Erroneous road signs

[Declan127]

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3549597,-74.6738426,3a,15y,275.69h,96.76t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIa0iRW0n7s7DIQJFE_ToYQ!2e0!5s20191001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

And here's another one, showing NY's way of drawing a circle.

[MATraveler128]

Massachusetts often screws up with state/US highway mixups, but here’s the first New Hampshire exit on I-95 north with a MA 107 shield. This is in Massachusetts.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8769023,-70.8846704,3a,75y,21.84h,81.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFLsst4S4WWsEdtn1-W6QdA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[kirbykart]

Massachusetts often screws up with state/US highway mixups, but here's the first New Hampshire exit on I-95 north with a MA 107 shield. This is in Massachusetts.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.8769023,-70.8846704,3a,75y,21.84h,81.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFLsst4S4WWsEdtn1-W6QdA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I've been through there several times but I guess I never noticed the absence of the Old Man of the Mountain on that sign.

[plain]

Erroneous TOLL NORTH I-195. Even though VA 76 ends just beyond this on ramp and defaults onto I-195, this should say TOLL NORTH VA 76 TO I-195 NORTH.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/qeFSMfyRvDRr8vdv6

[Declan127]

Erroneous TOLL NORTH I-195. Even though VA 76 ends just beyond this on ramp and defaults onto I-195, this should say TOLL NORTH VA 76 TO I-195 NORTH.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/qeFSMfyRvDRr8vdv6

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe that standard practice is not to sign the terminating highway from anywhere. In this case, 76 has no more junctions until it hits 195, and as such acts as a ramp to 195.

[Scott5114]

Erroneous TOLL NORTH I-195. Even though VA 76 ends just beyond this on ramp and defaults onto I-195, this should say TOLL NORTH VA 76 TO I-195 NORTH.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/qeFSMfyRvDRr8vdv6

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe that standard practice is not to sign the terminating highway from anywhere. In this case, 76 has no more junctions until it hits 195, and as such acts as a ramp to 195.

It varies by state. Oklahoma signs I-240 east at Anderson Road despite the fact that if you get on I-240 east there you'll end up defaulting onto I-40 east with no chance to exit. On Merriam Road in Kansas City, Kansas, KDOT signs I-635 only on the northbound ramp, and the southbound ramp for I-35/US-69 (interestingly, no directional banners are used at this interchange at all).

[Declan127]

Erroneous TOLL NORTH I-195. Even though VA 76 ends just beyond this on ramp and defaults onto I-195, this should say TOLL NORTH VA 76 TO I-195 NORTH.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/qeFSMfyRvDRr8vdv6

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe that standard practice is not to sign the terminating highway from anywhere. In this case, 76 has no more junctions until it hits 195, and as such acts as a ramp to 195.

It varies by state. Oklahoma signs I-240 east at Anderson Road despite the fact that if you get on I-240 east there you'll end up defaulting onto I-40 east with no chance to exit. On Merriam Road in Kansas City, Kansas, KDOT signs I-635 only on the northbound ramp, and the southbound ramp for I-35/US-69 (interestingly, no directional banners are used at this interchange at all).

Gotcha.

[Albert]

Moving to Oregon: Southbound 101 before the 42 split has a gantry with 2 signs: One of the signs has Eᴀsᴛ and the other has South, which is supposed to say Sᴏᴜᴛʜ.

[roadman65]

There is no ALT US 101.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/51352379935/in/album-72157719515990111/

It's Business US 101.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/51351384141/in/album-72157719515990111/

[Declan127]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7582868,-73.8556004,3a,15y,91.89h,89.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s9iYoWSyRca6qOufOVryjOA!2e0!5s20211001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

Double whammy here... going back to older views shows an MA 25A shield and a green TO banner. Well, they finally replaced it... and replaced the only CORRECT part of the assembly (the I-678 shield) with an I-695 shield! Sure, 25A eventually gets you to 295 then 695, and 678 connects to 95, but this is the Van Wyck we're talking about! and 695 isn't even in Queens!

[Flint1979]

I spotted this old sign for US-27 in Shepherd, Michigan the other day, this should say US-127.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.5242651,-84.7059205,3a,15y,124.74h,85.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2EJTdIZ0rdTiatlvbBH0EQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[PurdueBill]

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7582868,-73.8556004,3a,15y,91.89h,89.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s9iYoWSyRca6qOufOVryjOA!2e0!5s20211001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

Double whammy here... going back to older views shows an MA 25A shield and a green TO banner. Well, they finally replaced it... and replaced the only CORRECT part of the assembly (the I-678 shield) with an I-695 shield! Sure, 25A eventually gets you to 295 then 695, and 678 connects to 95, but this is the Van Wyck we're talking about! and 695 isn't even in Queens!

The old rectangular 25A shield that lasted so long looks more like a Connecticut shield than Mass with the thick border (topic for another thread), but they regressed with the shape of the I-shield in the new assembly (from a tasteful, correctly-shaped 3DI shield to a nasty bubble shield).  Why can't they get all of it right at the same time?

[Lukeisroads]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2943156,-119.0294213,0a,86.9y,53.98h,80.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s1cy-ScHJFXoP8KKhnUydGg!2e0?source=apiv3

[kirbykart]

^I'm sure many people wouldn't notice that. That really doesn't matter that much that the sign was installed upside-down.

[Scott5114]

^I'm sure many people wouldn't notice that. That really doesn't matter that much that the sign was installed upside-down.

I mean, if we're going to exclude things that many people wouldn't notice, we can just save everyone some time and delete the entire forum.

[amroad17]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2943156,-119.0294213,0a,86.9y,53.98h,80.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s1cy-ScHJFXoP8KKhnUydGg!2e0?source=apiv3

This sign is only correct in one place: Tipperary Hill in Syracuse, NY.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/n8CFg9j1aNQK5b4P8

It's not US 25 here at all.  Only US 11 and 70 are at this location the sign directs people to.

Plus, it's former US 25W before the I-640 aligning took place.

[andrepoiy]

The left sign here in Waterloo Kitchener, ON is technically wrong. Highway 7 doesn't start until the next interchange, where you can choose to either stay on the Expressway (which switches from Highway 85 south to Highway 7 west) or take the exit to go Highway 7 east.

Man does Ontario suck at signing shit in southern Ontario

[andrepoiy]

Erroneous construction sign:



Route-132 using an Autoroute shield

[LilianaUwU]

Erroneous construction sign:



Route-132 using an Autoroute shield

I bet the sign maker is from Longueuil, where they do call it Autoroute 132 for some reason.

On the opposite side of the problem, A-440 was mislabeled as R-440 on Boulevard Charest:

R-440 (should be A-440) by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

I believe this one has already been documented, though.

[webny99]

I found a strange one today at the end of NY 441: "begin divided highway" that should be "end divided highway". Somehow the same sign got installed on both sides of the signpost.

[paulthemapguy]

This doesn't quite qualify as a US/state mixup.  It's more of a state/state mixup so I put it in this thread. This sign faces the exit from a facility along Kankakee County Highway 9, on the eastern side of Manteno, IL.  This isn't Delaware, New Jersey, Kentucky, Mississippi, or Iowa!  This is Illinois!  This photo is in my "Nope Springs Eternal" folder, which is currently 100 photos of traffic control fails.


20220810_121640 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[kirbykart]

I found a strange one today at the end of NY 441: "begin divided highway" that should be "end divided highway". Somehow the same sign got installed on both sides of the signpost.

I just realized "begin divided highway" sign is just an upside down "end divided highway" sign.

[Scott5114]

This doesn't quite qualify as a US/state mixup.  It's more of a state/state mixup so I put it in this thread. This sign faces the exit from a facility along Kankakee County Highway 9, on the eastern side of Manteno, IL.  This isn't Delaware, New Jersey, Kentucky, Mississippi, or Iowa!  This is Illinois!  This photo is in my "Nope Springs Eternal" folder, which is currently 100 photos of traffic control fails.


20220810_121640 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Probably just looked in the federal MUTCD for "what does a state highway marker look like", saw the default circle shield, and ran with it.

[thenetwork]

This doesn't quite qualify as a US/state mixup.  It's more of a state/state mixup so I put it in this thread. This sign faces the exit from a facility along Kankakee County Highway 9, on the eastern side of Manteno, IL.  This isn't Delaware, New Jersey, Kentucky, Mississippi, or Iowa!  This is Illinois!  This photo is in my "Nope Springs Eternal" folder, which is currently 100 photos of traffic control fails.


20220810_121640 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Probably just looked in the federal MUTCD for "what does a state highway marker look like", saw the default circle shield, and ran with it.

Or they looked at a AAA Map of Illinois, saw the state circle routes and ran with it!