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

[wanderer2575]

I also never understood why MDOT uses "Chicago" for the westbound control city. Cities such as Ann Arbor, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor / St. Joseph would be sufficient to use while within Michigan. The same goes for eastbound travel where MDOT uses "Detroit" for the entire I-94 corridor into Detroit, with a few exceptions.

Interestingly, most interchange signage between Marshall and Ann Arbor shows Marshall, Jackson, and Ann Arbor as controls.

[PurdueBill]

I see Detroit has seceded from Michigan, joining the state of Chicago.

Looks like the Clearviewizing of the sign that I got a photo of in 2007 for Steve's M-39 page didn't change the layout of the sign at all!  Although the cute MICH state name is gone from the I-94 shield now. 

[kphoger]

I see Detroit has seceded from Michigan, joining the state of Chicago.

it should read "Detroit - Chicago".

Yep!

[MCRoads]

New Mexico:

In a dust storm

Pull off roadway

Turn vehicle off

Feet off breaks

Stay buckled

Well, that is an interesting idea. I had no idea that is what you are supposed to do. I always thought that it would just be like a dens fog, but brown. Do they really get to the point where you can't drive?

[kphoger]

Well, that is an interesting idea. I had no idea that is what you are supposed to do. I always thought that it would just be like a dens fog, but brown. Do they really get to the point where you can't drive?

Yes.  I can only imagine trying to maintain highway speeds through a dust storm.  See below for my experience in a Mexican dust storm.

Driving through a dust storm (shortly after driving right through the middle of a dust devil) on the way to Ganivete.  It was worse than a blizzard, especially since I couldn't watch for obstacles on the road.

[ethanhopkin14]

New Mexico:

In a dust storm

Pull off roadway

Turn vehicle off

Feet off breaks

Stay buckled

Yes.  I got into one once that was so bad I couldn't see past the front end of the vehicle.  I had to stop.  Luckily I was north of Roswell which was pretty desolate so I wasn't worried about being rear ended by someone else in the dust storm. 

Well, that is an interesting idea. I had no idea that is what you are supposed to do. I always thought that it would just be like a dens fog, but brown. Do they really get to the point where you can't drive?

[JoePCool14]

I also never understood why MDOT uses "Chicago" for the westbound control city. Cities such as Ann Arbor, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor / St. Joseph would be sufficient to use while within Michigan. The same goes for eastbound travel where MDOT uses "Detroit" for the entire I-94 corridor into Detroit, with a few exceptions.

As someone who lives in the Chicagoland area, it is incredible how powerful Chicago as a control city really is.

[Scott5114]

I see Detroit has seceded from Michigan, joining the state of Chicago.

Actually, if there was a vertical line between Detroit and Chicago, I wouldn't mind that at all. You could even put EAST in one top corner and WEST in the other.

As noted above, MUTCD standard (not just MDOT standard) would be a spaced hyphen ("Detroit - Chicago"). British standard (which OTA uses on at least one sign) would be a comma ("Detroit, Chicago"), and I believe Quebec would use a bullet ("Detroit ⬤ Chicago").

[J3ebrules]

I see Detroit has seceded from Michigan, joining the state of Chicago.

Is it just me, or did the letters a, g, and o seem slimmer than the "Chic"  part? It's like they ran out of white halfway and had to skimp on the letter thickness.

[Scott5114]

I see Detroit has seceded from Michigan, joining the state of Chicago.

Is it just me, or did the letters a, g, and o seem slimmer than the "Chic"  part? It's like they ran out of white halfway and had to skimp on the letter thickness.

The sun is directly behind the camera–you're seeing the effects of halation.

[thenetwork]

I see Detroit has seceded from Michigan, joining the state of Chicago.

Typically, MDOT uses a hyphen (-) to separate control cities (or destinations) in opposite directions of travel. In this case, it should read "Detroit - Chicago". I also never understood why MDOT uses "Chicago" for the westbound control city. Cities such as Ann Arbor, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor / St. Joseph would be sufficient to use while within Michigan. The same goes for eastbound travel where MDOT uses "Detroit" for the entire I-94 corridor into Detroit, with a few exceptions.

Don't forget that Indiana also uses Detroit as the control city for I-94 East.  So at least MDOT remains consistent through the corridor.

[hbelkins]

I see Detroit has seceded from Michigan, joining the state of Chicago.

Is it just me, or did the letters a, g, and o seem slimmer than the "Chic"  part? It's like they ran out of white halfway and had to skimp on the letter thickness.

The sun is directly behind the camera–you're seeing the effects of halation.

Which is what Clearview was supposed to put an end to, right?

[Scott5114]

I see Detroit has seceded from Michigan, joining the state of Chicago.

Is it just me, or did the letters a, g, and o seem slimmer than the "Chic"  part? It's like they ran out of white halfway and had to skimp on the letter thickness.

The sun is directly behind the camera–you're seeing the effects of halation.

Which is what Clearview was supposed to put an end to, right?

The only way to put an end to halation is to stop using high-intensity retroreflective sheeting. And that's not going to happen.

Clearview was designed with larger counter spaces (holes in the letters) so that even with the effects of halation, the spaces should theoretically remain open. With Series E(M), the counter spaces are small enough that they get washed out by halation. EEM has larger counter spaces than E(M) does, which is why it performs at least as well as Clearview does.

[mrsman]

Apparently, this sign can be found on a hiking trail in Glendale, CA:

https://i.redd.it/0pc5t1xuggi61.jpg

Thread here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/lniz6k/hiking_trail_sign_in_glendale/

[hbelkins]

Saw a picture of this sign on a TV news story's Facebook thumbnail, so I went to the KYTC Photolog to get this picture. There are several signs for KY 2632 in this font along the route and its intersecting routes. This is just off US 231 in Warren County, not far from Bowling Green.

[roadman65]

Miles is supposed to be plural.

[JoePCool14]

Saw a picture of this sign on a TV news story's Facebook thumbnail, so I went to the KYTC Photolog to get this picture. There are several signs for KY 2632 in this font along the route and its intersecting routes. This is just off US 231 in Warren County, not far from Bowling Green.

Mmm, gotta love that Arialveticverstesk in the morning.

[formulanone]

Saw a picture of this sign on a TV news story's Facebook thumbnail, so I went to the KYTC Photolog to get this picture. There are several signs for KY 2632 in this font along the route and its intersecting routes. This is just off US 231 in Warren County, not far from Bowling Green.

If you told me it was a prop for a movie in New Jersey, I would almost believe it.

[roadman65]

Interesting that the 128.0 Mile post I-70 in MO is one mile away from the exit that has its number.




Autocorrect again.

[kphoger]

128.0 Mike piston I-70

Swype much?

[jakeroot]

Saw a picture of this sign on a TV news story's Facebook thumbnail, so I went to the KYTC Photolog to get this picture. There are several signs for KY 2632 in this font along the route and its intersecting routes. This is just off US 231 in Warren County, not far from Bowling Green.

If you told me it was a prop for a movie in New Jersey, I would almost believe it.

From WandaVision (airing right now on Disney+), which takes place in the fictional village of Westview, New Jersey:

[Scott5114]

Amazing that they got the black background of the route marker right when everything else about the sign is wrong.

[hotdogPi]

Okay, where is the exit actually located?

• I don't recognize the plate style of the foreground car, but the background car looks like an authentic New Jersey plate. Of course, this could be part of the show and not reality.
• The gore sign has no exit number.

[jakeroot]

Amazing that they got the black background of the route marker right when everything else about the sign is wrong.

Remarkably good attention to detail...apart from almost everything. But the black background is like +1000 points so maybe it's okay.

Okay, where is the exit actually located?

• I don't recognize the plate style of the foreground car, but the background car looks like an authentic New Jersey plate. Of course, this could be part of the show and not reality.
• The gore sign has no exit number.

I would bet somewhere in Georgia. The show is primarily filmed on sets in California and Georgia, but what I see looks nothing like any freeways in California.

The plate is a SWORD plate (Avengers-universe thing).

[CoreySamson]

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