The Worst of Road Signs

[csw]

^^ Milwaukie is in Oregon, but the Marquette Interchange is in Wisconsin.

um...ok, my point still stands. He was clearly talking about Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Let's get back on topic with this boi on I-65...

[kphoger]

yawn

We're talking pure, unadulterated suck here. Stuff that makes you wonder what they were thinking. Stuff that should only result from a night of binge drinking at the sign shop.

[Android]

yawn?  Uh, yeah, maybe the exit number tab mounting looks to be a bit sketchy, and I think the sign is rather designed for a much larger size for the US231 shield, but the individual elements are fine.   

[kphoger]

yawn?  Uh, yeah, maybe the exit number tab mounting looks to be a bit sketchy, and I think the sign is rather designed for a much larger size for the US231 shield, but the individual elements are fine.   

You're right.  It wasn't even worthy of a yawn.

[csw]

ope

[Kniwt]

From Terre Haute, Indiana, this shield for US 40:


Source: Video report today from WTHI-TV:
https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Drivers-react-to-proposed-downtown-traffic-flow-change-505330461.html

[hbelkins]

^^ Milwaukie is in Oregon, but the Marquette Interchange is in Wisconsin.

um...ok, my point still stands. He was clearly talking about Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Let's get back on topic with this boi on I-65...

I'm guessing that this sign was damaged, the original US 231 marker fell off, and they found one to stick up as a replacement instead of putting up a whole new sign.

[cjk374]

From Terre Haute, Indiana, this shield for US 40:


Source: Video report today from WTHI-TV:
https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Drivers-react-to-proposed-downtown-traffic-flow-change-505330461.html

This sign salad has an interesting detour banner....never seen that before.

Is BAYH WAY pronounced "by-way" or "bay-way"?

[csw]

By-way.

Those "Emergency Detour" banners are everywhere in Indiana.

[hbelkins]

From Terre Haute, Indiana, this shield for US 40:


Source: Video report today from WTHI-TV:
https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Drivers-react-to-proposed-downtown-traffic-flow-change-505330461.html

This sign salad has an interesting detour banner....never seen that before.

Is BAYH WAY pronounced "by-way" or "bay-way"?

No doubt named for Sen. Birch Bayh.

[ThatTenneseeRoadgeek]

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5023651,-71.1186802,3a,15y,10.25h,91.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc2_0W8QDvF-q7UXKKPXohQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 This sign in Reading, MA. What used to be there? I think it was A MA-128 shield.

[hotdogPi]

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5023651,-71.1186802,3a,15y,10.25h,91.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc2_0W8QDvF-q7UXKKPXohQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 This sign in Reading, MA. What used to be there? I think it was A MA-128 shield.

MA 128. There's a rule (for some reason) that I-95 and MA 128 cannot be on the same sign regarding the overlapped section, with a few exceptions that don't apply here. This is a common way of getting around that rule.

[cjk374]

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5023651,-71.1186802,3a,15y,10.25h,91.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc2_0W8QDvF-q7UXKKPXohQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 This sign in Reading, MA. What used to be there? I think it was A MA-128 shield.

MA 128. There's a rule (for some reason) that I-95 and MA 128 cannot be on the same sign regarding the overlapped section, with a few exceptions that don't apply here. This is a common way of getting around that rule.

Here is the view of the other side just by turning the view...may have to pick up the view from the asphalt: 

https://goo.gl/maps/Qh4BYz6q38L2

[jeffandnicole]

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5023651,-71.1186802,3a,15y,10.25h,91.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc2_0W8QDvF-q7UXKKPXohQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 This sign in Reading, MA. What used to be there? I think it was A MA-128 shield.

MA 128. There's a rule (for some reason) that I-95 and MA 128 cannot be on the same sign regarding the overlapped section, with a few exceptions that don't apply here. This is a common way of getting around that rule.

What's the rule?  And does it solely apply to the 95/128 issue?

[formulanone]

The old "CONN 184" sign has disappeared, and its replacement is a poor reproduction:

[ThatTenneseeRoadgeek]

I think this sign speaks for itself.. (Tulsa, OK) https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0250098,-95.8707005,3a,15y,86.33h,98.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRWgkFITUhX-_q6hcs6O9dg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Rothman]

Eesh.  That is fugly.

[Brandon]

I think this sign speaks for itself.. (Tulsa, OK) https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0250098,-95.8707005,3a,15y,86.33h,98.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRWgkFITUhX-_q6hcs6O9dg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I think it's been on here before, but, what can I say, it's Oklahoma.  I'm surprised it doesn't have mixed-case words.

Also, it is just me, or is FHWA mixed with Clearview on this sign, in the same words?

[PHLBOS]

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5023651,-71.1186802,3a,15y,10.25h,91.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc2_0W8QDvF-q7UXKKPXohQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 This sign in Reading, MA. What used to be there? I think it was A MA-128 shield.

MA 128. There's a rule (for some reason) that I-95 and MA 128 cannot be on the same sign regarding the overlapped section, with a few exceptions that don't apply here. This is a common way of getting around that rule.

What's the rule?  And does it solely apply to the 95/128 issue?

From page 7 of then-MassHighway Guide Sign Policy for Secondary State Highways 2005 Edition

On signs for the entrance ramps along the Route I-95/S.R. 128 overlap between Canton and Peabody, only the I-95 route sign and destinations shall be displayed.

Such stems from an earlier federal mandate to MassDPW/Highway/DOT that 128 shields shall not be displayed on signage along the concurrent I-95 stretch.  The original & ultimate intent was to have 128 truncated at I-95 in Peabody.  Roadman, who works for MassDOT, has mentioned such many times in other threads.  He can give a more detailed info.

Here is the view of the other side just by turning the view...may have to pick up the view from the asphalt: 
https://goo.gl/maps/Qh4BYz6q38L2

Here's a 2015 GSV of the same location showing the large MA 128 shield on the trailblazer assembly.

[hbelkins]

Why would the feds tell Massachusetts not to sign an interstate-state concurrency when they happen reasonably often elsewhere? (I-265/KY 841 is probably a very similar example to 95/128 in Massachusetts.)

[Roadsguy]

Why would the feds tell Massachusetts not to sign an interstate-state concurrency when they happen reasonably often elsewhere? (I-265/KY 841 is probably a very similar example to 95/128 in Massachusetts.)

Probably to discourage people from calling it 128 instead of 95, which has worked flawlessly.

[thenetwork]

I think this sign speaks for itself.. (Tulsa, OK) https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0250098,-95.8707005,3a,15y,86.33h,98.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRWgkFITUhX-_q6hcs6O9dg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I think it's been on here before, but, what can I say, it's Oklahoma.  I'm surprised it doesn't have mixed-case words.

Also, it is just me, or is FHWA mixed with Clearview on this sign, in the same words?

I know the words NORTH, SOUTH, EAST and WEST, as well as SOME foreign translations, but what language is BIXBY? :https://goo.gl/maps/Kbxmb2zUncm

BTW, this was one exit down from that aforementioned disaster.

[SectorZ]

I think this sign speaks for itself.. (Tulsa, OK) https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0250098,-95.8707005,3a,15y,86.33h,98.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRWgkFITUhX-_q6hcs6O9dg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I think it's been on here before, but, what can I say, it's Oklahoma.  I'm surprised it doesn't have mixed-case words.

Also, it is just me, or is FHWA mixed with Clearview on this sign, in the same words?

I know the words NORTH, SOUTH, EAST and WEST, as well as SOME foreign translations, but what language is BIXBY? :https://goo.gl/maps/Kbxmb2zUncm

BTW, this was one exit down from that aforementioned disaster.

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[CNGL-Leudimin]

I found out the craIG county sign was gone in early May last year thanks to Big Rig Steve. Thanks to Mr. Google I now know it was already gone a bit earlier, in April. They replaced the M a y e s    C o u n t y sign across the road too, although that one wasn't that bad.

[ThatTenneseeRoadgeek]

So uhhh.... (Chicago, IL.) https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7637526,-87.6253278,3a,17.4y,35.99h,88.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOdQrxoxhA5SfY-VAk3lNFg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192