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

Started by mass_citizen, December 04, 2013, 10:46:35 PM

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tolbs17

This speed limit sign was briefly used before the Phase 2 construction of the I-40/I-77 interchange. A speed limit sign in Franklin Gothic!


CardInLex

A W7-6 "HILL BLOCKS VIEW"  is what the MUTCD would want them to use instead.

Dirt Roads

Quote from: tolbs17 on January 22, 2022, 04:04:07 AM
This speed limit sign was briefly used before the Phase 2 construction of the I-40/I-77 interchange. A speed limit sign in Franklin Gothic!

Franklin Gothic was also used for speed limit signs on the West Virginia Turnpike for a while.  I believe that most of those signs were removed when the (then) Turnpike Commission installed variable speed limit signs, but it seems to me that a few of them were still in place in the Beckley area a few years ago.  This section has been getting widened, so I suspect that they are all gone now (haven't been back since COVID started).

Ted$8roadFan

Not really a highway sign, but in college I remember seeing a "Dip"  sign warning of exactly that ahead on a newly reconstructed road. Most notable because it was stolen.

ErmineNotyours

I've seen this sign for a few years, but Google finally included it in an update:

https://goo.gl/maps/MDmmCcEZa9VXaL929

The distracting part of this type of sign is the increasingly older car model, but instead of fixing that they simply blacked out the window.

LilianaUwU

Quote from: ErmineNotyours on January 24, 2022, 02:32:49 AM
I've seen this sign for a few years, but Google finally included it in an update:

https://goo.gl/maps/MDmmCcEZa9VXaL929

The distracting part of this type of sign is the increasingly older car model, but instead of fixing that they simply blacked out the window.

It seems like a standard slippery when wet sign but with a vinyl cutting error.

But since we're speaking of older models of cars...

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Scott5114

Compression, huh? Is that outside a dump with a car crusher that's overly eager for new material?
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thenetwork

Quote from: Scott5114 on January 24, 2022, 03:42:13 AM
Compression, huh? Is that outside a dump with a car crusher that's overly eager for new material?

Wearing compression socks while driving on this hill is highly recommended.

JoePCool14

Quote from: tolbs17 on January 22, 2022, 04:04:07 AM
This speed limit sign was briefly used before the Phase 2 construction of the I-40/I-77 interchange. A speed limit sign in Franklin Gothic!

Speed limit signs using the wrong font are fairly common. Usually they come from village or town public works' departments not knowing how or caring enough to select Series E.

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Quote from: thenetwork on January 24, 2022, 08:33:31 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 24, 2022, 03:42:13 AM
Compression, huh? Is that outside a dump with a car crusher that's overly eager for new material?

Wearing compression socks while driving on this hill is highly recommended.

That much of an elevation change, huh?

tolbs17

This is a rare placement for an overhead sign. And when looking at it, it must have went up sometime in the early 2000s or so.

This is the other side, which I believe has remain unchanged since 1961 or so.

When looking at the first link, It was probably replaced because it was either damaged when a car hit it but who knows. I've only lived in Greenville since 2008 so I am not entirely sure what the point of the replacement was.

plain

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tolbs17


Scott5114

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ErmineNotyours


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tolbs17

Quote from: ErmineNotyours on January 26, 2022, 06:58:08 PM
Google finally caught up to this mess:

Oversized mixed case, no horizontal tab bar on the left sign.
Seen some in Delaware and Florida. I don't see why that's better compared to the other signs that I see.

Scott5114

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tolbs17


Scott5114

Quote from: tolbs17 on January 26, 2022, 09:29:02 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 26, 2022, 08:40:23 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on January 26, 2022, 07:04:48 PM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on January 26, 2022, 06:58:08 PM
Google finally caught up to this mess:

Oversized mixed case, no horizontal tab bar on the left sign.
Seen some in Delaware and Florida. I don't see why that's better compared to the other signs that I see.

Who says it's better?
Some other people in the world!

Who are they? I'm pretty sure you've made these people up and they don't exist.
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

tolbs17

Quote from: Scott5114 on January 26, 2022, 11:33:01 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on January 26, 2022, 09:29:02 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 26, 2022, 08:40:23 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on January 26, 2022, 07:04:48 PM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on January 26, 2022, 06:58:08 PM
Google finally caught up to this mess:

Oversized mixed case, no horizontal tab bar on the left sign.
Seen some in Delaware and Florida. I don't see why that's better compared to the other signs that I see.

Who says it's better?
Some other people in the world!

Who are they? I'm pretty sure you've made these people up and they don't exist.
My friends.

plain

Newark born, Richmond bred

Scott5114

Quote from: tolbs17 on January 27, 2022, 02:56:21 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 26, 2022, 11:33:01 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on January 26, 2022, 09:29:02 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 26, 2022, 08:40:23 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on January 26, 2022, 07:04:48 PM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on January 26, 2022, 06:58:08 PM
Google finally caught up to this mess:

Oversized mixed case, no horizontal tab bar on the left sign.
Seen some in Delaware and Florida. I don't see why that's better compared to the other signs that I see.

Who says it's better?
Some other people in the world!

Who are they? I'm pretty sure you've made these people up and they don't exist.
My friends.

Your friends have an opinion on an incorrect interpretation of the MUTCD?
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

tolbs17

Quote from: Scott5114 on January 27, 2022, 05:14:16 AM
Quote from: tolbs17 on January 27, 2022, 02:56:21 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 26, 2022, 11:33:01 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on January 26, 2022, 09:29:02 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 26, 2022, 08:40:23 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on January 26, 2022, 07:04:48 PM
Quote from: ErmineNotyours on January 26, 2022, 06:58:08 PM
Google finally caught up to this mess:

Oversized mixed case, no horizontal tab bar on the left sign.
Seen some in Delaware and Florida. I don't see why that's better compared to the other signs that I see.

Who says it's better?
Some other people in the world!

Who are they? I'm pretty sure you've made these people up and they don't exist.
My friends.

Your friends have an opinion on an incorrect interpretation of the MUTCD?
Yes because they think it's fancy looking.

roadman65

For SCDOT along I-95 the yellow black warning signs of the pier locations, is odd. Usually the piers are painted black and white instead.

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