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

[74/171FAN]

NC route detour signage where NC 16 leaves US 421 in Wilkesboro.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220242253047008&set=a.10220242338649148)



On 6th St in North Wilkesboro just north of US 421 BUS/NC 18/NC 268 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220242266727350&set=a.10220242338649148)

[Amaury]

This is on US Route 2 at the Idaho and Montana border. I don't think I've seen a sign that actually said state line: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZbUjEXdFeByQtAuR8

Much more commonly, it's a unique welcome to the state sign, as seen farther up in that capture. Sometimes, it's also a generic "Entering State," like at the Washington and Oregon state lines in a couple places, such as the Interstate 5 bridge between Vancouver and Portland.

That Idaho sign is also kind of wrong by having "standard" in there. Just have Pacific Time Zone, like the Montana side does in the other direction, except it's Mountain instead of Pacific. And what's with the hyphens?

[74/171FAN]

On US 70 WB in Conover, NC. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220246086582844&set=a.10220246332869001)

[freebrickproductions]

So you're allowed to trespass before 10 pm? That wouldn't be trespassing if it's allowed, would it?

Also, am I allowed to go there at 12 AM the following day? If not, then what about 7 AM the following day? Am I just banned from ever going again after it passes 10 PM the first time I'm ever there?

This is on US Route 2 at the Idaho and Montana border. I don't think I've seen a sign that actually said state line: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZbUjEXdFeByQtAuR8

Much more commonly, it's a unique welcome to the state sign, as seen farther up in that capture. Sometimes, it's also a generic "Entering State," like at the Washington and Oregon state lines in a couple places, such as the Interstate 5 bridge between Vancouver and Portland.

I've seen similar before down here in the southeast, mostly along more minor roads/highways that have the state line marked. A few examples:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9908697,-86.5712665,3a,15y,192.49h,88.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0I4nGKOl4pxl_ZGO2suIlg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9921757,-86.7217186,3a,15y,34.22h,84.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sb_uGfnccNJOQTzLBGYn16g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.867395,-85.5846465,3a,15y,91.63h,89.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDI-Tz36k49NaRxHXrvxr2Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9983885,-85.4078137,3a,15y,201.09h,90.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-Xk7BzNlqUEZYryBlnp65A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8857345,-88.2298417,3a,15y,302.1h,86.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sebhCyhSdLOB39cSEIfe73Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

[Jim]

A few generic "downtown" exits of which I have taken pictures.  Only searched up to 2003.

Boston.  October 12, 2002.



St. Louis.  July 20, 2003.



Charleston.  August 22, 2003.



Mobile.  August 22, 2003.



Fort Worth.  August 31, 2003.



Amarillo.  August 31, 2003.

[GaryA]

One of my favorite "downtown" signs was on I-880 in Hayward, CA:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UvkRaY93Z5Y2EKuE9

"A Street Downtown" - strikes me as almost poetic. It's since been replaced by signs reading simply "A Street" (well, duh, of course it's a street).

[ErmineNotyours]

On VA 16 SB south of VA 348 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220242190525445&set=a.10220242338649148)

In Woodinville, Washington, it's cautionary, not regulatory.

[74/171FAN]

On NC 16 SB at I-85 in Charlotte (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220246120983704&set=a.10220246332869001)





On I-277 SB (Inner)/NC 16 SB at US 74 EB/NC 27 EB (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220246129303912&set=a.10220246332869001)





On NC 16 SB heading away from Uptown Charlotte (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220246168184884&set=a.10220246332869001)



On SC 5 SB at US 521 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220246192865501&set=a.10220246332869001)



In the shopping center on the southeast side of the US 521/SC 160 intersection in Indian Land (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220246198905652&set=a.10220246332869001)

[Scott5114]

This is on US Route 2 at the Idaho and Montana border. I don't think I've seen a sign that actually said state line: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZbUjEXdFeByQtAuR8

Fairly common in Kansas where the state line falls on a bridge or some other location where installing a full-size graphical welcome sign is difficult: I-435 west, I-435 south. The standard graphical sign will then be installed a little ways down the road where it's more convenient. It helps that it pairs well with the standard "Xxxxx/COUNTY LINE" sign that Kansas uses.

[roadfro]

This is on US Route 2 at the Idaho and Montana border. I don't think I've seen a sign that actually said state line: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZbUjEXdFeByQtAuR8
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That Idaho sign is also kind of wrong by having "standard" in there. Just have Pacific Time Zone, like the Montana side does in the other direction, except it's Mountain instead of Pacific. And what's with the hyphens?

It's only wrong about 7 months out of the year... unless maybe Idaho DOT changes it out for a sign stating "Entering Pacific Daylight Time Zone" during daylight savings...

Yeah, odd that they'd include "standard" time in the sign. But I've found a lot of people don't understand what "standard" or abbreviations like "PST" or "PDT" mean in this context, and use the terms incorrectly all the time. 

Only place where including "standard" on a sign like this might make sense is entering Arizona or some other place that does not observe daylight savings time.

[74/171FAN]

On I-277 NB/US 74 EB/NC 27 EB in Charlotte (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220252953234506&set=a.10220253093958024)



On US 74 EB at the west end of US 74 BYP (Monroe) (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220253026116328&set=a.10220253093958024)





At the parking lot (not parking garage) for the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220256427361357&set=a.10220256482402733)



Charlotte, NC, has its own unique rezoning sign.  This on is on NC 160 SB at Mint St. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220256339279155&set=a.10220256482402733)

[wanderer2575]

Half guide sign, half assembly in Grayling MI.  What the... ??


During roadwork projects with lane configuration changes, Michigan usually doesn't fabricate temporary overhead signs but instead jury-rigs the existing signs in attempts to make them fit.

[epzik8]

Half guide sign, half assembly in Grayling MI.  What the... ??

Supplemental signage, I would have to guess.

[74/171FAN]

On SC 122 EB in Rock Hill (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220256368359882&set=a.10220256482402733)

[wanderer2575]

Half guide sign, half assembly in Grayling MI.  What the... ??

Supplemental signage, I would have to guess.

Note the complete assembly a little farther along (lower left corner of the photo).  Why didn't they do that here as well?

[mglass87]

Some different speed limit text on Route 1 in Colonial Heights, VA:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bVhXxi9n3qPxZiAo6

[74/171FAN]

Some different speed limit text on Route 1 in Colonial Heights, VA:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bVhXxi9n3qPxZiAo6

That signage has been around for my entire life, probably much longer than that.

On Springhill Farm Blvd east of US 21 in Fort Mill, SC (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220256407480860&set=a.10220256482402733)



In the Ballantyne Village Parking Garage (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220256425201303&set=a.10220256482402733)



On the south side of the western US 21 BUS/SC 460 intersection in Fort Mill (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220257109538411&set=a.10220257220221178)

[roadman65]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53686333708_e5e7fc0d53_k.jpg
The abbreviation for Clearwater ( on the airport that is) is got a lot to be desired.

[formulanone]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53686333708_e5e7fc0d53_k.jpg
The abbreviation for Clearwater ( on the airport that is) is got a lot to be desired.

St Petersburg, FL- I-275 by john p nasiatka, on Flickr

I wonder if they had spelled it out, only to realize an airport logo was going on that same line; thus, the hasty abbreviation.

[wanderer2575]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53686333708_e5e7fc0d53_k.jpg
The abbreviation for Clearwater ( on the airport that is) is got a lot to be desired.

St Petersburg, FL- I-275 by john p nasiatka, on Flickr

I wonder if they had spelled it out, only to realize an airport logo was going on that same line; thus, the hasty abbreviation.

I doubt it; even without the logo there isn't enough space on that line to include another five letters.

So here we go, campers -- which would you rather have?  A funky abbreviation or an even larger APL with more blank space?  I think they made the best choice they could.

[Amaury]

I-435 west

Looking through the different captures, I at least find it interesting that it used to be on I-beam posts. I don't know if they were repairing/replacing it due to a crash or just due to the sign being worn out, but in the August 2015 capture, I can see work crew reinstalling the sign, where that time they used wooden posts.

In the latest capture, it looks like the sign needs repairs, as I see the posts there, but not the sign, unless they took it off for some reason.

[74/171FAN]

Some interesting signage at the Lake Norman Pinnacle Access Area off of NC 150 (https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBoorj)

A few notables:







On NC 3 SB in Concord (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220257176500085&set=a.10220257220221178)



On Tryon St at 11th St in Charlotte, NC. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220257205980822&set=a.10220257220221178)



On I-81 NB/US 220 NB near US 11 SB (Exit 150A)(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220259498878143&set=a.10220259629721414)



I-81 NB at SR 640 in Troutville, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220259501558210&set=a.10220259629721414)



On I-64 EB/I-81 NB north of US 11 (Exit 195)(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220259538119124&set=a.10220259629721414)





At the Sheetz on US 11 in Harrisonburg, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220259540159175&set=a.10220259629721414)



Back on US 11 NB in Harrisonburg, I do not think I posted the SB version of this photo.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220259542919244&set=a.10220259629721414)

[Amaury]

The placement of this end WA 106 sign. Normally, when there are end signs, you see them on the road itself before the stop sign. This one is actually on WA 3. Haven't been here personally, but I was looking around on Google Maps and noticed it.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/MY8mK7tfohia9nGf7

[Scott5114]

Oh, come on, couldn't they have put TRUCKERS YOU ARE NOT DOWN YET on one of those?

[plain]

Spotted this last week but forgot to post. This is on Richmond's southside on 26th St. I kinda like it actually.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/H65XMmtmXE8bUAnW6



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