State highway shields in the wrong state

[Roadsguy]

NY 17 briefly enters Pennsylvania on I-86, intersecting US 220 with an interchange entirely located in Pennsylvania, so there are many NY 17 trailblazers here. NYSDOT maintains the mainline and I believe the ramps as well, though PennDOT maintains US 220 up to the state line, and Yanuzzi Drive as well (SR 1072).

[jp the roadgeek]

Speaking of Route 17, the NJ 17 signage on the BGS's for Exit 15 of the Thruway.  It is an accurate NJ circle shield. 

[TheCatalyst31]

There are WIS 82 shields at the IA 9/IA 26 junction in Lansing, IA where 9 and 82 cross the Black Hawk Bridge.
MN 95 shield on westbound I-94 in Hudson, WI and a WIS 35 shield on 94 eastbound in Lakeland, MN.
Believe there is a MN 95 shield in Osceola, WI at the beginning of WIS 243.

There's also a 95 shield on US 8 at the MN border. GSV says it's a MN shield, but I swear it was an error WI shield when I drove through there recently.

[Sam]

Not-too-bad NY 37 shield on the 401 near Prescott, Ont.

[DandyDan]

There are numerous I-29 shields in Nebraska. They seem especially numerous by Omaha's Eppley Airfield, but I've also seen them in Bellevue, Plattsmouth, and Nebraska City. Some seem to be designed to Nebraska's style, but some also have IOWA on them.

Much closer to me, Iowa 9 going west from US 69 has a sign which points to MN 22 at the appropriate county road. It has a miniature shield on it.

[MNHighwayMan]

Much closer to me, Iowa 9 going west from US 69 has a sign which points to MN 22 at the appropriate county road. It has a miniature shield on it.

[iowahighways]

There are also at least three SD 48 shields in Akron, IA. Here's one of them:


The odd thing is the state-named I-29 shield here. Yes, I-29 does go through Iowa, but the signs point to an interchange with I-29 in South Dakota.

At the other end of Iowa, there's this gem in Fort Madison:


Since I took this photo ten years ago, US 61 through the city became a business route and IA 2 was truncated after the US 61 bypass opened. So IA 2 doesn't connect to IL 9/96 anymore.

[Revive 755]

In a somewhat similar vain, there is an attempt at a Wisconsin County P shield on US 12 in Illinois north of Richmond.

On WB I-70 in Missouri, there is an 'TO IL 3' assembly at the Salisbury Street Exit (248A)..  There's a couple more IL 3 shields near the actual entrance to the McKinley Bridge as well.

On I-55 in Cape Girardeau, MO, there is a BGS with an IL 146 shield and no 'TO'.

[jp the roadgeek]

On NY 7 EB,  there are a couple of TO VT 9 and TO VT 279 shields that are to VTrans specs at the turnoff from the thru route that  becomes VT 279 at the border.

[Brandon]

Illinois in Wisconsin

IL-75 on I-90:
https://goo.gl/maps/8DmtxEx7hBr
https://goo.gl/maps/8dR1dfQxDyt

And for a bonus, ISTHA VMS in Wisconsin: https://goo.gl/maps/wCBaRhMoDXy

Russell Rd on I-94:
https://goo.gl/maps/tkZDDqF8bEs

Illinois in Indiana

IL-394 & IL-83 on I-80/94:
https://goo.gl/maps/FSWKpYvSL1F2

Indiana in Illinois

IN-152 on I-80/94:
https://goo.gl/maps/oV9MhhWsgbv

Iowa in Illinois

US-67 on I-74 (note old-school outline on shield):
https://goo.gl/maps/dRibkVYSQWm

US-67 on I-80, done in IDOT style:
https://goo.gl/maps/MUJmEZrFCdv

Illinois in Iowa

IL-84 right at the state line on I-80.  Note the other issues with this sign.  The shield is actually pretty good.
https://goo.gl/maps/JDkriKTcryp

IL-92 on I-280:
https://goo.gl/maps/mShV6FTfA4n

[Flint1979]

Illinois in Wisconsin

IL-75 on I-90:
https://goo.gl/maps/8DmtxEx7hBr
https://goo.gl/maps/8dR1dfQxDyt

And for a bonus, ISTHA VMS in Wisconsin: https://goo.gl/maps/wCBaRhMoDXy

Russell Rd on I-94:
https://goo.gl/maps/tkZDDqF8bEs

Illinois in Indiana

IL-394 & IL-83 on I-80/94:
https://goo.gl/maps/FSWKpYvSL1F2

Indiana in Illinois

IN-152 on I-80/94:
https://goo.gl/maps/oV9MhhWsgbv

Iowa in Illinois

US-67 on I-74 (note old-school outline on shield):
https://goo.gl/maps/dRibkVYSQWm

US-67 on I-80, done in IDOT style:
https://goo.gl/maps/MUJmEZrFCdv

Illinois in Iowa

IL-84 right at the state line on I-80.  Note the other issues with this sign.  The shield is actually pretty good.
https://goo.gl/maps/JDkriKTcryp

IL-92 on I-280:
https://goo.gl/maps/mShV6FTfA4n

Ok I'm confused on the IL-394 & IL-83 on I-80/94. The way the signs are it looks like it's in the EB direction but then I look and it's in the WB direction. Torrence is between the Bishop Ford and Indiana state line so why does that look backwards to me? Coming from Indiana you'd hit Torrence before you'd hit I-94/IL-394.

[Brandon]

Ok I'm confused on the IL-394 & IL-83 on I-80/94. The way the signs are it looks like it's in the EB direction but then I look and it's in the WB direction. Torrence is between the Bishop Ford and Indiana state line so why does that look backwards to me? Coming from Indiana you'd hit Torrence before you'd hit I-94/IL-394.

That's a more recent quirk, since the road was rebuilt in the early-mid 2000s.  Westbound, Torrence (Exit 161) was first, then the exit for I-94 (Exit 160).  After the rebuild, the ramp for I-94/IL-394 exited first, then the ramp for Torrence, but the exit numbers remained the same.  Hence, oddly, Exit 160 comes before Exit 161 westbound.

[Ga293]

There was this image someone posted to misc.transport.road or some other roads-related forum over a decade ago:



They're pretty well made Alabama shields, considering they were posted in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Google street view with correct signage.

[webny99]

A QC Autoroute 15 shield in Keeseville. The interesting thing is that this is posted 38 miles from the Canadian border! Nearby Ausable Chasm is definitely a destination for Quebecois, but even still, that's quite a distance.

[Roadrunner75]

PA 413 signage on the Jersey side of the Burlington Bristol Bridge:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0713442,-74.860872,3a,73y,279.4h,88.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7PqOLdzqbo62z1HNQ9RwOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Another one with both the NJ and PA versions:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.07137,-74.8643519,3a,75y,290.36h,88.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMsWk8CW1-GY1xbLeej0cRg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[roadman]

There was this image someone posted to misc.transport.road or some other roads-related forum over a decade ago:



They're pretty well made Alabama shields, considering they were posted in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Google street view with correct signage.

That goof made the local press at the time.  Was a Town contract, not state.  The Town's designer specified M1-5 markers without any details - so the contractor used the MUTCD typical, which at the time was the Alabama shield.

[Big John]

Did anyone mention the PA 31 shields installed in Michigan?

[hbelkins]

Did anyone mention the PA 31 shields installed in Michigan?

In that vein, there are PA 97 signs deep in southwestern West Virginia. I've photographed them several times.

There is this IN 64 marker on IL 15 just prior to the state line.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

There are WIS 82 shields at the IA 9/IA 26 junction in Lansing, IA where 9 and 82 cross the Black Hawk Bridge.
MN 95 shield on westbound I-94 in Hudson, WI and a WIS 35 shield on 94 eastbound in Lakeland, MN.
Believe there is a MN 95 shield in Osceola, WI at the beginning of WIS 243.

There's also a 95 shield on US 8 at the MN border. GSV says it's a MN shield, but I swear it was an error WI shield when I drove through there recently.

Yep, you saw correctly. That assembly has had an interesting life. First, it was a WIS 95 shield with "MINN"  tacked into the shield above the 95. Then it was replaced with the correct MN 95 shield, then now replaced again with a plain error WIS 95 presumably during Wisconsin's US 8 project in that area.

[Ian]

A QC Autoroute 15 shield in Keeseville. The interesting thing is that this is posted 38 miles from the Canadian border! Nearby Ausable Chasm is definitely a destination for Quebecois, but even still, that's quite a distance.

A-15 is signed as far south as Lake George, a good 120+ miles from the border.

[bassoon1986]

Not quite the same thing, but how about a state named interstate shield for an interstate not present in that state? I-12 in Mississippi! Almost.




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[Mr. Matté]

I guess to make up for the PA 611 I once saw along a Middlesex County, NJ county road, I think this (probably DRJTBA installation) exists at the I-295/Taylorsville Road interchange

(s/b PA 532)

[US71]

Sort of a technicality here. 20 and MO 43 run concurrent for a few miles... or used to.



I can't find my photo, but AR 43 is posted along MO 86 at Route P
https://goo.gl/maps/HMZ5pembCcr3b4S56

[NWI_Irish96]

The other day I traveled to Fort Recovery, Ohio and noticed that Ohio SR-119 ends at the state line with Indiana then becomes Indiana SR-26. While I was still in Ohio I noticed an Indiana SR-26 sign at the corner of Butler and Wayne Street, this sign is about 1.3 miles east of the state line still within the state of Ohio. I have never noticed anything like this before and it looks like it has a straight arrow under the Indiana 26 sign meaning that it's TO Indiana SR-26 but why would they do this? Why wouldn't they just have an Ohio state highway shield with 119 in it?

It honestly made me think am I in Indiana already? And then I traveled west to the state line and saw the Welcome to Indiana sign so this struck me as odd. Fort Recovery is indeed a hick town though too.

I remember that sign. I had crossed into Ohio from Indiana and turned around at OH 49 to head back into Indiana. That sign might have made more sense a couple blocks over at the OH 119/49 intersection (with the TO banner instead of the arrow). I can't think of a reason why at that particular intersection anybody felt it was important to direct you toward IN 26.

Most of what you'll find near the IN/OH border are hick towns, including Hicksville of course.

[Scott5114]

Sort of a technicality here. 20 and MO 43 run concurrent for a few miles... or used to.

Not a technicality, that sign was always wrong to begin with! The sign is physically in OK–if you turn left you are headed toward Missouri (on the OK-AR line), and if you head straight, you end up on AR 43, not MO 43!

Google still shows OK-20 and AR-43 concurrent at the border with Missouri as of 2018.