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

[jakeroot]

Since it's been brought up, there's a similar, albeit more pithy, sign on 86th St in Urbandale, IA, at the I-35/80 interchange.



Honestly, I'm not sure why the sidewalks continue to the ramps if there aren't sidewalks across the freeway. Maybe someday there will be.

I can see from Google Maps that there is an accompanying sidewalk on the other side of the interchange, also on the west side, with a similar "SIDEWALK ENDS" sign.

Interesting that the northern stretch of sidewalk was there before they added the loops, but they didn't bother to add in the sidewalk over the bridge at the same time (especially if the southern stretch of sidewalk, constructed in 2013, was already planned). Not very "urban" of Urbandale, if I do say so myself! It's not like the bridge isn't wide enough to support a sidewalk.

[MNHighwayMan]

I can see from Google Maps that there is an accompanying sidewalk on the other side of the interchange, also on the west side, with a similar "SIDEWALK ENDS" sign.

Interesting that the northern stretch of sidewalk was there before they added the loops, but they didn't bother to add in the sidewalk over the bridge at the same time (especially if the southern stretch of sidewalk, constructed in 2013, was already planned). Not very "urban" of Urbandale, if I do say so myself! It's not like the bridge isn't wide enough to support a sidewalk.

I would guess that the cities of both Urbandale and Johnston (the Interstate is the boundary between them–Urbandale to the south and Johnston to the north) figured the sidewalk problem was IowaDOT's problem, since they maintain the overpass. Kind of shitty, but that's how it goes.

[D-Dey65]

They both need to be on an overhead assembly to do what they do.

That was the first thing I was thinking.

[Kniwt]

In Saguaro National Park near Tucson, a somewhat graphic warning sign:

[kphoger]

I can see from Google Maps that there is an accompanying sidewalk on the other side of the interchange, also on the west side, with a similar "SIDEWALK ENDS" sign.

Interesting that the northern stretch of sidewalk was there before they added the loops, but they didn't bother to add in the sidewalk over the bridge at the same time (especially if the southern stretch of sidewalk, constructed in 2013, was already planned). Not very "urban" of Urbandale, if I do say so myself! It's not like the bridge isn't wide enough to support a sidewalk.

I would guess that the cities of both Urbandale and Johnston (the Interstate is the boundary between them–Urbandale to the south and Johnston to the north) figured the sidewalk problem was IowaDOT's problem, since they maintain the overpass. Kind of shitty, but that's how it goes.

You likely know this, being from DSM, but Johnston and Urbandale don't exactly coordinate well along the municipal border.  Don't stay at a hotel near the border on Merle Hay Road, for example, because the police in each jurisdiction would much rather leave things to the other one to handle, so patrolling is lax.

[jakeroot]

Spotted this on the grounds of the old Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, BC on Saturday (filming location for "Deadpool 2" and "Happy Gilmore", among others).

I don't know how unique it truly is, but I don't know of any others:

[csw]

Here's the only one I've ever found, in Roanoke, VA, a few weeks ago.

Located here https://goo.gl/maps/fc1ECY6hssQQEM3y9

[Roadsguy]

I wonder if any six-way signs exist...

[Bluenoser]

I wonder if any six-way signs exist...

Here you go...in my hometown of Amherst, NS (intersection of Croft St, Wellington St, Central Ave, E Pleasant St (which goes across the intersection), and Poplar St; photo is at the end of Croft):

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8258575,-64.2027265,3a,15y,182.35h,91.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCMydj-89ypOwXgx2pg3Oew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Andrew T.]

I don't know how unique it truly is, but I don't know of any others:

I distinctly remember seeing "5-Way" plaques posted at this intersection in Manitowoc, Wisconsin when I visited in the 1990s! Unfortunately I didn't carry a camera back then, and the signage had been changed to the generic "All Way" legend when I returned in the mid-2000s. 

[jakeroot]

I wonder if any six-way signs exist...

Here you go...in my hometown of Amherst, NS (intersection of Croft St, Wellington St, Central Ave, E Pleasant St (which goes across the intersection), and Poplar St; photo is at the end of Croft):

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8258575,-64.2027265,3a,15y,182.35h,91.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCMydj-89ypOwXgx2pg3Oew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

How did I know, without reading your profile or virtually any of your post, that it was in Canada?

I don't know how unique it truly is, but I don't know of any others:

I distinctly remember seeing "5-Way" plaques posted at this intersection in Manitowoc, Wisconsin when I visited in the 1990s! Unfortunately I didn't carry a camera back then, and the signage had been changed to the generic "All Way" legend when I returned in the mid-2000s. 

If I'm not mistaken, all plaques now use the "All-Way" legend. Which is too bad! I like these numeric ones.

[hotdogPi]

I wonder if any six-way signs exist...

Here you go...in my hometown of Amherst, NS (intersection of Croft St, Wellington St, Central Ave, E Pleasant St (which goes across the intersection), and Poplar St; photo is at the end of Croft):

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8258575,-64.2027265,3a,15y,182.35h,91.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCMydj-89ypOwXgx2pg3Oew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

How did I know, without reading your profile or virtually any of your post, that it was in Canada?

Probably the username.

[Roadsguy]

I wonder if any six-way signs exist...

Here you go...in my hometown of Amherst, NS (intersection of Croft St, Wellington St, Central Ave, E Pleasant St (which goes across the intersection), and Poplar St; photo is at the end of Croft):

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.8258575,-64.2027265,3a,15y,182.35h,91.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCMydj-89ypOwXgx2pg3Oew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

How did I know, without reading your profile or virtually any of your post, that it was in Canada?

I don't know how unique it truly is, but I don't know of any others:

I distinctly remember seeing "5-Way" plaques posted at this intersection in Manitowoc, Wisconsin when I visited in the 1990s! Unfortunately I didn't carry a camera back then, and the signage had been changed to the generic "All Way" legend when I returned in the mid-2000s. 

If I'm not mistaken, all plaques now use the "All-Way" legend. Which is too bad! I like these numeric ones.

The MUTCD now requires all-way, but there are loads of old 2/3/4-way plaques on local streets in my area. Lebanon has plenty of all-way stops, and I don't think there's a single "all-way" plaque. The surrounding townships are similar, and even a few intersections on PennDOT roads still use numbered plaques, though these are older setups.

[US 89]

Something about the design of this just seems off...

[US71]

Doing the splits in Indianapolis


45/52nd of a highway in Kankakee, IL

[KEVIN_224]

I saw one of the Indy interstate signs back in the summer of 2010, close to Victory Field (baseball stadium).

[csw]

Oh don't you worry, they're everywhere in the downtown area.

[D-Dey65]

Spotted this on the grounds of the old Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, BC on Saturday (filming location for "Deadpool 2" and "Happy Gilmore", among others).

I don't know how unique it truly is, but I don't know of any others:

I know of an intersection in the Lake Ronkonkoma/Lake Grove area that would have this if the Town of Brookhaven hadn't installed traffic signals nearly 40-odd years ago.

[Kniwt]

Vicksburg Road, the connector between I-10 and AZ 72. I believe there's a slightly more standard sign for this.

[Max Rockatansky]

Vicksburg Road, the connector between I-10 and AZ 72. I believe there's a slightly more standard sign for this.

That said, having drive that curve dozens of times that sign really means business whereas most 35 MPH advisories are tend to overplay the curvature. 

[kphoger]

I wonder if any six-way signs exist...

Here's one in Cincinnati, OH.

[ipeters61]

I wonder if any six-way signs exist...

Here's one in Cincinnati, OH.

Let's be honest, that "emergency vehicle" sign in the corner is the real point of interest in that photo.

[chays]

I wonder if any six-way signs exist...

Here's one in Cincinnati, OH.

Let's be honest, that "emergency vehicle" sign in the corner is the real point of interest in that photo.

Even more unique at that same intersection is this CAUTION BLIND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGN (https://goo.gl/maps/cAhUHqXy4VC7eUtH6)

[jakeroot]

The road is no longer a toll, but would it have been correct to sign two junctions on either side of a toll bridge equally as "last exit" options?

201 St/Station Road at Golden Ears Way, Langley, BC

[Rothman]

Hm.  When I was a kid (late '70s), Bloomington, IN was peppered with various numbered way stop signs.  Wonder of there was a fiver in there somewhere.