Erroneous road signs

[ErmineNotyours]

Oregon uses a sign similar to a "Divided Highway Ahead" sign to indicate a no passing zone, except the barrier in the sign is a cross hatch like this.  (I've looked for confirmation in the latest Oregon Driver's Manual, but they didn't mention it.  Maybe they're phasing it out.)  However, at least a couple of times they've gotten careless and used a regular Divided Highway Ahead sign when there is no divided highway ahead.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50112175101/in/dateposted-public/

Should be just GA Hwy. 35.

[ozarkman417]

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[CoreySamson]

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SM-G965U

This has got to be one of the worst signs I've ever seen. Looks like a malformed Ohio with a short, squared-off tail.

[formulanone]

When you can't rotate text in MS Paint

Well that's one for the ages. 

[noelbotevera]

So close yet so far...what they've created is a near replica of Connecticut.

[Scott5114]

Okay, I get how US-69 markers can end up being posted upside down. But...

Is MoDOT hiring PEs from Oklahoma now?

[csw]

Generally posts in this thread and the Worst Of thread are overblown. But this, this is a masterpiece. Bravo.

[GaryA]

So close yet so far...what they've created is a near replica of Connecticut.

I think it looks more like Ohio with a bad lower-left corner.

[odditude]

welcome to the state of MOhio.

[plain]

So close yet so far...what they've created is a near replica of Connecticut.

Normally I'll tell someone "don't give them any ideas", but in this case... by all means, give them some ideas!!

[STLmapboy]

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SM-G965U

Fuck! On behalf of my state I apologize. Where is that sign so I can do a bit of...rotation? 

Edit--nvm, I found the current iteration on Farty-Far in Lebanon, but even that doesn't look great (why does the 5 stand out?).

[ozarkman417]

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The order of the routes is different, too. This time around, they just did it in order but normally it has to do with the direction of the route from the interchange. All but Rte 64 go both ways, so 64 should be to the very left.

[StogieGuy7]

That's amazing! Never would have thought that MO's shape could be mistaken for OH or CT (each of which I now see), but some knuckleheads just proved me wrong...

[hbelkins]

I had to cock my head sideways to realize that's Missouri after the next big one at New Madrid.

[mrsman]

Hey, be greatful that you can still read the sign.  Imagine if they got the state shiled oriented correctly, but placed the numbers on sideways.

[ozarkman417]

The contractor also forgot to replace one of the signs altogether.

This one

[rarnold]

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SM-G965U

This has got to be one of the worst signs I've ever seen. Looks like a malformed Ohio with a short, squared-off tail.

A badly shapen Connecticut, times three.

[thenetwork]

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SM-G965U

This has got to be one of the worst signs I've ever seen. Looks like a malformed Ohio with a short, squared-off tail.

A badly shapen Connecticut, times three.

Or if the shapes of Indiana and Ohio had triplets...

[CovalenceSTU]

Oregon uses a sign similar to a "Divided Highway Ahead" sign to indicate a no passing zone, except the barrier in the sign is a cross hatch like this.  (I've looked for confirmation in the latest Oregon Driver's Manual, but they didn't mention it.  Maybe they're phasing it out.)  However, at least a couple of times they've gotten careless and used a regular Divided Highway Ahead sign when there is no divided highway ahead.

I drive that highway regularly, the crosshatch sign is just an oddly designed Divided Highway sign that's being phased out (they're replacing a lot of old signs on the highway and that's one of them). Here's one with a poorly designed crosshatch - no passing lanes anywhere nearby, but if you go a bit forward there's a turning lane.

The first one you linked is an old picture taken a few years ago (I can tell because there's no sign for the market ahead), that sign has since been taken down and replaced with a normal Divided Highway sign. The second one has a center turning lane ahead, but it's over 1800 feet away - whoever placed the sign did a terrible job and should have placed it at least 1000 feet ahead.

The actual "no passing zone" sign is a bit further up on the first link - it's a giant version of the white "DO NOT PASS" sign (it's 36x48 instead of 18x24).

Offtopic: clicking the first link confused me, because that stretch of highway is so close to my house 

[roadman65]

This is very wrong. US 75 is no where near Houston.

[STLmapboy]

This is very wrong. US 75 is no where near Houston.

It was down there until its truncation in 1987. That may be a very old sign or just a modern screwup.

[ozarkman417]

I would put this in the state/US mixup thread, but I don't think Virginia uses square shields.

US 60 & 220, Covington, VA

[roadman65]

If it were TX SH 75 I would, but this is not any kind of Route 75 here.

[US 89]

If it were TX SH 75 I would, but this is not any kind of Route 75 here.

But as was mentioned above, US 75 used to extend past Dallas, through Houston, and on to Galveston. So that was likely correct when it was put up, and now it's a cool relic.