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

[Scott5114]

In Mustang, OK, I saw a city-installed wayfinder sign that used Transport on Sara Road at the SH-152 intersection. Unfortunately it seems to have been installed after GSV went through last.

[index]

The weight limit on this bridge was changed to 0 tons after it was closed. I don't know why they'd even bother keeping the sign up if they're gonna close the bridge, let alone change it to 0 tons. Why make changes to a sign that's no longer needed?

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4112599,-93.0699495,3a,15y,125.53h,89.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srEjHGWEQ85UKSnboHLJgyg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4107864,-93.0691329,3a,15y,319.05h,87.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqWr4RbbEU4EZRWE9fBCW8Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Scott5114]

This sign advertising brine in Loving County, Texas, appears to be made out of button copy (though it's hard to tell, check out the other side).

[CoreySamson]

I have a lot of questions on this one. What here is EXEMPT? Is it for the bike path? What is being exempt? How has it managed to stay up during the recent construction here?

[Scott5114]

Looks like there used to be a railroad crossing there, which would mean trucks, school buses, and other traffic normally required to stop at railroad lines would be exempt from doing so. Unsure of why they removed the round RXR sign but not the EXEMPT plaque, though.

[Rothman]

Exempt from right turn only.

[US71]

Found this about 10 years ago along an abandoned section of US 71 south of Rich Hill, MO.  It has since disappeared.

[ClassicHasClass]

Looks like there used to be a railroad crossing there, which would mean trucks, school buses, and other traffic normally required to stop at railroad lines would be exempt from doing so. Unsure of why they removed the round RXR sign but not the EXEMPT plaque, though.

Here's a similar example in California.
https://goo.gl/maps/scCW6pwmNfP2eYtz9

[Dirt Roads]

Looks like there used to be a railroad crossing there, which would mean trucks, school buses, and other traffic normally required to stop at railroad lines would be exempt from doing so. Unsure of why they removed the round RXR sign but not the EXEMPT plaque, though.

Here's a similar example in California.
https://goo.gl/maps/scCW6pwmNfP2eYtz9

It not similar, but it is "unique, odd and interesting".  If I am interpreting this correctly, the blades for Huff Street and H Street are a private installation and the "Exempt" sign indicates that the signpost is exempt from from San Bernardino city regulations.  If so, I have no idea why it would be necessary to indicate so.  It is also interesting that the "Exempt" sign appears to have been removed from an older signpost and placed on this one (presumably a newer version, perhaps a city-supplied one).

Indeed, the word "Exempt" has a specific meaning related to railroads in the MUCTD.  The fellow that hired me at the Chessie was chair of the MUTCD Railroad Working Group for a number of years, and I got a few related tasks when changing our standards.  Just not road signs.

[achilles765]

Well they just re did some exit signs here in Houston on IH 45. And now the exit for AIRLINE DRIVE. Says ARLINE DRIVE. so that's nice.

[JoePCool14]

Well they just re did some exit signs here in Houston on IH 45. And now the exit for AIRLINE DRIVE. Says ARLINE DRIVE. so that's nice.

Nice. And I bet TxDOT is still abusing the hell out of Clearview too.

[LilianaUwU]

Well they just re did some exit signs here in Houston on IH 45. And now the exit for AIRLINE DRIVE. Says ARLINE DRIVE. so that's nice.

Nice. And I bet TxDOT is still abusing the hell out of Clearview too.

From the pictures I've seen on the Sign Errors Facebook group, yeah, they're in Clearview.

edit: apparently they're already replacing it. I dunno, but I would've put an "Ai" patch over the "A" myself instead of replacing the whole sign.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/51138318369/in/photostream
The missing letter looks like it was purposely greened out.

[WillWeaverRVA]

The weight limit on this bridge was changed to 0 tons after it was closed. I don't know why they'd even bother keeping the sign up if they're gonna close the bridge, let alone change it to 0 tons. Why make changes to a sign that's no longer needed?

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4112599,-93.0699495,3a,15y,125.53h,89.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srEjHGWEQ85UKSnboHLJgyg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.4107864,-93.0691329,3a,15y,319.05h,87.39t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqWr4RbbEU4EZRWE9fBCW8Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

In their defense, that bridge looks like it would collapse if a bird landed on it, so I can totally get 0 tons.

[thenetwork]

From sign-happy Farmington, NM....

CHILD!!!!!!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/bGAcpbh6LTuJ5f4VA

[ClassicHasClass]

Here's a similar example in California.
https://goo.gl/maps/scCW6pwmNfP2eYtz9

It not similar, but it is "unique, odd and interesting".  If I am interpreting this correctly, the blades for Huff Street and H Street are a private installation and the "Exempt" sign indicates that the signpost is exempt from from San Bernardino city regulations.  If so, I have no idea why it would be necessary to indicate so.  It is also interesting that the "Exempt" sign appears to have been removed from an older signpost and placed on this one (presumably a newer version, perhaps a city-supplied one).

Indeed, the word "Exempt" has a specific meaning related to railroads in the MUCTD.  The fellow that hired me at the Chessie was chair of the MUTCD Railroad Working Group for a number of years, and I got a few related tasks when changing our standards.  Just not road signs.

It's similar in that it is also related to a railroad crossing. There is an old track bed a few hundred feet east, the tracks of which were torn out a number of years ago; the EXEMPT almost certainly refers to that. The blades are standard city street signs.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/X5JfNDZE6iukf3sJ9

The 8Aguide has the street name last but 8B puts it first.

[LilianaUwU]

https://goo.gl/maps/X5JfNDZE6iukf3sJ9

The 8Aguide has the street name last but 8B puts it first.

Stuff like this might be why the MUTCD doesn't want street and place names together on a BGS.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/X5JfNDZE6iukf3sJ9

The 8Aguide has the street name last but 8B puts it first.

I agree.  It should be just Prospect Avenue.  Signing West Orange does not make sense when NB CR 577 goes there as well.  Plus the business district of West Orange is via another interchange on I-280 2 miles east.  Why say that only SB CR 577 serves West Orange when you have NB CR 577 that does too.  In fact Pleasant Valley Way and Laurel Avenue also serve West Orange as well which are previous exits from I-280 EB.   They serve residential areas just as primarily CR 577 does as Downtown is on Northfield Avenue and Main Street from Exit 9 (Exit 10 W Bound).

Stuff like this might be why the MUTCD doesn't want street and place names together on a BGS.

[kphoger]

From sign-happy Farmington, NM....

CHILD!!!!!!

https://maps.app.goo.gl/bGAcpbh6LTuJ5f4VA

Maybe the other one moved away.

[roadman65]

This one leans too much.

[kphoger]

It makes me want to take a ground-rod driver to the post on the left.

[roadman65]

It makes me want to take a ground-rod driver to the post on the left.

I think that is the situation. The post is coming up out of the ground on the left.

However this one just ahead of it is also problematic.

[JoePCool14]

This one leans too much.

The sign with the yellow legend is interesting. I feel like there should be a practical use for doing that because it seems useful. Maybe instead of writing TOLL in a black-on-yellow box, we just write it in yellow-on-green instead.

[wanderer2575]

This one leans too much.

The sign with the yellow legend is interesting. I feel like there should be a practical use for doing that because it seems useful. Maybe instead of writing TOLL in a black-on-yellow box, we just write it in yellow-on-green instead.

Is yellow-on-green specified in the MUTCD for county route shields on guide signs?  There are some instances of that use in Michigan, for example (I've posted these photos on other threads):