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

[LilianaUwU]

Blue exit gore sign on I-81: https://goo.gl/maps/j1Uq3pXPb4D1dYDs9

Reminds me of the BBSes dating from when A-10 was tolled.

[Max Rockatansky]

Supe-size FL 50A shield dwarfing a US 98 shield along northbound US 41 entering downtown Brooksville along Broad Street.  This shield seems to have appeared at some point during 2021-2022:

50AFLc by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[vdeane]

A ground-mounted diagrammatic sign seems fairly unusual to me.  I don't suppose anyone has ever encountered a ground-mounted APL?

https://goo.gl/maps/xQQc7iXdb1JBye1S6

[Rothman]

A ground-mounted diagrammatic sign seems fairly unusual to me.  I don't suppose anyone has ever encountered a ground-mounted APL?

https://goo.gl/maps/xQQc7iXdb1JBye1S6

Isn't there one at I-74/I-80 in the Quad Cities?

[ClassicHasClass]

There's this, too, at the I-15/I-215 north junction near San Bernardino. It doesn't have the lane markings, though, so I guess it comes down to how you define "diagrammatic."

https://goo.gl/maps/6Dxmttyqu56NFiLG6

[D-Dey65]

Supe-size FL 50A shield dwarfing a US 98 shield along northbound US 41 entering downtown Brooksville along Broad Street.  This shield seems to have appeared at some point during 2021-2022:

50AFLc by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

That's another one I really wish I had taken a picture of. For another Florida sign, I want to see some evidence that it exists elsewhere in the world besides Lakeland, Florida.

[plain]

There's this, too, at the I-15/I-215 north junction near San Bernardino. It doesn't have the lane markings, though, so I guess it comes down to how you define "diagrammatic."

https://goo.gl/maps/6Dxmttyqu56NFiLG6

A ground-mounted diagrammatic sign seems fairly unusual to me.  I don't suppose anyone has ever encountered a ground-mounted APL?

https://goo.gl/maps/xQQc7iXdb1JBye1S6

Not a diagrammatic but there's this sign that I'm sure is temporary (VDOT expanded the ramp from one to two lanes). Note that the option lane arrow is a patch over.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zX2CBQpBbAwTRcjz7

[D-Dey65]

Not a diagrammatic but there's this sign that I'm sure is temporary (VDOT expanded the ramp from one to two lanes). Note that the option lane arrow is a patch over.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zX2CBQpBbAwTRcjz7

Regarding the previous version of this;
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5783039,-77.4667146,3a,15y,133.06h,94.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIAr2jom93QlOMSnifapK-A!2e0!5s20191001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Was there a plan for an extra sign next to the BGS, even if it's just a ramp speed limit sign?

[Max Rockatansky]

A ground-mounted diagrammatic sign seems fairly unusual to me.  I don't suppose anyone has ever encountered a ground-mounted APL?

https://goo.gl/maps/xQQc7iXdb1JBye1S6

That was my thought.  56 inches wide for a three digit State Road shield isn't anything I've ever seen. 

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/rbSJJM2UFkKdStVR7
An old PANYNJ guide in Edison, NJ still left behind.

This was normal up to the late eighties for Port Authority Crossings to be signed throughout the NYC Metro Area.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/YyH7n8BZB9Q9P3SVA
New York's version of a Freeway Entrance guide, being in NY freeways are called expressways.

[chrisg69911]

https://goo.gl/maps/rbSJJM2UFkKdStVR7
An old PANYNJ guide in Edison, NJ still left behind.

This was normal up to the late eighties for Port Authority Crossings to be signed throughout the NYC Metro Area.

Some back before the intersection got upgraded
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8106986,-74.1369577,3a,72.7y,88.51h,82.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s_4NH_LgN9DXDO9A9C_4Y9Q!2e0!5s20130901T000000!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

Still up in Passaic
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.842185,-74.1320562,3a,30.1y,247.15h,96.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPCTD-FUTi_tIKMz8h0aa6g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

Another in Passaic
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8565401,-74.129012,3a,36y,233.25h,92.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSflglwDIym2NpqRtVzNv6g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

[wanderer2575]

Fair warning.

[kphoger]

A ground-mounted diagrammatic sign seems fairly unusual to me.

https://goo.gl/maps/xQQc7iXdb1JBye1S6

Here's a ground-mounted diagrammatic sign in my area:  https://goo.gl/maps/KX4FtzRVoV529MVy8

I don't suppose anyone has ever encountered a ground-mounted APL?

See here:  https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg2530171;topicseen#msg2530171

[kurumi]

A ground-mounted diagrammatic sign seems fairly unusual to me.

https://goo.gl/maps/xQQc7iXdb1JBye1S6

Here's a ground-mounted diagrammatic sign in my area:  https://goo.gl/maps/KX4FtzRVoV529MVy8

Here's one with no text, for CT 2/17/94: https://goo.gl/maps/s7aEo2pvvqwAPEYp9
It dates back to the 1970s, before CT 2 had any overhead signs in Glastonbury. Signage for the left exit for CT 17, in an expressway with a narrow median, was not that good.

[roadman65]

A ground-mounted diagrammatic sign seems fairly unusual to me.  I don't suppose anyone has ever encountered a ground-mounted APL?

https://goo.gl/maps/xQQc7iXdb1JBye1S6

I immediately thought of that location when you mentioned it.  I have a photo of that and for some reason, that particular sign is always memorable to me.

[jakeroot]

I don't suppose anyone has ever encountered a ground-mounted APL?

See here:  https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3521.msg2530171;topicseen#msg2530171

Good memory, I even forgot about that sign. Did you find it through search?

Here is the sign in question from Google Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/tLHFCL4eqtHhhnKx6 (BC-1 westbound just after the Dollarton Hwy interchange in North Vancouver).

It has since been replaced with a newer sign, though the layout has been retained. There are new signs in the background too (with some funky designs), the result of upgrades to the interchange.

[plain]

Not a diagrammatic but there's this sign that I'm sure is temporary (VDOT expanded the ramp from one to two lanes). Note that the option lane arrow is a patch over.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zX2CBQpBbAwTRcjz7

Regarding the previous version of this;
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.5783039,-77.4667146,3a,15y,133.06h,94.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIAr2jom93QlOMSnifapK-A!2e0!5s20191001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Was there a plan for an extra sign next to the BGS, even if it's just a ramp speed limit sign?

I don't think so, I'm not sure why they had that extra bracket up there like that.

[Amaury]

I don't know if it's unique, but it's certainly interesting. Normally, there'd be a separate reassurance shield in front of it, but this sign is a two-for-one. It has a reassurance shield and control cities on one sign. It's on US 97 southbound right after it splits from the US 2/US 97 concurrency in Chelan County.

https://goo.gl/maps/A2coBBTd8jR9nEEN7

[kphoger]

Good memory, I even forgot about that sign. Did you find it through search?

I actually found it by way of Google.  But then, once I went to the thread, I did indeed remember the conversation.

[roadfro]

I don't know if it's unique, but it's certainly interesting. Normally, there'd be a separate reassurance shield in front of it, but this sign is a two-for-one. It has a reassurance shield and control cities on one sign. It's on US 97 southbound right after it splits from the US 2/US 97 concurrency in Chelan County.

https://goo.gl/maps/PGfvbS7bxpEMghRK8

There's some places that will have separate reassurance shields posted over a mileage sign in one assembly (I think Oregon does that a lot). But I like this.

[D-Dey65]

I don't know if it's unique, but it's certainly interesting. Normally, there'd be a separate reassurance shield in front of it, but this sign is a two-for-one. It has a reassurance shield and control cities on one sign. It's on US 97 southbound right after it splits from the US 2/US 97 concurrency in Chelan County.

https://goo.gl/maps/PGfvbS7bxpEMghRK8

That's actually a good idea for other parts of the country.

Think about it. You're driving south along US 27 and east along Florida State Road 20 in Capps, and all of the sudden US 19 joins up. After this, you can see a sign like this with three destinations for US 19, followed by a similar one with three destinations for US 27.

[Rothman]

I don't know if it's unique, but it's certainly interesting. Normally, there'd be a separate reassurance shield in front of it, but this sign is a two-for-one. It has a reassurance shield and control cities on one sign. It's on US 97 southbound right after it splits from the US 2/US 97 concurrency in Chelan County.

https://goo.gl/maps/PGfvbS7bxpEMghRK8

That's actually a good idea for other parts of the country.

Think about it. You're driving south along US 27 and east along Florida State Road 20 in Capps, and all of the sudden US 19 joins up. After this, you can see a sign like this with three destinations for US 19, followed by a similar one with three destinations for US 27.

See Virginia...

[elsmere241]

I don't have a picture yet, but on my commute (S. Union Street/DE 2 at Elsmere Blvd. in Wilmington) there's a new sign "Right Turn Yield on Green".  I assume it means yield to traffic turning left from the other direction (that I think has an arrow).

[vdeane]

I don't have a picture yet, but on my commute (S. Union Street/DE 2 at Elsmere Blvd. in Wilmington) there's a new sign "Right Turn Yield on Green".  I assume it means yield to traffic turning left from the other direction (that I think has an arrow).

Is there a crosswalk?  If so, it could easily mean "yield to pedestrians".