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

[kphoger]

Found this the other day on Iowa 44 about nine miles west of Guthrie Center. Anyone know of any other lesser-known divides that are marked with prominent signs?

Unaweep Divide, western Colorado.  It's signed like a mountain pass, but it barely tops 7000 feet elevation and is only noteworthy because two creeks flow out of the canyon in opposite directions.  If it weren't for the sign, you'd never know there was a divide there.  The topographic map is, well, less than dramatic (keep in mind that the highway follows the canyon floor for miles through here.

[Amtrakprod]

DDOT doubled "don'ted"  a sign, I was looking at NACTO.com at the bike design and noticed this sign instructing drivers to block the box, even though I know they mean not to block it, it's pretty funny.

I feel like it would just make more sense to not include the "no" symbol on that sign.

Or just make it like a Do Not Enter sign.

But "Don't block the box" and "Do not enter" mean very different things.

Here's the street view: https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9169758,-77.0364136,3a,35.7y,113.93h,104.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skB7qf0GLsnZiNuNHrGA3Gw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[thenetwork]

Found this the other day on Iowa 44 about nine miles west of Guthrie Center. Anyone know of any other lesser-known divides that are marked with prominent signs?

Unaweep Divide, western Colorado.  It's signed like a mountain pass, but it barely tops 7000 feet elevation and is only noteworthy because two creeks flow out of the canyon in opposite directions.  If it weren't for the sign, you'd never know there was a divide there.  The topographic map is, well, less than dramatic (keep in mind that the highway follows the canyon floor for miles through here.

Oh yeah...CO-141 between US-50 and Gateway.  With all the passes over the Continental Divide, I'm surprised someone tried to cash in on a lesser known divide in Colorado.

[paulthemapguy]

The divide between Missouri River and Hudson Bay is marked on I-94 in North Dakota.  I think this is technically considered a continental divide between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.


IMG_4429 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[MNHighwayMan]

Interesting that they went with "Continental Divide" and not something more specific like "Missouri — Hudson Bay" or "Atlantic — Arctic" divide, because I feel like a lot of people would confuse that with the more famous Continental Divide. I know for me, it'd take a bit of thinking before I figured out which divide it meant.

[paulthemapguy]

Interesting that they went with "Continental Divide" and not something more specific like "Missouri — Hudson Bay" or "Atlantic — Arctic" divide, because I feel like a lot of people would confuse that with the more famous Continental Divide. I know for me, it'd take a bit of thinking before I figured out which divide it meant.

I know, right?  On that trip I was heading westbound wondering, "uhhh I'm pretty sure I haven't gotten to the Idaho/Montana border yet..."  I had to look it up!

[US 89]

Granted it's not a DOT sign, but this is on US 550 in Colorado:



Water falling on opposite sides of this divide will eventually rejoin, where the San Juan River empties into the Colorado at Lake Powell in Utah.

[frankenroad]

Found this the other day on Iowa 44 about nine miles west of Guthrie Center. Anyone know of any other lesser-known divides that are marked with prominent signs?

On I-75 in Ohio, around mile marker 106 there are.  Going north, it says "Entering Lake Erie Watershed."  Going south, "Entering Ohio River Watershed"

One would cross the same divide on I-71 and I-77 in Ohio, but I have not travelled those recently enough to know if they are marked.

[ipeters61]

Um...what is this ugly ground mounted sign doing right next to a perfectly good overhead? https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0268249,-78.5135349,3a,19.6y,206.73h,92.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7emBnv7NkRnoSlwM53Yv5g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[kphoger]

I was reading an NPR article about the migrant caravan in Tijuana, when I came across this photo of the San Ysidro border crossing.

What the heck is up with the CURVE warning sign being text rather than a symbol?

[kphoger]

I just ran across this sign on GSV.  It appears to be directions to people's homes, for all to see.

https://goo.gl/maps/VM6sBbRkWE82

[hbelkins]

I just ran across this sign on GSV.  It appears to be directions to people's homes, for all to see.

https://goo.gl/maps/VM6sBbRkWE82

There's something similar in Burkes Garden, Va.

[SectorZ]

I just ran across this sign on GSV.  It appears to be directions to people's homes, for all to see.

https://goo.gl/maps/VM6sBbRkWE82

Good god that is a lot of single men.

[kphoger]

I just ran across this sign on GSV.  It appears to be directions to people's homes, for all to see.

https://goo.gl/maps/VM6sBbRkWE82

Good god that is a lot of single men.

More likely that the wives' names just aren't shown for most.

[bzakharin]

Does any place outside of New Castle, DE post welcome signs like this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6649153,-75.6377598,3a,75y,16.99h,98.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7igb8XUU0f9eLTjSD4Qquw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1
Essentially welcoming you to places you're not in yet

[ipeters61]

Does any place outside of New Castle, DE post welcome signs like this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6649153,-75.6377598,3a,75y,16.99h,98.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7igb8XUU0f9eLTjSD4Qquw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1
Essentially welcoming you to places you're not in yet

They're throughout Delaware (typically marking neighborhoods or subdivisions).  This is one in Dover: https://goo.gl/maps/Psbc14YU3qG2

[D-Dey65]

DDOT doubled "don'ted"  a sign, I was looking at NACTO.com at the bike design and noticed this sign instructing drivers to block the box, even though I know they mean not to block it, it's pretty funny:


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Personally, I'm just busy focusing on the fact that bicycle signals are included here.

I'd like to see more of these. If Bruce B. Downs Boulevard doesn't have any of these, they should.

[Amtrakprod]

Bike signals are fairly common.

[jakeroot]

Not unique in CA, but very unique elsewhere I think.

A one-way sign on Joint Base Lewis-McChord (Fort Lewis precisely) in Washington State with a cutout arrowhead. Pretty new.

JBLM also has a bunch of signs in Clearview, and even a few in Transport (the UK font), so I guess this isn't crazy for them.

[Scott5114]

Isn't that One Way shape standard in California, or was at one time?

[jakeroot]

Isn't that One Way shape standard in California, or was at one time?

That is my understanding, yes. Not anymore, I don't think. Checking out a few newer freeway ramps, though the signs are apparently rather rare, they are all rectangular without cutout edges.

[paulthemapguy]

Not unique in CA, but very unique elsewhere I think.

A one-way sign on Joint Base Lewis-McChord (Fort Lewis precisely) in Washington State with a cutout arrowhead. Pretty new.

JBLM also has a bunch of signs in Clearview, and even a few in Transport (the UK font), so I guess this isn't crazy for them.

If the infrastructure is of an uncommon specialty, perhaps the sign was specified by a contractor or designer of Californian origin.

[Tonytone]

I was reading an NPR article about the migrant caravan in Tijuana, when I came across this photo of the San Ysidro border crossing.

What the heck is up with the CURVE warning sign being text rather than a symbol?

So if someone was rushing thru, they wouldn't know which way the curve was going & probably crash.


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[Tonytone]

Does any place outside of New Castle, DE post welcome signs like this?
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6649153,-75.6377598,3a,75y,16.99h,98.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7igb8XUU0f9eLTjSD4Qquw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1
Essentially welcoming you to places you're not in yet

Dont disrespect our lovable blue signs, that dont get updated or replaced for many years.


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[pdx-wanderer]

A different take on one of Oregon's "Speed 55" signs. (I-84 exit 216)