Signs on State-Maintained Roads in Your State That Need Repairs

[Amaury]

On Interstate 90 eastbound, just past milepost 71: https://i.imgur.com/udyMUib.jpeg

Not exactly sure what happened. Before it needed repairs: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rMazFCNQ4VketSqv5

[Amaury]

Washington State Route 821 northbound, just before milepost 14: https://i.imgur.com/eNJcNw0.jpeg

Before the top bolt gave out: https://maps.app.goo.gl/baJ3thYLufgNCE6J7

[Amaury]

Looks like vandalism may have been the cause. There's evidence of cutting at the top, as the stiffener ribs are gone.

https://i.imgur.com/GuAlCRh.jpg

Before: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ng5sJ3ZsPEwV5SyHA

Repaired:

[Amaury]

On the Interstate 90 eastbound Exit 106 off-ramp, a box truck driver made a dumb decision to take the curve too fast and damaged the signposts of this Food sign: https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/eastbound-i-90-exit-at-ellensburg-reopened-after-semi-truck-crash/article_c01cb698-3df5-11ef-a26a-d36748490b0f.html



You can see the Food sign itself on the ground just to the right of the damaged posts.

Before it was damaged: https://maps.app.goo.gl/c8Qc5CBoTEtrDzfi8

On Interstate 82 in both directions, milepost 13 needs to be repaired. On the eastbound side, the mile marker fell off the post, and on the westbound side, there was a recent brush fire in the median—probably human-caused!—that jumped the freeway on the westbound side and damaged the milepost. The fire itself was otherwise quickly contained.

Westbound:



Before the fire damage: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VzsA5pRzdQcAUsfc6

Eastbound:



Before it fell off: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Uc6DsL9QkmjVfrfR8

In Kittitas, Washington, just before the Interstate 90 westbound on-ramp, this sign fell off:



Before it fell off: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gm1bpJGYEZcFC2Ak8

Interestingly, this isn't the first time this has happened, as seen this from this 2018 capture: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KV8YuBrebR97Seqx6

[Amaury]

This is on Interstate 90 westbound, just past milepost 87. I can't really even explain what happened, as the sign is protected by a guardrail, and the guardrail isn't damaged, so it definitely wasn't from a crash. However, it most definitely requires repairs:



When it was last standing: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Eeg9BX4hnUjKCNjT7

Looking at my drive videos, it was still standing when I took my drive to St. Helens, Oregon, on April 16, and it was down when I was coming back from my drive to Cornelius, Oregon, on June 11, so it happened sometime between those two dates.

On Washington State Route 821, mile marker 21 was melted due to a wildfire the other day:



Before the damage: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4K3DzpL9aJZhWpQ77

The post is fine since it's telespar. Photo is from a video I took from my phone, so I'll take a better photo later, but for perspective, the damage to mile marker 21 on SR 821 is worse than the aforementioned damage to mile marker 13 on I-82 westbound in my previous post. Although in both cases, they will need to make a new sign.

The fire was on the other side, but in that one spot, it happened to jump the highway, and it happened to be where the milepost is.

[Amaury]

Washington State Route 821 northbound, just before milepost 14.

https://i.imgur.com/eNJcNw0.jpeg

Before the top bolt gave out: https://maps.app.goo.gl/baJ3thYLufgNCE6J7

This one is repaired.

On Washington State Route 821, mile marker 21 was melted due to a wildfire the other day:

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Photo is from a video I took from my phone, so I'll take a better photo later...

Better photos.

Looking south:



Looking north:

[thenetwork]

I will say that many of the bigger signs along I-70 between Avon and Denver are in dire need of replacement.

From peeling text which makes reflectivity  non-existent, and signs where text letters completely peeled off.

A few advanced guide signs have shields that are severely peeling off (I-70 EB @ CO-91) or are missing altogether I-70 WB @ US-40/Empire).

CDOT can't even rivet a metal shield over the peeling/missing shields,.despite the issues being there for multiple years now???

[Amaury]

On US Route 12 westbound, past milepost 336, this sign needs repairs:

https://i.imgur.com/3ri3z9u.jpeg

Repaired!

[Amaury]

On US Route 97 southbound, after milepost 166, the chevron sign on one side of this signpost broke off:

https://i.imgur.com/IOYwq0z.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/j2vwUCW.jpeg

Before it broke: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DUeqzfbs5SnmyaLG9

This sign is requiring repairs again, except this time it's the whole post. It fell off of its pedestal:

https://i.imgur.com/ZoIHCzx.jpeg

Interstate 90 eastbound Exit 136 gore point sign.

Both repaired!

[Amaury]

On Washington State Route 243 southbound, just before milepost 10, this sign lost of one its legs, which you can see on the ground. Impressively, it's still standing:

https://i.imgur.com/BTwID6E.jpg

When it still had that leg: https://goo.gl/maps/4wmoVnD8uKQYsSmn8

The one post could no longer take the weight of the sign, and the sign has fallen off:

https://i.imgur.com/0JTSdyl.jpg

And also repaired!

[Amaury]

On the Interstate 90 eastbound off-ramp at Exit 109—yes, this exit again, where idiots keep breaking things—the third chevron sign was crashed into, I think, sometime during the day on August 14. It was repaired sometime the following day on August 15, only to be crashed into again later that day. It has yet to be repaired again. The only "silver lining," if you can call it that, is that at least it wasn't the fourth chevron sign again, which had been crashed into two or three times before these crashes involving the third chevron sign:

https://i.imgur.com/E12Jtj9.jpeg

On Interstate 90 westbound, just past milepost 135, this entering apple maggot quarantine area sign needs to be repaired. The right post was burned by a recent brushfire. It was still standing for a while after the brushfire, but eventually, the post just gave way:

[Amaury]

On Interstate 90 eastbound, just past milepost 71:

https://i.imgur.com/udyMUib.jpeg

Not exactly sure what happened. Before it needed repairs: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rMazFCNQ4VketSqv5

On the Interstate 90 eastbound off-ramp at Exit 109—yes, this exit again, where idiots keep breaking things—the third chevron sign was crashed into, I think, sometime during the day on August 14. It was repaired sometime the following day on August 15, only to be crashed into again later that day. It has yet to be repaired again. The only "silver lining," if you can call it that, is that at least it wasn't the fourth chevron sign again, which had been crashed into two or three times before these crashes involving the third chevron sign:

https://i.imgur.com/E12Jtj9.jpeg

Both repaired.

[Amaury]

32) On Interstate 90 eastbound at Exit 101, the exit gore point sign needs to be repaired or replaced: https://maps.app.goo.gl/24t8AbejvUbHXse28

When it was still standing: https://goo.gl/maps/NddCoej6XUQptbPa9

Also repaired.

[Amaury]

Interstate 90 westbound at Exit 179 in Moses Lake.

The hinge on the left I-beam post has come loose and the sign is easily going back and forth with the wind, so it could easily eventually fall. I went ahead last night and made a single sign urgent report about this. The sign itself also appears to be separating.

Front side:



Back side:



Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnsal-b6ilw

[Amaury]

Interstate 82 eastbound Exit 3 off-ramp:



This sign has already been repaired once in early 2023, around January. I didn't notice it the first time before it was repaired, a friend of mine told me it was down. Not sure what happened that caused it to snap, especially since it's still a relatively new post, being just slightly less than two years old.

[Max Rockatansky]

The sign on westbound CA 190 approaching Panamint Valley Road isn't looking so hot nowadays.

https://flic.kr/p/2qvZB48

[Amaury]

I am heading eastbound here, but the downed sign is on westbound Interstate 90, just past milepost 34:



It's this sign: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WvsHCzP9JUmzMSit8

Noticed this one repaired on December 3.

[Amaury]

Junction of US 97 and WA 10: https://maps.app.goo.gl/nEWWtXj1B19Y8HuUA





The shield stickers also need to be replaced. It's not the first time this particular sign has needed repairs: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BSowrFVSwGKEFPYv8

I-82 eastbound view point off-ramp: https://maps.app.goo.gl/SZtwhNNmARsx7Ddv7



I-90 eastbound, just before milepost 79: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GvPZfgViwtcXGFEJ7



I-90 eastbound, just before milepost 85: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oN6Mfc2S5DVMBFU77

[Amaury]

Interstate 90 westbound milepost 104: https://maps.app.goo.gl/B7YsEo8nPtePtsaR8





This one succumbed to wood rot while I was there. It's also not the first time it's needed either repairs or adjustments: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3jTwHTfyqptKK9Qr5 That 2019 capture is about what it looked like, except this time it was from wood rot, not just from leaning due to the dirt loosening or something.

Interstate 90 westbound milepost 101: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VY99dEe7c1Jjwtm2A



Not sure if this one was wood rot or something else.

[Amaury]

Interstate 90 westbound milepost 104: https://maps.app.goo.gl/B7YsEo8nPtePtsaR8

https://i.imgur.com/WZl582g.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/eHqRqXM.jpeg

This one succumbed to wood rot while I was there. It's also not the first time it's needed either repairs or adjustments: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3jTwHTfyqptKK9Qr5 That 2019 capture is about what it looked like, except this time it was from wood rot, not just from leaning due to the dirt loosening or something.

Interstate 90 westbound milepost 101: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VY99dEe7c1Jjwtm2A

https://i.imgur.com/nfMhol3.jpeg

Not sure if this one was wood rot or something else.

Both repaired! Yay!

[Amaury]

Interstate 82 eastbound Exit 3 off-ramp:

https://i.imgur.com/5cvXq91.jpeg

This sign has already been repaired once in early 2023, around January. I didn't notice it the first time before it was repaired, a friend of mine told me it was down. Not sure what happened that caused it to snap, especially since it's still a relatively new post, being just slightly less than two years old.

Repaired!

[Amaury]

On Interstate 82 in both directions, milepost 13 needs to be repaired. On the eastbound side, the mile marker fell off the post, and on the westbound side, there was a recent brush fire in the median—probably human-caused!—that jumped the freeway on the westbound side and damaged the milepost. The fire itself was otherwise quickly contained.

...

Eastbound:

https://i.imgur.com/AtVVcW0.jpeg

Before it fell off: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Uc6DsL9QkmjVfrfR8

Eastbound repaired! Yay!

[Amaury]

On Interstate 82 in both directions, milepost 13 needs to be repaired. On the eastbound side, the mile marker fell off the post, and on the westbound side, there was a recent brush fire in the median—probably human-caused!—that jumped the freeway on the westbound side and damaged the milepost. The fire itself was otherwise quickly contained.

Westbound:



Before the fire damage: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VzsA5pRzdQcAUsfc6

Westbound also repaired! But a very odd choice was made to maintain the existing fire-damaged mile marker instead of making a new one. I wonder why. My mom thought perhaps it's temporary while they make a new one, but they went ahead and got a new post in and kept the sign just to have something. Is that a thing?