Signs With Design Errors

[wanderer2575]

Not really an error, but not as straightforward and clear as it could be.  This is on northbound I-75 approaching Flint, MI.  The right lane becomes exit-only to I-475.  The I-75 sign should be a pull-through (with or without down arrows) without the yellow banner, while the I-475 sign should have a yellow Exit Only banner.

[formulanone]

Looking through some photos from early-2016...here's a goofy "u" and Georgia's dot-less "i" making an appearance in Trenton, NJ:

[PHLBOS]

Looking through some photos from early-2016...here's a goofy "u" and Georgia's dot-less "i" making an appearance in Trenton, NJ:

The spacing between the i and l in the Philadelphia legend is off as well.

Needless to say, that center panel has since been replaced.

From NoGoodNamesAvailable's post in the New York thread:

Some awful new roundabout guide signage posted by NYSDOT on their twitter page. Black arrows? Seriously?

[marleythedog]

I-675, Greene County, ODOT District 8

A contractor got confused on how EXIT ONLY arrows work. The previous sign did not have an arrow within the EXIT ONLY line.

Ironically, the sign project just south of here on US-35 a few years back handled the EXIT ONLY arrow correctly, but incorrectly signed every deceleration lane as an EXIT ONLY.

Another gaffe in this sign project was going the other direction on I-675, where they used US-844 shields instead of OH-844.

[Eth]

These signs went up a few months ago on US 23/29/78/278 between Atlanta and Decatur. Someone got the memo to use a wide shield for 278, but didn't quite pin down the execution.

[frankenroad]

.... but incorrectly signed every deceleration lane as an EXIT ONLY.

I have seen this phenomenon many places in Ohio over the past couple of years.   I have seen people swerve out of the right lane because they thought the sign applied to them.  (If you are in the right-most travel lane and see an Exit Only sign ahead, it would be logical to assume that the sign applies to your lane, especially if you are on a segment of road that is not perfectly straight.)

I am not sure why ODOT is doing that.

[US 89]

From the Salt Lake City International Airport, to remind you why it's a good thing airports don't post signs on regular roads:



Oh, the issues with this. Good luck reading the left panel at speed. Apparently one doesn't exit the airport to go to Reno. The I-15 and I-215 shields should have a TO if you're going to include them at all. Mixed-case directionals on I-80. Shields are way too big, text is way too small...and in Helvetica for good measure.

The sign in the background was much cleaner and provided about the same information. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure it was taken down after being replaced by the front sign.

[JoePCool14]

From the Salt Lake City International Airport, to remind you why it's a good thing airports don't post signs on regular roads:



Oh, the issues with this. Good luck reading the left panel at speed. Apparently one doesn't exit the airport to go to Reno. The I-15 and I-215 shields should have a TO if you're going to include them at all. Mixed-case directionals on I-80. Shields are way too big, text is way too small...and in Helvetica for good measure.

The sign in the background was much cleaner and provided about the same information. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure it was taken down after being replaced by the front sign.

It might just be my eyes but I feel like that I-215 shield is a bit horizontally compressed.

[1995hoo]

Not a road sign, but it fits the theme of this thread. ("Cardholder entrance"  is correct–express entrance for Capital One cardholders.)

[US71]

Not a design error, but more like someone clueless : Interstate 127 in Iowa

[formulanone]

Looking at photos from May of 2018...What's this fluorescent yellow sign here for? It's all sorts of wrong.



Located at the end of Alabama Route 144 at US 431...but no longer posted (though the post is still there).

[hbelkins]

Not a design error, but more like someone clueless : Interstate 127 in Iowa

Yeah, that looks like it's from Ohio.

[US71]

Reno, Nevada seems to have forgotten how to spell.

[renegade]

Reno, Nevada seems to have forgotten how to spell.

Their fix for that is gonna be changing the name of the street!   

[MNHighwayMan]

Reno, Nevada seems to have forgotten how to spell.

This is especially funny if you think about where the name "Virginia" originated in the first place.

[jakeroot]

"Virgin" is "slightly R-rated"? Not sure I agree with that.

[MNHighwayMan]

"Virgin" is "slightly R-rated"? Not sure I agree with that.

That's not quite the word they had in mind, I think.

[kphoger]

"Virgin" is "slightly R-rated"? Not sure I agree with that.

Come on, now!  The absence of sex should not be observed by children.

[US 89]

I didn't get a good photo of this when I drove by it, but the distance and street name got switched on this sign on I-84 near Ogden, Utah. Certainly one of the weirder design errors I've seen.

[kphoger]

I didn't get a good photo of this when I drove by it, but the distance and street name got switched on this sign on I-84 near Ogden, Utah. Certainly one of the weirder design errors I've seen.

Boy, that's an odd duck!

[jakeroot]

I didn't get a good photo of this when I drove by it, but the distance and street name got switched on this sign on I-84 near Ogden, Utah. Certainly one of the weirder design errors I've seen.

I tend to click on links before I read the post, to see if I can catch the error. Did not figure this one out until I read your post!

To be honest, the name of the road on the bottom doesn't bother me, even though it doesn't necessarily make sense.

[JoePCool14]

I didn't get a good photo of this when I drove by it, but the distance and street name got switched on this sign on I-84 near Ogden, Utah. Certainly one of the weirder design errors I've seen.

I'm actually fairly surprised no one went back to correct that, considering how obvious the mistake is.

[jakeroot]

I didn't get a good photo of this when I drove by it, but the distance and street name got switched on this sign on I-84 near Ogden, Utah. Certainly one of the weirder design errors I've seen.

I'm actually fairly surprised no one went back to correct that, considering how obvious the mistake is.

I'm not sure it's that obvious.

[barcncpt44]

Looking at photos from May of 2018...What's this fluorescent yellow sign here for? It's all sorts of wrong.



Located at the end of Alabama Route 144 at US 431...but no longer posted (though the post is still there).

Those are signs ALDOT puts up to direct traffic coming and going from the Talladega Superspeedway.  They do this twice a year.

[formulanone]

Looking at photos from May of 2018...What's this fluorescent yellow sign here for? It's all sorts of wrong.



Located at the end of Alabama Route 144 at US 431...but no longer posted (though the post is still there).

Those are signs ALDOT puts up to direct traffic coming and going from the Talladega Superspeedway.  They do this twice a year.

You know, I took the photo on the Monday after the race. I really should have known!