Erroneous road signs

[Special K]

This sign is supposed to say "Mather Field Rd," but omits the "Rd."

Erroneous use of EXIT ONLY plaque as well.

[myosh_tino]

This sign is supposed to say "Mather Field Rd," but omits the "Rd."

Erroneous use of EXIT ONLY plaque as well.

No it's not.  That's how California signs lane drops.

[Special K]

This sign is supposed to say "Mather Field Rd," but omits the "Rd."

Erroneous use of EXIT ONLY plaque as well.

No it's not.  That's how California signs lane drops.

Genius.

[formulanone]

This should be a "F32" in this area of Michigan, since Mio is in the F-zone:



Bonus wrong-way concurrency!

[thenetwork]

This should be a "F32" in this area of Michigan, since Mio is in the F-zone:



Bonus wrong-way concurrency!

And since when does a County Route get top billing over not just one, but two state routes???

[Duke87]

I understand how it can exist, but on an instinctual level the idea of a county route having an overlap with a state route bothers me - it seems contradictory since it implies that the road is both state and county maintained.

Yeah, I know, class of signage and jurisdiction of maintenance don't always match...

[vdeane]

County highway signs tend to match the jurisdiction of maintenance for some reason.  I guess the counties don't usually view their routes a much more than a maintenance index even when signed.  Personally, I think it's quite odd to have routes end at city and village boundaries rather than major roads just because the city/village maintains the last segment.

[mefailenglish]

No Virginia, there is no US 798!

[Ian]

From last weekend. MD 70 actually ends at this intersection in Annapolis, but this sign suggest it continues on ahead.

[Takumi]

No Virginia, there is no US 798!
(798)

I've seen only three of those with the correct shield, and at least twice that many with the wrong one.

[NE2]

From last weekend. MD 70 actually ends at this intersection in Annapolis, but this sign suggest it continues on ahead.

It actually doesn't end there, but about 250 feet beyond Compton Drive: http://www.roads.maryland.gov/Location/2010_Anne%20Arundel.pdf (p. 66/237)

[Alps]

From last weekend. MD 70 actually ends at this intersection in Annapolis, but this sign suggest it continues on ahead.

It actually doesn't end there, but about 250 feet beyond Compton Drive: http://www.roads.maryland.gov/Location/2010_Anne%20Arundel.pdf (p. 66/237)

The state highway map was incorrect on this point, then.

[Brandon]

Ohio needs to learn to spell.



Ohio Welcome Center, I-70 Eastbound near Indiana.  Bienvenue a l'Ohio.

[vtk]

Ohio needs to learn to spell.



Ohio Welcome Center, I-70 Eastbound near Indiana.  Bienvenue a l'Ohio.

So we misspelled a French word, big deal. They never pronounce the last letter of a word, anyway.  Our city of Bellefontaine is pronounced bell-FOUNTain, so we don't exactly have a good track record with french anyway.

[Kacie Jane]

To be fair, it's more of a grammar error than a spelling error.  (Bienvenu is the correctly spelled masculine form, but in this context, it's supposed to be feminine.)

[hbelkins]

Sometimes, I hate myself for being so conscientious at doing my job.

Kentucky recently opened two new ramps at the interchange of the Mountain Parkway and KY 1057 in Powell County. This was built as a partial interchange but the two ramps were added to make it a full diamond interchange. New signage was installed. I had driven by the exit several times and nothing caught my eye.

Frankfort got an email last week from someone who had noticed that on the two new route markers, "Mountain" was misspelled  as "Mountian." Those messages are received by the Office of Public Affairs, which forwards them on to the district PIOs. So I got this one and as required, forwarded it to the engineer in charge of the sign crew. He said he would check the situation out.

So Friday when I am on my way to the Dayton meet, I notice two signposts with only directional banners on them and no Mountain (or "Mountian") Parkway markers. I curse myself the rest of the weekend for not noticing and getting pictures before the erroneous signs were removed.

On the way home today I got off at the exit and searched for any other erroneous markers that may have been installed along KY 1057. None. I also noticed that the error signage that listed "Clay County" instead of "Clay City" had also been taken down. At least I got a picture of it back a few months ago after a photo appeared in the local paper.

[vdeane]

On the subject of spelling/grammar issues, the Thruway has signs that say "Buffalo - An All-America City" (also for Syracuse too).  I did not know that Buffalo occupied the entirety of the US.

What's scary is that the village of St. Regis Falls erected similar signs on NY 458, making a small Adirondack village become all of america.

[Brandon]

On the subject of spelling/grammar issues, the Thruway has signs that say "Buffalo - An All-America City" (also for Syracuse too).  I did not know that Buffalo occupied the entirety of the US.

What's scary is that the village of St. Regis Falls erected similar signs on NY 458, making a small Adirondack village become all of america.

"All-America City" is an award given out, and IIRC, that is the title of the award.

[Brandon]

To be fair, it's more of a grammar error than a spelling error.  (Bienvenu is the correctly spelled masculine form, but in this context, it's supposed to be feminine.)

If you'll note, some helpful Louisianan or Quebecois fixed it for them. 

[route56]

Caught this cluster on US 59 in Garnett

[hbelkins]

Caught this cluster on US 59 in Garnett

I think that's residual from when US 59 was closed at the roundabout going north into downtown.

[vdeane]

On the subject of spelling/grammar issues, the Thruway has signs that say "Buffalo - An All-America City" (also for Syracuse too).  I did not know that Buffalo occupied the entirety of the US.

What's scary is that the village of St. Regis Falls erected similar signs on NY 458, making a small Adirondack village become all of america.

"All-America City" is an award given out, and IIRC, that is the title of the award.

It gets even stranger in that case.  Rochester doesn't have any signs for it despite winning the award twice, and according to Wikipedia, Syracuse never won the award despite having a sign.  Plus, why would the Thruway sign them if it's an award?  They don't like local signage!  I always assumed they were signed because they're major areas.

[myosh_tino]

This sign is supposed to say "Mather Field Rd," but omits the "Rd."

I was in the area Monday and noticed that sign has been corrected.  The sign panel is the same size but it now reads...

Mather Field
Rd (arrow) [EXIT ONLY]

The exit number appears to be larger than the one in this photo so I suspect the entire sign was replaced rather than "greened" out.

[route56]

Caught this cluster on US 59 in Garnett

I think that's residual from when US 59 was closed at the roundabout going north into downtown.

Probably... You would think the contractor would be smart enough to, say, restore the signage to its previous condition....

[hbelkins]

Actually...