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

[kphoger]

But notice the name of the crossroad.  Almost makes me think it was done on purpose.

[JoePCool14]

But notice the name of the crossroad.  Almost makes me think it was done on purpose.

Interesting theory, but I doubt it. I'm leaning on this on being plain incompetence.

[roadman65]

https://live.staticflickr.com/2252/32196297653_639b5c2fd7_c.jpg

Interesting button copy truck route sign.

[jakeroot]

But notice the name of the crossroad.  Almost makes me think it was done on purpose.

What would green represent in terms of patriotism?

[roadman65]

IDOT moment:



This one's been like this for almost 2 months.

In Syracuse, NY this would apply at one specific intersection.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/upside-down-traffic-signal

[kphoger]

But notice the name of the crossroad.  Almost makes me think it was done on purpose.

What would green represent in terms of patriotism?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipperary_Hill

[jakeroot]

But notice the name of the crossroad.  Almost makes me think it was done on purpose.

What would green represent in terms of patriotism?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipperary_Hill

So "Patriot Blvd" is some sort of Irish reference? I'm not getting your point.

[kphoger]

Anti-British patriotism.  It was admittedly quite the reach.

[Rothman]

Anti-British patriotism.  It was admittedly quite the reach.

Not really.  Green over red in an Irish neighborhood.  It's really not that subtle.

[jakeroot]

Anti-British patriotism.  It was admittedly quite the reach.

To be fair, I'm not so dense that I didn't get what you were getting at. I just find it hard to believe that there is any anti-British sentiment these days. If anything, the obsession with British Royalty leads me to believe that Americans (even the Irish, to an extent), in fact, love the British. Or at least get on with them.

[roadman65]

The railroads do use green over red as standard all clear, or Conrail once did anyway.

[kphoger]

Anti-British patriotism.  It was admittedly quite the reach.

To be fair, I'm not so dense that I didn't get what you were getting at. I just find it hard to believe that there is any anti-British sentiment these days. If anything, the obsession with British Royalty leads me to believe that Americans (even the Irish, to an extent), in fact, love the British. Or at least get on with them.

I was actually imagining that the guy mounting the sign was a history buff.

[Rothman]

Anti-British patriotism.  It was admittedly quite the reach.

To be fair, I'm not so dense that I didn't get what you were getting at. I just find it hard to believe that there is any anti-British sentiment these days. If anything, the obsession with British Royalty leads me to believe that Americans (even the Irish, to an extent), in fact, love the British. Or at least get on with them.

See the NY state flag.  Liberty's kicking the British crown.

[jakeroot]

Anti-British patriotism.  It was admittedly quite the reach.

To be fair, I'm not so dense that I didn't get what you were getting at. I just find it hard to believe that there is any anti-British sentiment these days. If anything, the obsession with British Royalty leads me to believe that Americans (even the Irish, to an extent), in fact, love the British. Or at least get on with them.

See the NY state flag.  Liberty's kicking the British crown.

See Hawaii's flag...plenty of British acceptance in the US.

[Rothman]

Anti-British patriotism.  It was admittedly quite the reach.

To be fair, I'm not so dense that I didn't get what you were getting at. I just find it hard to believe that there is any anti-British sentiment these days. If anything, the obsession with British Royalty leads me to believe that Americans (even the Irish, to an extent), in fact, love the British. Or at least get on with them.

See the NY state flag.  Liberty's kicking the British crown.

See Hawaii's flag...plenty of British acceptance in the US.

You been to Hawaii?  Not really...

Not sure what HI has to do with Tipperary Hill, anyway.

[jakeroot]

Anti-British patriotism.  It was admittedly quite the reach.

To be fair, I'm not so dense that I didn't get what you were getting at. I just find it hard to believe that there is any anti-British sentiment these days. If anything, the obsession with British Royalty leads me to believe that Americans (even the Irish, to an extent), in fact, love the British. Or at least get on with them.

See the NY state flag.  Liberty's kicking the British crown.

See Hawaii's flag...plenty of British acceptance in the US.

You been to Hawaii?  Not really...

Not sure what HI has to do with Tipperary Hill, anyway.

That's my point, no one cares about flags.

The sign is in Illinois.

[Dirt Roads]

The railroads do use green over red as standard all clear, or Conrail once did anyway.

That is kind of true.  The reality is that on an upper quadrant semaphore signal, the colors are red-yellow-green (from top to bottom) but when converted to the corresponding position lights the top-bottom aspects are green, the 45-degree aspects are yellow and the side-to-side aspects are red.  That put green on the top and the railroad industry standardized as such.  Only one set of railroads standardized on something slightly different:  The Van Sweringen Lines (NYC, C&O and Nickle Plate) alternated the heads such that there would always be a minimum distance between the reds on a two-headed signal (so that each of these reds was visible from a long distance).  Therefore, we had the top head as red-yellow-green, the middle head as yellow-green-red and the bottom head could be whatever was appropriate.  The NYC and Nickle Plate didn't fully adopt those standards, leaving the C&O as the lone wolf here.

[Rothman]

Anti-British patriotism.  It was admittedly quite the reach.

To be fair, I'm not so dense that I didn't get what you were getting at. I just find it hard to believe that there is any anti-British sentiment these days. If anything, the obsession with British Royalty leads me to believe that Americans (even the Irish, to an extent), in fact, love the British. Or at least get on with them.

See the NY state flag.  Liberty's kicking the British crown.

See Hawaii's flag...plenty of British acceptance in the US.

You been to Hawaii?  Not really...

Not sure what HI has to do with Tipperary Hill, anyway.

That's my point, no one cares about flags.

The sign is in Illinois.

The context of the thread shifted to Syracuse...c'mon, man...

[vdeane]

^ Tipperary Hill was only mentioned after the discussion of patriotism began, one time in a response to "what would green represent in terms of patriotism?", as the Illinois sign was at Patriot St or something.

But notice the name of the crossroad.  Almost makes me think it was done on purpose.

What would green represent in terms of patriotism?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipperary_Hill

[kphoger]

Yes.  The stoplight at Tipperary Hill is what I had in mind when I said I imagined it having been mounted like that on purpose.

[tolbs17]

These signs are not on freeways. Although this used to be an expressway design, seems like they were left intact.

US-264 from Wilson to Greenville (with the exception of the Farmville bypass) was built as a limited access highway so it had at-grade intersections. All interchanges were complete by 2001.

https://goo.gl/maps/My9ergCjy3UyF2WW8

https://goo.gl/maps/YJ3uYyQAGxgi4nmN6

[Rothman]

Just putting this somewhere, but the new signs for NY 635 northbound, either from I-690 east or west in the C/D lanes, are ugly as sin.

[machias]

Just putting this somewhere, but the new signs for NY 635 northbound, either from I-690 east or west in the C/D lanes, are ugly as sin.

Is it this?

[J N Winkler]

Is it this?

(Image snipped)

Thanks for posting this--I wondered what the D-number was, not having found anything for NY 635 in my collection of signface layouts.  (I extract them by script now and figuring out why this didn't happen for D264693 is now on my to-do list.)  The latest StreetView imagery for both directions of I-690 shows the old signs with Series F shield digits as of October/November 2021.

[Rothman]

Just putting this somewhere, but the new signs for NY 635 northbound, either from I-690 east or west in the C/D lanes, are ugly as sin.

Is it this?

Yep.  Something looks just out of proportion on the actual installation to me.