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

[Amaury]

The rebel division of WSDOT. They love their tabbed exit numbers, be it a gore sign or overhead sign.

It used to be like this at one point before it was replaced for whatever reason with the tabbed version: https://goo.gl/maps/8RXHiYTBnBgs8zvx8 Looking at the back of the sign on Google Maps, the tabbed version was installed in 2014.

Likewise for the westbound one, except it wasn't replaced with a tabbed version: https://goo.gl/maps/Cu9zcfpP7SV5PoYAA Looking at the back of the sign, the current one was installed in 2022.

I can't get a good enough angle and zoom to see when the older ones that were replaced were installed.

[74/171FAN]

Abnormal I-64 shield on a construction sign heading EB in Dunbar, WV:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219172500383860&set=a.10219172661987900

[Rothman]

Abnormal I-64 shield on a construction sign heading EB in Dunbar, WV:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219172500383860&set=a.10219172661987900

These FB links never work for me and I have no idea why.

[74/171FAN]

Abnormal I-64 shield on a construction sign heading EB in Dunbar, WV:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219172500383860&set=a.10219172661987900

These FB links never work for me and I have no idea why.

That is strange.  I know they work for others on here.

[jakeroot]

They work for me, true. But I would prefer they were just embedded directly into the page here. That requires uploading somewhere other than Facebook, but that shouldn't be a big deal.

[74/171FAN]

I did not realize I could just use the img function here directly from Facebook...

[jakeroot]

I can see the photo, but I'm not 100% certain that everyone can.

[D-Dey65]

I-75's new Overpass Road exit doesn't have any cities listed either, but Overpass Road is a local road and they built the exit for the suburbs in between State Roads 52 and 54: https://goo.gl/maps/ZPqaeELXxzsracDV6.

The previous sign looks like it's reserved for a destination;
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.2617852,-82.3331549,3a,75y,67.63h,94.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1MldBjdxdEtZJ9TiijvE6g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

[Dirt Roads]

I did not realize I could just use the img function here directly from Facebook...

One of the [disadvantages] of being an early user of the Internet is that I still think of the "stuff you see on the Internet" in terms of packets, files and directories (ergo, the same way that FTP worked, but long before then).  Anywhoosit, if you "Inspect" any graphics on the Internet you can find the direct filename and post it under the /img function.

Here's what the one at the top left of the AARoads Forum screenpage actually looks like:

[US 89]

I did not realize I could just use the img function here directly from Facebook...

It will work with any image URL (i.e. not the URL of a webpage containing that photo). The problem with some image hosting sites, including Facebook in my experience, is that image URLs on them will periodically change for no particular reason. So Dirt Roads's link might be visible right now, but give it a few months and it will probably break, even if that photo is still in the same place on Facebook with the same permission settings and everything. This is not an issue with sites like Flickr or Imgur, which have permanent image URLs as far as I can tell.

[hotdogPi]

I've had a few .pdf and .tiff files display on my screen, even though they don't for anyone else.

[vdeane]

Plus some sites don't take kindly to hotlinking.  I'm not sure how common it is, but I know I used to have my site set to disable such for all domains except AARoads (only for that exception to sometimes stop working, so now I don't have anything configured except my web host's default and just link to the URl of the image).

[J N Winkler]

I always try to obtain a direct image URL for embedding, but sometimes it is difficult to impossible, as in these cases:

*  The payload image is hidden under one or more other images with 100% transparency, meaning that right-clicking and choosing "Copy Image Link" (or equivalent) copies the URL for the top image with 100% transparency rather than the payload.  (In these cases, obtaining the payload URL means using browser tools to inspect the code.)

*  The image is not retrieved through a HTTP GET request but rather comes to the browser when it executes JavaScript code and is stored internally as a blob.  "Copy Image Link" then returns not an URL, but rather an URL-like resource identifier (starting with a string like data:/// or blob:///) that is specific to the browser and is not shareable.

[D-Dey65]

Regarding this No Smoking sign on part of the building at the northbound I-75 rest area just south of Ocala, Florida;

Is this thing MUTCD-compliant? Because it looks like it could be a road sign.

[roadfro]

Regarding this No Smoking sign on part of the building at the northbound I-75 rest area just south of Ocala, Florida;

Is this thing MUTCD-compliant? Because it looks like it could be a road sign.

It's not a traffic control device, so it's not MUTCD-compliant. But it does look like someone at the DOT or Public Works sign shop created it, which isn't too uncommon for signs at non-DOT/DPW government buildings...

[ethanhopkin14]

Regarding this No Smoking sign on part of the building at the northbound I-75 rest area just south of Ocala, Florida;

Is this thing MUTCD-compliant? Because it looks like it could be a road sign.

It's not a traffic control device, so it's not MUTCD-compliant. But it does look like someone at the DOT or Public Works sign shop created it, which isn't too uncommon for signs at non-DOT/DPW government buildings...

That's one of my guilty pleasures.  I love non-traffic signs that were obviously made by a DOT.  Of course, as you said, they are usually found at governmental buildings.

[Mr. Matté]

PennDOT doing NJDOT-style signs for Jersey signs, though NJDOT doesn't do this anymore



These were the only signs like this I saw, but checking GSV from last year, it looks like the original 880s were super faded

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/fZQKbjntTvHTTboeA
I think the way NJDOT fits the entire proper name into the guide sign is neat.  Always the crossing was abbreviated, but now it appears that NJDOT is eliminating abbreviations for the entire name.

[74/171FAN]

On US 322 WB/PA 153 NB at the Mount Zion "exit": https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219188904393950&set=a.10219189243802435



DuBois, PA, tries it best Hampton Roads, VA, impersonation, but it is unique by using a gray unisign instead of a green one:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219188923394425&set=a.10219189243802435

[Amaury]

For some odd reason, the eastbound Interstate 90 entrance ramp in Ellensburg on Canyon Road had two "Freeway Entrance" signs at one point. And I'm not talking about one on each side of the road, as that's normal. Although there are some that only use one, such as in Ellensburg here on Canyon Road for both westbound and eastbound. I'm talking about back-to-back.

See this 2011 capture: https://goo.gl/maps/ycCTUhwTJWbZxYXMA There are two of the signs on the same side of the road. The first one that should be there, and the second odd one father up that should not be there. It was later changed to this sign: https://goo.gl/maps/Ar4X7gAYXD4LgXQR7 Although I just realized looking at Google Maps, it's been lying on the ground since at least sometime in 2022: https://goo.gl/maps/h7g45TgF5DyfAK8G9

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/w3Sp5rgMuyYJ2fq6A
The Garden State Parkway shield should be on the NJ 17 overhead above. If they rearrange the sign, they can easily fit it in. However, the sign designers should have included that with NJDOT making sure.

[74/171FAN]

There is a lot wrong with this sign on US 6 WB in Warren.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219188976195745&set=a.10219189243802435)

[D-Dey65]

Steffen's is pretty solid! I went there a few years ago on a road trip to North Carolina. It routed us up 17 to get there and I certainly agree about that bridge. Very pretty but also very narrow.

If it's as good as you say it is, maybe I'll go there someday.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/LVtzjD2JUcCnygwUA
Here is something odd. NJ 17 is signed Newark for its control destination. The Garden State Parkway has no control ( at least here anyway), but the ensuing toll road serves Newark better as NJ 17 terminates in North Arlington before the City of Newark, but the GS Parkway not only serves it better, but enters the Newark City Limits.

[chrisg69911]

https://goo.gl/maps/LVtzjD2JUcCnygwUA
Here is something odd. NJ 17 is signed Newark for its control destination. The Garden State Parkway has no control ( at least here anyway), but the ensuing toll road serves Newark better as NJ 17 terminates in North Arlington before the City of Newark, but the GS Parkway not only serves it better, but enters the Newark City Limits.

It's taking in the fact that people are most likely going to take rt 21 to Newark, going 17 -> 3 -> 21 cause after 3, 17 just becomes local roads.