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

[Flint1979]

Odd looking font on the number 58. In my next post it'll show what the font is suppose to look like. I found some odd M-46 signs too I'll have to get a picture of.

[Flint1979]

This is what a Michigan State highway sign is suppose to look like.

[kphoger]

Odd looking font on the number 58. In my next post it'll show what the font is suppose to look like. I found some odd M-46 signs too I'll have to get a picture of.

I'm no font expert, but it reminds me a lot of Arial Black.

[Flint1979]

Odd looking font on the number 58. In my next post it'll show what the font is suppose to look like. I found some odd M-46 signs too I'll have to get a picture of.

I'm no font expert, but it reminds me a lot of Arial Black.

It's indeed a thicker font than the usual signs. On M-46 I've located two oversized signs that would go well on this post.

[bassoon1986]

Another one of the interstate shields with the extra I next to the digits. I just happened to catch sight of it while sitting at an intersection. This is Swan Ave at Scenic Hwy (US 61 & 190) in Baton Rouge.





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[jakeroot]

creative "route shield"

https://goo.gl/maps/WhNFVrkrNJpxEEpL8

I mean, I don't hate it...

Yeah, it ended up looking really good.

Reminds me of how BC used to sign cardinal directions on their big green [and blue] signs. Street name always white-on-green [or blue], but the cardinal direction would be black on a white rectangle.

Now they use parentheses instead.

[jakeroot]

I've driven by this sign probably half a million times, and I've never noticed that one corner (top right) is squared-off.

Anyone have any idea why this might have happened? WA uses full-width exit tabs, so I doubt it would have been for that.

The back of the sign indicates that it was installed in 2006.

[Big John]

This is what a Michigan State highway sign is suppose to look like.

I never seen a BEGIN banner coupled with a turn arrow before.

[Flint1979]

This is what a Michigan State highway sign is suppose to look like.

I never seen a BEGIN banner coupled with a turn arrow before.

I never really noticed it myself. There is another one on the next street south (State Street) which is eastbound M-58.

[stevashe]

creative "route shield"

https://goo.gl/maps/WhNFVrkrNJpxEEpL8

I mean, I don't hate it...

Yeah, it ended up looking really good.

Could do with green signs for the direction and arrow plaques so they match though.

[formulanone]

I hope nobody else has seen this sign, because I'm going to post it:
https://imgflip.com/i/46xv9u?nerp=1593791899#com5064473

US 192 stays in FL and is only 75 miles long.  It should be demoted to a state highway.

If they did, it will not be demoted to FL 192 (which belongs in the northwestern part of the state), but FL 530 (west of Kissimmee) and FL 500 (east of US 441).

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[wanderer2575]

This is what a Michigan State highway sign is suppose to look like.

I never seen a BEGIN banner coupled with a turn arrow before.

I never really noticed it myself. There is another one on the next street south (State Street) which is eastbound M-58.

The same thing was installed on both directions of M-20 when M-30 was extended south from US-10 in 2009.

[Flint1979]

This is what a Michigan State highway sign is suppose to look like.

I never seen a BEGIN banner coupled with a turn arrow before.

I never really noticed it myself. There is another one on the next street south (State Street) which is eastbound M-58.

The same thing was installed on both directions of M-20 when M-30 was extended south from US-10 in 2009.

I haven't really noticed them before. M-20 and M-30 is an area I'm familiar with too. Usually it would just say North M-30 and North M-84 in these two pictures case.

Speaking of M-30 I think they should have extended it further south to M-46.

[Flint1979]

This ugly sign can be found on Ojibway Island in Saginaw, MI.

[Rover_0]

creative "route shield"

https://goo.gl/maps/WhNFVrkrNJpxEEpL8

I mean, I don't hate it...

Yeah, it ended up looking really good.

I agree. Not bad at all.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50112207306/in/dateposted-public/
Typical for GDOT, but the distinction between the END US 319 Business and GA 33 could be made in a different way.  Also US 319 should have a different arrow as SB US 319 is to the right at the junction ahead.

[STLmapboy]

A sign on I-29 between Fargo and Grand Forks. Note the white tabs on the BGS for "EAST" and "WEST," as well as the oversized and center-aligned exit tab. The newer Clearview sign at the exit itself keeps the flawed exit tab but does away with the weird directional tabs and puts an airport decal in the bottom left.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50111954288/in/dateposted-public

Would it not be better to have the GA 155 shield swapped out with US 41 Bus and shift the business banner to the left. After all SR 155 is not a business route.

[Big John]

^^ That is unusual for a Georgia sign assembly to have a BUSINESS banner.  They usually place BUS on the top side of the route shield.

[roadman65]

Speaking of Georgia and there out of sequence mileage signs, here is another bad one.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50119240202/in/dateposted-public/

[formulanone]

Speaking of Georgia and there out of sequence mileage signs, here is another bad one.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50119240202/in/dateposted-public/

I think the sign manufacturer was from Riceboro.

[hobsini2]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50111954288/in/dateposted-public

Would it not be better to have the GA 155 shield swapped out with US 41 Bus and shift the business banner to the left. After all SR 155 is not a business route.

That one is screaming for a new sign assembly.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50162966952/in/dateposted-public/

I find it odd that Unincorporated is larger than the name of the community here along US 319 in Tift County, GA where GDOT is now redoing all their previous road signs with more MUTCD specifications primarily going with mixed case as Georgia was always one to use all caps in signing on off freeway guide signs.

[kphoger]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/50162966952/in/dateposted-public/

I find it odd that Unincorporated is larger than the name of the community here along US 319 in Tift County, GA where GDOT is now redoing all their previous road signs with more MUTCD specifications primarily going with mixed case as Georgia was always one to use all caps in signing on off freeway guide signs.

Is it bigger?  It looks to me like the font sizes are equal.

[J N Winkler]

Is it bigger?  It looks to me like the font sizes are equal.

They are--the same uppercase letter height is used throughout.