Signs commonly used by one municipality

[KEVIN_224]

Nice to see the Andre The Giant "OBEY" type sticker on the above sign!

THICKLY SETTLED? Are they using molasses for a holiday dish?

As for Windsor (CT): "Rainbow" something or other? Is that by Poquonock or I-91? 

[jp the roadgeek]

There used to be signs in my town for deaf children that when read in order seemed a little strange


   DEAF

  SLOW

CHILDREN

Haven't seen one in about 30 years.


And Rainbow is along the Farmington River just northwest of Poquonock a couple miles south of Bradley.  There is a dam there with a fish hatchery that my class went to on a field trip. 

[US71]

I see these in Texas occasionally

[Max Rockatansky]

There used to be signs in my town for deaf children that when read in order seemed a little strange


   DEAF

  SLOW

CHILDREN

Haven't seen one in about 30 years.


And Rainbow is along the Farmington River just northwest of Poquonock a couple miles south of Bradley.  There is a dam there with a fish hatchery that my class went to on a field trip.

We had those in New Milford, CT in the 1990s. 

[mrcmc888]

I've only ever seen "MUST EXIT" instead of "EXIT ONLY" on Wilmington, DE freeways.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.73543,-75.5636565,3a,75y,42.4h,96.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siLsrpJfRTPptQYmeZVwZsA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7440014,-75.5601151,3a,75y,36.78h,89.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s28TO4-w2nNTW5FovsJXJ3w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[stevashe]

I've only ever seen "MUST EXIT" instead of "EXIT ONLY" on Wilmington, DE freeways.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.73543,-75.5636565,3a,75y,42.4h,96.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siLsrpJfRTPptQYmeZVwZsA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7440014,-75.5601151,3a,75y,36.78h,89.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s28TO4-w2nNTW5FovsJXJ3w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

That's interesting I've not seen that before, I wonder if that counts as MUTCD compliant or not. Reminds me of the regulatory (white) "must exit" signs I've seen posted on the right side of freeway, like this one:

https://goo.gl/maps/bdEsDVbPGySTuwjx5

[Revive 755]

City of St. Louis, MO:  Alley Not Thru or 'Street Not Thru' over the more common 'No Outlet' or 'Dead End'.

Springfield, MO:  'Street Ends' instead of 'No Outlet' or 'Dead End'.

Springfield, IL:  Two Left Arrows for a Dual Left with 'Stay In Your Lane'. I think only at IDOT intersections as well.

[nexus73]

I always liked the street signs in San Francisco:



Rick

[roadfro]

I've only ever seen "MUST EXIT" instead of "EXIT ONLY" on Wilmington, DE freeways.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.73543,-75.5636565,3a,75y,42.4h,96.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siLsrpJfRTPptQYmeZVwZsA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7440014,-75.5601151,3a,75y,36.78h,89.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s28TO4-w2nNTW5FovsJXJ3w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

That's interesting I've not seen that before, I wonder if that counts as MUTCD compliant or not. Reminds me of the regulatory (white) "must exit" signs I've seen posted on the right side of freeway, like this one:

https://goo.gl/maps/bdEsDVbPGySTuwjx5

While I don't think it's MUTCD-compliant, I think the "must exit" message (used in conjunction with yellow background and appropriate arrows) is as clear, if not moreso, than "exit only".

[MikeTheActuary]

As for Windsor (CT): "Rainbow" something or other? Is that by Poquonock or I-91? 

The town of Windsor is legally subdivided into a set of "villages" - Wilson, Windsor, Poquonock, Rainbow, and Hayden Station.   Rainbow used to be a small mill town, but the neighborhood's discrete identity mostly faded away during the Depression, after the old Rainbow Park was closed and the Rainbow Dam built.   It's come back a little bit in the wake of neighborhood disgruntlement from the industrial park and as the town has started considering treating the villages separately (as in "oh, we don't have one of those in that village yet..." for certain kinds of developments) in planning documents.

Rainbow's north/northwest of Poquonock.  It doesn't show on any BGS's, but the sign in question is off the Hamilton Road South exit of CT20.

(I wonder if ConnDOT will ever rename that exit, now that Hamilton Road North no longer exists.)

[MikeTheActuary]

And Rainbow is along the Farmington River just northwest of Poquonock a couple miles south of Bradley.  There is a dam there with a fish hatchery that my class went to on a field trip. 

Fish ladder, actually.  From what I could see, it was mostly inaccessible this past year, unless they opened the gates only when I was out of town (a distinct possibility).

The neighborhood's also been in the news in the past few months because of two discharges of firefighting foam from Bradley and the resulting PFAS contamination of the river.

The first of the incidents (pipe break) was impressive, as Rainbow Road was closed due to a wall of suds that came up through the storm drains.

The second was the B17 crash....