The Best of Road Signs

[national highway 1]

Sorry to tell you this, but I'm guessing all of these have been removed/replaced.
The first one was in Wollongong, northbound at Mt Keira Rd.
The Freeway Routes were a now defunct route system for NSW freeways
http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/Freeway%20Routes/freewayroutes.htm
The second one was in Melbourne
http://goo.gl/maps/O5Jo
The last two were in Brisbane.

[Alps]

Sorry to tell you this, but I'm guessing all of these have been removed/replaced.
The first one was in Wollongong, northbound at Mt Keira Rd.
The Freeway Routes were a now defunct route system for NSW freeways
http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/Freeway%20Routes/freewayroutes.htm
The second one was in Melbourne
http://goo.gl/maps/O5Jo
The last two were in Brisbane.

By the time I get to Australia, I gather I should spend my efforts photographing errors, as that's all the Google group seems to talk about

[blawp]

Snapped today on world-famous Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, just west of the bridge over the 710 spur.

[Brandon]

National Road and Dixie Highway, Vandalia, Ohio.

[Brandon]

State name I-88 shield.



Sadly, it is peeling.

[bulkyorled]

Auxiliary shields galore!!!

There's no way in hell I would have been able to control myself. I would have had to swipe all of those

[busman_49]

State name I-88 shield.
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Sadly, it is peeling.

I was just under that sign last week!  Still pretty cool!

[Brandon]

Yes, my roadgeek friends, it is all button copy, including the black text.



I-55 northbound at I-294.

[Ian]

Some from Maine. I took these when I was up there last year, and I just got around to uploading them. I'll be up there again in a few weeks over Independence Day, so I'll be able to get better shots of these...

[Alps]

Yes, my roadgeek friends, it is all button copy, including the black text.



I-55 northbound at I-294.

I doubled back for that one when I realized it as I passed it the first time.

[hbelkins]

I can never recall seeing black button copy.

[Brandon]

I can never recall seeing black button copy.

IDOT D1 used it in a few places (as above), and ISTHA used to use it all the time.

[PurdueBill]

There used to be at least one "Trucks and Vehicles with Trailers Use Right Lane" sign on I-70 east of Indianapolis that had a black button copy border (but not text); every time I tried to take a picture of it it came out blurry (this was about 10 years ago).  Sadly, I think it is gone now.

[Alps]

I can never recall seeing black button copy.

Well, it's really the same white reflectors as anywhere else. I've seen red cats-eyes and reflectors in yellow and green.

[national highway 1]

Early Virginia Interstate Shields:



Earlier Kentucky shield, similar to Maryland shields.

[formulanone]

What was the story behind those interstate shields? My guess is that it was an early design proposal, since I-20 never traveled through Virginia. Looks good for a 2di, but might look too busy when used for a 3di. Folks from the Great Lakes probably wouldn't like the design, either.

[Central Avenue]

Those prototype Interstate signs are fun to look at, but I much prefer the simple shield design that was ultimately chosen. Much less busy.

[Brandon]

Some 1990s IDOT button copy.



The Elgin-O'Hare Expressway is chock full of it.  Well, at least until ISTHA takes it over and widens it next year.  Snap your photos while you can.

[hbelkins]

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

In Upper Arlington (Near NW side suburb of Columbus), from Tuesday morning. Evidently, already sitting in a city garage.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2012/06/green-stop.html

[national highway 1]

In Upper Arlington (Near NW side suburb of Columbus), from Tuesday morning. Evidently, already sitting in a city garage.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2012/06/green-stop.html

Technically it should belong in 'Erroneous Road Signs' but it's not every day you see a green stop sign, so its definitely 'the best'.

[Central Avenue]

Technically it should belong in 'Erroneous Road Signs' but it's not every day you see a green stop sign, so its definitely 'the best'.

If the article is to be believed, it's not erroneous at all--it's exactly what the pranksters meant to do.

[hbelkins]

Still can't believe this jewel has gone uncommented-upon. Y'all must be asleep.

[vtk]

In Upper Arlington (Near NW side suburb of Columbus), from Tuesday morning. Evidently, already sitting in a city garage.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/crawlumbus/2012/06/green-stop.html

I'll admit, it's prettier than a red stop sign.  I wouldn't put it past a high-end suburb like UA to try something like that, anyway.  Lastly, I'm impressed by the roadgeeky correctness of the amateur-produced sign.

[Central Avenue]

If I'd seen that in Dublin instead of UA I probably would have assumed it was an "official" sign.