Erroneous road signs

[machias]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

[machias]

US Route 104 is back and it's better than ever. And to join in the fun, introducing US Route 481!

Found on the east side of Oswego, N.Y.  These signs are pointing should be leading the way to NY 104 and NY 481 though in all fairness, NY 104 was US 104 until 1972.

[paulthemapguy]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

lmao that's incredible.  We see a lot of shields with errors on this thread--when there's plenty of more glaring fails out there on warning, regulatory, and other guide signs too!

[machias]

lmao that's incredible.  We see a lot of shields with errors on this thread--when there's plenty of more glaring fails out there on warning, regulatory, and other guide signs too!

(Also the pic above me is sideways bro you may want to fix that)

I don't know how a sign shop in the United States would even have the ability to make a sign like that!

As far as the sideways pic, it's been fixed. Curse Apple and the way they handle photos on the iPad! It looked normal to me until I logged in on my Linux laptop.

[74/171FAN]

Yesterday I found error PA 11/PA 15 shields put in place for the US 11/US 15 detour for the current closure between I-81 and Marysville.  This is on PA 230 WB before US 22 WB turns onto Cameron St.  All of the other shields I saw for the detour were correct.

[okroads]

A couple of pictures from a trip took yesterday to southern Ohio & Greenup County, KY:

This should be U.S. 68 in Mt. Orab, OH:

DSC03625 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

End Work Road? Taken in Russell, KY:

DSC03863 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[tckma]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

Enlighten a n00b --- what is wrong with this?  If I had to guess, I'd say the road is already two way traffic at this point?

[Mapmikey]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

Enlighten a n00b --- what is wrong with this?  If I had to guess, I'd say the road is already two way traffic at this point?

You sure you're not from Westminster, England instead of Westminster, MD...?

[tckma]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

Enlighten a n00b --- what is wrong with this?  If I had to guess, I'd say the road is already two way traffic at this point?

You sure you're not from Westminster, England instead of Westminster, MD...?

Oh.  Whoops.  Installed upside-down, perhaps?

[bzakharin]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

Enlighten a n00b --- what is wrong with this?  If I had to guess, I'd say the road is already two way traffic at this point?

You sure you're not from Westminster, England instead of Westminster, MD...?

Oh.  Whoops.  Installed upside-down, perhaps?

Try rotating the image in MS Paint or something

[hotdogPi]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

Enlighten a n00b --- what is wrong with this?  If I had to guess, I'd say the road is already two way traffic at this point?

You sure you're not from Westminster, England instead of Westminster, MD...?

Oh.  Whoops.  Installed upside-down, perhaps?

Upside-down actually looks the same as right-side up. It was created incorrectly, not installed incorrectly.

[jeffandnicole]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

Enlighten a n00b --- what is wrong with this?  If I had to guess, I'd say the road is already two way traffic at this point?

You sure you're not from Westminster, England instead of Westminster, MD...?

Oh.  Whoops.  Installed upside-down, perhaps?

Upside-down actually looks the same as right-side up. It was created incorrectly, not installed incorrectly.

It was installed backwards.  Turn it around so the back is facing forward!   

[Ian]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

Enlighten a n00b --- what is wrong with this?  If I had to guess, I'd say the road is already two way traffic at this point?

You sure you're not from Westminster, England instead of Westminster, MD...?

Oh.  Whoops.  Installed upside-down, perhaps?

Upside-down actually looks the same as right-side up. It was created incorrectly, not installed incorrectly.

It was installed backwards.  Turn it around so the back is facing forward!   

This all kind of reminds me of this sign I photographed along US 1 in Yarmouth, ME back in 2009. I haven't been on this stretch of 1 in a while, so I'm not sure if it's still there. EDIT: According to the Google Street View of the sign, it was still there as of October 2015.

[Brandon]

Found on NY Route 48 on the south side of Oswego.

Enlighten a n00b --- what is wrong with this?  If I had to guess, I'd say the road is already two way traffic at this point?

Unless the contractor is installing this in the US Virgin Islands, it's made completely wrong.

[jeffandnicole]

This all kind of reminds me of this sign I photographed along US 1 in Yarmouth, ME back in 2009. I haven't been on this stretch of 1 in a while, so I'm not sure if it's still there. EDIT: According to the Google Street View of the sign, it was still there as of October 2015.

I think they went a little overboard with the painted turn arrows as well.  Based on the placement of the skip lines, they're painted every 75 feet.  About once every tenth of a mile (500' or so) is more than enough.

[cl94]

This all kind of reminds me of this sign I photographed along US 1 in Yarmouth, ME back in 2009. I haven't been on this stretch of 1 in a while, so I'm not sure if it's still there. EDIT: According to the Google Street View of the sign, it was still there as of October 2015.

I think they went a little overboard with the painted turn arrows as well.  Based on the placement of the skip lines, they're painted every 75 feet.  About once every tenth of a mile (500' or so) is more than enough.

Please, that's nothing compared to NYCDOT placement

[paulthemapguy]

This sign is only about 1000 feet from the gore point ahead.  Not to mention the signage would be a lot cleaner if they just but the yellow "exit V only" banner across the bottom of a single green sign.

And then, when you get to the gore point, the sign there doesn't have a yellow "exit r7 only" banner on the bottom, where one is required.




20160509_104357 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[vtk]

A couple of pictures from a trip took yesterday to southern Ohio & Greenup County, KY:

This should be U.S. 68 in Mt. Orab, OH:

DSC03625 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

At least the state shape is to spec.

[SignGeek101]

And then, when you get to the gore point, the sign there doesn't have a yellow "exit r7 only" banner on the bottom, where one is required.

Is it actually required in the MUTCD to have an 'EXIT ONLY' at the gore? I feel like I've seen many signs that are exit only that aren't signed as such.

[Alex]

Spotted two shield errors in my travels the last 12 days which I tweeted about.



https://twitter.com/AARoads/status/732290971422081025

Crummy Gadsden County install that replaced a FL 65 keys shield in 2010.



https://twitter.com/AARoads/status/730774377856442368

They installed traffic lights at US 29 and Florida 97 in Molino last year (IIRC), and posted this assembly along the southbound US Highway mainline. 

[WillWeaverRVA]

Spotted two shield errors in my travels the last 12 days which I tweeted about.



https://twitter.com/AARoads/status/732290971422081025

Crummy Gadsden County install that replaced a FL 65 keys shield in 2010.



https://twitter.com/AARoads/status/730774377856442368

They installed traffic lights at US 29 and Florida 97 in Molino last year (IIRC), and posted this assembly along the southbound US Highway mainline. 

I was going to say, that sure doesn't look like New Jersey.

[jbnv]

Does someone have a list of non-circle states where circle shields have appeared?

[hotdogPi]

Does someone have a list of non-circle states where circle shields have appeared?

MA 2 (not on route itself), 28, and 125 (125 is an oval)

[Mapmikey]

Does someone have a list of non-circle states where circle shields have appeared?

Virginia and Maryland can be on this list...

[tckma]

Does someone have a list of non-circle states where circle shields have appeared?

New Hampshire seems to have a lot of squares:

Squares!

Circles show up for NH routes in Vermont near the state line, but Vermont used to be a circle state (I guess they still kind of are, with the inconsistency of route marker replacements):

Circles!