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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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kirbykart



CardInLex

Quote from: Rothman on August 01, 2022, 09:50:09 PM
Found a couple of these around Ketchikan, AK:

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I don't think this is what they are trying to mean, but I would read this as "No Parking [of] Non-Motorized Vehicles [on] This Block."  Meaning that motorized vehicles could be parked on that block. Google link to one of these signs?

amroad17

Quote from: kirbykart on August 02, 2022, 01:43:13 PM
Well, duh...?
Found in Lockport, NY.
Signs such as this are posted all throughout the US.  It is basically telling truckers, "If you do not have a delivery, don't come 'round here on this road".  It is an interesting sign, though.
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hobsini2

Quote from: GenExpwy on July 25, 2022, 09:23:15 AM
Donner Camp Picnic Ground

"Let's eat, Grandpa!"
"Let's eat Grandpa!"


I was on 89 in that area last week but I was south of 80 so I missed seeing this in person.
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roadman65

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roadman65

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ethanhopkin14

Quote from: roadman65 on August 09, 2022, 10:07:33 AM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/52226390034/in/dateposted-public/

Found this one to be odd as historical related subjects are supposed to be brown signed and not green.

I think that one is okay.  It is the name of the causeway, and the name just happens to start with the word historical, which would be white writing on a green field. 


kirbykart

Here's an interesting sign at a five-way I saw on my road trip today.
The white text is the street names, the red text says "You are here".

LilianaUwU

Quote from: kirbykart on August 09, 2022, 10:18:00 PM
Here's an interesting sign at a five-way I saw on my road trip today.
The white text is the street names, the red text says "You are here".

Could they have made it any less readable?
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riiga

Interesting way of using a (European) keep right/keep left sign. I'm sure that tiny car is easy for motorists to spot, plus the way it's used (blue circle = mandatory movement) would technically mean that only cars are allowed on that side, not trucks, buses or any other type of motorized vehicle...

Scott5114

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Rothman

Quote from: Scott5114 on August 10, 2022, 02:31:31 PM
An odd not-really-an-exit sign.
I think this isn't the only case of a sign like this.  Want to say there's one like this in the Quad Cities somewhere.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

hobsini2

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wanderer2575


hobsini2

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Scott5114

This is a different situation (trumpet interchange at the end of a freeway).
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J N Winkler

I find it kind of strange that the side that merges into eastbound I-40 has its own exit number.  In Kansas, for example, I-235 has no exit number for either the arm that merges with eastbound K-254 (at the North Junction) or the one that merges with southbound I-135 (just north of the Turnpike interchange).

And I suspect the (too-small) upward-pointing arrow on the sign is an artifact of OTA cheaping out and not providing overhead signing.
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ClassicHasClass

Quote from: hobsini2 on August 11, 2022, 01:12:06 PM
Quote from: wanderer2575 on August 11, 2022, 01:07:22 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 10, 2022, 02:31:31 PM
An odd not-really-an-exit sign.

Here's the Michigan version on the left.  Older signs say "STRAIGHT THRU".


Wisconsin does something similar to Michigan when a state or US route gets cosigned for a short distance on the interstate. This is I/US-41 with Wis 167.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2104013,-88.1436532,3a,42.5y,329.23h,86.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sM0afthgkyMDD_3JRAU1YmQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Here's a California example. This is I-15 NB at the southern junction with CA 79 in Temecula. They are cosigned for about three miles through town, hence this sign just before the southern exit. It doesn't help the CA 79 people any, though, and cosignage on the shared alignment is (Caltrans-typical) poor. If you go a little bit ahead, there's a "NORTH 79 ahead-arrow" trailblazer, but it's before the onramp carrying CA 79 also.

https://goo.gl/maps/PC8Pc3xWF7Q4QvmeA

Rothman

I liked these pavement markings at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal (Juneau, AK):

Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

mrsman

Quote from: hobsini2 on August 11, 2022, 01:12:06 PM
Quote from: wanderer2575 on August 11, 2022, 01:07:22 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 10, 2022, 02:31:31 PM
An odd not-really-an-exit sign.

Here's the Michigan version on the left.  Older signs say "STRAIGHT THRU".


Wisconsin does something similar to Michigan when a state or US route gets cosigned for a short distance on the interstate. This is I/US-41 with Wis 167.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2104013,-88.1436532,3a,42.5y,329.23h,86.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sM0afthgkyMDD_3JRAU1YmQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

This is an extremely helpful practice and it alerts people that the exit for the other direction is going to be coming up later.

Scott5114

Quote from: mrsman on August 12, 2022, 05:19:45 PM
Quote from: hobsini2 on August 11, 2022, 01:12:06 PM
Quote from: wanderer2575 on August 11, 2022, 01:07:22 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 10, 2022, 02:31:31 PM
An odd not-really-an-exit sign.

Here's the Michigan version on the left.  Older signs say "STRAIGHT THRU".


Wisconsin does something similar to Michigan when a state or US route gets cosigned for a short distance on the interstate. This is I/US-41 with Wis 167.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2104013,-88.1436532,3a,42.5y,329.23h,86.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sM0afthgkyMDD_3JRAU1YmQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

This is an extremely helpful practice and it alerts people that the exit for the other direction is going to be coming up later.

It is really nice, but none of these are similar to what I originally posted, which was after the split at a trumpet interchange. There is no later for anything to come up on in that situation; you have no choice but to proceed onto I-40 east at that point.
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roadman65

Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

zachary_amaryllis

Quote from: roadman65 on August 12, 2022, 11:18:14 PM
https://goo.gl/maps/EaNKSRk8vDo7foi39
Interesting Left Turn Signal sign.

I looked at it, and yeah, the sign is ... odd. I don't really understand all the standards and what-nots, but yeah, odd.

The intersection has an odd feel to it, very NYC-y. I almost thought it was one head per lane, but I saw the other one on the pole. NYC signals always looked... 'minimalistic' to me.
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roadman65

Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on August 13, 2022, 03:36:11 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on August 12, 2022, 11:18:14 PM
https://goo.gl/maps/EaNKSRk8vDo7foi39
Interesting Left Turn Signal sign.

I looked at it, and yeah, the sign is ... odd. I don't really understand all the standards and what-nots, but yeah, odd.

The intersection has an odd feel to it, very NYC-y. I almost thought it was one head per lane, but I saw the other one on the pole. NYC signals always looked... 'minimalistic' to me.

New York City seems to use two left turn heads always copying California, Illinois, New Jersey, and I believe Delaware as well.  The rest of New York does not and conforms to the MUTCD.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

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