Erroneous road signs

[jeffandnicole]

Why is the a dash between "NJ" and "Tpk"?  It's not the New Jersey - Turnpike.

Or is PA telling something they can access New Jersey, Turnpike, & New York?

[deathtopumpkins]

Just a note, it's generally helpful to quote the original post you're referring to when the post is 4 days old and over half a page back in the thread, and the conversation has generally moved on.

[Roadsguy]

Why is the a dash between "NJ" and "Tpk"?  It's not the New Jersey - Turnpike.

Typo?

Or is PA telling something they can access New Jersey, Turnpike, & New York?

Unlikely. Generally you only see "PA Turnpike" instead of just "Turnpike." The fairly new (as in, not dark green and text-only ) BGSes southbound on US 1 approaching the Turnpike are an exception.

Also, there's no space before and after the hyphen, like there is between "Turnpike" and "New York."

"NJ-TPK - NEW YORK"

[national highway 1]

Just drove by this one today, caught my attention. It's on US 26 in Mt Vernon, OR (West of John Day). Didn't get a picture myself but grabbed a good one from Google Maps:

20, 26, and 95 seem to be the most frequently mismade US shields.  that district must be extra sloppy, because I've also seen US-27 in that general area.

Also from Oregon is this disasterous, mismade US 97 shield, posted earlier by Chris (xonhulu)
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg158066#msg158066

[vtk]

Why is the a dash between "NJ" and "Tpk"?  It's not the New Jersey - Turnpike.

Typo?

Or is PA telling something they can access New Jersey, Turnpike, & New York?

Unlikely. Generally you only see "PA Turnpike" instead of just "Turnpike." The fairly new (as in, not dark green and text-only ) BGSes southbound on US 1 approaching the Turnpike are an exception.

Also, there's no space before and after the hyphen, like there is between "Turnpike" and "New York."

"NJ-TPK - NEW YORK"

Reminds me of a sign for Industrial Parkway (old US 33) in Union County, Ohio which for some reason includes a hyphen: Industrial-Pkwy

[xonhulu]

Just drove by this one today, caught my attention. It's on US 26 in Mt Vernon, OR (West of John Day). Didn't get a picture myself but grabbed a good one from Google Maps:

It's been there for a few years; I have a photo of it from 2010.

And there is absolutely nothing unusual about that kind of error in Oregon.  Head south on US 395 to Burns; there, you'll see several assemblies with state route shields for both 395 and 20:



This summer, I saw my first ever OR 30 mistake, near Westport between Astoria and Clatskanie:

[hbelkins]

That US 68/KY 80 segment is fairly new. I suspect contractor error on those signs, especially since the signpost is U-channel. KYTC no longer uses U-channel posts.

[doorknob60]

[And there is absolutely nothing unusual about that kind of error in Oregon.  Head south on US 395 to Burns; there, you'll see several assemblies with state route shields for both 395 and 20:

Yeah, drove through there last month, those bugged me, and they're all over the place in that town

EDIT: Also, is it just me or in the original picture (with OR 26), do the numbers look different on the N and S 395 shields? Seems like they take up more space in the southbound one to me. Maybe they're both correct (I have no idea), but they should be consistent on the same assembly.

Also from Oregon is this disasterous, mismade US 97 shield, posted earlier by Chris (xonhulu)
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg158066#msg158066

And that one, I haven't seen that one in person, but I would assume (and hope) that that is not ODOT's sign , maybe the county or something? Though assuming it is in Deschutes county, I've never seen any other bad shields put up by them, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough. Either way, that one is so bad that it's good

[national highway 1]

Meanwhile in neighboring Idaho, with the highway that connects the north with the main southern part of the state.
(credits to Corco)

[xonhulu]

Meanwhile, in Idaho's neighbor Utah from a few years back (I'd be shocked if these were still up):

[Brandon]

Slightly inaccurate as you get on IL-56 to get to I-88 East.







But, at least IDOT is consistent in being wrong. 

[Scott5114]

I take it the error is that 56 is not actually east?

[Brandon]

I take it the error is that 56 is not actually east?

The error is that IL-56 begins here, and that you are on IL-56, not on "TO IL-56".  The signs should read, to be accurate, "EAST IL-56 TO I-88 EAST".  The ground signage actually says this.

[texaskdog]

Meanwhile, in Idaho's neighbor Utah from a few years back (I'd be shocked if these were still up):

DUDE, I took one of this on the trip because I was shocked.  Was going to post it today.  It is still up as of 8/14/12!!!

[Scott5114]

I took one in New Mexico of US 60/70/84 posted as state highways. Can't figure out how to post the pic here or I would.

1. Go to http://imgur.com. Click Computer, then select your image.
2. After the image is displayed, look to the right and select the code that begins with "[IMG" ...
3. Copy and paste that into a post here.

[agentsteel53]

I took one in New Mexico of US 60/70/84 posted as state highways. Can't figure out how to post the pic here or I would.

all on the same gantry? dang.  I must have missed that in my exploration of Clovis.

I have seen (all on different gantries in various parts of the state), state route shields for US 54, 60, 64, and 82.  I believe I saw a 285 as well but would have to review my photos.

this has been around for years in Lordsburg



when US-80 was decommissioned, a brief segment of it (well west of Lordsburg) was designated NM-80.  this segment just had a blind search-and-replace done on the old US-80 shields.

[texaskdog]

Thanks Scott.  This was right inside the New Mexico border from Texas, on the US highways. 

[1995hoo]

Why is the a dash between "NJ" and "Tpk"?  It's not the New Jersey - Turnpike.

Or is PA telling something they can access New Jersey, Turnpike, & New York?

In the vein of misplaced hyphens or dashes, this sign used to be located on I-295 in the District of Columbia but was removed within the past year or so due to much-needed reconstruction. Picture from AARoads.com.

[apeman33]

The latest in a series of orange sunflowers posted on detour routes (and it always seems to be K-47 that gets them)

[vtk]

Reminds me of: On I-270 at the cloverleaf with US 33 on the southeast side of Columbus, the exit gores have orange signs about 8'×4', where the left half is a huge black-on-orange-on-black US 33 marker, and the right half is an upward-rightward pointing black arrow on orange.

[hbelkins]

On Kentucky Avenue in Norton, Va.

[route56]

The latest in a series of orange sunflowers posted on detour routes (and it always seems to be K-47 that gets them)

FTR, they were previously spotted in 1999 by Scott:



And in 2000 by Me:

[Central Avenue]

I wonder why it's always K-47...

[xonhulu]

How exactly do the orange K-47's fit in this thread?  I've seen plenty of situations where they use an orange version of a route shield to indicate a detour or construction zone. 

I will grant you that the first two photos with the white directional banner look a little odd, but that's pretty minor, imo.  I'd be willing consider them unusual or interesting, but unless the detour they're indicating is wrong, they're hardly "erroneous."

[Scott5114]

Could be that these are the exact same signs being reused in different work zones.

I actually sort of like the idea of temporary/detour routings being marked in orange, actually.