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

[hbelkins]

Yes, that's somewhere between Charlottesville and Amherst.

[thefraze_1020]

It's like they didn't even try...or asked a 3-year-old to draw a US route blank...

I think that's more "Worst of" than "interesting".

[hbelkins]

Well, this is subtitled "the good, the bad and the ugly," so I think this one fits two of those three categories.

[roadman65]

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8716575,-77.1555565,3a,37.5y,212.43h,83.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDb7kPuCi56m7VRZut3nReg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I like the way "X" is used for "Cross" in Bailey's Crossroads at the infamous Seven Corners near Falls Church, VA.

[WillWeaverRVA]

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8716575,-77.1555565,3a,37.5y,212.43h,83.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDb7kPuCi56m7VRZut3nReg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I like the way "X" is used for "Cross" in Bailey's Crossroads at the infamous Seven Corners near Falls Church, VA.

This is fairly common in Virginia; Zion Crossroads gets the same treatment in most (but not all) places:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0700657,-78.186566,3a,30y,238.7h,85.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZ60bzImYDlDmoMqGH7PFeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[jbnv]

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8716575,-77.1555565,3a,37.5y,212.43h,83.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDb7kPuCi56m7VRZut3nReg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I like the way "X" is used for "Cross" in Bailey's Crossroads at the infamous Seven Corners near Falls Church, VA.

This is fairly common in Virginia; Zion Crossroads gets the same treatment in most (but not all) places:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0700657,-78.186566,3a,30y,238.7h,85.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZ60bzImYDlDmoMqGH7PFeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I wonder how much unwanted attention that last town has received over the last decade.

[WillWeaverRVA]

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8716575,-77.1555565,3a,37.5y,212.43h,83.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDb7kPuCi56m7VRZut3nReg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I like the way "X" is used for "Cross" in Bailey's Crossroads at the infamous Seven Corners near Falls Church, VA.

This is fairly common in Virginia; Zion Crossroads gets the same treatment in most (but not all) places:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0700657,-78.186566,3a,30y,238.7h,85.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZ60bzImYDlDmoMqGH7PFeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I wonder how much unwanted attention that last town has received over the last decade.

Little to none, interestingly enough. It's been developing rather explosively into a more suburban area as people take advantage of it being roughly halfway between Charlottesville and Richmond. No one seems to be (publicly) bothered by its name.

[Bruce]

Some interesting signs recently posted to Reddit:



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[SignGeek101]

Some interesting signs recently posted to Reddit:

That sign is Ontario standard, except for the font, and it is circular, like so:

[roadman65]

I kind of find this one interesting as it has "Bedminster" and "Pluckemin" as the latter is part of the former.  Pluckemin is  not incorporated, but part of Bedminster Township.  The reason for this sign being set up like this is that the the exit serves all of Bedminster, but its Pluckemin community is the first place southbound place on US 202 & 206, and its township center is located north on US 202 after the two us routes split just shortly north of this interchange.

[MarkF]

From a recent trip to Japan, I saw a few interesting warning sign graphics showing the results of bad driving:


Beware of hitting something in the dark tunnel?  This was on the new Shin-Meishin Expressway outside Kyoto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Meishin_Expressway.  There were also some signs warning of a grade, depicting two cars rear-ending a truck, with similar impact graphics.



This sign assembly was on the route 6 expressway in Tokyo, with a sign in the lower left showing the consequences of tailgating.  The big sign is a congestion map (segments light up in yellow, orange, or red).

[freebrickproductions]

This is a rather odd looking shield, IMO:
I-24 Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

I also spotted these rather large logo signs up in Chattanooga, TN:
Large Logo Sign by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Large Logo Sign by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Large Logo Sign by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

And here's some odd and unique signage from Tuscaloosa, AL:
Unlawful to Cut Corners by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
No Parking by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
This probably isn't all that odd, but it's the first one I've seen like this:
No Vending by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Unique Tuscaloosa, AL Signage by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Unique Tuscaloosa, AL Signage by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Unique Tuscaloosa, AL Signage by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Unique Tuscaloosa, AL Signage by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

These AL 5 shields look like someone took a square and slapped the Mobile Bay area onto it:
I-20/I-59/US 11/AL 5 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
I-20/I-59/US 11/AL 5 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

[PurdueBill]

Newly installed this week on Market St/OH 18 in Fairlawn, Ohio....



which replaced boring, off-spec green square text signs.  Win!!!

[kkt]

From a recent trip to Japan, I saw a few interesting warning sign graphics showing the results of bad driving:


Beware of hitting something in the dark tunnel?  This was on the new Shin-Meishin Expressway outside Kyoto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Meishin_Expressway.  There were also some signs warning of a grade, depicting two cars rear-ending a truck, with similar impact graphics.

They really need a sign to tell them not to drive into the damn wall?

[SignGeek101]

From a recent trip to Japan, I saw a few interesting warning sign graphics showing the results of bad driving:


Beware of hitting something in the dark tunnel?  This was on the new Shin-Meishin Expressway outside Kyoto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Meishin_Expressway.  There were also some signs warning of a grade, depicting two cars rear-ending a truck, with similar impact graphics.

They really need a sign to tell them not to drive into the damn wall?

Maybe the lanes are narrow there or something. 

[AsphaltPlanet]

I'm guessing it has to do with the fact that the tunnel has a round roof.  The sign looks like it's trying to warn traffic that it might run out of overhead clearance at the far edge of the lane.

[jakeroot]

They really need a sign to tell them not to drive into the damn wall?

Driving while oriental?

[MarkF]

Google translate shows it as Tunnel In on top, and Speed Note! on the bottom, so Don't speed in the tunnel?

[MarkF]

Forgot to add, the tunnel is long and it curves. The picture was taken near the lower right in this view:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9496107,136.0162856,4244m/data=!3m1!1e3

[jeffandnicole]

Maybe you should be driving on the tunnel wall, which is where the black road and yellow passing lines are located.

[Zeffy]

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6824503,-90.6612002,3a,23.2y,170.94h,97.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sASHZ8Q3U_GAcHsipjMJgwA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Maybe I'm just underestimating, but I didn't find any of these as "low clearances"... what's the average height of a standard 18 wheeler?

[Big John]

^^ Anything under 16' is considered low clearance as a few taller trucks could cause impact.

[KEVIN_224]

There's a warning sign for a low bridge on US Route 1 in the Darien/Norwalk stretch of I-95 in Connecticut.

[jeffandnicole]

^^ Anything under 16' is considered low clearance as a few taller trucks could cause impact.

In most cases.  NJ generally doesn't post low-clearance signage when the clearance is greater than 14' 5".

[Mr. Matté]

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