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

[STLmapboy]

"High profile vehicles exit here" in Grants, NM, off I-40.
https://www.google.pl/maps/@35.1591045,-107.8849038,3a,75y,122.72h,87.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbJWgmp0wHL16jN_TeRAkA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[kphoger]

"High profile vehicles exit here"

You mean like the popemobile?

[Ben114]

I saw this assembly yesterday, which I believe is the only all-brown "paddle" sign in MA. (at least the only one I know of)

[ari-s-drives]

Apologies if this has already been posted, but this sign has distances in both miles and km (probably the only one of its kind in the area).

[plain]

Pertaining to the NARROW LANE/NARROW BRIDGE signs postings upthread a bit, I said I remember a sign in NC but couldn't remember where. I still can't remember but I drove past another one (NARROW BRIDGE) earlier today on I-95. They're on each side approaching Exit 73 (US 421 Dunn).

EDIT: Image is from GSV



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[J N Winkler]

"High profile vehicles exit here"

You mean like the popemobile?

If memory serves, a nearby segment of I-40 passes through a slot that funnels wind, so I suspect that message is aimed not just at 18-wheelers that have "cubed out," but also box trucks, campers, etc.

[kphoger]

"High profile vehicles exit here"

You mean like the popemobile?

If memory serves, a nearby segment of I-40 passes through a slot that funnels wind, so I suspect that message is aimed not just at 18-wheelers that have "cubed out," but also box trucks, campers, etc.

Might have missed the joke.  I was interpreting "high profile vehicle" as a vehicle that has wide recognition among the public.

[STLmapboy]

"High profile vehicles exit here"

You mean like the popemobile?

Didn't they already try converting the Navajos? 

[Rothman]

I saw this assembly yesterday, which I believe is the only all-brown "paddle" sign in MA. (at least the only one I know of)

Hm.  I wonder if there are others in western MA, such as by the Quabbin, Sherwood Forest, or near Natural Bridge and Clarksburg State Parks.  Might be one for Lake Wyola, too, come to think of it (on US 202?).

[Amtrakprod]

Cool way to sign a dead end!


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[mrsman]

Cool way to sign a dead end!


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Yes, but its a little hard to see the sign.  It can easily be missed.

[MarkF]

The three mini signs on Canada Rd in Lake Forest, CA make me wonder if someone thought the curve should be signed so they made and posted their own signs?

https://goo.gl/maps/P7JMQpTS3bW2PSUb9

[Tonytone]

The three mini signs on Canada Rd in Lake Forest, CA make me wonder if someone thought the curve should be signed so they made and posted their own signs?

https://goo.gl/maps/P7JMQpTS3bW2PSUb9

Could be that or it could be because a bigger sign could collide with cars or big trucks.


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[ErmineNotyours]

Pushing the button will only make the ped signal appear, not a horse symbol.

[Tonytone]

Pushing the button will only make the ped signal appear, not a horse symbol.

Amish area?


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[Scott5114]

Pushing the button will only make the ped signal appear, not a horse symbol.

Did you try pushing it? Maybe doing so summons a horse. Or a voice gives you a readout of the day's results from Santa Anita.

[kphoger]

Did you try pushing it? Maybe doing so summons a horse. Or a voice gives you a readout of the day's results from Santa Anita.

It looks like pushing it should summon a horse and rider.

Maybe a mounted police officer will appear and tell you to quit pushing the button.   

[mrsman]

Do you know where this is exactly?

My guess is that even though it my only activate the pedestrian signals, it is a special button for mounted riders.  Perhaps the button is up higher than the normal button to account for the higher position of riders on horses and would normally not be reachable by pedestrians.

[kphoger]

Perhaps the button is up higher than the normal button to account for the higher position of riders on horses and would normally not be reachable by pedestrians.

It looks like it, anyway.  Look how close the button is to the level of the signal.

[Occidental Tourist]

Do you know where this is exactly?

My guess is that even though it my only activate the pedestrian signals, it is a special button for mounted riders.  Perhaps the button is up higher than the normal button to account for the higher position of riders on horses and would normally not be reachable by pedestrians.

This.  We have horse trails in our town and have quite a few of these.  If there was a shot below the picture depicted, you would see another pedestrian crossing button mounted at normal height.

[mrsman]

Do you know where this is exactly?

My guess is that even though it my only activate the pedestrian signals, it is a special button for mounted riders.  Perhaps the button is up higher than the normal button to account for the higher position of riders on horses and would normally not be reachable by pedestrians.

This.  We have horse trails in our town and have quite a few of these.  If there was a shot below the picture depicted, you would see another pedestrian crossing button mounted at normal height.

May I ask if this is in Burbank, CA near the horse trails by Griffith Park?  I think I remember reading that they installed these buttons there to help cross Riverside Drive.

[STLmapboy]

Very big/noticeable curve signage in OKC:
https://www.google.pl/maps/@35.4341762,-97.4061822,3a,28.1y,296.06h,93.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6lymA-WUIfsDaX44zw6pMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Tonytone]

Very big/noticeable curve signage in OKC:
https://www.google.pl/maps/@35.4341762,-97.4061822,3a,28.1y,296.06h,93.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6lymA-WUIfsDaX44zw6pMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Ok other then that beautiful sign gantry. If you look in the other direction there are two water towers next to each other. Google mishap or real life?


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[mrsman]

Very big/noticeable curve signage in OKC:
https://www.google.pl/maps/@35.4341762,-97.4061822,3a,28.1y,296.06h,93.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6lymA-WUIfsDaX44zw6pMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Ok other then that beautiful sign gantry. If you look in the other direction there are two water towers next to each other. Google mishap or real life?


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I think its real, but I'm no expert on OK.

Also, a good nice pictures of the planes parked at the Air Force Base.

The sign is great.  It is needed at many of the sharp mainline curves that exist.    I-90 in Cleveland also has special signage, but this is better.

[ClassicHasClass]

Apologies if this has already been posted, but this sign has distances in both miles and km (probably the only one of its kind in the area).

A few of those are still scattered around the state. Caltrans posted them in the late 1970s and early 1980s when it looked like metrication might actually happen, and left them alone when it didn't.