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Started by FLRoads, January 20, 2009, 04:01:44 PM

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agentsteel53

wow you did the cloning in Paint???  that's hardcore  :sombrero:

I've been known to remove cars (especially SUVs) from my road photos.  



find three cars: win a prize

usually I also take out power lines, as those are distracting as Hell... in this case I left them in as they added to the composition by giving one more item heading toward the vanishing point.
live from sunny San Diego.

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Truvelo

Unfortunately that picture is too small to see the tell tale artifacts of a doctored image.
Speed limits limit life

agentsteel53

Quote from: Truvelo on December 15, 2009, 03:28:49 PM
Unfortunately that picture is too small to see the tell tale artifacts of a doctored image.

mine?  here, have a bigger version:

www.aaroads.com/shields/blog/photos/DSC_073345A.jpg

I do not know if you can find the vehicles, but you will definitely able to see where I set the boundary between "ground" and "sky" and exposed the two halves of the image differently. 
live from sunny San Diego.

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shoptb1

#528
I was driving around the Columbus area today, and I found some erroneous signage right in our local neck o' the woods.  Thought I'd post:

I-270 Exit 27 - Cleveland Avenue (OH-710)

1) Approaching the intersection from the west, we see that the exit is marked as Ohio State Route 710 at the one-mile advance sign.



2) At 1/2 mile prior to the gore point, the exit sign is still marked the same, but denotes the right-hand lane as "Exit Only"



3) At the gore point from I-270, the sign shows exit only in two lanes, and notates Ohio State Route 710 as 'North-South'.



4) However, further on the exit ramp at the C/D split for the cloverleaf, it seems that only North Cleveland Avenue is marked as Ohio State Route 710, not South?  The Advance Signs don't match this sign.



5) To further complicate the matter, it looks like Google Maps shows the section of Cleveland Avenue SOUTH of I-270 as OH-710, not the North Section?  Which is correct?

Google Maps Link --> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=westerville,+oh&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.37814,108.544922&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Westerville,+Franklin,+Ohio&ll=40.105649,-82.947915&spn=0.011981,0.0265&z=16

Eastbound OH-16/37 Expressway near Granville, OH

1) This exit must have been reconfigured recently because they seem to have left an extra exit sign hanging around  :sombrero:.  I wouldn't follow the arrow here...it would not be a happy place.



2) The actual exit is about 1/2 mile further down the road....mounted on a sign bridge :)



Google Maps Link --> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=granville,+oh&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.37814,108.544922&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Granville,+Licking,+Ohio&ll=40.059795,-82.523203&spn=0.011989,0.0265&z=16





rickmastfan67

shoptb1, the first two images in your post above are the same. :P

joseph1723

I found this one online:

To Highyway 10 :-D

shoptb1

Quote from: rickmastfan67 on January 10, 2010, 12:21:58 AM
shoptb1, the first two images in your post above are the same. :P

Doh!  Corrected it, thanks!

shoptb1

Another interesting sighting driving around today....not sure which shield is correct...look a little further down the street.   :-D

North Nelson Rd (US-62 East or North) at Broad Street (US-40 / OH-16)



Google Maps Link --> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=columbus,+oh&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.418008,101.953125&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Columbus,+Franklin,+Ohio&ll=39.967939,-82.950536&spn=0.001573,0.003111&t=h&z=19


jdb1234

Lets see if anyone can figure this one out:


mapman

Hmm.... this answer must be subtle.  I've been able to pinpoint this picture as northbound I-65 just south of Birmingham, AL, and the street names and exit numbers appear correct.  Any further hints?

Scott5114

Is it the lack of an exit only plaque?
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

rickmastfan67

Is it the truck parked on the shoulder with the sign saying lane closed (with arrows instead of text)?

froggie

It's not an error, per se, but one could arguably put a "TO AL 149" on either exit panel.

codyg1985

Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States

froggie

Exit 254 is Alford Ave.  It's not that.

shoptb1

Quote from: Scott5114 on January 14, 2010, 01:36:44 AM
Is it the lack of an exit only plaque?

I would say that you're right, but apparently Exit Only signs are optional if the lane exiting isn't considered part of the mainline.  At least that's what I've been told from ODOT in the past.  I'm not convinced, but what can ya do.  :spin:

jdb1234

Actually, the error is that Exit 255 is not for Lakeshore Drive.  The exit is actually for Lakeshore Parkway.  Lakeshore Drive begins about a half-mile east of here.

Bryant5493

Quote from: jdb1234 on January 14, 2010, 12:10:39 AM
Lets see if anyone can figure this one out:



I think that ALDOT could've spelled out "Drive," since it was on a line by itself. Personal preference, I guess.

But, very subtle. ;-)


Be well,

Bryant
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Alps

Quote from: shoptb1 on January 10, 2010, 09:24:55 PM
Another interesting sighting driving around today....not sure which shield is correct...look a little further down the street.   :-D

North Nelson Rd (US-62 East or North) at Broad Street (US-40 / OH-16)


Google Maps Link --> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=columbus,+oh&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.418008,101.953125&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Columbus,+Franklin,+Ohio&ll=39.967939,-82.950536&spn=0.001573,0.003111&t=h&z=19



Honestly, neither is ODOT.  The old north-east/south-west/etc. routes are very inconsistently signed as one or the other, so this doesn't surprise me.  US 33 is another example, which I think switched from N-S to E-W.

Scott5114

Quote from: jdb1234 on January 14, 2010, 05:16:44 PM
Actually, the error is that Exit 255 is not for Lakeshore Drive.  The exit is actually for Lakeshore Parkway.  Lakeshore Drive begins about a half-mile east of here.

OK, can we stop these hunt-and-peck guess-the-error games for stuff that we cannot possibly know from the picture unless we're from the area? Unless it's blazingly obvious, just state the error, please!
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

ctsignguy

Quote from: shoptb1 on January 09, 2010, 09:05:23 PM
I was driving around the Columbus area today, and I found some erroneous signage right in our local neck o' the woods.  Thought I'd post:


3) At the gore point from I-270, the sign shows exit only in two lanes, and notates Ohio State Route 710 as 'North-South'.



4) However, further on the exit ramp at the C/D split for the cloverleaf, it seems that only North Cleveland Avenue is marked as Ohio State Route 710, not South?  The Advance Signs don't match this sign.




Ohio 710 north actually ends at the I-270 intersection, but is unsigned as such...the last North 710 is an indicated south turn on Cleveland Ave toward I-270....but it is not marked that the route actually ends, so you could drive a long while wondering about that....

the other end of 710 is clearly marked as an endpoint...why, i do not know...
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ctsignguy

Quote from: AlpsROADS on January 15, 2010, 07:03:06 AM
Quote from: shoptb1 on January 10, 2010, 09:24:55 PM
Another interesting sighting driving around today....not sure which shield is correct...look a little further down the street.   :-D

North Nelson Rd (US-62 East or North) at Broad Street (US-40 / OH-16)


Google Maps Link --> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=columbus,+oh&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.418008,101.953125&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Columbus,+Franklin,+Ohio&ll=39.967939,-82.950536&spn=0.001573,0.003111&t=h&z=19



Honestly, neither is ODOT.  The old north-east/south-west/etc. routes are very inconsistently signed as one or the other, so this doesn't surprise me.  US 33 is another example, which I think switched from N-S to E-W.

In the old days prior to the late 80s-early 90s, US 62 was marked as N-East/S-West (US 33 was marked as N-West and S-East).   

The explanation I got from an ODOT worker was that most of the time, the routes are signed in the general direction they are headed at that moment by the locals who control the signs (In Columbus, the city is responsible for signing and maintenance of Interstate, state and US routes). Officially, Ohio considers US 33 and US 35 to be more E-W as both routes travel in more of those directions than N-S.  US 62 is officially N-S, as it's meandering pathway through Ohio is more north-south than east-west (even though nationally, US 62 is deemed E-W)....
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/ctsignguy/<br /><br />Maintaining an interest in Fine Highway Signs since 1958....

Bickendan

Caught one in downtown Eugene today, courtesy of ODOT (what a shock...). Surprisingly, it wasn't a reassurance shield botch-up like usual. It was worse:

Approaching the I-105/OR126 ramps in downtown heading north on OR99/west on Bus OR126, a BGS reads, "To Freeways I-5 I-105 [with shields, natch]".

Uhhhh...

shoptb1

Quote from: ctsignguy on January 17, 2010, 02:09:18 AM
The explanation I got from an ODOT worker was that most of the time, the routes are signed in the general direction they are headed at that moment by the locals who control the signs (In Columbus, the city is responsible for signing and maintenance of Interstate, state and US routes). Officially, Ohio considers US 33 and US 35 to be more E-W as both routes travel in more of those directions than N-S.  US 62 is officially N-S, as it's meandering pathway through Ohio is more north-south than east-west (even though nationally, US 62 is deemed E-W)....

I actually wish they would still be able to sign the routes as NE, NW, SE, and SW considering that 33, 35, and 62 all move primarily in these directions in the state of Ohio vs. N, S, E, or W.  It would be nice, however, if they would pick a ordinal and go with it.

thenetwork

Quote from: shoptb1 on January 17, 2010, 11:24:27 PM

I actually wish they would still be able to sign the routes as NE, NW, SE, and SW considering that 33, 35, and 62 all move primarily in these directions in the state of Ohio vs. N, S, E, or W.  It would be nice, however, if they would pick a ordinal and go with it.

Add to the list of former "dual-direction" routes that were signed as such:  US-42 and SR-3.



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