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

[ErmineNotyours]

Found this last week at Grants Pass, Oregon.  Great restored neon destination sign, pre-shield.  Not the quickest way to San Francisco these days, but I'm glad they put in the effort.



Also, somewhere along mountainous I-5 in California is a sharp curve sign that is an animation of a truck tipping over, but I can't find it now.

[74/171FAN]

TE Connectivity Parking Lot (on Paxton St)  (Private Property No Trespassing Sign ) (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219561973920455&set=a.10218247474178783)

[Rothman]

Found this last week at Grants Pass, Oregon.  Great restored neon destination sign, pre-shield.  Not the quickest way to San Francisco these days, but I'm glad they put in the effort.



Also, somewhere along mountainous I-5 in California is a sharp curve sign that is an animation of a truck tipping over, but I can't find it now.

Yep, this one pops up on the forum every now and then.

[thenetwork]

Ohio DOT loves being abnormal.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219547341834662&set=a.10219547465077743) (in Newark, OH)

Ohio DOT loves being abnormal.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219547341834662&set=a.10219547465077743) (in Newark, OH)

DAMN, those signs are.sooo......Oklahoman!!!

Just because they are adjacent to each other alphabetically doesn't mean Ohio has to COPY Oklahoma's  signage methods!!!

[74/171FAN]

This is at the Fulton Bank in East Petersburg, PA, near the intersection of PA 72 and PA 722.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219555010386371&set=a.10219555039387096)

[CovalenceSTU]

Rather strange black and red warning sign (unofficial?) in Oakland, OR:


Looks like it's a substitute for "Hill Blocks View", although I like to imagine this

[7/8]

I spotted this dancing arrow leaving YYZ airport at the 427 in Mississauga, ON.

[freebrickproductions]

Especially strange given how the other arrow on the same sign isn't cocked at an angle...

[74/171FAN]

Speaking of odd arrows, here is I-59 SB at US 49 SB (Exit 67A) in Hattiesburg, MS. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219567928429314&set=a.10216218268569911)

[Amaury]

Normally, a merging traffic sign looks like this: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ui2BRASow3kPmRw26

This is on Interstate 182 eastbound in Washington, just past Exit 9. Note that this is the latest Google Maps capture from June 2023. For whatever the reason, the sign was very recently changed, which I noticed today, to a rectangular sign:



Took a still from my dashcam video.

[roadman65]

This guide on I-69 near Mayfield, Kentucky.


I think it's odd, but cool.

[freebrickproductions]

These have probably been posted before, but the US 231 dogleg at AL 75 in Oneonta, AL, features some custom arrows underneath the US 231 shields, I guess to help reinforce the fact you have to turn left then right here:
US 231/AL 75 - Oneonta, AL by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
US 231/AL 75 - Oneonta, AL by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Going a bit further south, down onto AL 77 on the south side of Ashland, the highway here was rerouted around Wellborn Cabinet when that industry wanted to expand their plant across the old right of way. The new alignment features larger AL 77 shields, already a bit unusual for a 55 MPH 2/3-lane highway in this state, but, even more strangely, these shields seem to have had the state shape shrink a bit in the wash:
Unusual AL 77 Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Unusual AL 77 Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Unusual AL 77 Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Unusual AL 77 Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

For reference, this is about how the above shields should look:
AL 77 Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/pUXMP6Fj7iTdjZMQ9
The FOR NJ Route 17 is very odd. I don't think any road agency besides the NJTA uses that.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/NMShaJFaVpZj7QnJA
Then two whole numbers being used for the US 9W exit while US 1-9-46 and NJ Route 4 get one whole number for two separate exits is very inconsistent.

[CoreySamson]

The next 16 miles west of Cloudcroft on US 82 graphically illustrated:

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Based on my travels through that area last week, copies of that sign are plastered everywhere in the area at random locations. Some of them looked decently old.

[D-Dey65]

Odd group of signs on NC 20 at a railroad crossing in Saint Pauls, North Carolina.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.8066474,-78.9710106,3a,75y,270.61h,94.59t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sH6Oaob8gNDxKBw0prq6Quw!2e0!5s20120601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu

[D-Dey65]

This NY state park signage looks inverted to me:

Inverted State Park Sign

Faded is more like it. I've seen that with a lot of park road signs, and I'm pretty sure you have too.

The next 16 miles west of Cloudcroft on US 82 graphically illustrated:

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

If I'm not mistaken, there are signs like that in Upstate New York too.

[Big John]

Odd group of signs on NC 20 at a railroad crossing in Saint Pauls, North Carolina.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.8066474,-78.9710106,3a,75y,270.61h,94.59t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sH6Oaob8gNDxKBw0prq6Quw!2e0!5s20120601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu

The "To Train" sign is odd. The others are currently MUTCD standard.
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[D-Dey65]

Odd group of signs on NC 20 at a railroad crossing in Saint Pauls, North Carolina.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.8066474,-78.9710106,3a,75y,270.61h,94.59t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sH6Oaob8gNDxKBw0prq6Quw!2e0!5s20120601T000000!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&entry=ttu

The "To Train" sign is odd. The others are currently MUTCD standard.
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Well, yes. I saw some other unusual ones fairly recently, but I forgot what they were.

[Pete from Boston]

Charming Do Not Enter sign, Hope Cemetery on Maple Ave. (VT 14), Barre, VT.

[roadman65]

I like the way the City of Los Angeles still uses the street blades intended for overhead mast arm signals on a road with no overheads.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WP7axhPYHxMrfPfs9

[Hunty2022]

I was going around Culpeper, VA in GSV, and I found this:



At the BUS US 29/US 522/VA-3 Junction.

[ClassicHasClass]

I like the way the City of Los Angeles still uses the street blades intended for overhead mast arm signals on a road with no overheads.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WP7axhPYHxMrfPfs9

Pretty standard for LA, but they're consistent.

Meanwhile, I always liked driving to Napa Novato on the Auto Mall Columbus Parkway.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/hzvCge8oaHCMYgqJA

[hbelkins]

I was going around Culpeper, VA in GSV, and I found this:



At the BUS US 29/US 522/VA-3 Junction.

What's unique, odd, or interesting about that? Nothing I see.

[74/171FAN]

^Unnecessary punctuation for DC?   

[Hunty2022]

I was going around Culpeper, VA in GSV, and I found this:



At the BUS US 29/US 522/VA-3 Junction.

What's unique, odd, or interesting about that? Nothing I see.

Just looks a bit odd to me, I don't usually see arrows that long. The text also looks bad.