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

[74/171FAN]

Two interesting signs in Weston, FL:

1.  The fully green FL 869 shield:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218562923584821&set=a.10218562958105684
2.  "ONLY I-75":  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218562927704924&set=a.10218562958105684

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/52843947454/
Interesting how they inform motorists that Publix Corporate Parkway is a private road.  Think its a great idea.

[bcroadguy]

This wouldn't particularly be interesting if it was in the US, but there is a giant backlit US MUTCD standard black-on-white "right turn ONLY" sign in Port Coquitlam, BC. The standard Canadian white-on-back sign is post-mounted nearby.

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2424876,-122.762491,3a,38.4y,182.83h,91.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNz86jkqtG8k7OkJbTgCyeg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[ClassicHasClass]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/52843947454/
Interesting how they inform motorists that Publix Corporate Parkway is a private road.  Think its a great idea.

That roundabout BGS reminds me a lot of Australia and New Zealand.

[jakeroot]

This wouldn't particularly be interesting if it was in the US, but there is a giant backlit US MUTCD standard black-on-white "right turn ONLY" sign in Port Coquitlam, BC. The standard Canadian white-on-back sign is post-mounted nearby.

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2424876,-122.762491,3a,38.4y,182.83h,91.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNz86jkqtG8k7OkJbTgCyeg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Complimenting this would be the Canadian-style white-on-black "only" arrows along Mercer Street in Seattle:

https://goo.gl/maps/q4oD5JfB7MNWe1ez8

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/zfMXYywG3aBnvARF8
I noticed that US 95 along its concurrency with BL I-10 in Quartsite, AZ is signed TO on all reassurance shielding there.

[74/171FAN]

The sign assembly here makes US 92 EB look like US 92 NB:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218635549160415&set=a.10218635675083563

4-29-2023:  I-Drive for International Dr:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218638536555098&set=a.10218638612556998

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/cXnmkDJ2WeLMSBDF9
The NJTA in NJ using a brown border for Newark Airport like it's a park or historical place is bad.

Plus signing the NJ Turnpike for I-78 is bad as well, because if you're heading for the Turnpike South it's best to remain on the straight through route another 13 miles to where Exit 129 connects directly to it.

[roadfro]

4-29-2023:  I-Drive for International Dr:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218638536555098&set=a.10218638612556998

No reason that couldn't have been rendered as "Int'l Dr" which probably would've been better for recognition by non-locals.

https://goo.gl/maps/cXnmkDJ2WeLMSBDF9
The NJTA in NJ using a brown border for Newark Airport like it's a park or historical place is bad.

Yeah, that's awful.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/YsyknWhP4k7RzBRw7
ADOT signs AZ 85 here as concurrent with I-8, but that's not the case. The I-8 EB shield should use a TO banner plus be also placed beneath the state route shield.  However it's an interesting find.

[vdeane]

The way Baltimore puts "OK" on their turn signs is interesting.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/mEtJBJtDwJdkTRMbA
A separate mast arm for a delayed green. Come on. You mean they can't attach that rinky dink sign to the signal arm.

BTW in case your wondering why a delayed green sign is needed is NJ's way to alert drivers that the opposing traffic has a permissive left turn phase prior to the change to green on your side.

[jay8g]

The main mast arm is at an angle (though seemingly less of an angle than it used to be), so if they would have installed it on there, it would have looked something like this, which would be even worse. But using a bracket like what was used for the street name sign in the other direction would have solved that and avoided the sign being angled relative to the ground, which looks extremely silly.

[roadman65]

What interest me is, now that you mentioned it, the street blade on the opposite signal arm is attached via an angled bracket to compensate for the angle of the mast arm to keep it straight. So the Delayed Green sign could have been attached in that type of assembly.

[74/171FAN]

Abnormal county route shield along FL A1A in Key West:  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218562815142110&set=a.10218562958105684

[roadman65]

Abnormal assembly in Bennington, VT on VT 9 @ US 7.
https://goo.gl/maps/krxSZQpV2qPTabkx5

[Rothman]

Abnormal assembly in Bennington, VT on VT 9 @ US 7.
https://goo.gl/maps/krxSZQpV2qPTabkx5

Looks like they got rid of the old, cool traffic light there.

[roadman65]

Abnormal assembly in Bennington, VT on VT 9 @ US 7.
https://goo.gl/maps/krxSZQpV2qPTabkx5

Looks like they got rid of the old, cool traffic light there.

Yeah the two section four way signal for protected lefts.

[ClassicHasClass]

Abnormal assembly in Bennington, VT on VT 9 @ US 7.
https://goo.gl/maps/krxSZQpV2qPTabkx5

Looks city-erected.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/43UDqv3EQcut2qdJ6
The use of Next Exit and not Next Signal is odd, but the text shield is interesting.

[roadfro]

The way Baltimore puts "OK" on their turn signs is interesting.

The "OK" used to be semi-common around Las Vegas, but most instances I recall were phased out by the late-1990s.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/BckfkEaCgQycLZ9o7
The fact that that SR A1A is acknowledged without its partner SR 200 is odd considering that other route junctions sign them both and that street blades refer to the route as solo SR 200.

I'm guessing it has to do with SR 200 also being concurrent with US 301 here, and for those that understand FDOT mentality, state routes along US routes are not signed like GA to the north who is superfluous about US and State Road concurrencies.

[74/171FAN]

A lower-case stop sign leaving a Chick-Fil-A near Gainesville, GA:  https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10218683189471393&set=a.10218683440797676

[jakeroot]

A lower-case stop sign leaving a Chick-Fil-A near Gainesville, GA:  https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10218683189471393&set=a.10218683440797676

This is a standard sign/design for all Chick-Fil-A's from what I've seen.

[bcroadguy]

I think 20th Street in Sammamish, WA is privately owned (it has no sidewalks and a driveway entrance), which makes this less interesting, but it has two very Dutch-style "Woonerf" (mixed use road) signs: 1 2