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

[cjk374]

Old US cutout? Vicksburg, MS by Jess Kilgore, on Flickr

Could these be old US cutouts? 

[jakeroot]

Not so sure. Doesn't look like quite the right shape. Though even if it was, it's an easy shape to replicate.

[thenetwork]

Seen on the OhioRoads FB page -- Napoleon, OH:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/475036232662707?view=permalink&id=1135247853308205

Where to begin on this one...?

[hotdogPi]

Seen on the OhioRoads FB page -- Napoleon, OH:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/475036232662707?view=permalink&id=1135247853308205

Where to begin on this one...?

"You must log in first".

(I don't have a Facebook account.)

[jakeroot]

My view...

[hbelkins]

It's the "Business Loop I-6" photo that has been posted before.

[renegade]

Ummm, yeah ... thanks for the Fakebook link ...   

[plain]

The sheer suck in these signs (there's 2) is almost unbearable.

https://goo.gl/maps/h7X1vQEUvgp

Image from GSV


SM-S820L

[WillWeaverRVA]

The sheer suck in these signs (there's 2) is almost unbearable.

https://goo.gl/maps/h7X1vQEUvgp

Image from GSV


SM-S820L

I mean, it's from the Land of Misfit Signs (i.e. Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach), so that hardly surprises me at all.

[cjk374]

Have we had a similar sign posted  in the past 153 pages?


Limit speed sign at Grayson, LA. by Jess Kilgore, on Flickr

[kphoger]

I just drove by this one on Saturday.  I suspect it's not heavily enforced... 

Translation:  60 km/h IN PRESENCE OF BUTTERFLIES

I got a better picture of one of these earlier this year.

[formulanone]

I just drove by this one on Saturday.  I suspect it's not heavily enforced... 

Translation:  60 km/h IN PRESENCE OF BUTTERFLIES

I got a better picture of one of these earlier this year.

Careful, ou may piss off The Monarch and his Murderflies Henchman...



...or this may happen:

[cjk374]

Old sign with cateye reflectors that hung from the old Ouachita River bridge in Columbia, LA.

Original sign from old US 165/LA 4 Ouachita River bridge. by Jess Kilgore, on Flickr

Other shots I took from this area:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmjAYMD5

[Michael]

I rode with a friend from Liverpool to Warwick, NY this weekend to go to a wedding.  On NY 17 eastbound in Liberty, I saw this Pizza Hut sign with their old logo.  The sign looked fairly new, but the logo was last used in 1999.

On the way back, we went through PA.  On I-84 westbound, my friend noticed that some of the mile markers used fractions, and others used decimals.  We didn't notice any pattern to which was used.

[tckma]

Old sign with cateye reflectors that hung from the old Ouachita River bridge in Columbia, LA.

Governor Allen wasn't great; he was just O.K., apparently.

[vdeane]

On the way back, we went through PA.  On I-84 westbound, my friend noticed that some of the mile markers used fractions, and others used decimals.  We didn't notice any pattern to which was used.

Probably just when they were replaced.  The decimals are from the MUTCD (and are expanding; I don't recall there being any at all the first time I drove I-84).  The fractions appear to be an older PennDOT standard.

If you want to talk inconsistent milemarkers, just look at Region 8 which can't seem to decide if it wants to use green and white or all green tenths even on brand new installs.

[ModernDayWarrior]

Non-standard and ugly font on a city limit sign, Caledonia, MO

[PHLBOS]

Non-standard and ugly font on a city limit sign, Caledonia, MO

Yet the small POP 130 font appears to be Series D.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/fwQm7WTkAm72 I thought at first this was a typical reassurance shield with a construction sign  afterward attached, but I now figured its cause of the circle ahead and the fact that US 1 Business changes alignments there.  The construction is to inform straight through motorists to expect it only and that those destined elsewhere would not encounter it all.

[kphoger]

https://goo.gl/maps/fwQm7WTkAm72 I thought at first this was a typical reassurance shield with a construction sign  afterward attached, but I now figured its cause of the circle ahead and the fact that US 1 Business changes alignments there.  The construction is to inform straight through motorists to expect it only and that those destined elsewhere would not encounter it all.

That's exactly how I would have interpreted it:  road construction on Bus-1.

[MNHighwayMan]

https://goo.gl/maps/fwQm7WTkAm72 I thought at first this was a typical reassurance shield with a construction sign  afterward attached, but I now figured its cause of the circle ahead and the fact that US 1 Business changes alignments there.  The construction is to inform straight through motorists to expect it only and that those destined elsewhere would not encounter it all.

That's exactly how I would have interpreted it:  road construction on Bus-1.

I thought this was the standard way of warning about road work on another road.

[hotdogPi]

https://goo.gl/maps/fwQm7WTkAm72 I thought at first this was a typical reassurance shield with a construction sign  afterward attached, but I now figured its cause of the circle ahead and the fact that US 1 Business changes alignments there.  The construction is to inform straight through motorists to expect it only and that those destined elsewhere would not encounter it all.

That's exactly how I would have interpreted it:  road construction on Bus-1.

I thought this was the standard way of warning about road work on another road.

Road work ½ mile (or whatever distance), yes. Road work ahead, no, because that section of US 1 BUS is not ahead.

[kphoger]

https://goo.gl/maps/fwQm7WTkAm72 I thought at first this was a typical reassurance shield with a construction sign  afterward attached, but I now figured its cause of the circle ahead and the fact that US 1 Business changes alignments there.  The construction is to inform straight through motorists to expect it only and that those destined elsewhere would not encounter it all.

That's exactly how I would have interpreted it:  road construction on Bus-1.

I thought this was the standard way of warning about road work on another road.

Road work ½ mile (or whatever distance), yes. Road work ahead, no, because that section of US 1 BUS is not ahead.

I see that setup fairly often when a crossroad has road construction.

<ROAD WORK AHEAD>
[119th Street]

<MAX WIDTH 11'6">
[EAST]
{132}

[machias]

I found this interesting during my recent 13 state (4533 miles) road trip. Found in Elko, Nevada.

[roadman65]

Keep? https://goo.gl/maps/SiUziBLW4cn