Erroneous road signs

[NE2]

Another map error: http://www.putnam-fl.com/bocc/images/stories/mud/trailsmasterplan.pdf
Look closely at the state road shields.

[agentsteel53]

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this topic should be renamed to "erroneous web formats".

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Another one from Louisiana; this one is a little less obvious at first glance:
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I'll defer to Urban Praire Schoner, pertaining to Louisiana signage and routing, but I believe there to be two sign errors at that intersection.

[1995hoo]

Another one from Louisiana; this one is a little less obvious at first glance:

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So which one is correct?

[bassoon1986]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=30.442934,-91.187489&spn=0.001848,0.002411&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=30.443026,-91.18749&panoid=XahfkqNhGvaq04D57yP_vQ&cbp=12,350.71,,0,3.9

Well, here's what it looked like before. (hooray green shields!), but I don't know what the 2nd error is

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=30.442934,-91.187489&spn=0.001848,0.002411&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=30.443026,-91.18749&panoid=XahfkqNhGvaq04D57yP_vQ&cbp=12,350.71,,0,3.9

Well, here's what it looked like before. (hooray green shields!), but I don't know what the 2nd error is

Maybe it's not an error, but something that bothered me during my 5 years in Baton Rouge.
LA 30 splits into two one way streets north of South Blvd. NB La 30 follows Saint Louis St, while SB La 30 follows Saint Phillip St.
Government St (La 73) is the northern (western?) extent of La 30, but at the intersection of St. Louis & Government, you see a La 30 shield and corresponding left arrow. Following that signage for La 30 only redirects you back the way you came on La 30, just a big U-turn.
So my arguement is that both the black and green La 30 sign assemblies are wrong for implying that La 30 continues beyond Government St.

[Quillz]

Those black on white shields with Series B ought to be error shields. The old white on green ones were much nicer.

[Darkchylde]

Those black on white shields with Series B ought to be error shields. The old white on green ones were much nicer.

Eh, should at least be in Worst of Road Signs - the width between the digits is horrendous.

[Takumi]

Yet another incorrect 33 shield in Richmond. This is at VA 161 and should be US 33. Had the non-US portion stayed VA 4 (as VA 5 did when US 250 came to town) I don't think you'd see as many of these.


Several VA 147 shields in the Carytown area are posted North-South instead of the correct East-West. The South ones should be West.






Here's one that was covered up.


Conversely, I-195 should be North-South (South in this particular case).


And I'm posting this again because it deserves it.

[agentsteel53]

that 250 is no Marilyn Monroe either, with its silly "EM compressed to D width" font.

[agentsteel53]

Conversely, I-195 should be North-South (South in this particular case).

I like the old-style layout of the 195 shields.  looks like it is a '57 layout with extra large '61 style numerals.

And I'm posting this again because it deserves it.

quick, someone change the cardinal direction of one of the "east 250"s.

[Alex]

Noted today that this US 98 shield assembly along Government Street westbound in Mobile was finally replaced. What is erroneous about the replacement is that the new US 98 shield is posted alongside a US 90 shield. US 90 has not traveled along this stretch of Government Street since before 1999. Was not able to snag a photo, but will do so in the future.

[agentsteel53]

finally replaced

what was wrong with the shield in the photo that it needed replacement?

[Alex]

finally replaced

what was wrong with the shield in the photo that it needed replacement?

All others were replaced in recent years, this was a holdout. Mildew'd signs tend to get replaced more often, which is a regular problem with signs on the Gulf Coast.

[US71]

finally replaced

what was wrong with the shield in the photo that it needed replacement?

All others were replaced in recent years, this was a holdout. Mildew'd signs tend to get replaced more often, which is a regular problem with signs on the Gulf Coast.

Plus it wasn't one of Alabama's "narrow neck" shields (as I call them) 

[agentsteel53]

indeed, the narrow neck is a venerable design.

[yakra]

Is it just me or does the '8' in that pic US71 post look a little crooked, tilted to the right?

[agentsteel53]

Is it just me or does the '8' in that pic US71 post look a little crooked, tilted to the right?

you are correct.

[Brandon]

Mildly erroneous as you will be on IL-56 at the bridge going to I-88 East.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Zzyzx Road is a sight not to be forgotten out on I-15 in the California desert. But on NB I-15, the people that made this sign might've forgotten the exit number.

This sign is supposed to say "Exit 239", but they left out the nine. It does say the correct exit number (Exit 239, not Exit 23) for the "1 MILE" sign, image below.

Maybe the first sign's contractors probably just came from a night in Vegas when they made this sign, or that they could go to Vegas after completing the sign, so they rushed it. I dunno, whatever the reason is, this is a strange sign.

[rickmastfan67]

Zzyzx Road is a sight not to be forgotten out on I-15 in the California desert. But on NB I-15, the people that made this sign might've forgotten the exit number.
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This sign is supposed to say "Exit 239", but they left out the nine. It does say the correct exit number (Exit 239, not Exit 23) for the "1 MILE" sign, image below.
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Maybe the first sign's contractors probably just came from a night in Vegas when they made this sign, or that they could go to Vegas after completing the sign, so they rushed it. I dunno, whatever the reason is, this is a strange sign.

Is the gore sign for the exit correct? Can't tell in the first picture.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Is the gore sign for the exit correct? Can't tell in the first picture.

Seeing from Google Street View, the gore sign indeed says "Exit 239"

[PHLBOS]

No photos but a couple to add:

Somers Point, NJ along NJ 52 Northbound.

A couple trail-blazer signs (one for NORTH 52, the other to TO 9 NORTH w/an approach Right-Turn arrow) have correct shields but incorrect cardinal signs in terms of color.  The signs in question are colored for a County Route (blue background w/gold/yellow lettering) rather than the proper white background/black lettering & borders.

While I've seen Interstate cardinals mixed in (for a state or US route) and vice-versa; this is the first time I've seen County Route colors improperly applied for state and US trailblazer signs.

[D-Dey65]

I found this today, while taking a drive to Inverness, Florida, and making a U-Turn through Rutland, and Lake Panasofkee. Over at the beginning of Sumter County Road 470 at Florida State Road 44, there's a shield for CR 470 with a cardinal direction of "North." At that angle the road runs SOUTHEAST! In general Sumter CR 470 is a west-to-east road.


     
I'm also going to send this to Sumter County Department of Public Works this week.

[Michael]

The error I mentioned on NY 222 between Groton and Cortland this past Thanksgiving was still there when I went through on Easter last week:

I couldn't get any pictures (my mom and stepdad wouldn't stop! ), but on Thanksgiving Day, I saw two US 222 shields on NY 222.  One was westbound, just west of Salt Road, and the other was eastbound, just east of LaFayette Road.  Both Street View links show the correct shields.  I'm guessing they were recently replaced because NY 222 had new pavement.

I was prepared to get a picture, so I had my mom try since I was in the back seat.  She missed it (curse you, shutter lag!), and we took a different route some, so I wasn't able to stop at the one in the other direction.  When we took our turn, I noticed a reassurance shield for traffic continuing west just after our turn with the "West" plaque below the (proper) NY 222 shield.  Here's a (crappy) Street View link showing the back of the sign.