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Title: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on June 27, 2021, 05:18:00 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3792576,-77.8624599,3a,15y,10.4h,87.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1eSAKyULMZvKQ8J0vvmEKQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

A lot of exit ramps here in North Carolina don't have these signs. In fact, most of them do not have one.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: Rothman on June 27, 2021, 05:47:16 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on June 27, 2021, 05:18:00 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3792576,-77.8624599,3a,15y,10.4h,87.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1eSAKyULMZvKQ8J0vvmEKQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

A lot of exit ramps here in North Carolina don't have these signs. In fact, most of them do not have one.
That's just a stop ahead sign.  Whoop.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: Max Rockatansky on June 27, 2021, 05:58:53 PM
Try any random freeway entrance and there is a good chance a reassurance shield will be missing.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on June 27, 2021, 06:19:13 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 27, 2021, 05:58:53 PM
Try any random freeway entrance and there is a good chance a reassurance shield will be missing.
See Colorado's highways.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 06:28:36 PM
Let's play a game of "Find the missing BGS". This (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2828505,-84.3668659,3a,75y,312.25h,90.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so6thM3E4ax86P94Lvqpoiw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) is an easy one.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: Big John on June 27, 2021, 06:33:46 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 06:28:36 PM
Let's play a game of "Find the missing BGS". This (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2828505,-84.3668659,3a,75y,312.25h,90.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so6thM3E4ax86P94Lvqpoiw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) is an easy one.
The missing BGSs are on the ground in front of the post.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 06:35:12 PM
Quote from: Big John on June 27, 2021, 06:33:46 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 06:28:36 PM
Let's play a game of "Find the missing BGS". This (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2828505,-84.3668659,3a,75y,312.25h,90.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so6thM3E4ax86P94Lvqpoiw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) is an easy one.
The missing BGSs are on the ground in front of the post.
It's been taken down for about 2 years for some unknown reason, and I remember my parents missing this exit at least 3 times because of the missing final exit sign. The BGS didn't even get replaced during this 2 year period, which is probably a good thing, as the sign still looks new, and 2015 was the peak of Ohio's Clearview BGS installations.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on June 27, 2021, 06:35:34 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 06:28:36 PM
Let's play a game of "Find the missing BGS". This (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2828505,-84.3668659,3a,75y,312.25h,90.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so6thM3E4ax86P94Lvqpoiw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) is an easy one.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7393636,-78.0092326,3a,75y,210.52h,91.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP7JyDfcuSmYshFSt4uuGxA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: Big John on June 27, 2021, 06:41:00 PM
There was 1 taken down by Fond du Lac, WI as it was rusted through and in danger of falling onto traffic.  They put the BGSs on posts making them ground posted signs.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on June 27, 2021, 06:47:17 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0858323,-79.9757883,3a,75y,289.72h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5FdW4TKNICIMFRVe5ASCpg!2e0!5s20190901T000000!7i16384!8i8192

Missing sign here.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: JoePCool14 on June 27, 2021, 10:22:02 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 06:35:12 PM
Quote from: Big John on June 27, 2021, 06:33:46 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 06:28:36 PM
Let's play a game of "Find the missing BGS". This (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2828505,-84.3668659,3a,75y,312.25h,90.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so6thM3E4ax86P94Lvqpoiw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) is an easy one.
The missing BGSs are on the ground in front of the post.
It's been taken down for about 2 years for some unknown reason, and I remember my parents missing this exit at least 3 times because of the missing final exit sign. The BGS didn't even get replaced during this 2 year period, which is probably a good thing, as the sign still looks new, and 2015 was the peak of Ohio's Clearview BGS installations.

At the time it was a good thing, but they could definitely use a facelift now.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 10:31:47 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on June 27, 2021, 10:22:02 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 06:35:12 PM
Quote from: Big John on June 27, 2021, 06:33:46 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on June 27, 2021, 06:28:36 PM
Let's play a game of "Find the missing BGS". This (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2828505,-84.3668659,3a,75y,312.25h,90.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so6thM3E4ax86P94Lvqpoiw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) is an easy one.
The missing BGSs are on the ground in front of the post.
It's been taken down for about 2 years for some unknown reason, and I remember my parents missing this exit at least 3 times because of the missing final exit sign. The BGS didn't even get replaced during this 2 year period, which is probably a good thing, as the sign still looks new, and 2015 was the peak of Ohio's Clearview BGS installations.

At the time it was a good thing, but they could definitely use a facelift now.
All the signs on I-275's northern loop could get replaced now, considering that ODOT is almost done with replacing BGS on I-71 in the metro area. I've driven I-275's north loop at night once, and it seemed like that the reflecting material (whatever it's called) worn off for most of the signs already.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: machias on June 27, 2021, 11:14:50 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on June 27, 2021, 05:18:00 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3792576,-77.8624599,3a,15y,10.4h,87.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1eSAKyULMZvKQ8J0vvmEKQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

A lot of exit ramps here in North Carolina don't have these signs. In fact, most of them do not have one.

I'm pretty sure a "Stop Ahead" sign isn't needed unless the view to the actual stop sign is blocked
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on June 27, 2021, 11:18:56 PM
Quote from: machias on June 27, 2021, 11:14:50 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on June 27, 2021, 05:18:00 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3792576,-77.8624599,3a,15y,10.4h,87.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1eSAKyULMZvKQ8J0vvmEKQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

A lot of exit ramps here in North Carolina don't have these signs. In fact, most of them do not have one.

I'm pretty sure a "Stop Ahead" sign isn't needed unless the view to the actual stop sign is blocked
And that is clear, so why did they put a stop ahead sign there in the first place?
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on July 10, 2021, 06:37:40 PM
Along US-264. See this (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=100.msg2635279#new) thread for more details.

Not joking.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on July 10, 2021, 06:48:50 PM
If the sign contains any of the numbers 69, 420 or 666; chances of it being missing are high. I once noticed a km-post 69 was missing.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: ozarkman417 on July 10, 2021, 06:49:30 PM
At Exit 129 (State Routes 5, 32, and 64) on I-44 in MO, a contractor forgot to replace the westbound exit sign (it was absent as of August, 2020). The old sign is here (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6729967,-92.6474681,3a,75y,239.65h,93.67t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1skd_YKHt3rEJJIOybLi0QFg!2e0!5s20160501T000000!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4).

The contractor did, however, replace the exit sign going eastbound. Unfortunately, it looks like this:


(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200804/8d9306d50178d966d961070d6771e516.jpg)
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on July 10, 2021, 06:51:24 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on July 10, 2021, 06:48:50 PM
If the sign contains any of the numbers 69, 420 or 666; chances of it being missing are high. I once noticed a km-post 69 was missing.
It's none of those numbers... Some of the signs near Bailey and Middlesex are damaged.

And the one at Farmville (Wesley Church Rd) for eastbound US-264 traffic is missing.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: Scott5114 on July 10, 2021, 06:51:52 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on July 10, 2021, 06:49:30 PM
At Exit 129 (State Routes 5, 32, and 64) on I-44 in MO, a contractor forgot to replace the westbound exit sign (it was absent as of August, 2020). The old sign is here (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6729967,-92.6474681,3a,75y,239.65h,93.67t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1skd_YKHt3rEJJIOybLi0QFg!2e0!5s20160501T000000!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4).

The contractor did, however, replace the exit sign going eastbound. Unfortunately, it looks like this:
[snip]

I feel like if you contact MoDOT about that, they may actually fix it (if it hasn't been fixed yet already). I contacted MoDOT once for information and they were incredibly helpful.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on July 10, 2021, 06:54:41 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on July 10, 2021, 06:49:30 PM
At Exit 129 (State Routes 5, 32, and 64) on I-44 in MO, a contractor forgot to replace the westbound exit sign (it was absent as of August, 2020). The old sign is here (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6729967,-92.6474681,3a,75y,239.65h,93.67t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1skd_YKHt3rEJJIOybLi0QFg!2e0!5s20160501T000000!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4).

The contractor did, however, replace the exit sign going eastbound. Unfortunately, it looks like this:


(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200804/8d9306d50178d966d961070d6771e516.jpg)
That looks childish looking... ew.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: ozarkman417 on July 10, 2021, 07:12:50 PM
https://myfox8.com/news/residents-sick-of-thieves-stealing-horneytown-road-signs/ (https://myfox8.com/news/residents-sick-of-thieves-stealing-horneytown-road-signs/)

I did some GSV along Horneytown Road and could not not find a single Horneytown Road sign.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: Roadgeekteen on July 10, 2021, 07:34:11 PM
An I-95 sign is missing on MA 128/I-95 near Needham/Wellesley.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: GaryV on July 11, 2021, 07:00:22 AM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on July 10, 2021, 06:49:30 PM

The contractor did, however, replace the exit sign going eastbound. Unfortunately, it looks like this:


My first thought was that it was misshapen Ohio shields - someone annexed a bit of Indiana so I-275 would only be a 2-state route.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: zachary_amaryllis on July 11, 2021, 08:03:54 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on June 27, 2021, 06:19:13 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 27, 2021, 05:58:53 PM
Try any random freeway entrance and there is a good chance a reassurance shield will be missing.
See Colorado's highways.

not to mention lack of cardinal directions, though this seems to be changing in some areas. but you still see a lot of (for example)

287
<->

or my personal favorite:
14     125
<->    <->

14 and 125 go different directions, 14 being e/w, 125 being n/s
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: SkyPesos on July 11, 2021, 08:38:44 AM
Quote from: GaryV on July 11, 2021, 07:00:22 AM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on July 10, 2021, 06:49:30 PM

The contractor did, however, replace the exit sign going eastbound. Unfortunately, it looks like this:


My first thought was that it was misshapen Ohio shields - someone annexed a bit of Indiana so I-275 would only be a 2-state route.
My first thought was that Connecticut finally switched from the boring square to a state cutout.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on July 11, 2021, 09:48:09 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.971316,-77.8404318,3a,66.4y,108.45h,89.54t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sJD5W8zZX5ixKJ5C9-AEqPA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DJD5W8zZX5ixKJ5C9-AEqPA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D89.235664%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

Should be an EXIT ONLY sign here.

Because there is many interchanges close in Rocky Mount, it would need many overhead signs.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on July 27, 2021, 08:29:00 PM
Another missing one here.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4172282,-77.9364734,3a,66.8y,62.07h,76.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1setsoznqnI5MYLwvYNBet9w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: tolbs17 on February 12, 2022, 10:13:41 AM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on July 10, 2021, 06:49:30 PM
At Exit 129 (State Routes 5, 32, and 64) on I-44 in MO, a contractor forgot to replace the westbound exit sign (it was absent as of August, 2020). The old sign is here (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6729967,-92.6474681,3a,75y,239.65h,93.67t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1skd_YKHt3rEJJIOybLi0QFg!2e0!5s20160501T000000!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4).

The contractor did, however, replace the exit sign going eastbound. Unfortunately, it looks like this:


(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200804/8d9306d50178d966d961070d6771e516.jpg)
Looking at the updated street view, the sign is gone again.

https://goo.gl/maps/YHK5YjvET7F9fDK48
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: kirbykart on November 10, 2022, 02:19:21 PM
^It was never replaced. The pictured sign is the EB exit sign.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: Amaury on November 10, 2022, 03:16:17 PM
Snoqualmie Pass on I-90 here in Washington is missing its signs both westbound and eastbound at the summit saying the name of the pass and its elevation. Looking at an earlier capture from Google Maps, there was one on the eastbound side in 2019. They were probably knocked down by something and never fixed. Likewise, Rainy Pass is missing its sign with the name of the pass and elevation at the summit on SR 20. Looking at Google Maps, it also used to be there, and it looks like it was only on one side of the road, but it was double-sided, like on Satus Pass.

The King/Chelan County border signs at the summit of Stevens Pass are missing–or were they ever erected in the first place? There are no "Entering King/Chelan County" signs. Likewise for the Whatcom/Okanogan County border on SR 20. There are no "Entering Whatcom/Okanogan County" signs.

I noticed on my drive on Tuesday that coming from the south on SR 281 (heading northbound), the "Entering Quincy" sign was missing. I'm not sure if WSDOT or a city is responsible for that and other signs within a city, like reassurance shields: https://goo.gl/maps/o7rgHPdFDVbQUbQU8

That capture is from 2018. Now, of course, the Quincy sign is missing and the post itself is leaning very much to the right.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: JoePCool14 on November 10, 2022, 03:18:56 PM
For signs that WSDOT is responsible for, try seeing if they have a Contact Us page on their website. They might not know that the signs are missing and might respond to a comment.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: Amaury on November 10, 2022, 03:32:37 PM
Their email isn't the most reliable (and I never heard back) the couple times I tried that years ago. However, I've gotten a few signs fixed from posting comments on some of their Facebook posts. For example, the "Entering Kittitas County" sign had been knocked down by something on I-82 westbound sometime in November 2021, and after mentioning it a few months ago, it's back up.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: ran4sh on January 04, 2024, 08:56:47 PM
This sign on GA 10 Loop was missing for about a decade (if you look at the Street View dates it's at least 5 years of images with the sign missing) : https://maps.app.goo.gl/yDq3KrqTwWkPmQ2g9
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: wanderer2575 on January 07, 2024, 12:05:33 PM
Exit BGS on sbd M-10 exit to Forest Ave / Warren Ave in Detroit (https://maps.app.goo.gl/NdmRPbXc1GxXppdw9) has been missing for close to 10 years.  What's irritating is that advance exit sign for Grand River Avenue was new when that exit was rebuilt in 2017 but MDOT still didn't replace the missing Forest/Warren sign right next to it.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: 74/171FAN on January 07, 2024, 01:12:26 PM
On Progress Ave SB at the ramp to I-81 NB/US 322 EB (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219841189740676&set=a.10219841211181212)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53449139653_f1dc3bb771_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: LilianaUwU on January 07, 2024, 01:46:51 PM
I know of a JCT QC 199 assembly on Chemin de la Pointe-Basse in Havre-aux-Maisons where the QC 199 shield flew off the pole, which got then replaced by a school bus stop ahead sign, with the JCT banner still on the pole... and then the bus stop sign also flew off. I sadly don't have a picture, but third party GSV captured the assembly last year (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3988003,-61.8105673,3a,15y,317.97h,84.34t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipNtw-XBsRy6u3FP8x5SFyDmQa5KVA8-VQdG8MgD!2e10!3e11!7i3840!8i1920?entry=ttu).
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: 74/171FAN on January 07, 2024, 06:30:18 PM
On PA 28 NB/PA 66 NB just north of SR 1018 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219817611711240&set=a.10219817649832193)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53448748457_b54152809c_c.jpg)

On PA 184 WB at US 15 NB (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219891149109629&set=a.10219891250752170)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53479585358_440dae899f_c.jpg)

On Charleston Rd  approaching US 6/PA 660 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219891095828297&set=a.10219891250752170)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53481844215_a9bba9e166_c.jpg)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53481576988_3e63207807_c.jpg)

On I-80 EB at PA 611 (Exit 302B)  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219980153894693&set=a.10219980370460107)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53524247290_c849cdd75a_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: mglass87 on March 10, 2024, 07:24:51 PM
This sign on VA 10 has been missing since sometime after 2014:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UrAoiL1bigajqzow9
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: epzik8 on March 11, 2024, 07:15:59 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on January 07, 2024, 06:30:18 PM
On I-80 EB at PA 611 (Exit 302B)  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219980153894693&set=a.10219980370460107)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53524247290_c849cdd75a_c.jpg)

TBF Pennsylvania is one of those states that love to list nothing more than a location name on some highway exits.
Title: Re: Missing signs
Post by: roadman65 on March 11, 2024, 08:38:59 AM
The original signage didn't acknowledge PA 611 at that exchange.  It wasn't until a later sign replacement that added the PA 611 shields.  In fact the Ninth Street exit EB to the east still won't acknowledge PA 611 SB which connects directly to it.