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

[Max Rockatansky]

DUI Safety Corridor on CA 44, I've never seen anything like this before in California:

IMG_5273 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

A stand alone CA 16 shield overlay affixed to a BGS on I-5.  Its easy to see why the BGS spade variant omits "California" because it is unreadable at speed:

16CAa by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Verlanka]

DUI Safety Corridor on CA 44, I've never seen anything like this before in California:

IMG_5273 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

DUI Safety Corridor? How many drinking-related accidents has the road seen in the past year?

[rte66man]

Was in Tulsa, OK this weekend and saw a series of the UGLIEST signs anywhere. All are related to the Creek Turnpike (OK364) eastbound from Sapulpa to Broken Arrow.

EB I-44 at west end of OK364




EB 364 approaching the junction with NB 169

[US71]

Was in Tulsa, OK this weekend and saw a series of the UGLIEST signs anywhere. All are related to the Creek Turnpike (OK364) eastbound from Sapulpa to Broken Arrow.

Probably just stuck shields on existing signs when the Pikes became state highways.

[Max Rockatansky]

DUI Safety Corridor on CA 44, I've never seen anything like this before in California:

IMG_5273 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

DUI Safety Corridor? How many drinking-related accidents has the road seen in the past year?

I can't imagine very many considering how desolate 44 gets East of Millville.

[JoePCool14]

Was in Tulsa, OK this weekend and saw a series of the UGLIEST signs anywhere. All are related to the Creek Turnpike (OK364) eastbound from Sapulpa to Broken Arrow.

EB I-44 at west end of OK364




EB 364 approaching the junction with NB 169

I'm pretty sure I've seen at least one of these over on the Redesign This thread before. They are pretty horrendous, more appropriate for the Worst of Road Signs thread!

Edit: I was right! Here's my redesign of the first one that I made a while back.

[rte66man]

^^^^^^^^^^^

Got frustrated because I couldn't find that thread so I  posted them here.

[ErmineNotyours]

The two extant equation signs in Washington State that I know about:



509 east of the Port of Tacoma.  The state built a new alignment south of the old one right through the port, then swung around to where the old alignment made a T intersection with a road.  This intersection and points north will themselves be bypassed soon when the state builds a new alignment taking 509 directly to I-5.  Google Street View.

525, Lynnwood.  It is on the northbound side only and is not mentioned on the otherwise through SR Web coverage.  At this place was an elaborate ramp system on both sides of the freeway for pedestrians to access bus shelters from the Swamp Creek Park & Ride.  As important as that was, they were summarily removed and the hills were restored to grass.  That removal may or may not be the reason for the equation, somehow accounting for a 10th of a mile.  I found out about it because it was featured on a piece by Feliks Banel on KIRO Radio.  When it was posted it unleashed a rash of anti-goverment comments, and I can no longer find this posting.

[US71]

Jackson,. Mississippi at Chick-Fil-A

[STLmapboy]

Jackson,. Mississippi at Chick-Fil-A

Absolutely ungodly (no pun intended).

[Katavia]

Oh lordy. Yeah, those CFA signs are nasty. At least they try to make it look somewhat proper (sign shape and colors)... but not always. One location close to my apartment has a "one way" sign, white-on-red and in all-lowercase to boot. They also have a Do Not Enter sign similar to the first image.

[jakeroot]

The two extant equation signs in Washington State that I know about:



509 east of the Port of Tacoma.  The state built a new alignment south of the old one right through the port, then swung around to where the old alignment made a T intersection with a road.  This intersection and points north will themselves be bypassed soon when the state builds a new alignment taking 509 directly to I-5.  Google Street View.

525, Lynnwood.  It is on the northbound side only and is not mentioned on the otherwise through SR Web coverage.  At this place was an elaborate ramp system on both sides of the freeway for pedestrians to access bus shelters from the Swamp Creek Park & Ride.  As important as that was, they were summarily removed and the hills were restored to grass.  That removal may or may not be the reason for the equation, somehow accounting for a 10th of a mile.  I found out about it because it was featured on a piece by Feliks Banel on KIRO Radio.  When it was posted it unleashed a rash of anti-goverment comments, and I can no longer find this posting.

Thanks for the update!! Cool that there are more. I've never noticed them before. No surprise they are meant to be small and relatively secretive.

As for those pedestrian ramps, that's very interesting, although might it be due to the straightening of WA-525 at its junction with Hwy 99? That seems like it could have cut off about 1/10 of a mile, although it would have been for both directions. Granted, if Feliks Banel clearly stated that it was due to the pedestrian ramps, fair enough. Although I'd love to see some photos. Best I can do is some older aerial photos that aren't exactly clear.

[JoePCool14]

Jackson,. Mississippi at Chick-Fil-A

Absolutely ungodly (no pun intended).

I really wish private businesses didn't see traffic signs as a blank slate to do whatever they wanted, as long as it fit their "brand". The all-lowercase lettering is hideous.

[paulthemapguy]

Wisconsin will sometimes put serifs on their capital I's to help distinguish them from lowercase L's, a practice I appreciate.  Do any other places do this?

https://goo.gl/maps/sZWzyduf153Su7BQ7

[STLmapboy]

Interesting curve signage and lights in Salem, MA.

[JoePCool14]

Wisconsin will sometimes put serifs on their capital I's to help distinguish them from lowercase L's, a practice I appreciate.  Do any other places do this?

https://goo.gl/maps/sZWzyduf153Su7BQ7

Your link took me to Cairo, IL.

[ErmineNotyours]

As for those pedestrian ramps, that's very interesting, although might it be due to the straightening of WA-525 at its junction with Hwy 99? That seems like it could have cut off about 1/10 of a mile, although it would have been for both directions. Granted, if Feliks Banel clearly stated that it was due to the pedestrian ramps, fair enough. Although I'd love to see some photos. Best I can do is some older aerial photos that aren't exactly clear.

The equation implies that the shortage happened right there.  The SR 99 junction is further north, and has its own equation implying added distance (003.41B=003.24, but it's unsigned.)  Feliks didn't know why the sign was there, but it would have to be a distance-shortening activity right at whatever project caused it.

[STLmapboy]

Vermont just doing Vermont things.

The signal placement is redundant enough but a bit random, and are overhead BGSes strictly necessary?

[wanderer2575]

Vermont just doing Vermont things.

The signal placement is redundant enough but a bit random, and are overhead BGSes strictly necessary?

I don't mind overhead BGSs here but...

(1)  I don't like the two different font/shield size combinations.

(2)  I definitely don't like that one US-5 shield has an up arrow and the other US-5 shield has a down arrow.  At a quick glance, that's confusing.  It should be one APL sign over both lanes.

[Bruce]

The two extant equation signs in Washington State that I know about:



509 east of the Port of Tacoma.  The state built a new alignment south of the old one right through the port, then swung around to where the old alignment made a T intersection with a road.  This intersection and points north will themselves be bypassed soon when the state builds a new alignment taking 509 directly to I-5.  Google Street View.

525, Lynnwood.  It is on the northbound side only and is not mentioned on the otherwise through SR Web coverage.  At this place was an elaborate ramp system on both sides of the freeway for pedestrians to access bus shelters from the Swamp Creek Park & Ride.  As important as that was, they were summarily removed and the hills were restored to grass.  That removal may or may not be the reason for the equation, somehow accounting for a 10th of a mile.  I found out about it because it was featured on a piece by Feliks Banel on KIRO Radio.  When it was posted it unleashed a rash of anti-goverment comments, and I can no longer find this posting.

Thanks for the update!! Cool that there are more. I've never noticed them before. No surprise they are meant to be small and relatively secretive.

As for those pedestrian ramps, that's very interesting, although might it be due to the straightening of WA-525 at its junction with Hwy 99? That seems like it could have cut off about 1/10 of a mile, although it would have been for both directions. Granted, if Feliks Banel clearly stated that it was due to the pedestrian ramps, fair enough. Although I'd love to see some photos. Best I can do is some older aerial photos that aren't exactly clear.

BTW this seems to be the article on KIRO Radio: https://mynorthwest.com/634325/weird-sign-explained/

I didn't know about the whole ramp situation, so I'll have to look into that. Swamp Creek does seem like a decent place for a freeway station (for the one commuter route that actually uses that part of SR 525).

[jakeroot]

The two extant equation signs in Washington State that I know about:



509 east of the Port of Tacoma.  The state built a new alignment south of the old one right through the port, then swung around to where the old alignment made a T intersection with a road.  This intersection and points north will themselves be bypassed soon when the state builds a new alignment taking 509 directly to I-5.  Google Street View.

525, Lynnwood.  It is on the northbound side only and is not mentioned on the otherwise through SR Web coverage.  At this place was an elaborate ramp system on both sides of the freeway for pedestrians to access bus shelters from the Swamp Creek Park & Ride.  As important as that was, they were summarily removed and the hills were restored to grass.  That removal may or may not be the reason for the equation, somehow accounting for a 10th of a mile.  I found out about it because it was featured on a piece by Feliks Banel on KIRO Radio.  When it was posted it unleashed a rash of anti-goverment comments, and I can no longer find this posting.

Thanks for the update!! Cool that there are more. I've never noticed them before. No surprise they are meant to be small and relatively secretive.

As for those pedestrian ramps, that's very interesting, although might it be due to the straightening of WA-525 at its junction with Hwy 99? That seems like it could have cut off about 1/10 of a mile, although it would have been for both directions. Granted, if Feliks Banel clearly stated that it was due to the pedestrian ramps, fair enough. Although I'd love to see some photos. Best I can do is some older aerial photos that aren't exactly clear.

BTW this seems to be the article on KIRO Radio: https://mynorthwest.com/634325/weird-sign-explained/

I didn't know about the whole ramp situation, so I'll have to look into that. Swamp Creek does seem like a decent place for a freeway station (for the one commuter route that actually uses that part of SR 525).

Thanks for the link. Still seems a bit confusing though since those markers are supposed to be used where the mile shortening occurs (as was the case on the southeast end of the Narrows Bridge), and no obvious shortening occurred along this stretch of 525, even around the time it was rebuilt/dualled in the late 90s/early 2000s.

[machias]

Wisconsin will sometimes put serifs on their capital I's to help distinguish them from lowercase L's, a practice I appreciate.  Do any other places do this?

https://goo.gl/maps/sZWzyduf153Su7BQ7

NYSDOT does this along NY 5S for Ilion.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0227429,-75.0503136,3a,75y,117.65h,85.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swDGrmlkWrRT63H4JDek5jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[tylert120]

Wisconsin will sometimes put serifs on their capital I's to help distinguish them from lowercase L's, a practice I appreciate.  Do any other places do this?

https://goo.gl/maps/sZWzyduf153Su7BQ7

NYSDOT does this along NY 5S for Ilion.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0227429,-75.0503136,3a,75y,117.65h,85.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swDGrmlkWrRT63H4JDek5jg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Somewhat related, at the PA 56/356 interchange in Westmoreland County, PA, all the signage uses non-conforming g's which as always bugged me. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6174748,-79.6215002,3a,36.7y,281.61h,94.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHwqoMe9ZShVN5XlthxZvDQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[ErmineNotyours]

The two extant equation signs in Washington State that I know about:



509 east of the Port of Tacoma.  The state built a new alignment south of the old one right through the port, then swung around to where the old alignment made a T intersection with a road.  This intersection and points north will themselves be bypassed soon when the state builds a new alignment taking 509 directly to I-5.  Google Street View.

525, Lynnwood.  It is on the northbound side only and is not mentioned on the otherwise through SR Web coverage.  At this place was an elaborate ramp system on both sides of the freeway for pedestrians to access bus shelters from the Swamp Creek Park & Ride.  As important as that was, they were summarily removed and the hills were restored to grass.  That removal may or may not be the reason for the equation, somehow accounting for a 10th of a mile.  I found out about it because it was featured on a piece by Feliks Banel on KIRO Radio.  When it was posted it unleashed a rash of anti-goverment comments, and I can no longer find this posting.

Thanks for the update!! Cool that there are more. I've never noticed them before. No surprise they are meant to be small and relatively secretive.

As for those pedestrian ramps, that's very interesting, although might it be due to the straightening of WA-525 at its junction with Hwy 99? That seems like it could have cut off about 1/10 of a mile, although it would have been for both directions. Granted, if Feliks Banel clearly stated that it was due to the pedestrian ramps, fair enough. Although I'd love to see some photos. Best I can do is some older aerial photos that aren't exactly clear.

BTW this seems to be the article on KIRO Radio: https://mynorthwest.com/634325/weird-sign-explained/

I didn't know about the whole ramp situation, so I'll have to look into that. Swamp Creek does seem like a decent place for a freeway station (for the one commuter route that actually uses that part of SR 525).

Thanks.  I got the reporter wrong, but I still stand by the fact that the SR 99 section has its own (unsigned) equation.  Perhaps when they took out the bus pullout they wanted that translated into a mileage shortage.

[roadman65]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50325515182_c182fa2a05_4k.jpg

This one is beyond odd along US 17 in South Newport, Georgia.