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

[74/171FAN]

US 158 in Roxboro has a Low Clearance Detour for vehicles too high for the railroad underpass east of US 501/NC 57. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219773811896272&set=a.10219774726079126)

[thenetwork]

A sign that isn't a Tome V standard AFAIK, but I've seen at two separate occasions (and undoubtedly put up by MTQ), a RV crossing:

RV crossing in 250 m by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

Reminds me of that secret Army vehicle that Bill Murray "borrowed" in the movie, "Stripes"

[74/171FAN]

On Boone Station Dr in Burlington, NC.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219776897373407&set=a.10219777618711440)

[kphoger]

On Boone Station Dr in Burlington, NC.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219776897373407&set=a.10219777618711440)

WARNING!!  You might want to turn left.

[thenetwork]

On Boone Station Dr in Burlington, NC.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219776897373407&set=a.10219777618711440)

WARNING!!  You might want to turn left.

Especially on Sunday???

[74/171FAN]

Time to just use text references to numbers on US 29 NB north of Gretna, VA.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219777492028273&set=a.10219777618711440)

[jay8g]

This unusual Monroe addon on Washington State Route 9 northbound at the junction with US Route 2: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vXcedw8K33kt12gAA

It was added sometime after 2012: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9ygbA8zYSEQfrYWN9

That's classic WSDOT cheapness -- when they want to add a new destination but don't want to pay for a whole new sign, they just tack on an extra plaque like that. This one at SR 112 and US 101 has been there for decades.

[Amaury]

They could have also just "taped" a new sign "sticker" over it, like was done here on I-82 eastbound before the Nob Hill exit: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wpuakLYCg7kz9eo79 Not sure why they didn't do that with Monroe (and, again, why is it only one direction, but not the other?) or your example.

Not sure what City Center used to be, but yeah, you can tell the difference in the shade of green. Although it looks like there used to only be Exit 33 on I-82 eastbound there, and then another exit was created. Like Exit 37 eastbound used to be just Exit 37, then they added a second exit just farther up for Union Gap, making the original Exit 37A and the new one Exit 37B. This one you can see on Google Maps since it wasn't THAT long ago.

Another example on I-82 westbound: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AmHftMpTpiHpAewJ8

[74/171FAN]

On VA 10 WB at Broadway in Hopewell (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219784074952842&set=a.10219785162300025)



At the Shopping Center by SR 754 and SR 604 in Chesterfield County, VA.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219784501043494&set=a.10219785162300025)

[ClassicHasClass]

Old-style button copy reassurance signage on the CA 134 W to I-5 N transition ramp. No mention of the Golden State Fwy, though.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/BaNSkBnQEpPgQfd59

[mglass87]

Which one of these restrictions seems out of place?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/D26WptNrU6VADvT16

[plain]

Which one of these restrictions seems out of place?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/D26WptNrU6VADvT16

The first three are actually because of the 4th one. One day someone thought it would be a great spot for a hangout and it eventually led to a horseshoe pit, which of course often involves alcohol consumption and shit talking  . The city shut it down pretty quickly.

[74/171FAN]

Looking at Valor Circle from VA 36 WB at the Gregg Gate for Fort Gregg-Adams (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219784792210773&set=a.10219785162300025)



On VA 36 in Hopewell (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219784848372177&set=a.10219785162300025)



Along VA 106 north of I-64 to VA 249 (and one from SR 609) in New Kent (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219785805636108&set=a.10219786613056293)









On VA 3 WB/VA 33 WB at SR 625 in Hartfield, you see an Overhead Power Lines signed unrelated to ongoing construction. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219786024601582&set=a.10219786613056293)



VA 3 WB Norris Bridge Signage (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219786029361701&set=a.10219786613056293)





(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219786040641983&set=a.10219786613056293)



(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219786050842238&set=a.10219786613056293)





At the north end of the VA 3/VA 200 concurrency in Kilmarnock (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219786151364751&set=a.10219786613056293)





On US 360 WB at SR 644 west of VA 200 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219786262327525&set=a.10219786613056293)



On VA 156 SB south of I-295 in Sandston (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219790541674506&set=a.10219791255612354)



Now south of I-64 on VA 156 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219790627516652&set=a.10219791255612354)





21st St becomes Riverside Ave here (I think you get the point even with the photo not being the best at this time of day.) (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219790781440500&set=a.10219791255612354)



SR 618 WB west of VA 10 in Chester (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219790790520727&set=a.10219791255612354)



On SR 618 EB at VA 10 EB (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219790802201019&set=a.10219791255612354)



I may as well show this one too on VA 10 EB. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219790803001039&set=a.10219791255612354)



On Ironbridge Pkwy (SR 1569) east of VA 10 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219790915203844&set=a.10219791255612354)



In the Chesterfield Court House Area (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219791011246245&set=a.10219791255612354)



(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219791092928287&set=a.10219791255612354)





(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219791102968538&set=a.10219791255612354)





(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219791110728732&set=a.10219791255612354)



Now to the Chester Wal-Mart Area (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219791141809509&set=a.10219791255612354)



(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219791153809809&set=a.10219791255612354)

[LilianaUwU]

On VA 36 in Hopewell (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219784848372177&set=a.10219785162300025)

At least it isn't a US 36 shield... this makes it good, r-right?

[74/171FAN]

On VA 36 in Hopewell (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219784848372177&set=a.10219785162300025)

At least it isn't a US 36 shield... this makes it good, r-right?

At this point, yes.  Same with US 10 and US 156.

At the east end of what locals call Snake Rd (on SR 746 in Chester, VA)  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219792841932011&set=a.10219794100283469)



This was the signage used to direct traffic back to US 360 from the Metro Richmond Zoo at their Christmas lights display. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219794085123090&set=a.10219794100283469)

[mglass87]

Sign blade directing people to I-95 North in Colonial Heights, VA:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/a2SWDgzLsa2RwEmF6


Meanwhile in Hopewell:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/j6xjQkWF5HDDWtcP9

1. For once it's a new sign that isn't a US Shield
2. VA 36 isn't for another 2 miles down the road it's pointing down.

[74/171FAN]

Grange Hall Elementary School's Pick-Up/Drop-Off Line on a Saturday Morning (in Moseley, VA) (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219794084123065&set=a.10219794100283469)





Heading north on Watkins Centre Pkwy before the roundabout just south of US 60 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219793176220368&set=a.10219794100283469)



On US 60 WB west of Watkins Centre Pkwy (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219793266062614&set=a.10219794100283469)



And another truck prohibition in another county just west of here (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219793267462649&set=a.10219794100283469)



On VA 76 NB just south of VA 288 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219793287343146&set=a.10219794100283469)



On Leigh St west of VA 161 in Richmond (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219793694193317&set=a.10219794100283469)



On Roseneath Rd at US 33/US 250 (Broad St) (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219793740794482&set=a.10219794100283469)



On Dabney Rd just west of VA 197 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219792779370447&set=a.10219794100283469)



On Burning Tree Rd SB near Osborne Tpk in Henrico County, VA  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799336454370&set=a.10219799429736702)





I am unsure why we needed a white sign on the Laburnum Ave Connector at VA 895.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799339934457&set=a.10219799429736702)



Ignore GPS Sign Comparison:

VA 10 WB near SR 746 in Chesterfield County (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219784129634209&set=a.10219785162300025)



VA 5 EB near Strath Rd in Henrico County (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799343294541&set=a.10219799429736702)

[Amaury]

I like this sign: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gksj9CaKn2a1Ko6ZA

Normally, the Freeway Entrance sign is on a separate post. This is at the junction of Interstate 5 and Washington State Route 432 in Kelso.

I don't know why, but I like the way this sign is assembled on US Route 2 in Monroe, Washington, especially on the westbound side.

Westbound: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sq7c2NMZemEirQ1v7 (back view: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yL6mnYmyqikLfBzd6)
Eastbound: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ThMrqFjPZt47YAsh8 (back view: https://maps.app.goo.gl/F3jfJWoDxw44wQ3B6)

[74/171FAN]

Some R. Garland Dodd Park (known locally as Point of Rocks Park) signage in Chester, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799353854805&set=a.10219799429736702)

[Big John]

3 posts up (I am not snipping) first photo, why would there be a Saturday pickup for a school? (Assuming like at most schools, class is not in session)

[74/171FAN]

3 posts up (I am not snipping) first photo, why would there be a Saturday pickup for a school? (Assuming like at most schools, class is not in session)

Class was obviously not in session or I probably would not have let myself go there.  I was trying to turn around, and I stumbled upon the signage while doing so.

Anyway, on Kingston Ave (SR 4841) at Rivers Bend Blvd (SR 618) back in Chester, VA. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799363935057&set=a.10219799429736702)

[Amaury]

On US Route 30 in Oregon, there's a junction with Taylorville Road in Wauna with a freeway-like exit.

Going eastbound, it's unnumbered:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/8S6Ycp9oePKSgtc57
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MZxRqvSbKNqFjbj77
https://maps.app.goo.gl/HxYe5D5vgA5GAMEz7

However, going westbound, it's numbered like an interstate:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/mhF9EHxt2fDMQ8oW8
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7y2gTAcRMJYCqA126
https://maps.app.goo.gl/aYBAKyap9bZbzqBUA

Although looking at older captures, westbound was unnumbered as well:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/49NcxKUaukW28mXb7
https://maps.app.goo.gl/hhpzss8cxkQMXrir9
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JmC5c91VGHiae9Mt5

[74/171FAN]

Some more in Colonial Heights:

On Hamilton Ave north of Lyons Ave: (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799380015459&set=a.10219799429736702)



On Lakeview Ave at US 1/US 301: (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799381615499&set=a.10219799429736702) (not sure why Boulevard is on a white sign)



At Mount Pleasant Baptist Church: (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799299293441&set=a.10219799429736702)







On I-495 Inner at VA 267 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799300173463&set=a.10219799429736702)

[mglass87]

Some more Hopewell highlghts:

Yellow speed limit sign:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/YPstdiBA7fzrfqkK6

A different yellow speed limit sign:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/yt5Nr7HDE9VvZGhn8

Do not enter sign with different text:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1ycYKENR6SHtRoMU7

Exit signs for a confusing road where a shopping center once was:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/o8qhbRnTNuiM4cDJ7

[thenetwork]

Some more Hopewell highlghts:

Do not enter sign with different text:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1ycYKENR6SHtRoMU7

That is a very stupid set of signs...  If a street-bound exiting driver gets close enough where they can read the ENTRANCE ONLY text on the sign, you might as well complete the exit because it will cause more potential headaches to turn around at that point and leave through the designated egress.