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

[wanderer2575]

This one is interesting since there is no Interstate 90 Alternate: https://goo.gl/maps/g2sofhJhXgrxn8WX7

Seattle similarly uses "ALT I-5" to mean "alternate route to I-5", which has always bothered me.

Related to this is when all the assembly/sign elements are there but in the wrong order, conveying a message other than the one intended.  Example:  I'm not a trucker so these assemblies on I-275 and I-75 north and south of Monroe shouldn't bother me, but they do.  There is no designated M-50 truck route through or around Monroe.  All these assemblies should read TRUCK ROUTE TO M-50.



(I don't have a photo, so this is a screen grab from GSV.)

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/shares/JX8wP9180x
Some interesting signs in Georgia I have found.  One looks like a sign tree in Quitman and the other is way too much overload in Thomasville.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/shares/W75R4e287d
Some more just plain unusual signs from about.

[kirbykart]

^The 98/19 one is just stupidity. But many of those examples are pretty common and normal. I literally don't see anything wrong with the FL A1A assembly, apart from that being a dumb number.

[Amaury]

The "West" here is in US route format: https://goo.gl/maps/t2NCvFgpDGVrGsGb6

Instead of interstate format like here: https://goo.gl/maps/XADqzrVaW7Vi1h4P7

[Scott5114]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/shares/JX8wP9180x
Some interesting signs in Georgia I have found.  One looks like a sign tree in Quitman and the other is way too much overload in Thomasville.

I actually kind of like both of those.

[kirbykart]

The hamlet of Cherry Creek, NY has these beautiful Helvetica welcome signs.

[Bobby5280]

The hamlet of Cherry Creek, NY has these beautiful Helvetica welcome signs.

Those signs aren't set in Helvetica. No, it's actually worse. They're set in Arial Bold.

[formulanone]

Somewhere deep in the Best of/Worst of Valley, but located alongside a ranch near Albertville, Alabama...

[Bobby5280]

That's a creative way to re-use an exit sign panel and cannibalize random button copy letters off other signs.

[JoePCool14]

Somewhere deep in the Best of/Worst of Valley, but located alongside a ranch near Albertville, Alabama...

I never thought I would see a button copy cRaiG cOuNtY, but that has got to take the cake.

[Billy F 1988]

That to me has to be the most out-of-ordinary kitbashed button copy sign in history. I spot the outline of "EXIT 7" behind the lettering on the bottom part of the sign. I think this used to be a double digit exit panel on a larger scaled sign.

[ethanhopkin14]

All I can say is New Mexico.

[thenetwork]

Somewhere deep in the Best of/Worst of Valley, but located alongside a ranch near Albertville, Alabama...

I never thought I would see a button copy cRaiG cOuNtY, but that has got to take the cake.

Perhaps, specifically, Gary W. was the person who made and/or approved the Craig County sign???

[Scott5114]

Somewhere deep in the Best of/Worst of Valley, but located alongside a ranch near Albertville, Alabama...

I never thought I would see a button copy cRaiG cOuNtY, but that has got to take the cake.

Perhaps, specifically, Gary W. was the person who made and/or approved the Craig County sign???

My first thought was that Gary Waldrep was the guy who made this sign, but he is apparently a somewhat well known...banjo player?...so it's entirely possible a fan made it.

[1995hoo]

Somewhere deep in the Best of/Worst of Valley, but located alongside a ranch near Albertville, Alabama...

Makes me wonder if the person is a roadgeek who is aware of the more famous sign others have mentioned.

[CoreySamson]

Crossposting this sign from the "General Houston-area Projects" thread...



For context, it is the sign on the right. Apparently it is regulatory that the crossing must be turned into an interchange at a later date?

[kirbykart]

In Texas, yes it's regulatory. If they don't eliminate the grade crossing, they can't make it I-14C! 

[kphoger]

It's like a Speed Limit ## Ahead sign, except that the "ahead" part is chronological in meaning.

[Scott5114]

It's like a Speed Limit ## Ahead sign, except that the "ahead" part is chronological in meaning.

Of course, in the 2009 MUTCD, that's a yellow diamond.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/XRbsU9WHzmnaSGBN7
The US 22 guide on the mast arm is neat.  Too bad the shields on the support pole are there to take away from it.

This is not so neat nearby.
https://goo.gl/maps/qvLZcsTw7n4a2Rwy8
The EXIT tab is a bit cheesy on the 4th Street ramp from US 22

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/33229955921/in/album-72157672617598176/
An ALT banner of full size within a guide sign US shield.  Even in Georgia this is not even common as they use tiny fonts. This reminds me of the old Esso/ Travelvision maps of how they denoted ALT or BUS inside US Route numbers.

[Scott5114]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/33229955921/in/album-72157672617598176/
An ALT banner of full size within a guide sign US shield.  Even in Georgia this is not even common as they use tiny fonts. This reminds me of the old Esso/ Travelvision maps of how they denoted ALT or BUS inside US Route numbers.

That's because the shields on that stretch used to look like this.

[CovalenceSTU]

Saw this comically large Do Not Enter sign on Highway 97 in Oregon a while back. 12ft wide according to the Google Earth measuring tool

https://goo.gl/maps/fEL8pnsoUpSNPp8v9

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/NFYm1a93oEqmQqjw9
I like the US 1 text shield here.


https://goo.gl/maps/mcWWXz2ZpCS7yPDi7
Then the best truck route to Groton is neat.

[plain]

Saw this comically large Do Not Enter sign on Highway 97 in Oregon a while back. 12ft wide according to the Google Earth measuring tool

https://goo.gl/maps/fEL8pnsoUpSNPp8v9

12 ft? Unless that lane is wider than 12 feet then I don't see it.