Signs With Design Errors

[theFXexpert]

Yeah, the shield is bad, but we're not really talking the entire sign should die-type level of disaster.  The shield can be replaced pretty easily if they really wanted to.

Correct. I should have chosen my words more carefully.

[roadfro]

What's the error, other than that FL 52 doesn't go to San Antonio?

Except that it does.

And, yes. The shield is a bit of a mess.

And after looking at the map, one would first reach San Antonio, then Dade City. So the cities should be flipped.

[SignGeek101]

$ sign is on the wrong side. It goes on the left side of the number, get it right! 

https://goo.gl/maps/1abzNp79Wvo

This sign will be gone in a few years; this road will be freeway by 2020 hopefully.

[AsphaltPlanet]

$ sign is on the wrong side. It goes on the left side of the number, get it right! 

https://goo.gl/maps/1abzNp79Wvo

This sign will be gone in a few years; this road will be freeway by 2020 hopefully.

That's interesting actually.  The sign looks like it's in two parts, and it looks like english text has been paired with the french monetary values.

[paulthemapguy]

$ sign is on the wrong side. It goes on the left side of the number, get it right! 

https://goo.gl/maps/1abzNp79Wvo

This sign will be gone in a few years; this road will be freeway by 2020 hopefully.

At least they give you the option of calculating the risk vs. the reward yourself! (Expressed in units of $ fine per km/h) yay transparency

[theline]

$ sign is on the wrong side. It goes on the left side of the number, get it right! 

https://goo.gl/maps/1abzNp79Wvo

This sign will be gone in a few years; this road will be freeway by 2020 hopefully.

When it's a freeway, they won't be passing out speeding tickets anymore?

[SignGeek101]

$ sign is on the wrong side. It goes on the left side of the number, get it right! 

https://goo.gl/maps/1abzNp79Wvo

This sign will be gone in a few years; this road will be freeway by 2020 hopefully.

When it's a freeway, they won't be passing out speeding tickets anymore?

They will, they'll just increase the speed. Though this road may be moved to a new alignment, which means this sign (and the VMS across the road) will be gone.

[theline]

^^ Now I see. Thanks for the clarification.

[SignGeek101]

https://goo.gl/maps/rkCEJLjT3dM2

No border on this sign for some reason.

[national highway 1]

That is NOT how you make a California miner's spade! 

[WillWeaverRVA]

That is NOT how you make a California miner's spade! 

It looks like an upside-down interstate shield that's been flattened on top (bottom).

[AsphaltPlanet]

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/PQ/A/720/A720_dv_2_west_Apr15_24x16.jpg
The yellow exit bar on the sign for A-15 north isn't the correct width of the sign.  Also on the ramp to A-20 West, the text for USA is an overlay.  I'm guessing American tourists may have had somewhat of a problem understanding that they needed to go to the É-U to get back the US.

[Rothman]

I'm guessing American tourists may have had somewhat of a problem understanding that they needed to go to the É-U to get back the US.

As hard it is to believe, there were a few instances of misguided tourists following signs to "CANADA" and ending up at the I-87 crossing...when they were headed to Toronto from eastern NY.  I think with the signage now focusing on Montreal that such instances are probably no longer happening, though.

[SignGeek101]

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/PQ/A/720/A720_dv_2_west_Apr15_24x16.jpg
The yellow exit bar on the sign for A-15 north isn't the correct width of the sign.  Also on the ramp to A-20 West, the text for USA is an overlay.  I'm guessing American tourists may have had somewhat of a problem understanding that they needed to go to the É-U to get back the US.

There's a lot more going on with that assembly than the EXIT ONLY panel not fitting right. The 'o' in "NORD" is lowercase, the middle shield uses series C instead of series EM, and the exit (construction) sign is in a non standard font.

[Michael]

A couple of my friends were on their way to Ohio earlier today, and they called me to say they saw a road sign with the wrong font.  After looking at it in Street View, I saw that the letter spacing is too tight.  Look on the left sign on this assembly.

[formulanone]

MA 136 Swansea, Massachusetts...disguised as Kentucky or Vermont?

[CobaltYoshi27]

MA 136 Swansea, Massachusetts...disguised as Kentucky or Vermont?

That isn't Vermont. Vermont's signs are green.

[kphoger]

That isn't Vermont. Vermont's signs are green.

Not if they have local maintenance instead of state maintenance.

[CobaltYoshi27]

That isn't Vermont. Vermont's signs are green.

Not if they have local maintenance instead of state maintenance.

Huh. That's interesting.

[formulanone]

MA 136 Swansea, Massachusetts...disguised as Kentucky or Vermont?

That isn't Vermont. Vermont's signs are green.

The Shield Gallery shows a B&W "football" shield in Vermont.

The point was that this photo was taken in Massachusetts, which uses a square.

[CobaltYoshi27]

MA 136 Swansea, Massachusetts...disguised as Kentucky or Vermont?

That isn't Vermont. Vermont's signs are green.

I know that. I've been to Massachusetts multiple times.

The Shield Gallery shows a B&W "football" shield in Vermont.

The point was that this photo was taken in Massachusetts, which uses a square.

[paulthemapguy]

MA 136 Swansea, Massachusetts...disguised as Kentucky or Vermont?

That isn't Vermont. Vermont's signs are green.

Quoth the wikipedia, 

Prior to 1995, Vermont used the standard circular highway shield to sign all of its routes, which had black numerals on a white circle over a black background. In 1995, Vermont introduced a new shield for state-maintained highways–a green shield with the word "Vermont" at the top. The circular highway shield continues to be used for locally maintained routes.[1] Some state-maintained routes are still signed with the circular highway shield, but they are being converted to the newer Vermont shield as signs are replaced. Recent guide sign replacement projects along Vermont's Interstate Highways include the newer green shields to indicate Vermont state routes, as the older guide signs used the circular shield.

Many of Vermont's circular shields still stand today; here's a photo I snapped last October on VT-17 westbound:



Any excuse to post a sign photo, I'll probably use it. 

[cl94]

A bunch of circle shields still exist in the wild on state-maintained roads. What I will mention is that city-maintained state highways sometimes get the green shield. Take VT 4A in Rutland city as an example.

[PHLBOS]

MA 136 Swansea, Massachusetts...disguised as Kentucky or Vermont?

... or New Jersey or Delaware.

[CobaltYoshi27]

MA 136 Swansea, Massachusetts...disguised as Kentucky or Vermont?

... or New Jersey or Delaware.

Or Iowa.