 to the northernmost segment of the former US-25 only when it was decommissioned in Michigan, and assigned M-27 to the segment of old US-27 between Indian River and Cheboygan when US-27 was decommissioned north of Grayling. And, nobody ever confused the now-decommissioned US-33 (now M-63) in Berrien County for the current M-33 in the northeastern Lower Peninsula.

[74/171FAN]

PA 209 instead of US 209 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218147728085193&set=a.10218147800607006)

[Bruce]

WA 109 was upgraded to US 109 in this 1982 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79uI1FnLyCg (timestamp at 8:41)

[TBKS1]

Five years later and this switch up is still here. This is supposed to be US 67 in Beebe, AR. I took this today.

[formulanone]

Detroit is bringing back the state-named US shield!

[LilianaUwU]

US 37 in Ontario:

Erroneous US 37 sign by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

[WillWeaverRVA]

US 76 got rerouted from Wrightsville Beach to Richmond, apparently. These are brand new.

[74/171FAN]

^I am kinda surprised you found these.  I do not think I have ever gone onto VA 76 this way.

[WillWeaverRVA]

^I am kinda surprised you found these.  I do not think I have ever gone onto VA 76 this way.

I actually live nearby and drove through the office park one day when I stumbled on these. There's also a US 76 "west"  sign on one of the other streets.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Error US 51 shield spotted at 24:22. It was a correct IN 51 one as recently as November:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySTjLIWffX4

[74/171FAN]

The US 51 shield is actually at 24:46.

[cockroachking]

US-110 is resurrected after nearly 90 years...........on Long Island? 

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/A6sqAVZYc1UEyCUa7
US 48 for NJ 48.