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

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/ywy8yunfMqmYKFoQA

White TOLL plate and no SOUTH plate for I-95 here either as I-295 defaults strictly into SB I-95 only.

[JayhawkCO]

Just saw this one this weekend when I was back in KC.  Had to look at it twice to figure out what was wrong with it.



Chris

[Lukeisroads]

And also a construction speed zone:

The City of Norman owns one of those, and it turns up in random places across the city. Once, it was even in my yard for a day or two.


I kind of wonder if it has some sort of data-recorder function and it's actually being used to do speed studies.

did somebody say construction zone? you can kinda see it it says SLOW DOWN
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3281151,-119.038839,3a,47.5y,349.15h,89.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1su7YSeWIOJp5sF2Bk1Dr_FQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[roadman65]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51422925663_e503402886_c.jpg

I like how Caltrans keeps freeway signs standard.  They have the guides with control cities only, as the Freeway Entrance signs provide orientation.

[LilianaUwU]

On the topic of the movable speed limit radars: I too had one basically on my yard, though no matter how long I stayed there and watched traffic, it didn't display any speed.



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[thenetwork]

On the topic of the movable speed limit radars: I too had one basically on my yard, though no matter how long I stayed there and watched traffic, it didn't display any speed.



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I always wondered if those devices can specifically can pick up the speed of baseball pitches, the rhe radar guns at county fairs.

You could really mess up the speed stats on a residential street if you had somebody who can throw some heat for a while...

[hotdogPi]

On the topic of the movable speed limit radars: I too had one basically on my yard, though no matter how long I stayed there and watched traffic, it didn't display any speed.



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I always wondered if those devices can specifically can pick up the speed of baseball pitches, the rhe radar guns at county fairs.

You could really mess up the speed stats on a residential street if you had somebody who can throw some heat for a while...

The one nearest me alternates between being off and showing numbers below 20 (including 7 once) when it doesn't see a car. I'm walking at about 4 mph, so it's not tracking me.

[Scott5114]

I always wondered if those devices can specifically can pick up the speed of baseball pitches, the rhe radar guns at county fairs.

You could really mess up the speed stats on a residential street if you had somebody who can throw some heat for a while...

They made us watch some stupid movie in high school where some old retired baseball guy throws baseballs past one of those signs and can only get it up to 15. He leaves in disgust, thinking he sucks at baseball, and then the viewers see that the sign is actually malfunctioning, and it was supposed to be displaying 75 the entire time. Even as a high schooler I felt that was kind of contrived.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/J6YpfdhCVYtx7AMB7
How Massachusetts is so inconsistent at guide signs. WB MA 2A is text and EB is not.

Ditto in Northampton further south at MA 9 at US 5.

[LilianaUwU]

https://goo.gl/maps/J6YpfdhCVYtx7AMB7
How Massachusetts is so inconsistent at guide signs. WB MA 2A is text and EB is not.

Also, why is the sign over the sidewalk?! Maybe that's why they couldn't fit the shield.

[machias]

https://goo.gl/maps/J6YpfdhCVYtx7AMB7
How Massachusetts is so inconsistent at guide signs. WB MA 2A is text and EB is not.

Also, why is the sign over the sidewalk?! Maybe that's why they couldn't fit the shield.

That was style was common when I lived in Massachusetts in the late 1980s and early 90s, except the top sign would just have the number the size of the route marker shown, and then the smaller bottom sign would be the exact same format there.

I have a hunch someone just "replaced in kind".

[Bruce]

"Dismount and Lead Horses" sign on WA-224 just west of Richland

[ClassicHasClass]

It's almost a U2 song in a sign.

"Who's gonna dismount your lead horses? Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?"

[ErmineNotyours]

https://goo.gl/maps/ywy8yunfMqmYKFoQA

White TOLL plate and no SOUTH plate for I-95 here either as I-295 defaults strictly into SB I-95 only.

Looks like the pavement marking also said "West I-295," but they tried to tar over the word "west".

[Occidental Tourist]

https://goo.gl/maps/ywy8yunfMqmYKFoQA

White TOLL plate and no SOUTH plate for I-95 here either as I-295 defaults strictly into SB I-95 only.

Looks like the pavement marking also said "West I-295," but they tried to tar over the word "west".

It looks like the shoulder was used as a third lane previously, probably during an earlier phase of the interchange reconstruction.  Left lane read 295 WEST, middle lane read 295 SOUTH, and right lane read 29 NORTH.  When they striped back down to two lanes, they bead blasted the markings off the right lane entirely, the shield, the SOUTH and 5 off the middle lane, and smudged out the WEST in the first lane.

Further on:


From the other direction:

[LilianaUwU]

From the other direction:

Is it just me, or does it say Princetoⁿ?

[Bruce]

A custom little sign from this 1982 newspaper article on people stealing waste wood from construction sites:

[GenExpwy]

I came across an article about life on Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory, where the US has a military base). One of the photos shows a highway route marker, circa 1977.

[roadfro]

https://goo.gl/maps/J6YpfdhCVYtx7AMB7
How Massachusetts is so inconsistent at guide signs. WB MA 2A is text and EB is not.

Also, why is the sign over the sidewalk?! Maybe that's why they couldn't fit the shield.

That was style was common when I lived in Massachusetts in the late 1980s and early 90s, except the top sign would just have the number the size of the route marker shown, and then the smaller bottom sign would be the exact same format there.

I have a hunch someone just "replaced in kind".

Looks to me that if the lower sign was designed to spec like the upper sign, it wouldn't have left enough clear space over the sidewalk per MUTCD guidelines/standards. Conversely, nothing in the MUTCD says you have to use a shield for route guidance. (Although it all could have been fixed with mounting the first sign higher to begin with.)

[Bruce]

A few Interstates in Washington were designated as "green highways" in 2007, but finding signage for them is a bit hard.

This example was one I spotted on I-82 eastbound climbing out of Ellensburg (a few miles from its terminus). Kind of a random spot for it.

[LilianaUwU]

Instead of a directional plate, QC-370 has a "JCT 15" plate at its eastern end:

https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.0315684,-74.0570084,3a,37.5y,160.97h,82.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sK52JpAnhDz5-IuKRF0oCgA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

[Occidental Tourist]

From the other direction:

Is it just me, or does it say Princetoⁿ?

"Princeto"  to the nth power.

[odditude]

From the other direction:

Is it just me, or does it say Princetoⁿ?

"Princeto"  to the nth power.

i think the photo's distorted; the upper-right corner of the sign panel is similarly shifted.

[roadman65]

Air conditioned highway in Columbia, MO.

[plain]

A white on green EMERGENCY PULL OFF sign smdh come on VDOT



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