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Erroneous road signs

Started by FLRoads, January 20, 2009, 04:01:44 PM

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rlb2024

Quote from: US71 on November 10, 2022, 11:52:56 AM
Quote from: rlb2024 on November 10, 2022, 11:01:39 AM
This is on southbound US 65/US 165 at the intersection with AR 138 between Dumas and McGehee, AR.  The direction sign for US 165 is correct, but not the one for US 65.  The corresponding northbound sign correctly shows "NORTH" for both highways.

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7768292,-91.4633624,3a,75y,191.75h,82.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIuCb8Z6NpXptCs1QN7a5Yg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192


Odd: I've never noticed this before.
I caught it out of the corner of my eye yesterday when driving home from Little Rock.  I had to confirm it on Google Maps to make sure.


JoePCool14

A wrong-way concurrency of the same route? In the state of concurrencies anything is possible.

I saw this yesterday on WI-83 in Kenosha County.


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tchafe1978

Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 12, 2022, 08:29:32 AM
A wrong-way concurrency of the same route? In the state of concurrencies anything is possible.

I saw this yesterday on WI-83 in Kenosha County.



Are there supposed to be directional arrows under the shields that are maybe missing? Also, it used to be rare for county highways in Wisconsin to be posted with directional banners, but I've been seeing it more than I used to.

JoePCool14

Quote from: tchafe1978 on November 12, 2022, 10:41:50 AM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 12, 2022, 08:29:32 AM
A wrong-way concurrency of the same route? In the state of concurrencies anything is possible.

I saw this yesterday on WI-83 in Kenosha County.



Are there supposed to be directional arrows under the shields that are maybe missing? Also, it used to be rare for county highways in Wisconsin to be posted with directional banners, but I've been seeing it more than I used to.

Yes, there are supposed to be arrows.

As for posting directions on county highways, Kenosha and Racine Counties sign their highways quite well with directions posted. Rural counties tend to be more hit or miss if county routes are even signed at all. I saw more of that out in the southwest region.

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kirbykart

Quote from: JoePCool14 on November 12, 2022, 08:29:32 AM
A wrong-way concurrency of the same route? In the state of concurrencies anything is possible.

I saw this yesterday on WI-83 in Kenosha County.



I mean, there's a possibility that RI 114 has a wrong-way concurrency with itself in Pawtucket. The craziest thing is that nobody actually knows the exact route of RI 114 through the city. Especially confusing because RIDOT disagrees with the City of Pawtucket!

roadman65

https://goo.gl/maps/f3fWcuKS9ZSbXsBEA
https://goo.gl/maps/S68s1VExDJgjyeuX7
Business US 62 in Niagara Falls is signed with the Business banners placed erroneously at many locations within the city.
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LilianaUwU

Minor error: "sécurite" instead of "sécurité" (mind the accent) somewhere on ON 401 EB. It's pretty much the only French grammar error I've seen on my trips up and down 401.

Sécurite (typo) - ON 401 EB by Liliana Vess, on Flickr
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CoreySamson

#5107
This is a crappy photo, but I had to share:

W 121st S EB @ US 75, Glenpool, OK

Apparently ODOT thinks it's British? I've never seen a W6-1 messed up like that before.
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JoePCool14

Quote from: CoreySamson on December 04, 2022, 06:36:19 PM
This is a crappy photo, but I had to share:

W 121st S EB @ US 75, Glenpool, OK

Apparently ODOT thinks it's British? I've never seen a W6-1 messed up like that before.
GSV Link:
https://goo.gl/maps/DhDhicecCTxhZ39b9

Wow, that's a new one. One of those instances of "how on earth does this happen?" From the sign shop, to the crew that installed it.

Even better, if you go back in time on GMSV, the sign has been there for at least 15 years, including its post being re-up righted at least once. Never change, ODOT.

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hbelkins

Spotted today, a replacement for this sign on I-64 that had a KY 55 marker instead of a KY 53 marker. Couldn't get a pic, but I'll be going back that way in a few days, so I'll be sure to grab a photo.



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1995hoo

I suppose this is not technically a "road" sign, but it fits the thread otherwise. It's in the parking garage at Union Station in DC. Spotted it tonight on my way home from New York. I'd never used the elevator before, only the escalator, but I had to park a level further up than normal.

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wanderer2575

Northbound M-39 at I-94 in Allen Park.  This first exit is really a C/D lane and you have to use it to access the Van Born Road exit, but you wouldn't know that from these signs.

The rightmost sign used to include Van Born Road underneath the I-94 control cities (where the greenout now is), and the sign for exit 3 Outer Drive was where the exit 2 Van Born Road sign is now.  I don't know why it was changed to this.



74/171FAN

Until last month when I-80 Exit 163 opened, this sign was not an error.  I presume this error will be fixed when the I-99 free-flowing interchange is complete.

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PurdueBill

Quote from: wanderer2575 on December 15, 2022, 01:00:34 AM
Northbound M-39 at I-94 in Allen Park.  This first exit is really a C/D lane and you have to use it to access the Van Born Road exit, but you wouldn't know that from these signs.

The rightmost sign used to include Van Born Road underneath the I-94 control cities (where the greenout now is), and the sign for exit 3 Outer Drive was where the exit 2 Van Born Road sign is now.  I don't know why it was changed to this.

My photo shown on Steve's site (M-39 page https://www.alpsroads.net/roads/mi/m-39/) has the 1-mile advance back in 2007; Detroit and Chicago were on one line and Van Born was on there too, but the highlight was the MICH state name in the shield.  It was later replaced with Clearview and a bland shield...it didn't make it to the greenout phase.

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jakeroot

Quote from: ClassicHasClass on December 20, 2022, 04:00:49 PM
Oh, Caltrans, not yet. (It's still CA 15.)

https://goo.gl/maps/aZS6v6kVBdQWYnqX7

That appears to be a very old reassurance shield.

LilianaUwU

Quote from: jakeroot on December 20, 2022, 11:19:24 PM
Quote from: ClassicHasClass on December 20, 2022, 04:00:49 PM
Oh, Caltrans, not yet. (It's still CA 15.)

https://goo.gl/maps/aZS6v6kVBdQWYnqX7

That appears to be a very old reassurance shield.

Yeah, looks like Caltrans has been wishful for a while there.
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JoePCool14

Quote from: ClassicHasClass on December 20, 2022, 04:00:49 PM
Oh, Caltrans, not yet. (It's still CA 15.)

https://goo.gl/maps/aZS6v6kVBdQWYnqX7

Looks like a compressed 3DI shield too. I didn't think they did too much of that back in the day.

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kirbykart

The bottom line of this sign was once correct but is now erroneous, as I-680 has been truncated to this junction.

Kniwt

Spotted these opposing signs at the north (east) end of UT 7 in Hurricane. Apologies for the bicycle "dashcam" video still-shot. :)

These have been there presumably since the highway opened in mid-2021, although I never noticed them until I was editing my video.


LilianaUwU

Quote from: kirbykart on December 21, 2022, 09:34:24 AM
The bottom line of this sign was once correct but is now erroneous, as I-680 has been truncated to this junction.

This shouldn't be erroneous.
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roadman65

https://goo.gl/maps/TaYiRdMU8Kt8KYuw8
The arrows on the US 22 and PA 611 shields are erroneous. They should be like the US 22 East arrow on the mast arm guide as up and then left as the street crossing here is a one way.
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74/171FAN

The SR 691 arrow is pointed in the wrong direction.  It should be pointed to the right.

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roadman65

https://goo.gl/maps/qp32qtRXbfw5oJaVA
CT 12 SOUTH is not to the left.  CT 12 begins to the right a slight ways and starts its northward journey.

To the left is NB US 1 that takes over CT 12 after it ends.
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