The other day I traveled to Fort Recovery, Ohio and noticed that Ohio SR-119 ends at the state line with Indiana then becomes Indiana SR-26. While I was still in Ohio I noticed an Indiana SR-26 sign at the corner of Butler and Wayne Street, this sign is about 1.3 miles east of the state line still within the state of Ohio. I have never noticed anything like this before and it looks like it has a straight arrow under the Indiana 26 sign meaning that it's TO Indiana SR-26 but why would they do this? Why wouldn't they just have an Ohio state highway shield with 119 in it?
It honestly made me think am I in Indiana already? And then I traveled west to the state line and saw the Welcome to Indiana sign so this struck me as odd. Fort Recovery is indeed a hick town though too.
Not a "state", but there's a Yukon Territory 9 route marker on Alaska state route 5. AK 5 takes you to YT 9, so the YT 9 marker in Alaska makes a lot of sense.
Ditto several Interstate route markers, and at least one U.S. route marker, in Quebec well back from the border.
There's at least one ON 401 route marker on I-81 approaching the border, even though you have to travel a short connecting route to get to the 401 after you cross the border.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3033/2548848003_d0d04c3491_o_d.jpg)
There's NO state route 244 in Oklahoma, but AR 244 becomes OK 51. This was a construction detour along 244.
Also OK 20/AR 43/MO 43
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2018/2305207634_1d6b55c636_z_d.jpg)
Missouri I-35 sign in Iowa (near the state line)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4380/36818619225_ab4aa46d9a_z_d.jpg)
WV 7's official western terminus is the Ohio state line -- which, of course, involves an Ohio River bridge crossing. The bridge connects to OH 7; the signage in West Virginia has the word "Ohio" and an OH 7 marker even though the route is technically WV 7. There's an unsigned concurrency with WV 2 that leads from the WV 2/WV 7 intersection (leading to WV 20/Clarksburg/Morgantown) south of (can't think of the town name; think it's New Martinsville, all those Ohio River towns between Wheeling and Parkersburg run together for me), through town, and to the bridge.
This could probably have been prevented had WV 7 been truncated at WV 20 and WV 20 was continued on to WV 2, along the concurrency, and across the bridge.
I do have pictures; go look at my pages to see them. /shamelessplug
CA 62 appears on a guide sign from AZ 95 in Parker, granted it does say "To CA 62."
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/32737447834_d7a28a204f_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL)62CAb (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
There are WIS 82 shields at the IA 9/IA 26 junction in Lansing, IA where 9 and 82 cross the Black Hawk Bridge.
MN 95 shield on westbound I-94 in Hudson, WI and a WIS 35 shield on 94 eastbound in Lakeland, MN.
Believe there is a MN 95 shield in Osceola, WI at the beginning of WIS 243.
Several approaching the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in both Maryland and Virginia:
I-95 Southbound/Inner Loop I-495 (in Maryland):
1 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8181221,-76.9453042,3a,75y,286.17h,93.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB1qX5yiq500JMKgluCs6Cg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), 2 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8155555,-76.9541573,3a,75y,255h,96.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRE6hpu3Z3RjOpKGhJEW-xA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), 3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8079047,-76.9755223,3a,75y,256.66h,97.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2rCxtZ3pIRuCI0ea0mpjkA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), 4 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7928383,-77.0363781,3a,75y,255.91h,109.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snd0UNxManiz-n4ipTF7pgw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
I-95 Northbound/Outer Loop I-495 (in Virginia):
1 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.797586,-77.1272188,3a,75y,91.55h,93.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siIAYGeuhezau1sfU5sAE0g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), 2 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8026324,-77.1066064,3a,75y,99.55h,97.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJf5bhuEmTAx8Z41ApwwRxA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 04, 2018, 07:54:19 PM
CA 62 appears on a guide sign from AZ 95 in Parker, granted it does say "To CA 62."
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/32737447834_d7a28a204f_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL)62CAb (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Very strange that they used a state name instead of a control city
Quote from: Brian556 on August 05, 2018, 01:26:12 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 04, 2018, 07:54:19 PM
CA 62 appears on a guide sign from AZ 95 in Parker, granted it does say "To CA 62."
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/32737447834_d7a28a204f_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL)62CAb (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Very strange that they used a state name instead of a control city
Unless an obscure on-route city like 29 Palms was used, in that neck of the woods the phrase
"what control city?" would be appropriate. At least the reference to CA lets the driver know that they're about to depart AZ!
Utah has a decent opportunity to do this with WY 89, but I highly doubt they do. Wyoming thinks WY 89 runs concurrent with UT 16 and 30 in Utah, but I just can't see UDOT putting any "TO WY 89" signs up. WY 89 was Wyoming's way of trying to keep southbound US 89 traffic in Wyoming longer, confusing drivers off of US 89 which serves Idaho and Utah instead. Utah probably wouldn't want to go along with Wyoming's plan to remove traffic from their state!
Quote from: sparker on August 05, 2018, 01:46:13 AM
Quote from: Brian556 on August 05, 2018, 01:26:12 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 04, 2018, 07:54:19 PM
CA 62 appears on a guide sign from AZ 95 in Parker, granted it does say "To CA 62."
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/32737447834_d7a28a204f_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL)62CAb (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Very strange that they used a state name instead of a control city
Unless an obscure on-route city like 29 Palms was used, in that neck of the woods the phrase "what control city?" would be appropriate. At least the reference to CA lets the driver know that they're about to depart AZ!
There's a similar situation in Grand Junction, where the I-70 westbound control is "Utah" . Because what else would you use? They used to use Green River, but the population there is less than 1000. Richfield isn't terrible, but maybe not the best for a control city–especially because more than half of the I-70 traffic is going to exit onto US 6 anyway.
Quote from: sparker on August 05, 2018, 01:46:13 AM
Quote from: Brian556 on August 05, 2018, 01:26:12 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 04, 2018, 07:54:19 PM
CA 62 appears on a guide sign from AZ 95 in Parker, granted it does say "To CA 62."
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/32737447834_d7a28a204f_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL)62CAb (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Very strange that they used a state name instead of a control city
Unless an obscure on-route city like 29 Palms was used, in that neck of the woods the phrase "what control city?" would be appropriate. At least the reference to CA lets the driver know that they're about to depart AZ!
Trouble with 29 Palms is that it is well over 100 miles to the west. I'd argue about half of CA 62 traffic ends up taking US 95 from Vidal Junction towards Needles to reach Las Vegas. Truly it is such a barren area that there isn't much explanation needed on a control city.
I can think of a couple. There is one on CT 197 in Thompson, CT for MA 31 that is a CT shield, despite being about 40 miles from the actual CT 31 (or CR 31 as Google Maps continues to mislabel it).
https://goo.gl/maps/mdqna14RASU2
Another one is on NY 22 in Canaan for MA 102. It is a crude white square made to look like a MA shield that looks more like an IL shield with the little Mass over the 102.
https://goo.gl/maps/uJyyAqcdYFC2
Quote from: Brian556 on August 05, 2018, 01:26:12 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 04, 2018, 07:54:19 PM
CA 62 appears on a guide sign from AZ 95 in Parker, granted it does say "To CA 62."
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/32737447834_d7a28a204f_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL)62CAb (https://flic.kr/p/RSTYFL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Very strange that they used a state name instead of a control city
That's common around the Chicago area. Indiana and Wisconsin are used for I-90 and I-94 and I think I've seen Iowa used before somewhere too but can't remember where that was.
This is an example on the EB Eisenhower Expressway approaching the Circle Interchange where it meets up with the Kennedy and Dan Ryan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8753028,-87.6521855,3a,75y,77.68h,90.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdN4xTFh5WemzNDTfuU2q7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
The Indiana Toll Road (exit 96) makes a reasonable attempt at an M-217 shield.
(https://i.imgur.com/lGPlZxu.jpg)
NJ 90 appears on signs in Philadelphia, largely because the (very short) section of freeway inside PA does not have its own number. NJ 23 appears on signs in PA and NY for similar reasons. Well, sometimes they mistakenly use an NY 23 sign, and sometimes it appears like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3544801,-74.6846766,3a,75y,80.95h,96.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swDBy9Rf_qB1Qxuja7lV3nQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Other odd signage on NJ 23 and not-quite 23:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3557767,-74.682493,3a,75y,212.13h,86.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTGJ6-6M1HO_FF0Zr8sIysQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (the TO should apply to I-84 as well)
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3477901,-74.6863846,3a,75y,189.05h,90.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRo9uctU8hxtZuCIcvu5cEA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (Sussex County apparently doesn't want any credit for all the gas stations and restaurants serving I-84, all within its borders)
Quote from: US 89 on August 05, 2018, 01:56:31 AM
Utah has a decent opportunity to do this with WY 89, but I highly doubt they do. Wyoming thinks WY 89 runs concurrent with UT 16 and 30 in Utah, but I just can't see UDOT putting any "TO WY 89" signs up. WY 89 was Wyoming's way of trying to keep southbound US 89 traffic in Wyoming longer, confusing drivers off of US 89 which serves Idaho and Utah instead. Utah probably wouldn't want to go along with Wyoming's plan to remove traffic from their state!
Idaho acknowledges WYO 89 though on Idaho 61, with signs that appear to have been lent directly by WYDOT.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fid%2F89%2Fwyto61%2F5new.jpg&hash=f0db4492ae399d11f4cb6a663e5c83ac81fe1824)
and then on Idaho 61
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fid%2F61%2F89towy%2F2.JPG&hash=fa7c0ba84d784a14caae6b9dbbffbc0a44874728)
Here's several off the top of my head in addition to ones that have already been mentioned:
Washington 9 from BC-11
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fbc%2F11%2F1toborder%2F2.JPG&hash=af142ed5a146217820838c5ffe4a62fa3919ca78)
BCs 15 and 99 from I-5
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2F5%2F548to543%2F5new.jpg&hash=5a6bb4ac18b90b55a9f520638423be4e3b1e700a)
Oregon 11 from Washington 125 (this is gone now)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2F12%2F730to125%2F5.JPG&hash=52d7962d4c0eff17579977f8a1f0bb1e2907393e)
Idaho 53 from Washington 290 for some reason
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2F290%2F27toid%2F2.JPG&hash=1d4d6afda06e3f4534f14b88885a249d11bc28e7)
Arizonas 68 and 95 from Nevada 163
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fnv%2F163%2F95toaz%2F7.jpg&hash=f2337d4cb0a6033d1c1bc947ef1a78b4b26a7d4b)
A ridiculous attempt at a Mexico 45 shield in Texas
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Ftx%2F62%2F85tomx%2F1.jpg&hash=e83767a044d780ea64b3bad76ce0a3a8fd6d33d1)
A similarly ridiculous attempt at a New Mexico 273 shield in Texas
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Ftx%2F85%2F62to273%2F7.jpg&hash=4533a727b783f226b0c1cf13efb2eb1469bf5266)
An attempt at an SD 1806 shield in North Dakota
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fnd%2F24%2F6to1806%2F3.jpg&hash=fd52ac2be2b7f1d0c2fbdd8c75f54fa78f4abdf8)
A North Dakota 49 shield in South Dakota
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fsd%2F12%2F73to73%2F8.jpg&hash=9650c249d00fcde370807df66ef95281bf40b001)
I always liked this now-long-gone sign in Keokee, Va.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Finterestingsigns%2Fva%2FTo_KY_38.jpg&hash=a1bdd88c44dc6c2e789bc7306897d37e7d8cc924)
Near Ivy Lea, on the 1,000 Islands Parkway in Ontario
(Note that all the Parkway guide signs have gold text on green)
(https://i.imgur.com/swdDYWt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WX5O6kx.jpg)
Quote from: corco on August 05, 2018, 02:17:29 PM
An attempt at an SD 1806 shield in North Dakota
http://www.corcohighways.org/highways/nd/24/6to1806/3.jpg (http://www.corcohighways.org/highways/nd/24/6to1806/3.jpg)
"Attempt" is being really generous with that description. :-D
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 05, 2018, 11:11:30 AM
That's common around the Chicago area. Indiana and Wisconsin are used for I-90 and I-94 and I think I've seen Iowa used before somewhere too but can't remember where that was.
This is an example on the EB Eisenhower Expressway approaching the Circle Interchange where it meets up with the Kennedy and Dan Ryan.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8753028,-87.6521855,3a,75y,77.68h,90.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdN4xTFh5WemzNDTfuU2q7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Iowa tends to be used on I-80 and also on I-88 for West movements in IL. The I-80/I-294 West/North Multiplex at the south end of the Tri-State has Control "Cities" of Iowa and Wisconsin
MoDOT uses Illinois as a Control for I-55 North and I-64 East approaching the Poplar Street Bridge and for I-70 East approaching the Stan Musial Bridge
There are other places State names appear as Controls, scattered across the Interstate System
Virtually every control city on I-294 uses Wisconsin or Indiana.
There are Indiana/Illinois state route shields in the opposite states on BGSs along the Kingery/Borman expressway for IN 152, IL 83, and I believe IL 394.
Crediting billburmaster.com's page on I-65 in Indiana...
Found this fun one, with the Indiana Toll Road Shield, as well as Indiana State Name Interstate Shields for 65, 80, 90, and 94, in the city if Chicago
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Findiana%2Fimages%2Ftochiskyintoll65809094in_mlkchi08.jpg&hash=d6b749a47220239e523777dce023dfc94e53c627)
Sourced from http://www.billburmaster.com/rmsandw/indiana/interstate/65in.html
Ah yes, how could we forget the most famous sign in Chicago?
This New Hampshire 113B shield (https://goo.gl/maps/xhM6hCw7kqL2) is technically in Stow, Maine. Route 113B is a loop route off ME 113 that connects to the town of Chatham, NH. MaineDOT does not sign their portion, so NHDOT installed their own shield at its southern end. This means that New Hampshire has a numbered suffix route for a parent route that isn't their own (there does exist an NH 113 elsewhere, however).
ME 113 also actually briefly crosses into New Hampshire not once, but twice (once near Fryeburg, again north of Stow). Their segments in the Granite State are maintained by NHDOT, and signed with their version of a Maine route shield (https://goo.gl/maps/XhHnTAPiHz52).
Further south along the same border, the roles get reversed when NH 153 briefly crosses into Parsonsfield, Maine. The road is maintained by MaineDOT, though it's signed with their standard issued white square shields (https://goo.gl/maps/p85L9Spsj9J2) rather than New Hampshire's Old Man.
NY 17 briefly enters Pennsylvania (https://goo.gl/maps/QDUCd6h8YGm) on I-86, intersecting US 220 with an interchange entirely located in Pennsylvania, so there are many NY 17 trailblazers here. NYSDOT maintains the mainline and I believe the ramps as well, though PennDOT maintains US 220 up to the state line, and Yanuzzi Drive as well (SR 1072).
Speaking of Route 17, the NJ 17 signage on the BGS's for Exit 15 of the Thruway. It is an accurate NJ circle shield.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on August 04, 2018, 10:40:50 PM
There are WIS 82 shields at the IA 9/IA 26 junction in Lansing, IA where 9 and 82 cross the Black Hawk Bridge.
MN 95 shield on westbound I-94 in Hudson, WI and a WIS 35 shield on 94 eastbound in Lakeland, MN.
Believe there is a MN 95 shield in Osceola, WI at the beginning of WIS 243.
There's also a 95 shield on US 8 at the MN border. GSV says it's a MN shield, but I swear it was an error WI shield when I drove through there recently.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180807/8d93b9d89c1084041abd0f2e1f4b8d40.png)
Not-too-bad NY 37 shield on the 401 near Prescott, Ont.
There are numerous I-29 shields in Nebraska. They seem especially numerous by Omaha's Eppley Airfield, but I've also seen them in Bellevue, Plattsmouth, and Nebraska City. Some seem to be designed to Nebraska's style, but some also have IOWA on them.
Much closer to me, Iowa 9 going west from US 69 has a sign which points to MN 22 at the appropriate county road. It has a miniature shield on it.
Quote from: DandyDan on August 07, 2018, 07:00:56 AM
Much closer to me, Iowa 9 going west from US 69 has a sign which points to MN 22 at the appropriate county road. It has a miniature shield on it.
(https://i.imgur.com/StdFME2.jpg)
There are also at least three SD 48 shields in Akron, IA. Here's one of them:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7261/7150762741_712911f496_z.jpg)
The odd thing is the state-named I-29 shield here. Yes, I-29 does go through Iowa, but the signs point to an interchange with I-29 in South Dakota.
At the other end of Iowa, there's this gem in Fort Madison:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4086/5195179155_282cfd7d8d.jpg)
Since I took this photo ten years ago, US 61 through the city became a business route and IA 2 was truncated after the US 61 bypass opened. So IA 2 doesn't connect to IL 9/96 anymore.
In a somewhat similar vain, there is an attempt at a Wisconsin County P shield on US 12 in Illinois north of Richmond (https://goo.gl/maps/QecMP98h5J12).
On WB I-70 in Missouri, there is an 'TO IL 3' assembly at the Salisbury Street Exit (248A). (https://goo.gl/maps/H5KjSBdbTYJ2). There's a couple more IL 3 shields near the actual entrance to the McKinley Bridge as well. (https://goo.gl/maps/h3p8PLWoR2F2)
On I-55 in Cape Girardeau, MO, there is a BGS with an IL 146 shield and no 'TO'. (https://goo.gl/maps/hbeqTRHob6U2)
On NY 7 EB, there are a couple of TO VT 9 and TO VT 279 shields that are to VTrans specs at the turnoff from the thru route that becomes VT 279 at the border.
Illinois in Wisconsin
IL-75 on I-90:
https://goo.gl/maps/8DmtxEx7hBr
https://goo.gl/maps/8dR1dfQxDyt
And for a bonus, ISTHA VMS in Wisconsin: https://goo.gl/maps/wCBaRhMoDXy
Russell Rd on I-94:
https://goo.gl/maps/tkZDDqF8bEs
Illinois in Indiana
IL-394 & IL-83 on I-80/94:
https://goo.gl/maps/FSWKpYvSL1F2
Indiana in Illinois
IN-152 on I-80/94:
https://goo.gl/maps/oV9MhhWsgbv
Iowa in Illinois
US-67 on I-74 (note old-school outline on shield):
https://goo.gl/maps/dRibkVYSQWm
US-67 on I-80, done in IDOT style:
https://goo.gl/maps/MUJmEZrFCdv
Illinois in Iowa
IL-84 right at the state line on I-80. Note the other issues with this sign. The shield is actually pretty good.
https://goo.gl/maps/JDkriKTcryp
IL-92 on I-280:
https://goo.gl/maps/mShV6FTfA4n
Quote from: Brandon on August 08, 2018, 12:05:36 PM
Illinois in Wisconsin
IL-75 on I-90:
https://goo.gl/maps/8DmtxEx7hBr
https://goo.gl/maps/8dR1dfQxDyt
And for a bonus, ISTHA VMS in Wisconsin: https://goo.gl/maps/wCBaRhMoDXy
Russell Rd on I-94:
https://goo.gl/maps/tkZDDqF8bEs
Illinois in Indiana
IL-394 & IL-83 on I-80/94:
https://goo.gl/maps/FSWKpYvSL1F2
Indiana in Illinois
IN-152 on I-80/94:
https://goo.gl/maps/oV9MhhWsgbv
Iowa in Illinois
US-67 on I-74 (note old-school outline on shield):
https://goo.gl/maps/dRibkVYSQWm
US-67 on I-80, done in IDOT style:
https://goo.gl/maps/MUJmEZrFCdv
Illinois in Iowa
IL-84 right at the state line on I-80. Note the other issues with this sign. The shield is actually pretty good.
https://goo.gl/maps/JDkriKTcryp
IL-92 on I-280:
https://goo.gl/maps/mShV6FTfA4n
Ok I'm confused on the IL-394 & IL-83 on I-80/94. The way the signs are it looks like it's in the EB direction but then I look and it's in the WB direction. Torrence is between the Bishop Ford and Indiana state line so why does that look backwards to me? Coming from Indiana you'd hit Torrence before you'd hit I-94/IL-394.
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 08, 2018, 12:53:07 PM
Ok I'm confused on the IL-394 & IL-83 on I-80/94. The way the signs are it looks like it's in the EB direction but then I look and it's in the WB direction. Torrence is between the Bishop Ford and Indiana state line so why does that look backwards to me? Coming from Indiana you'd hit Torrence before you'd hit I-94/IL-394.
That's a more recent quirk, since the road was rebuilt in the early-mid 2000s. Westbound, Torrence (Exit 161) was first, then the exit for I-94 (Exit 160). After the rebuild, the ramp for I-94/IL-394 exited first, then the ramp for Torrence, but the exit numbers remained the same. Hence, oddly, Exit 160 comes before Exit 161 westbound.
There was this image someone posted to misc.transport.road or some other roads-related forum over a decade ago:
(https://i.imgur.com/8xi7L11.jpg)
They're pretty well made Alabama shields, considering they were posted in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Google street view with correct signage (https://goo.gl/maps/rRus6RU8N5F2).
A QC Autoroute 15 shield in Keeseville (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5278984,-73.4597968,3a,75y,305.08h,84.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfCD75jWCSW5bAA5tQAeSQQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). The interesting thing is that this is posted 38 miles from the Canadian border (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.528037,-73.4596664/45.0088321,-73.4519961/@44.8472604,-73.6543329,9.73z)! Nearby Ausable Chasm is definitely a destination for Quebecois, but even still, that's quite a distance.
PA 413 signage on the Jersey side of the Burlington Bristol Bridge:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0713442,-74.860872,3a,73y,279.4h,88.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7PqOLdzqbo62z1HNQ9RwOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0713442,-74.860872,3a,73y,279.4h,88.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7PqOLdzqbo62z1HNQ9RwOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Another one with both the NJ and PA versions:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.07137,-74.8643519,3a,75y,290.36h,88.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMsWk8CW1-GY1xbLeej0cRg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.07137,-74.8643519,3a,75y,290.36h,88.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMsWk8CW1-GY1xbLeej0cRg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Quote from: Ga293 on August 08, 2018, 01:11:14 PM
There was this image someone posted to misc.transport.road or some other roads-related forum over a decade ago:
(https://i.imgur.com/8xi7L11.jpg)
They're pretty well made Alabama shields, considering they were posted in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Google street view with correct signage (https://goo.gl/maps/rRus6RU8N5F2).
That goof made the local press at the time. Was a Town contract, not state. The Town's designer specified M1-5 markers without any details - so the contractor used the MUTCD typical, which at the time was the Alabama shield.
Did anyone mention the PA 31 shields installed in Michigan?
Quote from: Big John on August 08, 2018, 02:06:09 PM
Did anyone mention the PA 31 shields installed in Michigan?
In that vein, there are PA 97 signs deep in southwestern West Virginia. I've photographed them several times.
There is this IN 64 marker on IL 15 just prior to the state line.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_STL_Day_3%2FImages%2F64.jpg&hash=a7099a916e810152a5f426645e032296a1dce876)
Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on August 06, 2018, 11:40:19 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on August 04, 2018, 10:40:50 PM
There are WIS 82 shields at the IA 9/IA 26 junction in Lansing, IA where 9 and 82 cross the Black Hawk Bridge.
MN 95 shield on westbound I-94 in Hudson, WI and a WIS 35 shield on 94 eastbound in Lakeland, MN.
Believe there is a MN 95 shield in Osceola, WI at the beginning of WIS 243.
There's also a 95 shield on US 8 at the MN border. GSV says it's a MN shield, but I swear it was an error WI shield when I drove through there recently.
Yep, you saw correctly. That assembly has had an interesting life. First, it was a WIS 95 shield with "MINN" tacked into the shield above the 95. Then it was replaced with the correct MN 95 shield, then now replaced again with a plain error WIS 95 presumably during Wisconsin's US 8 project in that area.
Quote from: webny99 on August 08, 2018, 01:15:17 PM
A QC Autoroute 15 shield in Keeseville (https://www.google.com/maps/@44.5278984,-73.4597968,3a,75y,305.08h,84.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfCD75jWCSW5bAA5tQAeSQQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). The interesting thing is that this is posted 38 miles from the Canadian border (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.528037,-73.4596664/45.0088321,-73.4519961/@44.8472604,-73.6543329,9.73z)! Nearby Ausable Chasm is definitely a destination for Quebecois, but even still, that's quite a distance.
A-15 is signed as far south as Lake George (https://goo.gl/maps/tNPo4eGorJL2), a good 120+ miles from the border.
Not quite the same thing, but how about a state named interstate shield for an interstate not present in that state? I-12 in Mississippi! Almost.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180809/a47c30e6d99a68eae898a821dcaf7189.jpg)
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I guess to make up for the PA 611 I once saw along a Middlesex County, NJ county road, I think this (probably DRJTBA installation) exists at the I-295/Taylorsville Road interchange
(https://i.imgur.com/dEZ5csz.jpg)
(s/b PA 532)
Sort of a technicality here. 20 and MO 43 run concurrent for a few miles... or used to.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2018/2305207634_1d6b55c636_z_d.jpg)
I can't find my photo, but AR 43 is posted along MO 86 at Route P
https://goo.gl/maps/HMZ5pembCcr3b4S56
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 04, 2018, 05:45:40 PM
The other day I traveled to Fort Recovery, Ohio and noticed that Ohio SR-119 ends at the state line with Indiana then becomes Indiana SR-26. While I was still in Ohio I noticed an Indiana SR-26 sign at the corner of Butler and Wayne Street, this sign is about 1.3 miles east of the state line still within the state of Ohio. I have never noticed anything like this before and it looks like it has a straight arrow under the Indiana 26 sign meaning that it's TO Indiana SR-26 but why would they do this? Why wouldn't they just have an Ohio state highway shield with 119 in it?
It honestly made me think am I in Indiana already? And then I traveled west to the state line and saw the Welcome to Indiana sign so this struck me as odd. Fort Recovery is indeed a hick town though too.
I remember that sign. I had crossed into Ohio from Indiana and turned around at OH 49 to head back into Indiana. That sign might have made more sense a couple blocks over at the OH 119/49 intersection (with the TO banner instead of the arrow). I can't think of a reason why at that particular intersection anybody felt it was important to direct you toward IN 26.
Most of what you'll find near the IN/OH border are hick towns, including Hicksville of course.
Quote from: US71 on March 27, 2021, 04:58:15 PM
Sort of a technicality here. 20 and MO 43 run concurrent for a few miles... or used to.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2018/2305207634_1d6b55c636_z_d.jpg)
Not a technicality, that sign was always wrong to begin with! The sign is physically in OK–if you turn left you are headed toward Missouri (on the OK-AR line), and if you head straight, you end up on AR 43, not MO 43!
Google still shows OK-20 and AR-43 concurrent (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4993425,-94.6177258,3a,50.8y,224.76h,79.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shHbp1qyCCC5B7lM4GPPqTQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) at the border with Missouri as of 2018.
Quote from: wanderer2575 on August 05, 2018, 10:04:31 PM
Near Ivy Lea, on the 1,000 Islands Parkway in Ontario
(Note that all the Parkway guide signs have gold text on green)
(https://i.imgur.com/swdDYWt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WX5O6kx.jpg)
The I-81 marker on the bottom installation was definitely provided by NYSDOT, it's a CorCraft design.
AR 87 at Bakersfield, MO
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4011/5076569201_5cfc1606c7_z_d.jpg)