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

[ari-s-drives]

This is an interesting use of a one-way street sign for navigation.


Click on the image to open in Google Street View

[Scott5114]

There's something like that in Newcastle, OK as well, pointing the way to City Hall: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2496663,-97.6002028,3a,15y,210.97h,91.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqx_L_bL1m-uRTGnWhL47Ww!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[US 89]

Don't tell me when I have to merge. I'll merge at the taper if I damn well please.

Except in Oklahoma, of course, where it is (was?) illegal to merge at the taper.

Yeah, thankfully that's a "was".

Even if the actual law has changed, I still saw several of those "state law merge now" signs along various I-40 construction projects in eastern Oklahoma about a month and a half ago.

[tolbs17]

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7782833,-77.7832943,3a,23.2y,142.46h,79.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQEhpLrukzMejAND_IOJN2w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2988306,-78.5984498,3a,56y,319.45h,86.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ9lnl1f0raH8wr98CWBhLw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I have no idea what the black and yellow signs mean.

[LilianaUwU]

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7782833,-77.7832943,3a,23.2y,142.46h,79.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQEhpLrukzMejAND_IOJN2w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2988306,-78.5984498,3a,56y,319.45h,86.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ9lnl1f0raH8wr98CWBhLw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I have no idea what the black and yellow signs mean.

They're object markers, often used where an obstacle is for extra emphasis. They're standard.

[tolbs17]

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5957956,-77.3234418,3a,42.4y,285.09h,114.37t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKQs6jjE24ApkJatE2Y-YfQ!2e0!5s20190501T000000!7i13312!8i6656

I have no clue what the double red light means.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8406622,-77.0524565,3a,15y,359.7h,95.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1skSNpDI-rNg5yZt9aafIk1A!2e0!5s20130401T000000!7i13312!8i6656

or arrow.....

[plain]

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5957956,-77.3234418,3a,42.4y,285.09h,114.37t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKQs6jjE24ApkJatE2Y-YfQ!2e0!5s20190501T000000!7i13312!8i6656

I have no clue what the double red light means.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8406622,-77.0524565,3a,15y,359.7h,95.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1skSNpDI-rNg5yZt9aafIk1A!2e0!5s20130401T000000!7i13312!8i6656

or arrow.....

Wrong thread.

And it's just a way for certain agencies to make sure drivers notice the red.

[LilianaUwU]

I could count the flaws on this sign on more than one hand. Another Oklahoma special:



(Street View)

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/YMCg9Ypbbt3caPRx5
The blue banner for the MA state route I believe was for the interstates here.

[LilianaUwU]

This sign was on the Stockton bridge on US 202 in 2018... wasn't there a rule in the MUTCD forbidding anything that's not a road sign to look like a road sign?



(Street View)

[wanderer2575]

This sign was on the Stockton bridge on US 202 in 2018... wasn't there a rule in the MUTCD forbidding anything that's not a road sign to look like a road sign?



(Street View)

Similar to the "Give 'Em a Brake" (deliberate misspelling) signs sometimes seen in Michigan and maybe other states.  It's not in the MUTCD but one can argue it's legitimately a roadwork-related sign.

[tolbs17]

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6292432,-77.433549,3a,27.9y,304.1h,84.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_O2nHTCJ0WD-0_aru1JmwQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Kind of random, but it makes more sense at least.

[Tom958]

I noticed yesterday that this is gone now. I hope it made its way into someone's collection. https://goo.gl/maps/jqgkeb1DpRb6mx3H9

[csw]

An unusual MA 24 trailblazer in Berkley, Mass.

[ClassicHasClass]

No, it obviously means that the side road speed limit is 24mph, not 25.

[D-Dey65]

This is an interesting use of a one-way street sign for navigation.


Click on the image to open in Google Street View

I've mentioned some of these in Calverton and Riverhead, New York on past threads. Too bad I can't find any examples anymore.

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/51296153780/in/dateposted-public/
Oregon Speed Limit signs that omit limit.

[Scott5114]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/51296153780/in/dateposted-public/
Oregon Speed Limit signs that omit limit.

That was (is) Oregon standard. I seem to recall it had something to do with Oregon not having an actual speed limit, but a prima facie speed limit or something like that, which for some reason meant they couldn't include the actual word "limit".

[ErmineNotyours]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/51296153780/in/dateposted-public/
Oregon Speed Limit signs that omit limit.

That was (is) Oregon standard. I seem to recall it had something to do with Oregon not having an actual speed limit, but a prima facie speed limit or something like that, which for some reason meant they couldn't include the actual word "limit".

That was the rumor going around in my high school, in Washington State.  Tell it to the judge.

[Occidental Tourist]

One-way sign on a two-way road.  Imperial Highway at Palm Street in Fullerton, CA.



This is facing south.  For a long time this intersection–and only this intersection– used to have one-way signs for both directions. There used to be another one-way sign on the opposite pole for drivers facing north.  That one got removed several years ago, but the one on the southern side remained.  When they recently upgraded the wheelchair ramps for the sidewalk, they replaced both the signal pole and the one-way sign on the south side of the intersection.  So this a new erroneous sign.

No idea why they ever installed the signs here.  There are many other sections of Imperial Highway divided by a raised median.

[jakeroot]

Federal Way, WA recently added one-way signs along the entire stretch of Pacific Hwy (WA-99).

You can see both the near-right and far-left one-way signs in this GSV image: https://goo.gl/maps/N3Z3XdM7ChtAcB5F8

I really don't get the point. To their credit, there is a median along the entire length.

[Big John]

One Way signs are common along divided highways, more common in rural areas.

[jakeroot]

One Way signs are common along divided highways, more common in rural areas.

Right, but I don't think it's normal for them to be used along urban roads just because there's a raised median.

[plain]

They're usually more common on divided roads with wider medians, like more than 25 ft wide.

[JoePCool14]

I think this one in New Mexico could fit under the "ugly" category. US-285 at NM-20.

https://goo.gl/maps/SN5s3rXSEsHscBCC7