Erroneous road signs

[corco]

The upper left corner is a little thinner than the rest of the outline, though.

I'm 92% sure that's an optical illusion

[Quillz]

On second glance, you could be right.

[hbelkins]

Technically an error shield as it's not really shaped properly, but I think it actually looks quite nice:



The upper left corner is a little thinner than the rest of the outline, though.

Given the very wide variety of shield shapes that are out there, and the way they vary not only from state to state but even within a state, is there really such a thing as "not really shaped properly?"

[agentsteel53]

The upper left corner is a little thinner than the rest of the outline, though.

I'm 92% sure that's an optical illusion

no, there is indeed a variance in thickness.  the thinnest part of the outline is the arc just below the left point.

[Quillz]

Technically an error shield as it's not really shaped properly, but I think it actually looks quite nice:



The upper left corner is a little thinner than the rest of the outline, though.

Given the very wide variety of shield shapes that are out there, and the way they vary not only from state to state but even within a state, is there really such a thing as "not really shaped properly?"

I would say yes, because that shield dates to 1965, and didn't follow the 1961 specifications, or even the 1948 specifications, the last one to put the shield against a white background.

[OracleUsr]

It's near the mall in Gaithersburg.

Ah, okay.  I remember Lakeforest Mall quite fondly.  Didn't remember the errant US 355 sign for Frederick ROad.  Granted it's been 12 years since I lived in Gaithersburg.

[US71]

Given the very wide variety of shield shapes that are out there, and the way they vary not only from state to state but even within a state, is there really such a thing as "not really shaped properly?"

I would say yes, because that shield dates to 1965, and didn't follow the 1961 specifications, or even the 1948 specifications, the last one to put the shield against a white background.

Shield Generator shows this as a 1955 Alabama variant.

Arkansas used white backgrounds until the mid-60's.

[agentsteel53]

Shield Generator shows this as a 1955 Alabama variant.

Arkansas used white backgrounds until the mid-60's.

It might be a bit newer or older.  I just know I've seen a fully embossed block-font ALABAMA US 98, and that route came into the state in 1955, so someone, somewhere was making the older spec as late as 1955.  But that new style may have been in use as early as 1945, which is when the Feds first released that font, or likely 1948 when it was first made part of a formal MUTCD specification.

[Central Avenue]

This one's in Downtown Columbus. That should be OH 3, not US 3!

US 3 in Ohio? by LongestAugust, on Flickr

You can't see it in this picture, but on the opposite corner there is a correct NORTH OH 3 assembly.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Just like in 2004...

(with the alluded Oh 3 shield shown)

[hbelkins]

That's a "uni-sign" which I do not recall having previously seen in Ohio. Virginia, yes; Maryland, yes; even in Kentucky, yes, but heretofore never in Ohio.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

That's a "uni-sign" which I do not recall having previously seen in Ohio. Virginia, yes; Maryland, yes; even in Kentucky, yes, but heretofore never in Ohio.

They were around Columbus, though not in great numbers, before I left for Louisiana.

(This one was at Main & Front St. and according to my notes, photographed in 2003)
Now we have them around the OSU campus, along 315 near 270 and along 750 through Polaris (From what I've seen. Could be more)

[RoadWarrior56]

I was not in position to take a picture of it, but I saw a glaring sign error in South Georgia today.  I was heading south on I-75 just north of the town of Sparks, which is about 30 miles north of Valdosta.

There is a brand new exit sign in the southbound direction onto a small road that actually shows I-75 exiting off the freeway on the BGS.  It might had been intended to be a "Business Loop 75 shield, (there are still a few down there), I am not sure.  But the sign was brand new, being this stretch of interstate is being widened and reconstructed.

If anybody in the area is interested, you may want to get a photo before they fix the error.

[Central Avenue]

That's a "uni-sign" which I do not recall having previously seen in Ohio. Virginia, yes; Maryland, yes; even in Kentucky, yes, but heretofore never in Ohio.

They were around Columbus, though not in great numbers, before I left for Louisiana.

(This one was at Main & Front St. and according to my notes, photographed in 2003)
Now we have them around the OSU campus, along 315 near 270 and along 750 through Polaris (From what I've seen. Could be more)

There are a few of those around downtown Columbus as well. Most of them are used as trailblazers (like the WEST I-70 in Adam's photo), but usually without a "TO", which makes it a bit confusing when they're used to indicate an actual turn in the route (like the erroneous US 3 sign above).

I haven't seen this particular style of sign outside Columbus, so I suspect they're the work of the city rather than ODOT.

[rickmastfan67]

I was not in position to take a picture of it, but I saw a glaring sign error in South Georgia today.  I was heading south on I-75 just north of the town of Sparks, which is about 30 miles north of Valdosta.

There is a brand new exit sign in the southbound direction onto a small road that actually shows I-75 exiting off the freeway on the BGS.  It might had been intended to be a "Business Loop 75 shield, (there are still a few down there), I am not sure.  But the sign was brand new, being this stretch of interstate is being widened and reconstructed.

If anybody in the area is interested, you may want to get a photo before they fix the error.

I heard they did the same think over on I-95 with it's sole Business route.  Somebody posted a picture of it, but I can't remember where.  If I can find that post, I'll edit this and post the link to it.

[okroads]

I was not in position to take a picture of it, but I saw a glaring sign error in South Georgia today.  I was heading south on I-75 just north of the town of Sparks, which is about 30 miles north of Valdosta.

There is a brand new exit sign in the southbound direction onto a small road that actually shows I-75 exiting off the freeway on the BGS.  It might had been intended to be a "Business Loop 75 shield, (there are still a few down there), I am not sure.  But the sign was brand new, being this stretch of interstate is being widened and reconstructed.

If anybody in the area is interested, you may want to get a photo before they fix the error.

The I-75 error has been there since at least December 2008:

[RoadWarrior56]

After two years, it is still there?  I looked at the interchange in Street View and it shows the old sign, which was a green business loop shield.  I will refrain any comments about GDOT since I do work from them. 

[cjk374]

I will refrain any comments about GDOT since I do work from them. 

Doesn't this make you the MOST qualified to comment about it?  

[mefailenglish]

I heard they did the same think over on I-95 with it's sole Business route.  Somebody posted a picture of it, but I can't remember where.  If I can find that post, I'll edit this and post the link to it.

Here?

[Quillz]

Another sign that isn't really an error at all but just looks wrong:



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This particular one is on I-8, at the CA-98 junction. It just looks weird having the arrow to the left of the exit number. Seems like it should be reversed.

[rickmastfan67]

I heard they did the same think over on I-95 with it's sole Business route.  Somebody posted a picture of it, but I can't remember where.  If I can find that post, I'll edit this and post the link to it.

Here?

Yes, that's the one.  Thanks for posting that link.  Hopefully when I go to FL next, I can see if it's been replaced.  Otherwise, I'm going to bitch to GDOT.

[Ian]

Here is my photo of that sign:

[Scott5114]

And the 95 is so large, too.

Do Georgia signs normally omit the tittle on the I, or is that something particular to this sign?

[Ian]

Do Georgia signs normally omit the tittle on the I, or is that something particular to this sign?

It's an old GDOT standard to omit the dots on the i's and j's.

[Ian]

Here are a few from yesterday...

Error NJ 1&9 shields in Jersey City:


Upside down signal ahead sign along US 1-9 at the Tonnele Circle project: