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

[Dirt Roads]

Seen this afternoon on South Moody Avenue in Portland, Oregon:

Geesh.  We railroaders get blamed for everything.

[JoePCool14]

Seen this afternoon on South Moody Avenue in Portland, Oregon:

Yeesh. At least he wore his helmet.

[Scott5114]

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.099709,-115.1899573,3a,15y,66.46h,88.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ8iJ4fT3NVpU63bC62WXUg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Here's an odd VMS in Las Vegas that looks like it can display an Interstate or US route shield. Detour route, maybe?

[thenetwork]

Seen this afternoon on South Moody Avenue in Portland, Oregon:

CAUTION:  DO NOT MODIFY YOUR BICYCLE WITH A POGO STICK!!!

[kphoger]

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.099709,-115.1899573,3a,15y,66.46h,88.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ8iJ4fT3NVpU63bC62WXUg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Here's an odd VMS in Las Vegas that looks like it can display an Interstate or US route shield. Detour route, maybe?

I thought you hated it when people just posted GSV links...

[wanderer2575]

Apparently, VDOT thought US 60 was more important than I-64. The design is also bad.

Eastbound I-64 also has an inferiority complex in West Virginia (see second gantry).

[Scott5114]

I thought you hated it when people just posted GSV links...

I do, but my photo of this sign didn't come out as well as the GSV did. (It just looks like a featureless black square on mine.)

[roadfro]

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.099709,-115.1899573,3a,15y,66.46h,88.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ8iJ4fT3NVpU63bC62WXUg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Here's an odd VMS in Las Vegas that looks like it can display an Interstate or US route shield. Detour route, maybe?

Actually, there are (or were) a lot of these around the Vegas area. These were deployed, I think in the early/mid 2000s, to be used as a means of directing traffic around major traffic jams along US 95 or I-15 by lighting up suggested detour routes. (Note that the sign you linked is along Valley View Blvd, the first major north/south arterial road west of I-15 as it passes through the resort corridor.)

IIRC, the idea was that FAST ("Freeway and Arterial System of Transportation, the traffic management arm of the Southern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission) would be alerted to an incident or see the incident on freeway traffic cameras, and relatively quickly put up messaging on freeway VMS about detours, light up these signs for detour reassurance, and also adjust traffic signal timing along detour routes to accommodate increased traffic flows diverted from the freeway.

It all sounds great. However, I believe there were some kind of problems with the signs or the communications network that controlled them. ISTR reading that the implementation was delayed multiple times such that by the time the signs could be used, much of US 95 and I-15 had been widened (so they no longer experienced the significant and frequent slowdowns of years past) and many more people had GPSs or smart phones with real-time traffic data, making the system obsolete. Ultimately, I believe these signs have never actually been used for their intended purpose–I've never even seen one turned on.

[plain]

Apparently, VDOT thought US 60 was more important than I-64. The design is also bad.

This BGS dates back to the late 1990's (I don't remember the exact year but it was before the turn of the century/millennium) and US 60 was posted on it afterwards. It was actually the correct thing to do as US 60 existed on the HRBT before I-64.

The I-64 posting looks small in the pic but the US 60 posting is actually oversized.

[Scott5114]

That doesn't explain why the heck there's a left arrow on the right side of the sign, though...

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/EhuwAJUsBiMpzsSJ7

The Hampton Roads Tunnel which extends far across the entire sign, is only referring to US 60 West on the left side of the sign.

Considering you can't change lanes anymore, the sign should be removed altogether.

[plain]

That doesn't explain why the heck there's a left arrow on the right side of the sign, though...

It's even more silly considering the sign is on the right side of the road

https://maps.app.goo.gl/JzPnoKVFpwAwWR9e8

[CoreySamson]

Counting according to OkDOT is just as easy as 1-2-3!

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/kH3CA51V9QhzV4hz6
Business TO?  Might be erroneous placement of banners, but interesting.

https://goo.gl/maps/EpPsY3umd6E5yU5n6
Looks like NY 104 is heading into Walt Disney World signed Main Street USA 😂

[kirbykart]

https://goo.gl/maps/kH3CA51V9QhzV4hz6
Business TO?  Might be erroneous placement of banners, but interesting.

https://goo.gl/maps/EpPsY3umd6E5yU5n6
Looks like NY 104 is heading into Walt Disney World signed Main Street USA 😂

Good old City of Niagara Falls. I don't think Business 62 has ever existed in the city. There was a NY 62A at one time, but that has been decommissioned. The thing with Niagara Falls is that it's very hard to follow a route the whole way through the city; signage is either poor, misleading, or lacking entirely. I'm not sure the city itself knows the exact route of NY 384 in the city. 

[roadman65]

I like the abbreviation that NYSDOT uses for Niagara as seen in this GSV image.
https://goo.gl/maps/patygRNupbXGF5K5A 

Why not just add the two extra letters by using smaller fonts.

[jakeroot]

I like the abbreviation that NYSDOT uses for Niagara as seen in this GSV image.
https://goo.gl/maps/patygRNupbXGF5K5A 

Why not just add the two extra letters by using smaller fonts.

Not sure about anyone else, but I don't see any abbreviations in that GSV image. Can you double check the link? I see "Niagara" on the street name sign, but it's fully spelled out.

[JoePCool14]

I like the abbreviation that NYSDOT uses for Niagara as seen in this GSV image.
https://goo.gl/maps/patygRNupbXGF5K5A 

Why not just add the two extra letters by using smaller fonts.

Not sure about anyone else, but I don't see any abbreviations in that GSV image. Can you double check the link? I see "Niagara" on the street name sign, but it's fully spelled out.

Same here. Not sure what you're referring to, roadman.

[machias]

I like the abbreviation that NYSDOT uses for Niagara as seen in this GSV image.
https://goo.gl/maps/patygRNupbXGF5K5A 

Why not just add the two extra letters by using smaller fonts.

Not sure about anyone else, but I don't see any abbreviations in that GSV image. Can you double check the link? I see "Niagara" on the street name sign, but it's fully spelled out.

Same here. Not sure what you're referring to, roadman.

I've seen both "Nia Falls" and "Niag Falls" in the region. Either works for me, but I prefer "Niag Falls".

[roadman65]

I like the abbreviation that NYSDOT uses for Niagara as seen in this GSV image.
https://goo.gl/maps/patygRNupbXGF5K5A 

Why not just add the two extra letters by using smaller fonts.

Not sure about anyone else, but I don't see any abbreviations in that GSV image. Can you double check the link? I see "Niagara" on the street name sign, but it's fully spelled out.

Same here. Not sure what you're referring to, roadman.

Sorry wrong link.

Try this.
https://goo.gl/maps/nEL2mBEpQf63LSs86

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/GFEHQwQFVggaV6cx6
This is confusing.

In 41 miles both US 6 and and US 95 part ways.  Yet the 100 mile guide for next gas guide is guiding motorists on both routes.  It can't be exactly 100 miles for fuel for either route.

According to the GPS, Bishop, CA at 115.7 miles is first town going this way on US 6 while Hawthorne, NV the first settlement of services on US 95 is 103 miles from here.

So this assembly is not accurate for traveling US 6 west out of Tonopah.

[Rothman]

https://goo.gl/maps/GFEHQwQFVggaV6cx6
This is confusing.

In 41 miles both US 6 and and US 95 part ways.  Yet the 100 mile guide for next gas guide is guiding motorists on both routes.  It can't be exactly 100 miles for fuel for either route.

State Highway Patrol probably just got sick of people running out of gas after this point.

Had a friend that lived in Tonopah for a while.  I kind of liked that little town.

[roadman65]

I saw GSV imagery of the town.  Looks neat. It has a hotel that is several stories that must be the original hotel from way back. The Tonopah Station has a billboard warning of a 25 mph bear trap.

I'm guessing cops there have nothing better to do.

[Rothman]

I saw GSV imagery of the town.  Looks neat. It has a hotel that is several stories that must be the original hotel from way back. The Tonopah Station has a billboard warning of a 25 mph bear trap.

I'm guessing cops there have nothing better to do.

My bet is that the locals blow through there more than out of staters.

[kirbykart]

https://goo.gl/maps/GFEHQwQFVggaV6cx6
This is confusing.

In 41 miles both US 6 and and US 95 part ways.  Yet the 100 mile guide for next gas guide is guiding motorists on both routes.  It can't be exactly 100 miles for fuel for either route.

According to the GPS, Bishop, CA at 115.7 miles is first town going this way on US 6 while Hawthorne, NV the first settlement of services on US 95 is 103 miles from here.

So this assembly is not accurate for traveling US 6 west out of Tonopah.

They could do a sign like this:

NEXT GAS
US 95-103 MI
US 6- 116 MI