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

[SilverMustang2011]

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Even Exit 1 in Georgia can take you to Kingsland, if you're willing to meander through the woods of southeastern Georgia before reaching US 17.  One thing I know is that there used to be a lot more motorist services along US 17 between Yulee and Kingsland. More gas station motels, restaurants and such. If you look at the Big Blue signs there they don't even acknowledge that there's still an RV park southeast of Exit 380.

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.7124781,-81.6749632,1988m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en&entry=ttu

I just got this in my head, but I suspect this might be an attempt to discourage an increase in traffic along the US 17 St. Mary's River Bridge.

There's at least one other restaurant I know of in Kingsland that looks like it's aimed at tourists;

One other thing; Did you notice a lot of the business located in Becker and Gross are addressed as being in Yulee?
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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.

[SilverMustang2011]

Here's one. Both control cities listed on the exit are miles West of 75, even though you are in Wesley Chapel at the exit: https://goo.gl/maps/C8fWFDkVhFUnYAgU6.

This subsequent distance sign kind of confirms it: https://goo.gl/maps/gzEUZxQ2cXkBCsZb8

[roadman65]

Here's one. Both control cities listed on the exit are miles West of 75, even though you are in Wesley Chapel at the exit: https://goo.gl/maps/C8fWFDkVhFUnYAgU6.

This subsequent distance sign kind of confirms it: https://goo.gl/maps/gzEUZxQ2cXkBCsZb8

I heard that the Mayor of Tarpon Springs lobbied for his city to be primary when that exit opened in the early aughts.

As far as Wesley Chapel goes, that community just recently expanded to that signed exit hence why it's not mentioned.

[ethanhopkin14]

Not the oddest thing I have ever seen, but interesting how the exit tab doesn't line up with the BGS at all. 

[plain]

Not the oddest thing I have ever seen, but interesting how the exit tab doesn't line up with the BGS at all.

A look behind it reveals why.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dEWcJNMngKbKq5Sa8


Also, a little further down at the exit, contractors blocked the exit gore sign with a construction sign.

[ethanhopkin14]

Not the oddest thing I have ever seen, but interesting how the exit tab doesn't line up with the BGS at all.

A look behind it reveals why.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dEWcJNMngKbKq5Sa8


Also, a little further down at the exit, contractors blocked the exit gore sign with a construction sign.

Westbound has the same setup and the same sign not used behind the sign.  What is the Olustee Battle Festival?  Does it not exist anymore or is it something seasonal that they lift up to add to the sign only on those times?  A quick google search says it's a city festival.  I just have never seen a permanent sign for a local festival that can be up or obscured when the festival is either going on or not.  Usually, I see festival highways signs taken care of by temporary or construction type signs. 

[Rothman]

Not the oddest thing I have ever seen, but interesting how the exit tab doesn't line up with the BGS at all.

A look behind it reveals why.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dEWcJNMngKbKq5Sa8


Also, a little further down at the exit, contractors blocked the exit gore sign with a construction sign.

Westbound has the same setup and the same sign not used behind the sign.  What is the Olustee Battle Festival?  Does it not exist anymore or is it something seasonal that they lift up to add to the sign only on those times?  A quick google search says it's a city festival.  I just have never seen a permanent sign for a local festival that can be up or obscured when the festival is either going on or not.  Usually, I see festival highways signs taken care of by temporary or construction type signs.

Such signs are actually commonplace.  See also the foldable signs for the New York State Fair and there's some fair in Fonda, NY that gets the same treatment.

[ethanhopkin14]

Not the oddest thing I have ever seen, but interesting how the exit tab doesn't line up with the BGS at all.

A look behind it reveals why.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dEWcJNMngKbKq5Sa8


Also, a little further down at the exit, contractors blocked the exit gore sign with a construction sign.

Westbound has the same setup and the same sign not used behind the sign.  What is the Olustee Battle Festival?  Does it not exist anymore or is it something seasonal that they lift up to add to the sign only on those times?  A quick google search says it's a city festival.  I just have never seen a permanent sign for a local festival that can be up or obscured when the festival is either going on or not.  Usually, I see festival highways signs taken care of by temporary or construction type signs.

Such signs are actually commonplace.  See also the foldable signs for the New York State Fair and there's some fair in Fonda, NY that gets the same treatment.

Three fairs does not equal commonplace. 

[Rothman]

Not the oddest thing I have ever seen, but interesting how the exit tab doesn't line up with the BGS at all.

A look behind it reveals why.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dEWcJNMngKbKq5Sa8


Also, a little further down at the exit, contractors blocked the exit gore sign with a construction sign.

Westbound has the same setup and the same sign not used behind the sign.  What is the Olustee Battle Festival?  Does it not exist anymore or is it something seasonal that they lift up to add to the sign only on those times?  A quick google search says it's a city festival.  I just have never seen a permanent sign for a local festival that can be up or obscured when the festival is either going on or not.  Usually, I see festival highways signs taken care of by temporary or construction type signs.

Such signs are actually commonplace.  See also the foldable signs for the New York State Fair and there's some fair in Fonda, NY that gets the same treatment.

Three fairs does not equal commonplace.

They are merely examples of the broader frequency.

[ClassicHasClass]

You'd think the exit panel would be on the right, but ... (also on advance signage)

https://goo.gl/maps/jF9yyppPzWM4FnvH8

"REST AREA 2/3 MILE"

https://goo.gl/maps/Xo1MZ1YFDj781YVk9

[formulanone]

Not the oddest thing I have ever seen, but interesting how the exit tab doesn't line up with the BGS at all.

A look behind it reveals why.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dEWcJNMngKbKq5Sa8


Also, a little further down at the exit, contractors blocked the exit gore sign with a construction sign.

Westbound has the same setup and the same sign not used behind the sign.  What is the Olustee Battle Festival?  Does it not exist anymore or is it something seasonal that they lift up to add to the sign only on those times?  A quick google search says it's a city festival.  I just have never seen a permanent sign for a local festival that can be up or obscured when the festival is either going on or not.  Usually, I see festival highways signs taken care of by temporary or construction type signs.

Such signs are actually commonplace.  See also the foldable signs for the New York State Fair and there's some fair in Fonda, NY that gets the same treatment.

Three fairs does not equal commonplace.

They are merely examples of the broader frequency.

The Olustee Battle Festival was to commemorate the largest Civil War battle that occurred in Florida; it was primarily a food-producing state since it had a very low population at the time of the Confederacy and many of its ports eventually would up under Union control.

Otherwise there isn't much going on in Olustee. Nearby Lake City, a control city for I-10 due to the nearby junction with I-75, is closer to an "Albert Lea" than a "Limon". 

[Amaury]

I guess since the two signs are each on two different highways, it's not all that special, but when approaching the SR 28 junction while heading north on SR 283 to its northern terminus, the control city for SR 28 West is Quincy: https://goo.gl/maps/e4VqsF2QnvUKTRGy9 However, when approaching the same junction while heading west on SR 28, the control city for SR 28 West is Wenatchee: https://goo.gl/maps/cA5gZmoSXmvZXrTV8 Normally, they would be the same.

Also of interest is that the sign in that second link, as well as this one, while not actually incorrect, say SR 283 to I-90 instead of SR 283 South to I-90: https://goo.gl/maps/WkHp2c8crdy6CKpM7 Normally, a directionally in a case like this would be included since that's where SR 283 ends or begins, depending on which direction you're heading.

[LilianaUwU]

This QC 138 shield is both odd and old:

QC 138 at old QC 371 - 2 by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

I would date this shield to the early 80s, as it's definitely younger than original installs (which are identical across the province), but it still sports the older style of fleur de lys that matches the one on the coat of arms. It's a Québec City install, and there's a possibility it was manufactured in house (which would explain the weirdness).

[roadman65]

^^^^ I like the inverted lane arrows. I'm guessing that's standard in Quebec.

[LilianaUwU]

^^^^ I like the inverted lane arrows. I'm guessing that's standard in Quebec.

Yes, it's been standard since 2003. It was black on white prior to that date.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/j9CHXcVoMYwXSyMx6
This assembly is interesting because the second exit using Pompton Lakes as a control city brings you there via US 202( the same road as the first exit).  You use the second exit to reach Pompton Lakes along US 202 SB before Morristown.

[ethanhopkin14]

You'd think the exit panel would be on the right, but ... (also on advance signage)

https://goo.gl/maps/jF9yyppPzWM4FnvH8

"REST AREA 2/3 MILE"

https://goo.gl/maps/Xo1MZ1YFDj781YVk9

Also downstream, one of the rare MUTCD compliant gore signs in California.

[74/171FAN]

I found a 3/8 mile sign for the truss on PA 87 SB over Loyalsock Creek ahead. 

[Bruce]

I guess since the two signs are each on two different highways, it's not all that special, but when approaching the SR 28 junction while heading north on SR 283 to its northern terminus, the control city for SR 28 West is Quincy: https://goo.gl/maps/e4VqsF2QnvUKTRGy9 However, when approaching the same junction while heading west on SR 28, the control city for SR 28 West is Wenatchee: https://goo.gl/maps/cA5gZmoSXmvZXrTV8 Normally, they would be the same.

Also of interest is that the sign in that second link, as well as this one, while not actually incorrect, say SR 283 to I-90 instead of SR 283 South to I-90: https://goo.gl/maps/WkHp2c8crdy6CKpM7 Normally, a directionally in a case like this would be included since that's where SR 283 ends or begins, depending on which direction you're heading.

Control city changes really aren't "unique, odd, or interesting". And neither are Street View links.

[Amaury]

Interesting is subjective. Everyone's definition of interesting is different.

[jakeroot]

^^^^ I like the inverted lane arrows. I'm guessing that's standard in Quebec.

Yes, it's been standard since 2003. It was black on white prior to that date.

Also standard in the rest of Canada, for what it's worth.

[74/171FAN]

Someone forgot to capitalize corner on US 22 WB in Ebensburg (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219136740809893&set=a.10219136906174027).

[plain]

Someone forgot to capitalize corner on US 22 WB in Ebensburg (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219136740809893&set=a.10219136906174027).

Clearly there's nothing special about that corner 

[Amaury]

I'm not familiar with the area, obviously, but is it also supposed to be Mundy's Corner? (The apostrophe.)

[J N Winkler]

I'm not familiar with the area, obviously, but is it also supposed to be Mundy's Corner? (The apostrophe.)

It is Mundys Corner.  The US Board of Geographical Names does not like apostrophes and permits very few exceptions (Martha's Vineyard is one of them).