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

[kphoger]

[7/8]

I also love this version

[Big John]

^^ Except the first panel depicts a spandrel arch bridge and not a truss bridge.

[kphoger]

^^ Except the first panel depicts a spandrel arch bridge and not a truss bridge.

You win. 

[Rothman]

Nobody builds trusses anymore, unless there's a historical requirement...

[Big John]

Nobody builds trusses anymore, unless there's a historical requirement...

Because they're fracture critical and there is no room for future expansion unless you are really creative.

[rellis97]

How many numbered addresses exist on Interstate highways? Other than actual surface streets like Wyoming I-180 or Breezewood-like setups.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D9kRqagHznqvb6bm7

The Michigan State Police Post in St. Ignace, MI has an address on I-75.
St. Ignace Post No. 83
N430 I-75
St. Ignace, MI 49781
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Michigan+State+Police+St.+Ignace+Post/@45.848505,-84.7251417,238m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x4d35f5cd4366e097:0x4c03f50cef0f1b6e!8m2!3d45.8483483!4d-84.7248192!16s%2Fg%2F11ddx2r8fv?entry=ttu
Not to mention, the Mackinac Bridge Authority is located right across the highway, also on I-75.

[rellis97]

Here's an interesting sign! This is on Grand Blanc Rd heading east toward town. It looks like it's many decades old.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9151489,-83.6716736,3a,21.4y,124.45h,85.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s311aEN_JCcbMHcvvbNxTJA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
Bicentennial Recreation Complex sign by Ross Ellis, on Flickrimg][/img]

[Big John]

How many numbered addresses exist on Interstate highways? Other than actual surface streets like Wyoming I-180 or Breezewood-like setups.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/D9kRqagHznqvb6bm7

Recent thread on this: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=33310.0

[74/171FAN]

I am not sure I would understand this sign if I was a truck driver.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219189033397175&set=a.10219189243802435)

[vdeane]

I am not sure I would understand this sign if I was a truck driver.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219189033397175&set=a.10219189243802435)

The Glens Falls version is more intuitive, though I'm not sure why it's orange.

[kirbykart]

^^ Uhhh... Why does that sign say 75 North? The right turn movement there is a local unnumbered street. And looking back at the 75 junction a couple blocks back, there is literally a big truck in the left-turn lane on Street view. There is no reason they'd have to come down here. What a bizarre sign.

[Scott5114]

Nobody builds trusses anymore, unless there's a historical requirement...

https://maps.app.goo.gl/mESpNNeDnusdfFNt5

[Rothman]

Nobody builds trusses anymore, unless there's a historical requirement...

https://maps.app.goo.gl/mESpNNeDnusdfFNt5

Yup.

[CovalenceSTU]

^^ Except the first panel depicts a spandrel arch bridge and not a truss bridge.

Perhaps this version is better

I am not sure I would understand this sign if I was a truck driver.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219189033397175&set=a.10219189243802435)

The Glens Falls version is more intuitive, though I'm not sure why it's orange.

What does the "L" suffix stand for (if anything)? I assumed "A" would be alternate and "N" north but I can't think of any "L" directions.

[Big John]

^^ Spandrel arches generally do not use steel construction either.

[cockroachking]

I am not sure I would understand this sign if I was a truck driver.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219189033397175&set=a.10219189243802435)

The Glens Falls version is more intuitive, though I'm not sure why it's orange.

What does the "L" suffix stand for (if anything)? I assumed "A" would be alternate and "N" north but I can't think of any "L" directions.

NY alphabet soup: Back in 1930, the suffixes generally progressed from A in the south/west to the n-th letter of the alphabet in the north/east for n-number of suffixed routes from a parent. Since then, as routes have been added/decommissioned/renumbered, the pattern is much less recognizable.

That said, you could make a case for L as in Lake George, but I don't believe that was the original intention.

[kkt]

I don't see why it would, because it's better to have the sign hang off the ledge (though it would be hell to pick it up in case of a bad move when putting it up).

They could temporarily secure the sign with a cord through one of the screw holes until the screw through the other screw hole is in place...

[kkt]

^^ Spandrel arches generally do not use steel construction either.

The bridge in the cartoon might be reinforced concrete with a cut stone facade.

[wanderer2575]

I am not sure I would understand this sign if I was a truck driver.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219189033397175&set=a.10219189243802435)

I would interpret that to mean that I have to drive on the sidewalk.

[D-Dey65]

I-75 Exit 358 in Florida is the combination of a small exit sign and no control cities or towns listed for the route, neither of which are common in FL:

https://goo.gl/maps/DKnkFFgdQcWnL81J9

This interchange is pretty busy too, since people get on/off it to/from 301 to cut northeast/southwest across the state, but I guess Florida didn't want to sign Blitchton (West) or Silver Springs (East).

It's still better than this.

There's a couple of those mystery exits along US 101 in California, mostly around Monterey and SLO counties.

The first example is weird for Florida, where there's almost always a town or named/numbered road used with a guide sign. And it's been that way for about 25 years, without any control cities or road labeling. I-10 also had a weird exception for CR 257, figuring Aucilla was too small, perhaps?

Regarding this discussion from back in July, here's another exit sign without control cities on I-10.

Of course, the solution is obvious;
Lloyd
Wacissa
Not as well-known as Tallahassee and Monticello, but at least it's not a repeat of them.

[vdeane]

I am not sure I would understand this sign if I was a truck driver.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219189033397175&set=a.10219189243802435)

The Glens Falls version is more intuitive, though I'm not sure why it's orange.

What does the "L" suffix stand for (if anything)? I assumed "A" would be alternate and "N" north but I can't think of any "L" directions.

NY alphabet soup: Back in 1930, the suffixes generally progressed from A in the south/west to the n-th letter of the alphabet in the north/east for n-number of suffixed routes from a parent. Since then, as routes have been added/decommissioned/renumbered, the pattern is much less recognizable.

That said, you could make a case for L as in Lake George, but I don't believe that was the original intention.

Yeah, NY suffixed routes aren't like interstate and US route suffixes, even if some longer ones act like them (except NY doesn't do route splits).  They're more like child routes, functioning as a kind of hybrid of how 3dus and 3di routes work.  They often take the place of what in other states would be alternate/business/bypass routes (even the ones that aren't A or B), but not always.  Even US 9W has been forced to conform to the NY system, with US 9E (mostly) becoming plain old US 9 fairly early on.

[freebrickproductions]

I am not sure I would understand this sign if I was a truck driver.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219189033397175&set=a.10219189243802435)

The Glens Falls version is more intuitive, though I'm not sure why it's orange.

What does the "L" suffix stand for (if anything)? I assumed "A" would be alternate and "N" north but I can't think of any "L" directions.

NY alphabet soup: Back in 1930, the suffixes generally progressed from A in the south/west to the n-th letter of the alphabet in the north/east for n-number of suffixed routes from a parent. Since then, as routes have been added/decommissioned/renumbered, the pattern is much less recognizable.

That said, you could make a case for L as in Lake George, but I don't believe that was the original intention.

Yeah, NY suffixed routes aren't like interstate and US route suffixes, even if some longer ones act like them (except NY doesn't do route splits).  They're more like child routes, functioning as a kind of hybrid of how 3dus and 3di routes work.  They often take the place of what in other states would be alternate/business/bypass routes (even the ones that aren't A or B), but not always.  Even US 9W has been forced to conform to the NY system, with US 9E (mostly) becoming plain old US 9 fairly early on.

It seems Florida may have once done a similar thing, given that FL 30E branches off of FL30A in Gulf County, with FL 30A itself branching off of US 98 (FL 30) there.

Unrelated to the above, but the "New Towns Every Hour" Twitter account recently posted this tweet showcasing Chunky, MS.
https://twitter.com/TownsUsa/status/1723199867793608754
What my eye was immediately drawn to was this exit sign for the town, which I feel sucks:

[formulanone]

Unrelated to the above, but the "New Towns Every Hour" Twitter account recently posted this tweet showcasing Chunky, MS.
https://twitter.com/TownsUsa/status/1723199867793608754
What my eye was immediately drawn to was this exit sign for the town, which I feel sucks:

Not much better eastbound on I-20, in 2018:

[roadman65]

The way Missouri signs a city limit with it before the corporate municipality and not after.