Erroneous road signs

[FLRoads]

Somehow U.S. 75 got transplanted to Florida:



New signs have been going up as part of a forever-long widening project along SR 64 in east Bradenton. Not only do we have an abundance of SR 64 reassurance markers now after each road intersection, shopping center, and subdivision entrance, but now we have our own set of U.S. 75 shields. Every other shield assembly on the approach to I-75 has been correct, sans this new one that apparently went up last night. I will be curious to see how long this error stands, as I am not going to let FDOT or the sign company know of their mistake. I will just have to pretend that I am preparing to merge on the U.S. 75 freeway somewhere as I pass by it in the morning on my way to work! haha

[Zeffy]

Somehow U.S. 75 got transplanted to Florida:

How do you confuse an Interstate route with a US Highway route? Especially in this case, where an I-75 SOUTH BGS is clearly visible in this instance.

[hotdogPi]

Sign in Massachusetts for NH 107. Not MA 107.

[formulanone]

Somehow U.S. 75 got transplanted to Florida:



...now we have our own set of U.S. 75 shields.

That's the first time I've seen an Interstate-to-US shield goof in Florida. Although I've seen all sorts of other variants (CR -> SR, SR -> US, US -> SR).

[hotdogPi]

MA 114 on the Lawrence/North Andover border. A long time ago, this was the Essex Turnpike, not the Salem Turnpike (which is MA 107).

Google Street View does not have a good picture of this sign. It's the best I could get. It says "SALEM TRNPK".

[PHLBOS]

Sign in Massachusetts for NH 107. Not MA 107.

That one's debatable.  Since the BGS is clearly a MassHighway-spec'd (vs. NHDOT) type due to its gantry location; they (MassHighway/DOT) are not necessarily under obligation to fashion a NH-style shield for a one-off neighboring NH-state route that doesn't cross the border.

Another thread exists elsewhere covering how states sign routes from adjacent states and I believe that this particular BGS was mentioned.

MA 114 on the Lawrence/North Andover border. A long time ago, this was the Essex Turnpike, not the Salem Turnpike (which is MA 107).

Google Street View does not have a good picture of this sign. It's the best I could get. It says "SALEM TRNPK".

It's actually erroneous because the current street name for that stretch of 114 in that area is Winthrop Ave. (northwest of Waverly Rd.) & Turnpike St. (southeast of Waverly Rd.) regardless of the street's historical names.

As far as having 2 different roads bearing the same Salem Turnpike name is concerned; if the 2 stretches of MA 107 & MA 114 named as such were not located in the same county, I don't believe there was any issue. 

Truth be told, while that stretch was originally named the Essex Turnpike when it was fiirst built; it was later renamed as the Salem Turnpike.  Not sure when it lost its Salem Turnpike name to its current Turnpike St. & Winthrop Ave.

[roadman65]

Being that US 9 is closed to the Beeslys Point Bridge, which incidentally SB from here, should not have the sign in the back round for US 9 South then.  So indeed it it is erroneous.

[doogie1303]

And of course one of the biggest mistakes ever:



The road numbers are correct, but these sign were erected in Massachusetts, not Alabama.

Here is the whole story, it's about ten years old, but I still laugh at it.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/3642053/alabama-road-signs-in-massachusetts

[Zeffy]

And of course one of the biggest mistakes ever:



The road numbers are correct, but these sign were erected in Massachusetts, not Alabama.

Here is the whole story, it's about ten years old, but I still laugh at it.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/3642053/alabama-road-signs-in-massachusetts

Blaming the MUTCD? That's a first. Maybe they should've asked MassDOT before they assumed...

[theline]

I like my theory better: whoever was requesting the sign had to choose a state from a drop-down menu on his computer. The state defaulted to the first, which is AL. The operator either forgot to select a state or it got reset somehow.

This happened to me once when I was ordering merchandise from a Canadian company. I fumbled the state selection and the package was addressed to South Bend, AL. Since I got the zip code right, the package arrived in Indiana with no trouble.

[vtk]

This happened to me once when I was ordering merchandise from a Canadian company. I fumbled the state selection and the package was addressed to South Bend, AL. Since I got the zip code right, the package arrived in Indiana with no trouble.

When I see a state dropdown I usually can just tap my O key and Ohio is selected, being the first O choice.  This is how I once accidentally gave my home address as being in Oaxaca on a hotel reservation form.

[Zeffy]

When I see a state dropdown I usually can just tap my O key and Ohio is selected, being the first O choice.  This is how I once accidentally gave my home address as being in Oaxaca on a hotel reservation form.

New Jersey doesn't have that advantage.   

I like my theory better: whoever was requesting the sign had to choose a state from a drop-down menu on his computer. The state defaulted to the first, which is AL. The operator either forgot to select a state or it got reset somehow.

I like that theory too, it's just that I find it funny that someone thought the drawing in the MUTCD was what he was supposed to make, and didn't bother to read the section on trailblazers. Or maybe he could've double checked with MassDOT. A circle would've probably been better, considering it's not the outline of a state on the other side of the country.

[Kacie Jane]

considering it's not the outline of a state on the other side of the country.

Last I checked, Alabama and Massachusetts were very much on the same side of the country. 

(Sorry, I had to.)

[Zeffy]

Last I checked, Alabama and Massachusetts were very much on the same side of the country. 
(Sorry, I had to.)

North/South-wise, not East-West-wise. That better? 

[roadman65]

And of course one of the biggest mistakes ever:



The road numbers are correct, but these sign were erected in Massachusetts, not Alabama.

Here is the whole story, it's about ten years old, but I still laugh at it.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/3642053/alabama-road-signs-in-massachusetts

Blaming the MUTCD? That's a first. Maybe they should've asked MassDOT before they assumed...

This one is as funny as the erroneous PA 183 shield on US 206 NB in Roxbury, NJ for NJ 183.

[NE2]

It's actually much funnier.

[Alps]

It's actually much funnier.

The PA 183 shield was... odd, at least. Pointing it out to NJDOT crew members from the Mt. Arlington office as we drove under it... I was only 20 at the time, don't hit me.

[theline]

Last I checked, Alabama and Massachusetts were very much on the same side of the country. 
(Sorry, I had to.)

North/South-wise, not East-West-wise. That better? 

Liberal/conservative-wise too. 

[CNGL-Leudimin]

And of course one of the biggest mistakes ever:

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The road numbers are correct, but these sign were erected in Massachusetts, not Alabama.

Here is the whole story, it's about ten years old, but I still laugh at it.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/3642053/alabama-road-signs-in-massachusetts

It reminds me of those Ohio shields which where in place of US ones... in Kansas!

[roadman65]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bound+Brook,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.577431,-74.572824&spn=0.003137,0.005686&sll=39.03662,-76.676846&sspn=0.00635,0.011373&oq=bound+&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Bound+Brook,+Somerset,+New+Jersey&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.577294,-74.572629&panoid=XuHyTVkdcb2S9RXFTqSjKw&cbp=12,130.67,,0,-22.5

The exit number tab is on the wrong side of the sign.

[KEK Inc.]

God, we should start a thread for exit numbers on the wrong side.  I can list a ton.

Half of Cowlitz County signs in Washington qualify.  The split for CA-1 and I-280 in San Francisco.

[Kacie Jane]

Half of Cowlitz County signs in Washington qualify.

I had thought so too, but I think it's a case of the errors sticking in our minds and not noticing the ones they do tab correctly.  Sometime last year, I made a point to pay attention to the tabs while driving to Portland, and I only counted three errors.  (I believe it's Exit 46 that has one in each direction; I don't recall where the third error was.)

[Zeffy]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bound+Brook,+NJ&hl=en&ll=40.577431,-74.572824&spn=0.003137,0.005686&sll=39.03662,-76.676846&sspn=0.00635,0.011373&oq=bound+&t=h&gl=us&hnear=Bound+Brook,+Somerset,+New+Jersey&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.577294,-74.572629&panoid=XuHyTVkdcb2S9RXFTqSjKw&cbp=12,130.67,,0,-22.5

The exit number tab is on the wrong side of the sign.

I remember passing by that sign a few days ago and thinking that same thought. Here's what that sign will (eventually) probably be replaced with:

[apeman33]

And of course one of the biggest mistakes ever:



The road numbers are correct, but these sign were erected in Massachusetts, not Alabama.

Here is the whole story, it's about ten years old, but I still laugh at it.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/3642053/alabama-road-signs-in-massachusetts

Blaming the MUTCD? That's a first. Maybe they should've asked MassDOT before they assumed...

This one is as funny as the erroneous PA 183 shield on US 206 NB in Roxbury, NJ for NJ 183.

A long while back, I had pics I took of Ohio 400 signs in Kansas on U.S. 400.

[Katavia]

Found a sign goof at the I-85 @ US 29/US 601. Sorry that I don't have a photo.

Once you're on the I-85 N Exit 58 collector-distributor lanes, the sign where US 29/601 South exits off has a sign goof on the top part of the sign "US 29 US 601 NORTH - Second Right", but US 601 doesn't exit onto US 29 NORTH. It actually continues onto I-85 N and merges. It's fixed on the second sign where only US 29 continues into Kannapolis.
I don't know if the sign goof is on the I-85 southbound C-D lanes.