Erroneous road signs

[74/171FAN]

Looks like PA 68 WB turned east     (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218929534989877&set=a.10218929793836348)

[kphoger]

Approaching the end of the Highroad, near Branson, drivers encounter this erroneous sign.  Nearer the end, however, they see this one, which is correct.

[roadfro]

Approaching the end of the Highroad, near Branson, drivers encounter this erroneous sign.  Nearer the end, however, they see this one, which is correct.

Erroneous on a future-proofing technicality. If what appears to be a planned future expansion of the freeway actually occurs, then the sign is suddenly no longer erroneous. (I prefer "next exit" instead of "next right" for these types of signs.)

One could also argue that you first turn right (along the loop) before making the actual left turn.

[kphoger]

If what appears to be a planned future expansion of the freeway actually occurs, then the sign is suddenly no longer erroneous.

It's been this way for twenty years now and, as far as I'm aware, Phase 2 was scrapped.  I'm not aware of any official discussion about extending the Highroad since 2010.

Related thread:  https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2244.0

[Mergingtraffic]

Outside Boston on I-90.  There is no Exit 46 but there is an Exit 45.

[flan]

I saw this east of Alexandria, MN, on I-94 westbound

[WillWeaverRVA]

I saw this east of Alexandria, MN, on I-94 westbound

That's not where I-34 goes!

[kphoger]

That's not where I-34 goes!

But they're working on it.   

[Scott5114]

I'm guessing it's not all that uncommon for people to get so messed up after coming out of Vegas they don't know where they are, but I didn't expect it to happen to I-15.

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2672835,-115.0664198,3a,47.6y,63.34h,109.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss9YCR6_BcA3x6n3-F-dEDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

(Jake Bear found this in person and commented on it, which led me to check and make sure he saw what he saw...sure enough, that's a Utah I-15 shield two states away in Nevada!)

[wanderer2575]

I'm guessing it's not all that uncommon for people to get so messed up after coming out of Vegas they don't know where they are, but I didn't expect it to happen to I-15.

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2672835,-115.0664198,3a,47.6y,63.34h,109.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss9YCR6_BcA3x6n3-F-dEDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

(Jake Bear found this in person and commented on it, which led me to check and make sure he saw what he saw...sure enough, that's a Utah I-15 shield two states away in Nevada!)

I fail to see the problem.  It's a control route to match the control city. 

[thenetwork]

I'm guessing it's not all that uncommon for people to get so messed up after coming out of Vegas they don't know where they are, but I didn't expect it to happen to I-15.

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2672835,-115.0664198,3a,47.6y,63.34h,109.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss9YCR6_BcA3x6n3-F-dEDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

(Jake Bear found this in person and commented on it, which led me to check and make sure he saw what he saw...sure enough, that's a Utah I-15 shield two states away in Nevada!)

I fail to see the problem.  It's a control route to match the control city. 

From TWO states away???  Then there should be a Washington I-5 NB shield on a sign somewhere in San Diego.

[wanderer2575]

I'm guessing it's not all that uncommon for people to get so messed up after coming out of Vegas they don't know where they are, but I didn't expect it to happen to I-15.

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2672835,-115.0664198,3a,47.6y,63.34h,109.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss9YCR6_BcA3x6n3-F-dEDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

(Jake Bear found this in person and commented on it, which led me to check and make sure he saw what he saw...sure enough, that's a Utah I-15 shield two states away in Nevada!)

I fail to see the problem.  It's a control route to match the control city. 

From TWO states away???  Then there should be a Washington I-5 NB shield on a sign somewhere in San Diego.

I made the comment as a funny ha-ha, but now I ask seriously:  What's the problem with the shield if it's acceptable that the control city is the same number of states away?  The shield is more a constant than the named city.  A North Dakota I-94 shield on eastbound I-94 in Michigan would be unusual and incorrect, but it wouldn't faze or confuse anyone at all.

[Big John]

^^ Even if EB I-94 in Michigan does not lead you to North Dakota?

[wanderer2575]

^^ Even if EB I-94 in Michigan does not lead you to North Dakota?

Yes, even.  People may raise an eyebrow if they actually see the state name on the shield, but I-94 is I-94 -- that's what I meant when I said the shield is a constant.

[Scott5114]

The reason that the shield has the state name on it is to give credit to the state for maintaining the federally-designated highway. (This was apparently necessary to get some states to buy into the US route system, and that idea carried over to the Interstate shield since the US route shield still had the state name on it at the time the Interstate shield was designed.) So...no, UDOT does not maintain the section of I-15 immediately north of CR 215.

[jakeroot]

Unless there's a "TO" adjacent to the shield, the shields represent the current route. I-15 in Utah is not in Nevada

[rlb2024]

This is looking across from the eastbound lanes of I-12 near Mandeville, LA to the signage on the westbound lanes.  Image is from April 2023, right after the highway widening was complete between US 190 and LA 59.  (The latest images from westbound I-12 are from December 2022 before the new signage was installed.)  The sign for US 190 West to Covington (Exit 63B) shows the right lane as Exit Only -- which it was for a short time during construction but is that lane is now a through lane now that construction on this segment and the one between US 190 and LS 21 is complete.  The overhead sign at the offramp also has an Exit Only indication -- over a through lane as well.

Also, the mileposts for Mile Marker 65 are 1/10 mile apart between the eastbound and westbound lanes -- even though the ones for mile markers 64.5 and 65.5 are together . . .

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.4236403,-90.0626337,3a,48y,319h,97.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srVlSFOYAWuDbpuLk4EpT_Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

[LilianaUwU]

Speaking of I-12 and the wrong state on state name Interstate shields, a Mississipi I-12 shield lasted until at least 2022 on MS 607 NB:



(Street View link)

[rlb2024]

Speaking of I-12 and the wrong state on state name Interstate shields, a Mississipi I-12 shield lasted until at least 2022 on MS 607 NB:



(Street View link)

Yep, I went through there a couple of months ago and was going to get a picture, but they have changed all the I-12 shields to generic with no name.  All the I-10 ones still have Mississippi on them.

[74/171FAN]

Unsure why we have a business banner for AR 190 here:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218940721629536&set=a.10218940900834016

[roadfro]

I'm guessing it's not all that uncommon for people to get so messed up after coming out of Vegas they don't know where they are, but I didn't expect it to happen to I-15.

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2672835,-115.0664198,3a,47.6y,63.34h,109.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss9YCR6_BcA3x6n3-F-dEDA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

(Jake Bear found this in person and commented on it, which led me to check and make sure he saw what he saw...sure enough, that's a Utah I-15 shield two states away in Nevada!)

This is also curious because, generally, you don't see state-named interstate shields on BGSs in Nevada.

[74/171FAN]

AR 190 EB actually goes straight here on Harding Ave instead of continuing south on Ohio St:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218940753630336&set=a.10218940900834016

[PurdueBill]

Approaching the end of the Highroad, near Branson, drivers encounter this erroneous sign.  Nearer the end, however, they see this one, which is correct.

Erroneous on a future-proofing technicality. If what appears to be a planned future expansion of the freeway actually occurs, then the sign is suddenly no longer erroneous. (I prefer "next exit" instead of "next right" for these types of signs.)

One could also argue that you first turn right (along the loop) before making the actual left turn.

The NEXT RIGHT made a lot more sense when there was the exit BGS and the exit gore sign.  Now that they have it signed as a curve basically, not a forced exit, the NEXT RIGHT sign should be changed too.  When they signed the forced exit as an exit, "next right" for the exit made at least some sense.

[LilianaUwU]

I saw that a temporary sign was laying on the ground, so I decided to lift it up... good thing I did, because it contained an error: "Dollorama" instead of "Dollarama". Granted, people pronounce the name as such, but that's not the name of the store.

"Dollorama" (sic) by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

[WillWeaverRVA]

I saw that a temporary sign was laying on the ground, so I decided to lift it up... good thing I did, because it contained an error: "Dollorama" instead of "Dollarama". Granted, people pronounce the name as such, but that's not the name of the store.

"Dollorama" (sic) by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

At least they didn't spell it "Dolorama", which would imply that it's a place of great distress or sorrow.