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

[Scott5114]

That's just what mixed-case federal vanilla Series D looks like.

[kphoger]

If there's already a separate thread for these, then I didn't find it...

A local street name, stylized as a route shield:  Weber Rd, Bolingbrook, IL

[freebrickproductions]

If there's already a separate thread for these, then I didn't find it...

A local street name, stylized as a route shield:  Weber Rd, Bolingbrook, IL

Slightly related, but apparently Lee County, MS, used to sign their road names on county route shields, if this old one I found at an antique store in Tupelo is anything to go by:
Arrowhead Road Lee County Route Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

No idea where it served though, it seems Lee County went through at some point and gave all of their named roads numbers instead of names.

[kphoger]

Slightly related, but apparently Lee County, MS, used to sign their road names on county route shields

Near me, Harvey County (KS) does the same for their numbered county highways:

[freebrickproductions]

Slightly related, but apparently Lee County, MS, used to sign their road names on county route shields

Near me, Harvey County (KS) does the same for their numbered county highways:

Other than the cheap attempt to save a bolt/nut, I'd say that looks better than how Lee County did it.

[US 89]

Uintah County, UT does the same thing, but also with numbers and also on their own county-outline shields:

[D-Dey65]

Uintah County, UT does the same thing, but also with numbers and also on their own county-outline shields:

Looks like the old size for Suffolk County Road shields.

Okay, so I was splitting off a new Wikimedia Commons category for the World's Smallest Police Station, and I used Google Street View for additional help. In the process I noticed the combined shields for US 98 and 319 and I decided to follow the road to the southern terminus of US 319 along the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge, and I finally found the signs marking the beginning and end of the route on a small island south of Big Towhead Island. As it turns out the signs for the beginning and end of US 319 used to be on the same signposts for US 98. Now, they're on separate posts. That's kind of a disappointment.

[wanderer2575]

Okay, so I was splitting off a new Wikimedia Commons category for the World's Smallest Police Station, and I used Google Street View for additional help. In the process I noticed the combined shields for US 98 and 319 and I decided to follow the road to the southern terminus of US 319 along the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge, and I finally found the signs marking the beginning and end of the route on a small island south of Big Towhead Island. As it turns out the signs for the beginning and end of US 319 used to be on the same signposts for US 98. Now, they're on separate posts. That's kind of a disappointment.

Gotta have some give and take, so I'll accept this.  From a photo opportunity perspective, it would be really disappointing if the separate signposts were placed a couple hundred feet apart and not together.

[Amaury]

More of an error, albeit a minor one, but random capital letter in the middle of a word: https://maps.app.goo.gl/TG4xz5d9M4iwGUa86

US Route 97 southbound in Washington before the Beebe Bridge. Not worth reporting. Northbound has it correct: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zQ2LfynyDQdtdim16

[machias]

I find this new installation outside of Rome, N.Y. interesting. This junction of NY Routes 26 and 365 was recently rebuilt and the overhead sign is part of the project. For the first time (that I can remember) in over three decades, NYSDOT Region 2 actually put the actual route marker first, with the "To" markers listed secondary. Good for them.  The arrows and yellow warning strips on the left hand panel are interesting

https://maps.app.goo.gl/rTnxGvjwBBhcQHqp7

[74/171FAN]

"TO ALT" basically being in one banner on US 219 BUS in Grantsville, MD.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219595293153415&set=a.10219595326354245)



A backwards mileage sign on PA 26 NB just north of PA 36.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219595235471973&set=a.10219595326354245)



I do not remember posting this one along KY 620.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219164306739024&set=a.10219164370700623)



I am unsure I posted this one in a shopping center next to US 27 in Lexington, KY.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219164059532844&set=a.10219164370700623)

[PurdueBill]

Slightly related, but apparently Lee County, MS, used to sign their road names on county route shields

Near me, Harvey County (KS) does the same for their numbered county highways:

Other than the cheap attempt to save a bolt/nut, I'd say that looks better than how Lee County did it.

Summit County, Ohio does basically the opposite; only showing county route numbers on green sign blades with the street name.  No one except the County Engineer's office uses the route numbers anyway.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/d4pkeXhAe1Gr5B8a7

[freebrickproductions]

Slightly related, but apparently Lee County, MS, used to sign their road names on county route shields

Near me, Harvey County (KS) does the same for their numbered county highways:

Other than the cheap attempt to save a bolt/nut, I'd say that looks better than how Lee County did it.

Summit County, Ohio does basically the opposite; only showing county route numbers on green sign blades with the street name.  No one except the County Engineer's office uses the route numbers anyway.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/d4pkeXhAe1Gr5B8a7

Georgia counties tend to do the same, though they just tack "CR #" on the end of the blade in a smaller font. IIRC, at least some counties previously used a vertical green sign with the number mounted to the back of the stop sign.

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5Cg6ZrbkoaHBzc349
This guide for US 13 Bus. On US 50 Bus. in Salisbury, MD.  Though technically correct you don't usually see these or a crossover between parallel roadways within an intersection.

[vdeane]

Umm... oops?

[74/171FAN]

A couple interesting distances for these No U-TURN signs on US 6 WB west of PA 87.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219615539779568&set=a.10219615811826369)

Umm... oops?

[roadman65]

This one is a relatively new sign with mixed case lettering on US 160 in Columbus, KS, hence the change in MUTCD to have guide signs now in that format.  However, this is not interesting or news to many of us, but what is interesting is the fact that Carthage was copied over the sign.  Carthage was on this sign originally when this part of US 160 was K-96, before US 400 took over the original alignment of US 160 further to the north.

To get to Carthage now, one must use county roads across the KS- MO State line to reach MO 96 that continues to Carthage.

[kphoger]

To get to Carthage now, one must use county roads across the KS- MO State line to reach MO 96 that continues to Carthage.

To be fair, though:  to get to Carthage from there, you don't even have to turn off the road at all.  It's a straight shot.  US-160 becomes Old K-96, which becomes MO-SSR-YY, which becomes MO-96, which becomes Inca Rd, which becomes Oak St, which goes to downtown Carthage.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/tuurS9292GdhX7uo7

[Amaury]

Nothing too special, but for this elk crossing area, one side is a picture and one side is text: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MhdbRpUpaFjzFbL78

Interstate 90 eastbound at milepost 130 in Washington.

[roadman65]

This one here is a wrong way concurrency where the routes are shielded in the form of the compass.


The north route on top with the west direction route on the bottom left and the east route on the bottom right.

Usually the arrangement is in lowest to highest denomination, but here I think its neat KDOT considered the orientation of the three routes travel and signed to imply what way is facing what.

[kendancy66]

Can anyone determine what this sign is for?

https://www.google.com/maps/@10.6888933,122.9720595,3a,15y,180.21h,87.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sovEtVF9H5Rjh55UNHrakwA!2e0!5s20230401T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

If you look back at older street views of this location, there is a 10 ton weight limit sign that is there, instead of the current one.

[74/171FAN]

NY 79 WB has this interesting sign heading towards Ithaca.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219615593860920&set=a.10219615811826369)



On OH 11 NB near I-80 WB in Youngstown.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10217818795422082&set=a.10217819107389881)

[J N Winkler]

NY 79 WB has this interesting sign heading towards Ithaca.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219615593860920&set=a.10219615811826369)

This sign is definitely interesting.

I researched the context in a little more detail since I have a long-term project to compile a canonical list of hill descent map signs.  It appears there is no such sign at the brake check area referenced on the white-on-blue sign.  The descent into Ithaca proper begins shortly after passing Pine Tree Road, and I don't see any evidence of runaway truck ramps in Google Maps satellite imagery.

[FrCorySticha]

Can anyone determine what this sign is for?

https://www.google.com/maps/@10.6888933,122.9720595,3a,15y,180.21h,87.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sovEtVF9H5Rjh55UNHrakwA!2e0!5s20230401T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

If you look back at older street views of this location, there is a 10 ton weight limit sign that is there, instead of the current one.

Unless I miss my guess, it's the same 10 ton weight limit sign, just deteriorating very rapidly.

[74/171FAN]

I researched the context in a little more detail since I have a long-term project to compile a canonical list of hill descent map signs.  It appears there is no such sign at the brake check area referenced on the white-on-blue sign.  The descent into Ithaca proper begins shortly after passing Pine Tree Road, and I don't see any evidence of runaway truck ramps in Google Maps satellite imagery.

That is correct.  I did not see any runaway truck ramps heading west into Ithaca on NY 79.

OH 711 NB .5 miles south of Gypsy Lane and Belmont Ave in Youngstown, OH.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10217818851023472&set=a.10217819107389881)



OH 711 NB at I-80 EB (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10217818854343555&set=a.10217819107389881)



Whites Hollow Rd at Station Rd in Watkins Glen, NY (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219615741024599&set=a.10219615811826369)



And further east on Station Rd (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219615743144652&set=a.10219615811826369)



Leaving Watkins Glen International  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219615629021799&set=a.10219615811826369)



On NY 14 SB in Horseheads (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219615622501636&set=a.10219615811826369)