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Quote from: mass_citizen on December 04, 2013, 10:46:35 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/9RqdD

The arrow on this just looks way too long to me. Its almost as if they were trying to justify it with the legend. Thank god they didn't use the full spelling of Marlborough

Quote from: NE2 on December 04, 2013, 10:54:27 PM
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Quote from: sammi on December 04, 2013, 10:56:22 PM

Quote from: mass_citizen on December 04, 2013, 10:46:35 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/9RqdD

The arrow on this just looks way too long to me. Its almost as if they were trying to justify it with the legend. Thank god they didn't use the full spelling of Marlborough

Marlboro. ugh. :spin:

Isn't the arrow on that sign supposed to be the one pointing to the upper-right? Like the ones on overhead exit signs?

Quote from: 1 on December 05, 2013, 02:41:24 PM
Going south on I-495 in Massachusetts, between exits 31 and 30, the shields for 2A and 110 on the exit sign are different fonts.

My picture is a bit strange because Google Maps censored I-495 going south.

http://goo.gl/maps/jpjB4

Quote from: formulanone on December 05, 2013, 04:38:34 PM
Condo association was hold they couldn't have an impaled head-on-a-stick, so they improvised.

Quote from: roadman on December 05, 2013, 04:50:23 PM

Quote from: 1 on December 05, 2013, 02:41:24 PM
Going south on I-495 in Massachusetts, between exits 31 and 30, the shields for 2A and 110 on the exit sign are different fonts.

My picture is a bit strange because Google Maps censored I-495 going south.

http://goo.gl/maps/jpjB4

More likely, it was just that the GSV guy hasn't yet driven both sides of the road.  I run into that problem quite often when using GSV.

Quote from: sammi on December 04, 2013, 10:56:22 PM

Quote from: mass_citizen on December 04, 2013, 10:46:35 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/9RqdD

The arrow on this just looks way too long to me. Its almost as if they were trying to justify it with the legend. Thank god they didn't use the full spelling of Marlborough

Marlboro. ugh. :spin:

Isn't the arrow on that sign supposed to be the one pointing to the upper-right? Like the ones on overhead exit signs?

Quote from: getemngo on December 05, 2013, 04:59:39 PM
That is weird... the blackout goes from the south end of Exit 32 to just north of Exit 27. Usually if it hasn't been driven, it won't let you place the marker there at all. And all the southbound on-/off-ramps in that stretch have been driven and are fine. Technical difficulties?

Quote from: 1995hoo on December 05, 2013, 05:23:31 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2Fd282dc50.jpg&hash=1c5f75913b79edf61ba8d4e3d7d1bec2174e7145)

Quote from: english si on December 05, 2013, 09:38:25 PM
Bunny ears (https://maps.google.com/?ll=52.331143,-1.736956&spn=0.031838,0.084543&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=52.331332,-1.75334&panoid=1xxxYfmojM9yshuaqJgKUg&cbp=12,263.81,,0,0.92) showing that you need to move left to turn right...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sabre-roads.org.uk%2Fwiki%2Fimages%2F8%2F8d%2FM42_Motorway_Splits%252C_Crazy_Road_Sign_-_%2522It_Could_Be_You%253F%2522_-_Geograph_-_1283020.jpg&hash=b357f0548f7888e067d2cec0f3c1d4082e57a68a)

Quote from: getemngo on December 05, 2013, 04:59:39 PM

Quote from: roadman on December 05, 2013, 04:50:23 PM

Quote from: 1 on December 05, 2013, 02:41:24 PM
Going south on I-495 in Massachusetts, between exits 31 and 30, the shields for 2A and 110 on the exit sign are different fonts.

My picture is a bit strange because Google Maps censored I-495 going south.

http://goo.gl/maps/jpjB4

More likely, it was just that the GSV guy hasn't yet driven both sides of the road.  I run into that problem quite often when using GSV.

At first I thought you meant the numbers "495" were censored somewhere, which the software sometimes does automatically, thinking it's a license plate.

That is weird... the blackout goes from the south end of Exit 32 to just north of Exit 27. Usually if it hasn't been driven, it won't let you place the marker there at all. And all the southbound on-/off-ramps in that stretch have been driven and are fine. Technical difficulties?

Quote from: NE2 on December 05, 2013, 06:39:11 PM
Best Goog censoring:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.751856,-92.3304&spn=0.007149,0.014173&gl=us&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=34.751522,-92.330442&panoid=EJw5sv7O7imwVPd7zudcbQ&cbp=12,168.89,,2,2.07
Good god y'all.

Quote from: Central Avenue on December 06, 2013, 11:09:25 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7369%2F8993727962_57db782802_c.jpg&hash=76019df63d328ff730a51999b9ef5381b0d9343c)

Quote from: Central Avenue on December 06, 2013, 11:09:25 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7369%2F8993727962_57db782802_c.jpg&hash=76019df63d328ff730a51999b9ef5381b0d9343c)

Quote from: NE2 on December 06, 2013, 11:06:07 AM
No, it's on a motorway. There's an overpass where they cross.

Quote from: Signal on December 06, 2013, 04:53:18 PM
That's awesome... where is it?

Quote from: english si on December 05, 2013, 09:38:25 PM
Bunny ears (https://maps.google.com/?ll=52.331143,-1.736956&spn=0.031838,0.084543&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=52.331332,-1.75334&panoid=1xxxYfmojM9yshuaqJgKUg&cbp=12,263.81,,0,0.92) showing that you need to move left to turn right...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sabre-roads.org.uk%2Fwiki%2Fimages%2F8%2F8d%2FM42_Motorway_Splits%252C_Crazy_Road_Sign_-_%2522It_Could_Be_You%253F%2522_-_Geograph_-_1283020.jpg&hash=b357f0548f7888e067d2cec0f3c1d4082e57a68a)

Quote from: vtk on December 07, 2013, 01:21:22 PMAlso, what's with the thick boxes?  Are those parts changeable or something?

Quote from: US71 on December 08, 2013, 07:07:16 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3043%2F2889158303_95dbb237f5_z_d.jpg&hash=8d6c0bd3f2d83bd9b7065296ee760431362f7b1c)

US 56 near Kansas City, MO

Quote from: US71 on December 08, 2013, 07:07:16 PM
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US 56 near Kansas City, MO

Quote from: NE2 on December 09, 2013, 02:18:59 PM
I think Kansas City maintains US 56 in Missouri.

Quote from: sammi on December 19, 2013, 06:12:13 PM
Will I find a sign like this in the States?

Quote from: vtk on December 07, 2013, 04:54:28 PM
Looks like someone designed a decent 70 spec wide shield, then realized they didn't have a wide piece of sheet metal to put it on...

Quote from: sammi on December 19, 2013, 06:12:13 PM
Will I find a sign like this in the States? (EDIT: Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronrag/11047421175/))

Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 19, 2013, 06:53:05 PM

Quote from: sammi on December 19, 2013, 06:12:13 PM
Will I find a sign like this in the States? (EDIT: Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronrag/11047421175/))

any overhead gantries with "welcome to X road" in the US?  I seem to recall the PA turnpike had one many years ago.

it is a staple in Mexico.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/blog/photos/152911.jpg)

I thought I had a photo of one readily available that said "bienvenidos"* but this is the closest I've got offhand.  the ones I am thinking about are generally green; the Circuito Exterior Mexiquense seems to be an anomaly with red.

* or sometimes "welcome", in English.  the English ones are very popular in Baja California, hoping to attract US tourists.  I've heard the Yucatan area also has English ones, but cannot confirm.  metro Mexico City was all Spanish.

Quote from: sammi on December 19, 2013, 06:12:13 PM
Will I find a sign like this in the States? (EDIT: Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronrag/11047421175/))

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/q77/s720x720/1526524_564999760248146_330572673_n.jpg)

Quote from: NE2 on December 19, 2013, 06:22:11 PM
....

(https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/maine050/i-095_sb_exit_103_02.jpg)

Quote from: upstatenyroads on December 19, 2013, 08:46:29 PM
At one time wasn't there an overhead "Welcome to the Thomas E Dewey Thruway" overhead sign at Thruway mile 0? I don't remember if it's still there or not.

Quote from: vdeane on December 20, 2013, 08:46:08 PM
Also of note: those clearview county signs the Thruway installed are now in street view.

Quote from: Zeffy on December 21, 2013, 12:37:20 AM

Quote from: vdeane on December 20, 2013, 08:46:08 PM
Also of note: those clearview county signs the Thruway installed are now in street view.

I truly hope you are not referring to the county pentagon shields being in Clearview - because if so I might gouge my eyes out.

Quote from: vdeane on December 21, 2013, 10:29:15 AM
No, these things: http://goo.gl/maps/D0qQs (Westchester) http://goo.gl/maps/D8zwl (Bronx); the only county pentagon I know of on the Thruway is at exit 38 for old NY 57.

Quote from: sammi on December 21, 2013, 03:45:38 PM
40 is awfully slow for an expressway, don't you think?

Does anyone know the Vienna way of signing ramp speed?

Quote from: 1 on December 21, 2013, 03:56:42 PM

Quote from: sammi on December 21, 2013, 03:45:38 PM
40 is awfully slow for an expressway, don't you think?

Does anyone know the Vienna way of signing ramp speed?

I might see another speed limit circle past the exit, but I'm not sure.

Quote from: sammi on December 21, 2013, 04:22:12 PM

Quote from: 1 on December 21, 2013, 03:56:42 PM

Quote from: sammi on December 21, 2013, 03:45:38 PM
40 is awfully slow for an expressway, don't you think?

Does anyone know the Vienna way of signing ramp speed?

I might see another speed limit circle past the exit, but I'm not sure.

Actually, I think that's a "no passing".

Quote from: sammi on December 21, 2013, 03:45:38 PM
Does anyone know the Vienna way of signing ramp speed?

Quote from: Kniwt on December 26, 2013, 10:28:42 PM
Hello, *999? I'm reporting a road on the road. What's that? Oh, then; I'd like to report a bad case of line spacing on a big blue sign.

Quote from: Brandon on December 27, 2013, 11:32:34 AM
A sign I've seen from time-to-time in Illinois, but not anywhere much else (Archer Av, Justice, IL):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_3694_zps0a1fbe4b.jpg&hash=387b47ad40f2589d1a25001a8c38674d2dec60b2) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_3694_zps0a1fbe4b.jpg.html)

Sometimes a dash is used between "water" and "ice".

And this one is just interesting (Cortland, IL):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_3242_zps9370ab6a.jpg&hash=6c4d29fa7f3ef33ca5db7cb2bf4775c65a825527) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_3242_zps9370ab6a.jpg.html)

A bit wordy for a diamond sign.

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on December 28, 2013, 10:46:38 PM
This sort of counts, I think. There's a bunch of random arrow signs posted around the Byrd Park area of Richmond, Virginia. They're not goofs since there's no context, and there's no evidence anything else was posted along with the arrows.

Quote from: Zeffy on December 28, 2013, 10:51:53 PM
Finderne Ave, Bridgewater / Manville, New Jersey, I present the 'ENTRANCE' variant of the 'ONE WAY' sign:

https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-74.576564!3d40.568042!2m2!1f102.26!2f86.69!4f75!2m9!1e1!2m4!1smrs8x-kH7rWlWMBcwnKxfw!2e0!9m1!6sFinderne+Avenue!5m2!1smrs8x-kH7rWlWMBcwnKxfw!2e0&fid=5

Since the picture quality is so shitty, I made a mockup of what the sign says:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1300.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fag88%2FZeffyboy%2FSigns%2FOW-ent_zps7826da94.png&hash=5bd4fcdde037d06c293696f185e74782026fd1fd)

Quote from: NE2 on December 28, 2013, 11:05:39 PM

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on December 28, 2013, 10:46:38 PM
This sort of counts, I think. There's a bunch of random arrow signs posted around the Byrd Park area of Richmond, Virginia. They're not goofs since there's no context, and there's no evidence anything else was posted along with the arrows.

Hmmm, too new for the Goog. Maybe they're planning on installing shields at a later date. Perhaps USBR 1 is getting realigned to follow R3 across the Boulevard Bridge (but it's dumb to not put the USBR 1 and R3 shields together)? Maps of current alignments here: http://www.richmond.com/recreation/article_bf1d480d-7b17-5651-8c6f-9a5a33aad617.html?mode=image&photo= Are the other arrows also along R3?

QuoteEssex County Prosecutors office display signs asking for information on the homicides of Zainee Hailey, 13, and Kasson Mormon, 15, who were shot and killed on Christmas night at 102 Schley Street in Newark. The scene on Friday, December, 27, 2013. Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger

Quote from: Zeffy on December 31, 2013, 01:03:56 PM
Interesting VMS in Newark, New Jersey...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgick.nj.com%2Fhome%2Fnjo-media%2Fpgmain%2Fimg%2Fstar-ledger%2Fphoto%2F2013%2F12%2F-4613d20e01b38583.jpg&hash=55d7e14a7d66ded60e45282b4fd9220d4ba38420)

To quote from the article in which I found it,

QuoteEssex County Prosecutors office display signs asking for information on the homicides of Zainee Hailey, 13, and Kasson Mormon, 15, who were shot and killed on Christmas night at 102 Schley Street in Newark. The scene on Friday, December, 27, 2013. Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger

Quote from: Zeffy on January 03, 2014, 12:39:36 PM
Uhhhh.... (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-74.841809!3d40.252906!2m2!1f296.92!2f84.04!4f19.92!2m9!1e1!2m4!1sbbSjLpAYA5Wv6YbtLOYL2g!2e0!9m1!6sRiver+Road!5m2!1sbbSjLpAYA5Wv6YbtLOYL2g!2e0&fid=5)

I don't have the faintest clue in why there is an I-95 shield with an arrow pointing... to the opposite side of the road. There's not even a ramp there!

Quote from: Kacie Jane on January 03, 2014, 03:31:51 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on January 03, 2014, 12:39:36 PM
Uhhhh.... (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-74.841809!3d40.252906!2m2!1f296.92!2f84.04!4f19.92!2m9!1e1!2m4!1sbbSjLpAYA5Wv6YbtLOYL2g!2e0!9m1!6sRiver+Road!5m2!1sbbSjLpAYA5Wv6YbtLOYL2g!2e0&fid=5)

I don't have the faintest clue in why there is an I-95 shield with an arrow pointing... to the opposite side of the road. There's not even a ramp there!

Errrr, okay, I guess there's not a ramp right there, but there is one just around the curve there....

Quote from: Zeffy on January 03, 2014, 12:39:36 PM
Uhhhh.... (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-74.841809!3d40.252906!2m2!1f296.92!2f84.04!4f19.92!2m9!1e1!2m4!1sbbSjLpAYA5Wv6YbtLOYL2g!2e0!9m1!6sRiver+Road!5m2!1sbbSjLpAYA5Wv6YbtLOYL2g!2e0&fid=5)

I don't have the faintest clue in why there is an I-95 shield with an arrow pointing... to the opposite side of the road. There's not even a ramp there!

And then there's this sign, (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-74.817065!3d40.24086!2m2!1f144.11!2f82.62!4f15!2m9!1e1!2m4!1slGDWtMHI74TdQVxRWYExxw!2e0!9m1!6sNew+Jersey+29!5m2!1slGDWtMHI74TdQVxRWYExxw!2e0&fid=5) and out of the states I've visited, New Jersey's the only one who posts a sign like this.

Quote from: jeffandnicole on January 03, 2014, 04:11:17 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on January 03, 2014, 12:39:36 PM
Uhhhh.... (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-74.841809!3d40.252906!2m2!1f296.92!2f84.04!4f19.92!2m9!1e1!2m4!1sbbSjLpAYA5Wv6YbtLOYL2g!2e0!9m1!6sRiver+Road!5m2!1sbbSjLpAYA5Wv6YbtLOYL2g!2e0&fid=5)

I don't have the faintest clue in why there is an I-95 shield with an arrow pointing... to the opposite side of the road. There's not even a ramp there!

And then there's this sign, (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-74.817065!3d40.24086!2m2!1f144.11!2f82.62!4f15!2m9!1e1!2m4!1slGDWtMHI74TdQVxRWYExxw!2e0!9m1!6sNew+Jersey+29!5m2!1slGDWtMHI74TdQVxRWYExxw!2e0&fid=5) and out of the states I've visited, New Jersey's the only one who posts a sign like this.

Could that be on the border entering Trenton? Maybe they're being discreet about it!

Quote from: jeffandnicole on January 03, 2014, 04:11:17 PM
Could that be on the border entering Trenton? Maybe they're being discreet about it!

Quote from: mhh on January 03, 2014, 01:08:41 PM
We need one of those lonely arrows signs to go with this.

http://goo.gl/maps/468YJ (http://goo.gl/maps/468YJ)

The library is actually half a mile straight ahead, but no one would ever know it from this sign.

Quote from: mass_citizen on January 04, 2014, 03:19:08 PM

Quote from: mhh on January 03, 2014, 01:08:41 PM
We need one of those lonely arrows signs to go with this.

http://goo.gl/maps/468YJ (http://goo.gl/maps/468YJ)

The library is actually half a mile straight ahead, but no one would ever know it from this sign.

love library signs.


whats with this LGS/street sign further up at the intersection? it looks like a list of street names but doenst give any directional information.

http://goo.gl/maps/UaWsH

Quote from: Zeffy on January 03, 2014, 12:39:36 PMAnd then there's this sign, (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-74.817065!3d40.24086!2m2!1f144.11!2f82.62!4f15!2m9!1e1!2m4!1slGDWtMHI74TdQVxRWYExxw!2e0!9m1!6sNew+Jersey+29!5m2!1slGDWtMHI74TdQVxRWYExxw!2e0&fid=5) and out of the states I've visited, New Jersey's the only one who posts a sign like this.

Quote from: NE2 on January 04, 2014, 02:56:30 AM
So it should be an M5-2 (http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part2/fig2d_05_longdesc.htm) rather than an M6-2. Woo.

Quote from: Zeffy on December 31, 2013, 01:03:56 PM
Interesting VMS in Newark, New Jersey...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgick.nj.com%2Fhome%2Fnjo-media%2Fpgmain%2Fimg%2Fstar-ledger%2Fphoto%2F2013%2F12%2F-4613d20e01b38583.jpg&hash=55d7e14a7d66ded60e45282b4fd9220d4ba38420)

To quote from the article in which I found it,

QuoteEssex County Prosecutors office display signs asking for information on the homicides of Zainee Hailey, 13, and Kasson Mormon, 15, who were shot and killed on Christmas night at 102 Schley Street in Newark. The scene on Friday, December, 27, 2013. Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger

Quote from: Big John on January 07, 2014, 10:37:21 AM
^^ Cobb Co GA goes bezerk with those (5 flashers in one spot): http://goo.gl/maps/obMiD

Quote from: J N Winkler on January 04, 2014, 04:55:09 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on January 03, 2014, 12:39:36 PMAnd then there's this sign, (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-74.817065!3d40.24086!2m2!1f144.11!2f82.62!4f15!2m9!1e1!2m4!1slGDWtMHI74TdQVxRWYExxw!2e0!9m1!6sNew+Jersey+29!5m2!1slGDWtMHI74TdQVxRWYExxw!2e0&fid=5) and out of the states I've visited, New Jersey's the only one who posts a sign like this.

It is somewhat analogous to how the Topeka city limits (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Topeka,+KS&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Topeka,+Shawnee,+Kansas&ll=39.053351,-95.785568&spn=0.001135,0.002411&t=m&z=19&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=39.053355,-95.785353&panoid=SHDP7FUk6dgVceL9PChfgQ&cbp=12,82.29,,0,0) are treated on I-70 eastbound ("CAPITAL CITY" replaces the usual "CITY LIMIT").

Quote from: Scott5114 on January 26, 2014, 02:35:48 AMIs that actually the city limit, though? If you continue east on I-70, there's a typical "Topeka / CITY LIMIT" sign near the bridge upstream of the I-470 ramp diverge.

Quote from: J N Winkler on January 26, 2014, 10:13:36 AM
This is not an easy question to answer.  Using Google Maps' shading distinction between incorporated and unincorporated land, the first sign (which references Topeka as "CAPITAL CITY") is located at the point where the Topeka municipal boundary first touches I-70.

Quote from: bassoon1986 on January 27, 2014, 04:36:58 PM
I found this just off of US 165 in Monroe, LA near the ULM campus. However, it belonged to a tree cutting company by the same name repairing tornado damage at a nearby house. I thought LA DOTD had a sense of humor.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7385%2F12178840513_afb1929c83.jpg&hash=cd7f3e18a5471438e06b69f60d2c819e4373de49) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/12178840513/)

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/12178840513/)

Quote from: Zeffy on January 27, 2014, 07:37:37 PM
I assume the 'I H' stands for 'Interstate Highway', correct?

Also, I get a strange feeling that 'Avenue H' should be 'H Avenue', but then again, I don't know Dallas (or Texas for that matter) that well.

Quote from: 1 on January 27, 2014, 04:43:05 PM

Quote from: bassoon1986 on January 27, 2014, 04:36:58 PM
I found this just off of US 165 in Monroe, LA near the ULM campus. However, it belonged to a tree cutting company by the same name repairing tornado damage at a nearby house. I thought LA DOTD had a sense of humor.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7385%2F12178840513_afb1929c83.jpg&hash=cd7f3e18a5471438e06b69f60d2c819e4373de49) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/12178840513/)

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/geojosh/12178840513/)

Most people would think it was a typo for "caution".

Quote from: vtk on January 28, 2014, 12:29:11 PM
I think it's in poor taste to advertise one's business name on a sign that's supposed to warn motorists of a hazard on the road.

Quote from: Brandon on January 28, 2014, 02:44:00 PM

Quote from: vtk on January 28, 2014, 12:29:11 PM
I think it's in poor taste to advertise one's business name on a sign that's supposed to warn motorists of a hazard on the road.

Could be ethnic, as in they are tree cutters who are Cajuns.

Quote from: mass_citizen on February 10, 2014, 02:45:01 AM
this confusing as well as ugly specific service sign is courtesy of MassDOT.

http://goo.gl/maps/WE6AO

Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 10, 2014, 10:24:48 AM

Quote from: mass_citizen on February 10, 2014, 02:45:01 AM
this confusing as well as ugly specific service sign is courtesy of MassDOT.

http://goo.gl/maps/WE6AO

Note not only the white arrow next to Dunkin Donuts, but the very long black arrow that you can barely tell is an arrow on the actual DD plate as well.

Quote from: Big John on February 10, 2014, 09:04:00 PM
^^ I have seen such signs in Pennsylvania.

Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 10, 2014, 10:24:48 AM
Note not only the white arrow next to Dunkin Donuts, but the very long black arrow that you can barely tell is an arrow on the actual DD plate as well.

Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 10, 2014, 09:30:13 PM
that's not all that unreasonable.  here in California, we've got $860 for a right turn on red camera.

Quote from: hubcity on February 11, 2014, 07:56:45 AM
...and the faster you go, the more you save!

Quote from: PColumbus73 on February 11, 2014, 10:59:26 PM
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=arcata+ca&ll=40.875162,-124.083294&spn=0.00066,0.001206&hnear=Arcata,+Humboldt+County,+California&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=40.875165,-124.083358&panoid=jrZo2xzwkVYO-8ngELuf-Q&cbp=12,9.5,,3,-11.98

The opposite corner arrows anyone?

Quote from: US71 on December 07, 2013, 04:06:37 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3407%2F3203182016_9c5844f698_z_d.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&hash=2fca3e5f38a792d1e444a9c1803cccff16fd256c)
Anorexic 380 in Roswell, NM

Quote from: Zeffy on February 17, 2014, 12:13:14 PM
Hmm, that's funny, I don't see any water for a boat to be crossing the road...  :bigass:

Quote from: Mr. Matté on February 23, 2014, 03:50:05 PM
Interprinceton 6k:
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Quote from: 1 on February 23, 2014, 03:57:33 PM

Quote from: Mr. Matté on February 23, 2014, 03:50:05 PM
Interprinceton 6k:

Where is this? In another country?

Quote from: jake on February 28, 2014, 06:08:00 PM
A double roundabout diagram. Never seen one before.

BC Highway 97 at Campbell Road (http://goo.gl/JRKExq)

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Quote from: PenguinXL2 on March 18, 2014, 07:55:18 PM
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Quote from: 1 on March 18, 2014, 07:55:40 PM

Quote from: PenguinXL2 on March 18, 2014, 07:55:18 PM
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what

Quote from: vdeane on March 18, 2014, 11:28:50 PM
Fezzes are cool (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvWYw0CnuSI)

Quote from: Mr. Matté on March 24, 2014, 08:20:28 PM
Any time I see a pictorial Yield Ahead sign where the yield symbol is really huge, I think of the early-episodes of Family Guy where the character's mouths really show their teeth:

Quote from: formulanone on March 31, 2014, 07:55:20 PM
^ Pick-a-state, Anystate? But probably...Massachusetts?

Quote from: formulanone on March 31, 2014, 07:55:20 PM
^ Pick-a-state, Anystate? But probably...Massachusetts?

Quote from: SidS1045 on March 31, 2014, 10:56:00 PM

Quote from: formulanone on March 31, 2014, 07:55:20 PM
^ Pick-a-state, Anystate? But probably...Massachusetts?

Given what looks like a paddle sign across the road, I'd say you're right.

Quote from: formulanone on April 01, 2014, 12:50:42 PM
I always thought the paddle signs were duplicated on both sides? (Then again, I haven't spent any serious time in MA since 1991.)

Quote from: 1995hoo on April 06, 2014, 09:14:31 PM
New signs outside Nationals Park on Friday. Never seen either before anywhere else. The second one strikes me as really odd. If the taxi driver stops to pick up someone hailing him, how exactly do they plan to tow his cab? A ticket, sure, but do they really intend to remove the cabbie from his vehicle (by force if needed) so as to tow the cab?

Quote from: formulanone on March 31, 2014, 07:55:20 PM
^ Pick-a-state, Anystate? But probably...Massachusetts?

Quote from: talllguy on April 14, 2014, 12:53:54 AM
X Post from the fonts forum.

:banghead: What in the world is this? (Forgive me for being a bit of a font n00b, but this is something I have never seen)

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3759/13836866795_c4a4c552d3_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/n5HyqT)
Shields at Grovenor Metro Station Exit (https://flic.kr/p/n5HyqT) by Elliott P (https://www.flickr.com/people/88483799@N00/), on Flickr

Quote from: SidS1045 on April 01, 2014, 01:10:38 PM

Quote from: formulanone on April 01, 2014, 12:50:42 PM
I always thought the paddle signs were duplicated on both sides? (Then again, I haven't spent any serious time in MA since 1991.)

They can be, but usually aren't.

Quote from: formulanone on April 14, 2014, 06:29:56 PM

Quote from: talllguy on April 14, 2014, 12:53:54 AM
X Post from the fonts forum.

:banghead: What in the world is this? (Forgive me for being a bit of a font n00b, but this is something I have never seen)

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3759/13836866795_c4a4c552d3_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/n5HyqT)
Shields at Grovenor Metro Station Exit (https://flic.kr/p/n5HyqT) by Elliott P (https://www.flickr.com/people/88483799@N00/), on Flickr

The font looks like Franklin Gothic, but its been compressed on the shield, and stretched on the banners.

...could be wrong, though.

Quote from: Zeffy on April 14, 2014, 10:37:34 AM
You know, I understand sign designing companies will allow custom signs, and I'm all for that, but can they start to reduce the number of custom fonts? This is just ugly.

As for the Clearview park sign, well, it surprisingly didn't turn out as bad as I could imagine it to be, but this shouldn't become a trend.

Quote from: roadman on April 14, 2014, 06:48:16 PMThe transition away from PBS (painted both sides) signs began in the mid-1990s (at the same time as MassHighway started including actual route shields on all signs instead of numbers)

Quote from: talllguy on April 15, 2014, 01:20:17 PM
I thought this was odd because VMS are usually mounted overhead. I don't think I've ever seen one mounted on a pole like this. Looks like a billboard. I-495 in Maryland.

Quote from: talllguy on April 15, 2014, 01:20:17 PM
I thought this was odd because VMS are usually mounted overhead. I don't think I've ever seen one mounted on a pole like this. Looks like a billboard. I-495 in Maryland.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/13860659405_4691ded97b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/n7Pv9i)
VMS on a Pole (https://flic.kr/p/n7Pv9i) by Elliott P (https://www.flickr.com/people/88483799@N00/), on Flickr

Quote from: talllguy on April 15, 2014, 01:20:17 PM
I thought this was odd because VMS are usually mounted overhead. I don't think I've ever seen one mounted on a pole like this. Looks like a billboard. I-495 in Maryland.

Quote from: talllguy on April 15, 2014, 04:11:10 PM
How about this one? An attempt to save on the cost of a 1/4" bolt? Also this is just odd for many reasons. Too low, mounted on a rock, colors mixed, doesn't make sense.

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3718/13860691163_8e1695bc69.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/n7PEzR)
Saving Bolts (https://flic.kr/p/n7PEzR) by Elliott P (https://www.flickr.com/people/88483799@N00/), on Flickr

Quote from: talllguy on April 15, 2014, 04:11:10 PM
How about this one? An attempt to save on the cost of a 1/4" bolt? Also this is just odd for many reasons. Too low, mounted on a rock, colors mixed, doesn't make sense.

Quote from: talllguy on April 15, 2014, 01:20:17 PM
I thought this was odd because VMS are usually mounted overhead. I don't think I've ever seen one mounted on a pole like this. Looks like a billboard. I-495 in Maryland.

[no texting/no hand-held phone]

Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 15, 2014, 05:12:40 PM
"if you see something, say something" that was prevalent circa 2006

Quote from: talllguy on April 15, 2014, 01:20:17 PM
I thought this was odd because VMS are usually mounted overhead. I don't think I've ever seen one mounted on a pole like this. Looks like a billboard. I-495 in Maryland.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/13860659405_4691ded97b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/n7Pv9i)
VMS on a Pole (https://flic.kr/p/n7Pv9i) by Elliott P (https://www.flickr.com/people/88483799@N00/), on Flickr

Quote from: 1995hoo on April 17, 2014, 10:38:15 AM
This is probably fake, but it made me smile anyway:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fprojectroadrush.freeforums.net%2Fattachment%2Fdownload%2F14&hash=c8743891caa3d4e2440b301f1db56f5ea7314da4)

Quote from: Zeffy on April 17, 2014, 10:50:11 AM
I don't see anything - but it might be because the link is pointing to an attachment on a forum, which is usually unable to be linked to without registration.

Quote from: 1995hoo on April 17, 2014, 11:03:06 AM
It's showing up fine for me on multiple devices, but thanks for telling me. I'll edit the original post.

Quote from: Zeffy on April 17, 2014, 11:07:10 AM

Quote from: 1995hoo on April 17, 2014, 11:03:06 AM
It's showing up fine for me on multiple devices, but thanks for telling me. I'll edit the original post.

If that sign is fake - then I will give whoever did that a gold medal in Photoshopping, because it's fooling me.

Quote from: talllguy on April 15, 2014, 01:20:17 PM
I thought this was odd because VMS are usually mounted overhead. I don't think I've ever seen one mounted on a pole like this. Looks like a billboard. I-495 in Maryland.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/13860659405_4691ded97b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/n7Pv9i)
VMS on a Pole (https://flic.kr/p/n7Pv9i) by Elliott P (https://www.flickr.com/people/88483799@N00/), on Flickr

Quote from: talllguy on April 15, 2014, 01:20:17 PM
I thought this was odd because VMS are usually mounted overhead. I don't think I've ever seen one mounted on a pole like this. Looks like a billboard. I-495 in Maryland.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5191/13860659405_4691ded97b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/n7Pv9i)
VMS on a Pole (https://flic.kr/p/n7Pv9i) by Elliott P (https://www.flickr.com/people/88483799@N00/), on Flickr

Quote from: Big John on May 02, 2014, 08:56:34 AM
^^ So Seattle adopted the Canadian "no turn on red" symbol sign I see.

Quote from: 1995hoo on May 04, 2014, 02:22:33 PM
The first time I saw that style of No Turn on Red sign was on the Island of Montreal. Turning on red is now legal in the province of Quebec except on the Island of Montreal (similar to New York State versus New York City, though I don't know of Montreal having an exception where a sign permits it like NYC has).

Quote from: Zeffy on May 16, 2014, 03:06:41 PM
Sorry for the amount of water on the window - it was raining. Very hard.

Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 16, 2014, 03:40:34 PM
Otherwise, for a temporary setup, looks like they executed it well, with guiding traffic both directions to prevent overloading of any one particular route.

Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 16, 2014, 03:40:34 PM
Quit with the excuses.  Get out there and dry the window next time! :-)

Quote from: Zeffy on May 16, 2014, 03:50:38 PM
Well that would've worked if it weren't POURING rain when I took the picture.  :D

Quote from: vdeane on May 16, 2014, 06:48:09 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on May 16, 2014, 03:50:38 PM
Well that would've worked if it weren't POURING rain when I took the picture.  :D

Get a tent to cover the car and the shields.  And dry the shields first too.  And the scenery.

Quote from: jake on May 16, 2014, 07:18:25 PM

Quote from: vdeane on May 16, 2014, 06:48:09 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on May 16, 2014, 03:50:38 PM
Well that would've worked if it weren't POURING rain when I took the picture.  :D

Get a tent to cover the car and the shields.  And dry the shields first too.  And the scenery.

If we are gonna get a tent why not just stay the night there? Get a number of shots at different light levels, just see which one turns out best! Easy.

Quote from: Alex4897 on May 17, 2014, 10:08:31 AM

Quote from: jake on May 16, 2014, 07:18:25 PM

Quote from: vdeane on May 16, 2014, 06:48:09 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on May 16, 2014, 03:50:38 PM
Well that would've worked if it weren't POURING rain when I took the picture.  :D

Get a tent to cover the car and the shields.  And dry the shields first too.  And the scenery.

If we are gonna get a tent why not just stay the night there? Get a number of shots at different light levels, just see which one turns out best! Easy.

While you're at it, why don't you just make it stop raining.  Can't be too hard.

Quote from: Zeffy on May 24, 2014, 12:17:56 AM
Interesting groups of signs I found on a fire station in Chicago:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.894972,-87.748502,3a,19.6y,313.52h,87.57t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sPq5a7UaRGrLWyP-n0cCU5g!2e0

From what I can see in the picture, the shields say 'UNIT(s)' at the top, and the unit number at the bottom. It looks to be in full FHWA font as well.

Quote from: vtk on May 24, 2014, 12:51:27 AM

They probably asked a local DOT sign shop to makee those for them. They're probably retroreflective and everything.  The US route marker seems appropriate because of the shape similarity to police/fire badges.

Quote from: vtk on May 24, 2014, 12:51:27 AM

Quote from: Zeffy on May 24, 2014, 12:17:56 AM
Interesting groups of signs I found on a fire station in Chicago:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.894972,-87.748502,3a,19.6y,313.52h,87.57t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sPq5a7UaRGrLWyP-n0cCU5g!2e0

From what I can see in the picture, the shields say 'UNIT(s)' at the top, and the unit number at the bottom. It looks to be in full FHWA font as well.

They probably asked a local DOT sign shop to makee those for them. They're probably retroreflective and everything.  The US route marker seems appropriate because of the shape similarity to police/fire badges.

Quote from: jake on May 29, 2014, 12:11:36 AM
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Quote from: vtk on May 29, 2014, 12:33:14 PM
Why is "Detour Via" not in all caps?  And is it common practice in BC to have figures to the right of a decimal point in smaller type?

Quote from: jake on May 29, 2014, 01:32:51 PM
Not sure why "Detour Via" is not in caps, but in regards to smaller numbers right of a decimal point, that's a standard. Here's a distance sign with the same approach:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCV911NA.png&hash=52c887b55dd895f08f7cd2a5097fd2a6d0346209)

Quote from: Brandon on May 29, 2014, 01:46:13 PM
Damn, I hate that.  Just use a fricking fraction and make it look nicer instead of those ugly small numbers after a point.

Quote from: Zeffy on May 29, 2014, 02:16:48 PM

Quote from: Brandon on May 29, 2014, 01:46:13 PM
Damn, I hate that.  Just use a fricking fraction and make it look nicer instead of those ugly small numbers after a point.

I believe the UK is guilty of this practice on signs such as this one

Quote from: jake on May 29, 2014, 01:32:51 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCV911NA.png&hash=52c887b55dd895f08f7cd2a5097fd2a6d0346209)

Quote from: Brandon on May 29, 2014, 01:46:13 PM

Quote from: jake on May 29, 2014, 01:32:51 PM
Not sure why "Detour Via" is not in caps, but in regards to smaller numbers right of a decimal point, that's a standard. Here's a distance sign with the same approach:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCV911NA.png&hash=52c887b55dd895f08f7cd2a5097fd2a6d0346209)

Damn, I hate that.  Just use a fricking fraction and make it look nicer instead of those ugly small numbers after a point.

Quote from: 1995hoo on May 29, 2014, 02:33:19 PM
Sample from Autoroute 15 southeast of Montreal linked below. I recall the old non-Clearview signs using a larger, more pronounced comma than the one seen here.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.350177,-73.519923,3a,75y,21.43h,107.99t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1ssjlMFKiLulmXJzpxOqaokg!2e0

Quote from: 1995hoo on May 29, 2014, 02:33:19 PM
Fractions are non-standard with metric units. That's part of the whole point of the system.

If you don't like the decimal points, you'd REALLY hate the signs in Quebec that use the standard French version of the decimal point–a comma, such as 1,5 km (meaning 1500 m). Not all their signs are like that, though–some use a period instead.

Sample from Autoroute 15 southeast of Montreal linked below. I recall the old non-Clearview signs using a larger, more pronounced comma than the one seen here.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.350177,-73.519923,3a,75y,21.43h,107.99t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1ssjlMFKiLulmXJzpxOqaokg!2e0

Quote from: Brandon on May 29, 2014, 03:32:12 PM
1 1/2 is a lot easier to see and read at 70 mph than 1.5 or 1,5.

Quote from: roadman on May 29, 2014, 03:48:19 PM

Quote from: Brandon on May 29, 2014, 03:32:12 PM
1 1/2 is a lot easier to see and read at 70 mph than 1.5 or 1,5.

Plus, it's so easy to miss the decimal at a glance.  On a resurfacing project on I-93 between Wilmington (MA) and Methuen (MA) a few years back, the contractor installed a sign reading "Road Work Next 13.8 Miles".  Problem was, the sign was so small that the decimal became nearly invisible.  A quick look at the panel, and you'd swear the sign read "138 Miles".

Quote from: roadman on May 29, 2014, 03:48:19 PM

Quote from: Brandon on May 29, 2014, 03:32:12 PM
1 1/2 is a lot easier to see and read at 70 mph than 1.5 or 1,5.

Plus, it's so easy to miss the decimal at a glance.  On a resurfacing project on I-93 between Wilmington (MA) and Methuen (MA) a few years back, the contractor installed a sign reading "Road Work Next 13.8 Miles".  Problem was, the sign was so small that the decimal became nearly invisible.  A quick look at the panel, and you'd swear the sign read "138 Miles".

Quote from: Brandon on May 29, 2014, 03:32:12 PM

Quote from: 1995hoo on May 29, 2014, 02:33:19 PM
Fractions are non-standard with metric units. That's part of the whole point of the system.

If you don't like the decimal points, you'd REALLY hate the signs in Quebec that use the standard French version of the decimal point–a comma, such as 1,5 km (meaning 1500 m). Not all their signs are like that, though–some use a period instead.

Sample from Autoroute 15 southeast of Montreal linked below. I recall the old non-Clearview signs using a larger, more pronounced comma than the one seen here.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.350177,-73.519923,3a,75y,21.43h,107.99t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1ssjlMFKiLulmXJzpxOqaokg!2e0

I'm even less fond of the comma being misused in place of a decimal point.  The "point" of SI may be a lack of fractions, but fractions actually, IMHO, make it easier to read as one drives.

1 1/2 is a lot easier to see and read at 70 mph than 1.5 or 1,5.

Quote from: vdeane on May 29, 2014, 08:35:54 PM
I do not understand why those languages adopted the comma for decimals at all.  Commas mean "pause between breaths".  Decimal points mean "break in idea".  A decimal number is the latter, not the former!

Quote from: vdeane on May 29, 2014, 08:35:54 PM
I do not understand why those languages adopted the comma for decimals at all.  Commas mean "pause between breaths".  Decimal points mean "break in idea".  A decimal number is the latter, not the former!

Quote from: Thing 342 on June 05, 2014, 03:46:07 PM
I found this assembly at highway-themed ride at a waterpark near me (photo not by me, can be found here (http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25104&view=next)):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themeparkreview.com%2Fforum%2Ffiles%2Fhh_7_152.jpg&hash=893d87038f620cce66dc0836fe35598b8bf64eef)

It's interesting how they combine US-style signage with some semi-European signage. Furthermore, why are the fonts different on each sign? Why does VA-55 point away from ALT-I-66?

Quote from: briantroutman on June 05, 2014, 08:48:57 PM
Considering this is Virgina, I suppose we should be happy that the Interstate shield is a cutout.

Quote from: briantroutman on June 05, 2014, 08:48:57 PM
Considering this is Virgina, I suppose we should be happy that the Interstate shield is a cutout.

Quote from: hbelkins on June 05, 2014, 11:05:41 PM
The "TO OLD ALT" plates look like they could have come off of one of the assemblies with cutouts for Alternate US 58 in the Norton area.

Quote from: Mapmikey on June 06, 2014, 10:10:07 AM

I am curious about the BGS in the background though...

Mapmikey

Quote from: freebrickproductions on June 09, 2014, 01:51:42 PM
One that you don't see every day:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/9324849840_bc228aa886.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fd1hZ7)
Left Lane Must Turn Left (https://flic.kr/p/fd1hZ7) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Quote from: freebrickproductions on June 09, 2014, 01:51:42 PM
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2914/14197545289_b1785640f5.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nCA8zB)
Highway to hell? (https://flic.kr/p/nCA8zB) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2014, 02:57:11 PM
is there something I'm missing on "LEFT LANE MUST TURN LEFT"?  I remember once someone photoshopped one to say "LEFT LANE MUST LEFT RIGHT" and posted it on Failblog or something similar... but this one looks to be standard.

Quote from: Scott5114 on June 09, 2014, 06:31:27 PM
Isn't Left Lane Must Turn Left just the textual equivalent of the "[left arrow] ONLY" signs which are common pretty much everywhere?

Quote from: Scott5114 on June 09, 2014, 06:31:27 PM
Isn't Left Lane Must Turn Left just the textual equivalent of the "[left arrow] ONLY" signs which are common pretty much everywhere?

Quote from: jake on June 10, 2014, 03:31:13 AM
This is the first Clearview stop sign that I've ever seen:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F1jYqmZg.png&hash=dc7ec3cea9221d4979cb3581a69a5d7bec47d647)

It's located in Abbotsford (http://goo.gl/qjVX1r), British Columbia.

Quote from: jake on May 04, 2014, 02:53:24 PM
I only started paying attention to signs about a year ago, but I too have only seen this sign in Canada. There is a sort of half-symbol-half-text no turn on red sign a number of blocks south at the off-ramp from I-5 North (http://goo.gl/HN1lM3) but this is the only American symbol-only no turn on red that I have ever seen.

Quote from: Alex4897 on June 15, 2014, 12:17:21 PM

Quote from: jake on June 10, 2014, 03:31:13 AM
This is the first Clearview stop sign that I've ever seen:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F1jYqmZg.png&hash=dc7ec3cea9221d4979cb3581a69a5d7bec47d647)

It's located in Abbotsford (http://goo.gl/qjVX1r), British Columbia.

Oh gosh, please don't let that spread to the US.

Quote from: iowahighways on June 19, 2014, 08:41:38 PM
One for the "wordy signs" category from downtown Davenport, IA:

(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6165/6178087998_da638a1ff6.jpg)

Quote from: Brandon on June 18, 2014, 03:21:24 PM

Quote from: Alex4897 on June 15, 2014, 12:17:21 PM

Quote from: jake on June 10, 2014, 03:31:13 AM
This is the first Clearview stop sign that I've ever seen:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F1jYqmZg.png&hash=dc7ec3cea9221d4979cb3581a69a5d7bec47d647)

It's located in Abbotsford (http://goo.gl/qjVX1r), British Columbia.

Oh gosh, please don't let that spread to the US.

They have, I've seen them.

Now, for the best looking stop signs out there, I prefer Michigan's custom font.

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=42.361655,-83.275274&spn=0.002259,0.005284&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=42.361655,-83.275274&panoid=5HcemoS5yqYNmaa7eD7r2A&cbp=12,325.34,,2,-0.32

The "S" has the same curvature on both the top and bottom parts, unlike FHWA which is smaller on top.

Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 22, 2014, 08:41:28 PM
Orange, Mass:

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2936/14298409270_bfd25521cd.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/93617544@N08/14298409270/)

Quote from: Kniwt on June 23, 2014, 11:07:50 PM
Found this new-ish one today at the junction of NT 1 and NT 3. Canada's most northerly exit sign? It's so cute when the kids get together and play Make-Believe Freeway. But it's designed so well!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFai0DhU.jpg&hash=6afbe2b78f532829f6de5f19abbcd1b519923761)

Quote from: thenetwork on June 23, 2014, 11:20:16 PM

Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 22, 2014, 08:41:28 PM
Orange, Mass:

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2936/14298409270_bfd25521cd.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/93617544@N08/14298409270/)

That is the first time I have ever seen a city have TWO separate Main Streets which cross each other!

Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 24, 2014, 07:06:58 PM

Quote from: thenetwork on June 23, 2014, 11:20:16 PM

Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 22, 2014, 08:41:28 PM
Orange, Mass:

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2936/14298409270_bfd25521cd.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/93617544@N08/14298409270/)

That is the first time I have ever seen a city have TWO separate Main Streets which cross each other!

This was an added bonus.  I first went back for the picture for the traffic-light-mounted street sign, only later discovering it was at the intersection of four Main Streets.

Quote from: mrsman on June 27, 2014, 01:56:23 PM

Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 24, 2014, 07:06:58 PM

Quote from: thenetwork on June 23, 2014, 11:20:16 PM

Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 22, 2014, 08:41:28 PM
Orange, Mass:

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2936/14298409270_bfd25521cd.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/93617544@N08/14298409270/)

That is the first time I have ever seen a city have TWO separate Main Streets which cross each other!

This was an added bonus.  I first went back for the picture for the traffic-light-mounted street sign, only later discovering it was at the intersection of four Main Streets.

Four Main Streets, it makes Atlanta's Peachtree system seem sensible in comparison.

Quote from: WichitaRoads on June 27, 2014, 02:30:08 PM

Quote from: mrsman on June 27, 2014, 01:56:23 PM

Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 24, 2014, 07:06:58 PM

Quote from: thenetwork on June 23, 2014, 11:20:16 PM

Quote from: Pete from Boston on June 22, 2014, 08:41:28 PM
Orange, Mass:

That is the first time I have ever seen a city have TWO separate Main Streets which cross each other!

This was an added bonus.  I first went back for the picture for the traffic-light-mounted street sign, only later discovering it was at the intersection of four Main Streets.

Four Main Streets, it makes Atlanta's Peachtree system seem sensible in comparison.

How old is the image? If you look at Google images, the signs are not there... but, it was last updated in 2009.

ICTRds

Quote from: vtk on June 30, 2014, 10:10:28 AM
I prefer that over Frutiger or whatever it is airports tend to use on signs.

Quote from: Zeffy on July 05, 2014, 11:22:22 AM
I don't think I've ever seen block numbers on signs that aren't street blade signs.

Quote from: vtk on July 05, 2014, 01:07:34 PM
Chicago even puts block numbers on freeway exit BGS, don't they?

Quote from: vtk on July 05, 2014, 01:07:34 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on July 05, 2014, 11:22:22 AM
I don't think I've ever seen block numbers on signs that aren't street blade signs.

Chicago even puts block numbers on freeway exit BGS, don't they?

Quote from: Brandon on July 05, 2014, 05:28:02 PM
Yes, within Chicago only.  Here's a few examples, various expressways:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2145.jpg&hash=3cd11a2f7414a265f56900079f5083c716ccfd22) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_2145.jpg.html)

Quote from: Brandon on July 05, 2014, 05:28:02 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4169_zps054575be.jpg&hash=d0dac29c02175511ef777648b8c76290d2e07316) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4169_zps054575be.jpg.html)

Quote from: jake on June 30, 2014, 01:55:21 AMIf you are in Washington, from my knowledge, this is the only place where you can be travelling 60 mph and have Clearview directing you.

Quote from: Zeffy on July 05, 2014, 05:45:04 PM

Quote from: Brandon on July 05, 2014, 05:28:02 PM
Yes, within Chicago only.  Here's a few examples, various expressways:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_2145.jpg&hash=3cd11a2f7414a265f56900079f5083c716ccfd22) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_2145.jpg.html)

Slightly off topic, but are there exits 51 A-G somewhere before that exit?  :)

Quote from: Brandon on July 05, 2014, 05:28:02 PM

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4170_zps51a2919b.jpg&hash=bf65c121e9a887a997be37c2b0ec5cd5e86a4a4e) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4170_zps51a2919b.jpg.html)

Quote from: Kacie Jane on July 05, 2014, 05:46:44 PM

Quote from: jake on June 30, 2014, 01:55:21 AMIf you are in Washington, from my knowledge, this is the only place where you can be travelling 60 mph and have Clearview directing you.

Double check the sixth image, and you'll see that's not quite true.  (And I think the speed limit is 40 for most of the rest of it.)  But yeah, this is the only place I can think of in Washington that has Clearview on a freeway, though there are a few towns and counties that use it.  Everett is probably the most prominent one.

(This might explain why there's Clearview on Elliot Ave W at the Magnolia Bridge in Seattle.  I always assumed it was a city project, but I wonder if those signs were Port-erected, since they partially have to do with the cruise terminal.)

Quote from: Kacie Jane on July 05, 2014, 09:56:29 PM
I'm not sure where exactly the 40 MPH speed limit starts, it might be 60 closer to 518.  I'd guess average speed isn't much above 50, definitely nowhere close to 60.  Too many curves (and poor visibility around them) especially post-Light Rail construction.  Also, I'm guessing unpredictable congestion might be part of the reason for the low speed limit.

Quote from: jake on June 30, 2014, 01:55:21 AM
Clearview Signage in Washington State:
(snip)

Quote from: Kacie Jane on July 07, 2014, 07:05:39 PM
On the topic of oddly-fonted signs in Washington, there's this one approaching Tacoma on I-5 SB.

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.24586,-122.33444,3a,15y,234.74h,92.14t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sR5UZ7si4CZfIBBL16VLtsw!2e0

Quote from: Zeffy on July 07, 2014, 07:07:14 PM

Quote from: Kacie Jane on July 07, 2014, 07:05:39 PM
On the topic of oddly-fonted signs in Washington, there's this one approaching Tacoma on I-5 SB.

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.24586,-122.33444,3a,15y,234.74h,92.14t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sR5UZ7si4CZfIBBL16VLtsw!2e0

That looks like Calibri, which is the default font for all newer Microsoft Office applications.

Quote from: Revive 755 on July 07, 2014, 09:47:23 PM
Not sure I've seen a yield sign with "cross traffic does not stop" before, but I certainly wouldn't mind seeing a few more of them.  Here's one south of the IL 117 interchange with I-74 (https://www.google.com/maps?q=morton,+il&hl=en&ll=40.619727,-89.274763&spn=0.007085,0.016512&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=59.597077,135.263672&hnear=Morton,+Tazewell+County,+Illinois&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.619929,-89.274768&panoid=nPlKZX6YYaOlySnX2yGEyg&cbp=12,216.49,,0,8.83)

Quote from: Ian on July 08, 2014, 10:05:34 PM
There's definitely enough room for "Parkway" to be spelled out at the bottom. These are inside the service station just before exit 11 in Brooklyn.

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3863/14609090185_0b23a7bcd9_z.jpg)

Also, are there any Belt Parkway shields elsewhere besides this service station?

Quote from: Ian on July 08, 2014, 10:05:34 PM
There's definitely enough room for "Parkway" to be spelled out at the bottom. These are inside the service station just before exit 11 in Brooklyn.

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3863/14609090185_0b23a7bcd9_z.jpg)

Also, are there any Belt Parkway shields elsewhere besides this service station?

Quote from: Big John on July 09, 2014, 12:51:52 PM
^^ And the sign for the left arrow should be left of the sign for the through arrow.

Quote from: Ian on July 08, 2014, 10:05:34 PM
There's definitely enough room for "Parkway" to be spelled out at the bottom.

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3863/14609090185_0b23a7bcd9_z.jpg)

Quote from: jbnv on July 09, 2014, 03:32:21 PM

Quote from: Ian on July 08, 2014, 10:05:34 PM
There's definitely enough room for "Parkway" to be spelled out at the bottom.

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3863/14609090185_0b23a7bcd9_z.jpg)

Looks like the "B" and "P" are aligned intentionally. That wouldn't happen (or would be quite ugly) if "Parkway" were spelled out.

Quote from: Ian on July 09, 2014, 04:16:31 PM

Quote from: jbnv on July 09, 2014, 03:32:21 PM

Quote from: Ian on July 08, 2014, 10:05:34 PM
There's definitely enough room for "Parkway" to be spelled out at the bottom.

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3863/14609090185_0b23a7bcd9_z.jpg)

Looks like the "B" and "P" are aligned intentionally. That wouldn't happen (or would be quite ugly) if "Parkway" were spelled out.

I'd honestly rather it be spelled out and misaligned than to have to read "Belt Pickwee" in my head, but that's just me.

Quote from: Brandon on July 09, 2014, 04:23:42 PM
....

So these would make you say "Expee"?

....

Quote from: Brandon on July 09, 2014, 04:23:42 PM

So these would make you say "Expee"?

Quote from: jake on July 10, 2014, 06:57:54 PM
Saw this yesterday in Seattle. Must be like an early version of an FYA:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fzab1Foy.png&hash=bcae7f467af86f7c730a8f9b1684d8b39a5f87c4)

Everything you see has since been replaced by a new set of signs and signals, but the "stop on red" concept still continues. Why not just use an FYA like the rest of the country?

Quote from: route56 on July 10, 2014, 07:46:52 PM

Quote from: jake on July 10, 2014, 06:57:54 PM
Saw this yesterday in Seattle. Must be like an early version of an FYA:

Everything you see has since been replaced by a new set of signs and signals, but the "stop on red" concept still continues. Why not just use an FYA like the rest of the country?

Actually, that sounds like a place where the flashing red arrow would be appropriate.

Quote from: mefailenglish on July 12, 2014, 05:19:53 PM
If you can read "Willard Smith Rd" you are a better person than I.

Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 09, 2014, 09:13:20 PM
for the longest time - before I lived there - I had no idea what a very common SoCal abbreviation meant.  I pronounced it the same as "sin".

Quote from: mefailenglish on July 12, 2014, 05:19:53 PM
If you can read "Willard Smith Rd" you are a better person than I.

Quote from: mefailenglish on July 12, 2014, 05:19:53 PM
If you can read "Willard Smith Rd" you are a better person than I.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2FIMG_2296_zpsf390c99b.jpg&hash=d36018c0de911649fbab384506ad3c32d25366d3)

Quote from: upstatenyroads on August 06, 2014, 01:20:12 AM
I've often read some joking about that someday a DOT somewhere is going to use Comic Sans on their signs.

Well here you go, courtesy of NYSDOT Region 5.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupstatenyroads.com%2Faaroads%2Fcomic-sans.jpg&hash=7640775659061534a6e7c760dff8349d84e1136f)

Quote from: upstatenyroads on August 06, 2014, 01:20:12 AM
I've often read some joking about that someday a DOT somewhere is going to use Comic Sans on their signs.

Well here you go, courtesy of NYSDOT Region 5.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupstatenyroads.com%2Faaroads%2Fcomic-sans.jpg&hash=7640775659061534a6e7c760dff8349d84e1136f)

Quote from: MillTheRoadgeek on August 06, 2014, 06:37:59 PM
Just beyond VA 28 on US 50, there is a sign that reads "Lane Ends Merge Right". I can't find pictures of it, but I noticed it today.

Quote from: hbelkins on August 06, 2014, 05:47:38 PM

Quote from: upstatenyroads on August 06, 2014, 01:20:12 AM
I've often read some joking about that someday a DOT somewhere is going to use Comic Sans on their signs.

Well here you go, courtesy of NYSDOT Region 5.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupstatenyroads.com%2Faaroads%2Fcomic-sans.jpg&hash=7640775659061534a6e7c760dff8349d84e1136f)

Is there supposed to be some sort of significance to that? If so, it's lost on me.

Quote from: cl94 on August 06, 2014, 10:49:11 PM
On the section of NY 17 that runs through the reservation, Region 5 decided to put location names in the native language in addition to English. There's also a sign calling the Allegheny River "Ohiyo".

Quote from: hbelkins on August 07, 2014, 10:31:08 AM

Quote from: cl94 on August 06, 2014, 10:49:11 PM
On the section of NY 17 that runs through the reservation, Region 5 decided to put location names in the native language in addition to English. There's also a sign calling the Allegheny River "Ohiyo".

I remember seeing that sign, as well as others, when I drove that section of I-86 a few years ago, but did not know this was one of those signs, as I don't remember the Seneca language signs being in Comic Sans back then. Guess I'll have to  go dig through my pictures for a refresher.

Quote from: jake on July 10, 2014, 06:57:54 PM
Saw this yesterday in Seattle. Must be like an early version of an FYA:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fzab1Foy.png&hash=bcae7f467af86f7c730a8f9b1684d8b39a5f87c4)

Everything you see has since been replaced by a new set of signs and signals, but the "stop on red" concept still continues. Why not just use an FYA like the rest of the country?

Quote from: cl94 on August 06, 2014, 10:49:11 PMRegion 5 decided to put location names in the native language in addition to English.

Quote from: jake on July 10, 2014, 06:57:54 PM
Saw this yesterday in Seattle. Must be like an early version of an FYA:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fzab1Foy.png&hash=bcae7f467af86f7c730a8f9b1684d8b39a5f87c4)

Everything you see has since been replaced by a new set of signs and signals, but the "stop on red" concept still continues. Why not just use an FYA like the rest of the country?

Quote from: Big John on August 06, 2014, 06:58:25 PM

Quote from: MillTheRoadgeek on August 06, 2014, 06:37:59 PM
Just beyond VA 28 on US 50, there is a sign that reads "Lane Ends Merge Right". I can't find pictures of it, but I noticed it today.

Like this in WI: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.354048,-89.124371,3a,75y,251.02h,94.16t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sv7Tbl0Q3lKWn9cZeaDLuxw!2e0

Blurry though and a closer shot blurs out the first 2 lines.

Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 07, 2014, 06:42:36 PM

Quote from: jake on July 10, 2014, 06:57:54 PM
Saw this yesterday in Seattle. Must be like an early version of an FYA:

Everything you see has since been replaced by a new set of signs and signals, but the "stop on red" concept still continues. Why not just use an FYA like the rest of the country?

why use a FYA at all?  why make the driver stop?  "you may turn left on solid green ball after yielding to oncoming traffic" is probably even in the Vienna Convention; that's how universal it is.

Quote from: jake on August 08, 2014, 02:28:45 AM

Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 07, 2014, 06:42:36 PM

Quote from: jake on July 10, 2014, 06:57:54 PM
Saw this yesterday in Seattle. Must be like an early version of an FYA:

Everything you see has since been replaced by a new set of signs and signals, but the "stop on red" concept still continues. Why not just use an FYA like the rest of the country?

why use a FYA at all?  why make the driver stop?  "you may turn left on solid green ball after yielding to oncoming traffic" is probably even in the Vienna Convention; that's how universal it is.

The signal has a protected phase, so I'm not sure how you could work in a solid green ball, other than by using a signal like (this (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.249297,-122.437703,3a,15y,155.81h,106.18t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1savIZKXt32_odVey1cB1Dag!2e0)).

Quote from: cl94 on August 08, 2014, 08:35:01 AM

Quote from: jake on August 08, 2014, 02:28:45 AM

Quote from: agentsteel53 on August 07, 2014, 06:42:36 PM

Quote from: jake on July 10, 2014, 06:57:54 PM
Saw this yesterday in Seattle. Must be like an early version of an FYA:

Everything you see has since been replaced by a new set of signs and signals, but the "stop on red" concept still continues. Why not just use an FYA like the rest of the country?

why use a FYA at all?  why make the driver stop?  "you may turn left on solid green ball after yielding to oncoming traffic" is probably even in the Vienna Convention; that's how universal it is.

The signal has a protected phase, so I'm not sure how you could work in a solid green ball, other than by using a signal like (this (https://www.google.com/maps/@47.249297,-122.437703,3a,15y,155.81h,106.18t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1savIZKXt32_odVey1cB1Dag!2e0)).

Or just use a doghouse signal.

Quote from: jake on August 08, 2014, 06:51:57 PM
Isn't the use of doghouse signal-heads more or less discouraged nowadays?

Quote from: mass_citizen on August 08, 2014, 02:09:32 AM
I'm confused, does the one you posted have some kind of error? This is a fairly common sign in Massachusetts. Assuming its an old standard.

Quote from: roadman on August 08, 2014, 07:11:14 PM

Quote from: mass_citizen on August 08, 2014, 02:09:32 AM
I'm confused, does the one you posted have some kind of error? This is a fairly common sign in Massachusetts. Assuming its an old standard.

"Lane Ends Merge Left (Right)" is an MUTCD standard sign (W9-2).  Unless there's a spelling error (can't tell due to Google Street View's capitulation to the tinhat brigade privacy algorithims), I don't see a problem here (if you scroll further, you do see that the right lane drops).

Quote from: vdeane on August 08, 2014, 07:10:30 PM

Quote from: jake on August 08, 2014, 06:51:57 PM
Isn't the use of doghouse signal-heads more or less discouraged nowadays?

I sure hope not, IMO they're the best kind of signal because turning traffic gets the protected phase but never has a red when straight traffic has a green.

Quote from: cl94 on August 08, 2014, 08:25:52 PM

Quote from: vdeane on August 08, 2014, 07:10:30 PM

Quote from: jake on August 08, 2014, 06:51:57 PM
Isn't the use of doghouse signal-heads more or less discouraged nowadays?

I sure hope not, IMO they're the best kind of signal because turning traffic gets the protected phase but never has a red when straight traffic has a green.

Nothing in the MUTCD to suggest otherwise. Section 4D-20 provides the standard and, a couple pages earlier, the shared signal face (doghouse) is listed first in the list of signal options for a permissive/protected turn movement. States that don't use the FYA or flashing red extensively continue to install them en masse. Everyone knows what the indications on a doghouse mean and it's not that hard for the average driver to tell the difference between protected and permissive movements.

Quote from: jake on August 10, 2014, 12:53:54 PM
Saw THESE on a roadtrip through Southwest Washington the other day. There are quite a few of them.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMJ7oNWR.jpg&hash=56891f49889dae5d02e0a8ff7ac5d6b1f6984b6c)

Quote from: TEG24601 on August 11, 2014, 12:39:26 PM

I for one like, WSDOT's attempt at unified signs.  They prevent bent direction blades, they are likely easier to install and maintain, and ever since they dropped the SGS (Small Green Sign) format, they actually look correct to what we would be expecting, color wise.

Quote from: Scott5114 on August 13, 2014, 04:49:26 PM
For the "ugly" category:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fg9gix78.png&hash=4f1a8d55cf856a24ca61c1f9a58f69f7d019686c)
James River Freeway in Springfield, MO. Who thought up that color scheme for the borders???

Quote from: jake on August 14, 2014, 03:40:09 AM
Still unsure as to the purpose of these, but WSDOT installed blue "Freeway Entrance" signs along WA-520 between the 405 and the bridge:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FF2ShxgC.jpg&hash=33ab058ebae335d9e58185dd0bf6bb20caa1f6c2)

Quote from: formulanone on August 13, 2014, 07:26:47 PM
Don't really mind it, actually. If it's off some minor road or within a maze of parking lots...although it smacks of bidding for favoritism.

At least it adheres to some sort of design philosophy, unlike Walt Disney World's unreadable purple and red with white Futura.

Quote from: 1 on August 14, 2014, 10:19:32 AM

Quote from: jake on August 14, 2014, 03:40:09 AM
Still unsure as to the purpose of these, but WSDOT installed blue "Freeway Entrance" signs along WA-520 between the 405 and the bridge:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FF2ShxgC.jpg&hash=33ab058ebae335d9e58185dd0bf6bb20caa1f6c2)

Why are the colors reversed?

Quote from: cl94 on August 14, 2014, 10:21:00 PM
Most "entrance"/ramp signs I've seen use that color scheme, especially in Ohio. NY (Region 10) and CA use an entrance banner that corresponds to the type of route being entered. Blue on white isn't particularly readable.

Quote from: roadfro on August 14, 2014, 10:29:44 PM

Quote from: cl94 on August 14, 2014, 10:21:00 PM
Most "entrance"/ramp signs I've seen use that color scheme, especially in Ohio. NY (Region 10) and CA use an entrance banner that corresponds to the type of route being entered. Blue on white isn't particularly readable.

California and Nevada use white on green "Freeway Entrance" signs. I've never seen different wording. However, the freeway entrance sign, if used, is always accompanied below by route shields (for Nevada, the only place I know of a freeway not having freeway entrance signs is Summerlin Parkway in Las Vegas--it is not a numbered highway).

Quote from: cl94 on August 14, 2014, 10:21:00 PM

Quote from: 1 on August 14, 2014, 10:19:32 AM

Quote from: jake on August 14, 2014, 03:40:09 AM
Still unsure as to the purpose of these, but WSDOT installed blue "Freeway Entrance" signs along WA-520 between the 405 and the bridge:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FF2ShxgC.jpg&hash=33ab058ebae335d9e58185dd0bf6bb20caa1f6c2)

Why are the colors reversed?

Most "entrance"/ramp signs I've seen use that color scheme, especially in Ohio. NY (Region 10) and CA use an entrance banner that corresponds to the type of route being entered. Blue on white isn't particularly readable.

Quote from: 1 on August 14, 2014, 10:39:18 PM

Quote from: cl94 on August 14, 2014, 10:21:00 PM

Quote from: 1 on August 14, 2014, 10:19:32 AM

Quote from: jake on August 14, 2014, 03:40:09 AM
Still unsure as to the purpose of these, but WSDOT installed blue "Freeway Entrance" signs along WA-520 between the 405 and the bridge:

Why are the colors reversed?

Most "entrance"/ramp signs I've seen use that color scheme, especially in Ohio. NY (Region 10) and CA use an entrance banner that corresponds to the type of route being entered. Blue on white isn't particularly readable.

You're missing it. The trees are purple. The traffic cone is blue. The image has the reversed colors, not the signs.

Quote from: Billy F 1988 on August 15, 2014, 01:48:57 AM
Even though this is perceived to be a pile of fail because of the color, I'd actually like that better than green because it closely identifies with the interstate than green does. That's just me thinking outside of the MUTCD's tightening box.

Quote from: Billy F 1988 on August 15, 2014, 01:48:57 AM
Even though this is perceived to be a pile of fail because of the color, I'd actually like that better than green because it closely identifies with the interstate than green does. That's just me thinking outside of the MUTCD's tightening box.
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The sign is not meant to align to a specific route type, but is more for guidance of the motorist--hence the green color. "Freeway entrance" is not a motorist service (like food or gas), nor a driver information sign (like highway radio or travel times) that would normally be on blue.

Quote from: Brandon on August 29, 2014, 05:56:01 PM
Different, Manteno, Illinois:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4546_zps2a7069cc.jpg&hash=5c04e33801cd7a22a1290a7a41ab61355c6c841e) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4546_zps2a7069cc.jpg.html)

Quote from: Zeffy on August 29, 2014, 06:11:11 PM

Quote from: Brandon on August 29, 2014, 05:56:01 PM
Different, Manteno, Illinois:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4546_zps2a7069cc.jpg&hash=5c04e33801cd7a22a1290a7a41ab61355c6c841e) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4546_zps2a7069cc.jpg.html)

Is "C.H. 9" supposed to be County Highway 9, or...?

Quote from: relaxok on September 03, 2014, 01:07:50 AM
Accidentally posted this in Best Of..  has anybody ever seen another of these signs?!  Almost every draw bridge I've seen has a normal traffic light with a typical yellow warning sign saying 'DRAW BRIDGE AHEAD' in the vicinity.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbh.polpo.org%2Fdrawbridgesign.png&hash=801214a938fccc3dcedfce1f2fc53f8c4ee5a19e)

Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 02, 2014, 10:51:39 PM
I bet a lot of y'all don't see this on a regular basis:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/14937518228_ab6da19ca9.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oKYFKJ)
Welcome To Alabama (https://flic.kr/p/oKYFKJ) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Quote from: fungus on September 04, 2014, 02:14:30 PM
"Caution - Limited Sight" in Santa Cruz, CA (hat tip to Richard Masoner - https://twitter.com/cyclelicious/status/498925381886291968)

Quote from: relaxok on September 03, 2014, 01:07:50 AM
Accidentally posted this in Best Of..  has anybody ever seen another of these signs?!  Almost every draw bridge I've seen has a normal traffic light with a typical yellow warning sign saying 'DRAW BRIDGE AHEAD' in the vicinity.

Quote from: mrsman on September 07, 2014, 08:41:24 AM

Quote from: relaxok on September 03, 2014, 01:07:50 AM
Accidentally posted this in Best Of..  has anybody ever seen another of these signs?!  Almost every draw bridge I've seen has a normal traffic light with a typical yellow warning sign saying 'DRAW BRIDGE AHEAD' in the vicinity.

I like this.  I agree that since railroads and drawbridges have the same effect on traffic, they should have similar traffic control.

Quote from: 6a on September 07, 2014, 02:01:17 PM

Quote from: mrsman on September 07, 2014, 08:41:24 AM

Quote from: relaxok on September 03, 2014, 01:07:50 AM
Accidentally posted this in Best Of..  has anybody ever seen another of these signs?!  Almost every draw bridge I've seen has a normal traffic light with a typical yellow warning sign saying 'DRAW BRIDGE AHEAD' in the vicinity.

I like this.  I agree that since railroads and drawbridges have the same effect on traffic, they should have similar traffic control.

How about jets? :bigass:

https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6223/6330490782_00a62e0e88_z.jpg

Quote from: 6a on September 07, 2014, 02:01:17 PM
(https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6223/6330490782_00a62e0e88_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/six-a/6330490782/)

Quote from: formulanone on September 03, 2014, 05:18:59 PM

I've seen a few of these around Huntsville (and obviously, a few other places around the country):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F02%2FDuckCrossing.jpg&hash=f170f95fb790e6e97a16771ba57d7e8d2f9bf95d)

Quote from: jake on September 08, 2014, 06:02:58 PM
I'm getting tired of all these variations...how about a standard sign?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FII323kf.png&hash=f3148a7710b32ae813b79aa984036a0c03031617)

Quote from: jake on September 10, 2014, 09:06:23 PM
I don't mind the initial sign, but it seems awfully small...here's my alternative:

Quote from: jake on September 10, 2014, 09:06:23 PM
I don't mind the initial sign, but it seems awfully small...here's my alternative:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fk9dhVYM.png&hash=5bde60439f3f014d7c827656a990306756604ed3)

Quote from: jeffandnicole on September 11, 2014, 06:26:55 AM

Quote from: jake on September 10, 2014, 09:06:23 PM
I don't mind the initial sign, but it seems awfully small...here's my alternative:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fk9dhVYM.png&hash=5bde60439f3f014d7c827656a990306756604ed3)

It still doesn't make it clear which way the hospital is...especially for those that are already concerned about a love one and trying to get to the hospital, and may easily be confused.  Just use a design with a 'thru' arrow.

Quote from: jake on September 10, 2014, 09:06:23 PM
I don't mind the initial sign, but it seems awfully small...here's my alternative:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fk9dhVYM.png&hash=5bde60439f3f014d7c827656a990306756604ed3)

Quote from: jeffandnicole on September 11, 2014, 06:26:55 AM
It still doesn't make it clear which way the hospital is...especially for those that are already concerned about a love one and trying to get to the hospital, and may easily be confused.  Just use a design with a 'thru' arrow.

Quote from: wisvishr0 on September 11, 2014, 07:04:53 AMI believe it's a UK thing to put destinations on roundabouts like that, whereas here in the US, we're used to the signmakers making it totally unambiguous.

Quote from: Zeffy on September 11, 2014, 10:54:45 AM

Quote from: jeffandnicole on September 11, 2014, 06:26:55 AM
It still doesn't make it clear which way the hospital is...especially for those that are already concerned about a love one and trying to get to the hospital, and may easily be confused.  Just use a design with a 'thru' arrow.

I think how New Jersey signs it close to major hospitals is how I would go with it here:

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Quote from: hbelkins on September 11, 2014, 02:01:12 PM
I would just get rid of the roundabout. Multiple problems solved!  :-D

Quote from: cl94 on September 11, 2014, 04:08:09 PM
It's NYSDOT. Always a fish-hook (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7679323,-78.6293521,3a,75y,200.47h,78.46t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1stnOSv3KkfR1FNdIlx4aveg!2e0).

Quote from: Zeffy on September 11, 2014, 05:27:17 PM
Has anyone ever posted pictures of signs on the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut here?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FmXBpxyO.png&hash=e2fda2c52e3336143e256d8574f12cb7b0065a82)

Interesting how they designed the borders, but that font is pretty barf.

Quote from: MillTheRoadgeek on September 11, 2014, 07:40:59 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on September 11, 2014, 05:27:17 PM
Has anyone ever posted pictures of signs on the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut here?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FmXBpxyO.png&hash=e2fda2c52e3336143e256d8574f12cb7b0065a82)

Interesting how they designed the borders, but that font is pretty barf.

The font looks like Walmart's old 2000s font, eh? Oh, and I also noticed a little cut in the bottom left corner. Wow, was this put in by a contractor that makes weird variations on signs, or is it by a major commercial who is still attempting to give a damn about MUTCD standards? :P (Remember that post from a bit ago...)

Quote from: jake on September 11, 2014, 10:35:53 PM
Increasingly British-Canadian, this version...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FEyY4f6O.png&hash=83b59a724d2ae5aabb17add3e46cc4a8b2fef486)

Quote from: vdeane on September 12, 2014, 12:45:46 PM

Quote from: MillTheRoadgeek on September 11, 2014, 07:40:59 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on September 11, 2014, 05:27:17 PM
Has anyone ever posted pictures of signs on the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut here?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FmXBpxyO.png&hash=e2fda2c52e3336143e256d8574f12cb7b0065a82)

Interesting how they designed the borders, but that font is pretty barf.

The font looks like Walmart's old 2000s font, eh? Oh, and I also noticed a little cut in the bottom left corner. Wow, was this put in by a contractor that makes weird variations on signs, or is it by a major commercial who is still attempting to give a damn about MUTCD standards? :P (Remember that post from a bit ago...)

It's specifically designed to emulate the original wooden signs as much as possible while still paying lip service to the MUTCD.

Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 13, 2014, 07:33:35 PM
World's largest BGS for one lane?
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/15043009557_e359b1bca0.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oVimDK)Huge Sign (https://flic.kr/p/oVimDK) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 19, 2014, 10:01:20 PM
I don't understand why there's all this extra space on this sign:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=34.719183,-86.627766&spn=0.000002,0.001032&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=34.719183,-86.627766&panoid=EiEbQ8bR9ou3HR701HumUA&cbp=12,185.21,,2,-13.14

Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 13, 2014, 07:33:35 PM
World's largest BGS for one lane?
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/15043009557_e359b1bca0.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oVimDK)Huge Sign (https://flic.kr/p/oVimDK) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Quote from: Brandon on September 19, 2014, 12:10:27 AM
Chicago.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4596_zpsd2644056.jpg&hash=33f770921e9d309ed8913e1bb9455c3f421d7041) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4596_zpsd2644056.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4573_zps086bf4c1.jpg&hash=b334432760ecda864b9e8cc0836e479397460a6d) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4573_zps086bf4c1.jpg.html)

Quote from: jeffandnicole on September 20, 2014, 01:27:44 AM

Quote from: Brandon on September 19, 2014, 12:10:27 AM
Chicago.

Ok, I'll bite. What's wrong with the signage?

Quote from: Zeffy on September 20, 2014, 12:07:31 AM

Quote from: freebrickproductions on September 19, 2014, 10:01:20 PM
I don't understand why there's all this extra space on this sign:
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=34.719183,-86.627766&spn=0.000002,0.001032&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=34.719183,-86.627766&panoid=EiEbQ8bR9ou3HR701HumUA&cbp=12,185.21,,2,-13.14

And on the sign to the left, the cardinal direction / shields don't align.

Quote from: Brandon on September 20, 2014, 06:22:16 AM

Quote from: jeffandnicole on September 20, 2014, 01:27:44 AM

Quote from: Brandon on September 19, 2014, 12:10:27 AM
Chicago.

Ok, I'll bite. What's wrong with the signage?

Nothing.  This is the unique, odd, or interesting thread.

Quote from: vdeane on September 20, 2014, 11:52:29 AM

Quote from: Brandon on September 20, 2014, 06:22:16 AM

Quote from: jeffandnicole on September 20, 2014, 01:27:44 AM

Quote from: Brandon on September 19, 2014, 12:10:27 AM
Chicago.

Ok, I'll bite. What's wrong with the signage?

Nothing.  This is the unique, odd, or interesting thread.

They look perfectly normal to me.

Quote from: jeffandnicole on September 20, 2014, 12:05:35 PM

Quote from: vdeane on September 20, 2014, 11:52:29 AM

Quote from: Brandon on September 20, 2014, 06:22:16 AM

Quote from: jeffandnicole on September 20, 2014, 01:27:44 AM

Quote from: Brandon on September 19, 2014, 12:10:27 AM
Chicago.

Ok, I'll bite. What's wrong with the signage?

Nothing.  This is the unique, odd, or interesting thread.

They look perfectly normal to me.

Agreed.

Quote from: Zeffy on September 26, 2014, 11:15:39 AMDon't see many 2di shields with a 3di number in it anymore.

Quote from: Zeffy on September 26, 2014, 11:15:39 AM
Vine Street Expressway (before turning onto 6th Street) in Philadelphia:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FN8Ejvnz.png&hash=96330783464ba53cd40905d9eacc87c6baeaa587)
From GMSV

Don't see many 2di shields with a 3di number in it anymore.

Quote from: MillTheRoadgeek on September 20, 2014, 08:05:37 PM
It's too blurry on GSV (October 2008, I guess), and I can't snap a picture of this, but at the intersection of Dumfries Road (VA 234) and Independent Hill Drive, there is a contradictory "Way" hidden behind a cover-thing (I don't know what it is). Anyone have any info on this, or am I wrong?

Quote from: SignGeek101 on September 29, 2014, 12:01:54 AM
This may not look unique or interesting to most of you, but since I live in Canada, seeing a standard (not metric, there are some of those on the Sault Ste Marie International bridge) modern US speed limit sign is quite unique. They even added a km/h sign under it (which is not common place here). I'm guessing when people see the sign, they think mph right away.

Google Streetview shot in Selkirk Manitoba.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FmvaJJF6.jpg&hash=20cdb451a004f4cf55d8ed8f6e046c25d15af948)

GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/DGox8

Quote from: Zeffy on September 29, 2014, 01:22:54 PM
No idea where to put this, but this is pretty ugly looking...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F2hb2xtH.png&hash=34bfd319a19c4fc01de2ff19eab74c5c045eb563)

I wonder what size the '40' is. This shields look to be 48" tall, so I'm guessing that it's around 24", which looks ugly as hell. The numbers are practically bleeding into the border.

Quote from: Scott5114 on September 29, 2014, 08:18:09 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on September 29, 2014, 01:22:54 PM
No idea where to put this, but this is pretty ugly looking...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F2hb2xtH.png&hash=34bfd319a19c4fc01de2ff19eab74c5c045eb563)

I wonder what size the '40' is. This shields look to be 48" tall, so I'm guessing that it's around 24", which looks ugly as hell. The numbers are practically bleeding into the border.

Also note the lack of a margin between the legend and the border. Also, it's always weird to see "Oklahoma City" spelled out on a sign, since most of the time it's only used as a control city inside of Oklahoma, which consistently abbreviates it as "Okla. City".

Quote from: jeffandnicole on October 04, 2014, 08:14:33 AM
It's a shame the symbols are so small they're unreadable. One would have to know what the symbol looks like at high speed to understand it.

Quote from: Billy F 1988 on October 05, 2014, 03:46:24 PM
Uh, oh! Big problem. If that is supposed to be an RYG-arrow phase, then why is the first one pointing up and the other pointing to the right? Very Alanland-ish and this very much pays homage to the once-mighty Alanland.

All Alanland aside, the bonehead who put this up is gonna get an earful from someone because this kind of setup is asking for an accident waiting to happen at any second. You could have been one of the unfortunate people having your car wiped out in the very lane that is SUPPOSED TO BE left-on-green-arrow, not STRAIGHT THRU OR RIGHT TURN on LEFT GREEN ARROW.

Quote from: vdeane on October 05, 2014, 02:28:03 PM
This traffic light on US 9 in Hudson, NY.  Unfortunately my photo is blurry due to the rain, but the sign says "left only on green ball".
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fus9%2F101_0018-s.JPG&hash=d69bba210d925d39a9fc83b670435f0dc528fa5b)

Quote from: cl94 on October 05, 2014, 04:18:48 PM

Quote from: Billy F 1988 on October 05, 2014, 03:46:24 PM
Uh, oh! Big problem. If that is supposed to be an RYG-arrow phase, then why is the first one pointing up and the other pointing to the right? Very Alanland-ish and this very much pays homage to the once-mighty Alanland.

All Alanland aside, the bonehead who put this up is gonna get an earful from someone because this kind of setup is asking for an accident waiting to happen at any second. You could have been one of the unfortunate people having your car wiped out in the very lane that is SUPPOSED TO BE left-on-green-arrow, not STRAIGHT THRU OR RIGHT TURN on LEFT GREEN ARROW.

The 4-section with straight and right arrows is quite common when a left turn is prohibited at an intersection and a protected right is provided with the through movement. New York has a lot of them and I've seen them elsewhere. The problem is that this is a 5 section signal with a red and straight green lit concurrently.

Quote from: Zeffy on October 06, 2014, 02:06:10 PM
No idea where to put this... so...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1300.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fag88%2FZeffyboy%2FSTATELAW_YieldMissing_zps8bd12914.jpg&hash=328f2c1af3d06c10aa90b35d9e411bf9010333ca)'

I'm guessing at one point the world YIELD was visible before the 'TO'.

Quote from: Brandon on October 04, 2014, 08:10:50 AM
Found this on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.  Only place I've ever seen one of them.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4760_zps6f5b6c8e.jpg&hash=91417d4f60d24976a6f26c43a61dbc253981b992) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4760_zps6f5b6c8e.jpg.html)

Quote from: jeffandnicole on October 04, 2014, 08:14:33 AM
It's a shame the symbols are so small they're unreadable. One would have to know what the symbol looks like at high speed to understand it.

Quote from: PHLBOS on October 10, 2014, 09:53:15 AM

Quote from: Brandon on October 04, 2014, 08:10:50 AM
Found this on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.  Only place I've ever seen one of them.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi837.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fzz298%2Fmidamcrossrds%2F100_4760_zps6f5b6c8e.jpg&hash=91417d4f60d24976a6f26c43a61dbc253981b992) (http://s837.photobucket.com/user/midamcrossrds/media/100_4760_zps6f5b6c8e.jpg.html)

Quote from: jeffandnicole on October 04, 2014, 08:14:33 AM
It's a shame the symbols are so small they're unreadable. One would have to know what the symbol looks like at high speed to understand it.

That particular sign in the photo appears to located at the beginning of an exit ramp (Lehigh Valley Exit of I-476 Northbound) so one taking this exit is/should be slowing down anyway.  IIRC that there's a similar advance-notice sign posted posted prior to the exit... at least there should be one.

Personally, this is one case where an overhead gantry-mounted BGS' (for the exit & thru-traffic) and a supplemental HAZMAT route (for the exit) and NO HAZMAT (for thru-traffic) signs are more than warranted.

Quote from: Brandon on October 10, 2014, 01:44:18 PMNope, it's just before the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel on the original Turnpike.  I never took I-476.

Quote from: PHLBOS on October 10, 2014, 04:33:53 PM

Quote from: Brandon on October 10, 2014, 01:44:18 PMNope, it's just before the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel on the original Turnpike.  I never took I-476.

Fair enough, but there's similar signage at the fore-mentioned Northeast Extension (I-476) at the Lehigh Valley interchange (Exit 56 for US 22/I-78/PA 309) since it's the last northbound exit before the Lehigh Tunnel.

For your Allegheny Mountain Tunnel example, the location shown that photo is either I-70/76 Eastbound at Somerset (Exit 110) or I-70/76 Westbound at Bedford (Exit 146).  Note the white gore striping on the lower-left of the photo and the words on the bottom of the sign USE THIS EXIT.

Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 12, 2014, 12:33:21 AM
Interesting piece of art representing... downtown? I'm guessing the buildings in the design represent the city centre, along with the "city centre" on the sign.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FkbULYEP.jpg&hash=d5ac30b8e77e8563532406555f9f8e9f2aa1c06f)

GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/V96cb

Quote from: xcellntbuy on October 12, 2014, 06:36:17 AM

Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 12, 2014, 12:33:21 AM
Interesting piece of art representing... downtown? I'm guessing the buildings in the design represent the city centre, along with the "city centre" on the sign.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FkbULYEP.jpg&hash=d5ac30b8e77e8563532406555f9f8e9f2aa1c06f)

It looks like a two interstate shields "melted" down.

Quote from: jbnv on October 12, 2014, 04:49:18 PM

Quote from: xcellntbuy on October 12, 2014, 06:36:17 AM

Quote from: SignGeek101 on October 12, 2014, 12:33:21 AM
Interesting piece of art representing... downtown? I'm guessing the buildings in the design represent the city centre, along with the "city centre" on the sign.

It looks like a two interstate shields "melted" down.

Yes, my first impression was "what the heck happened to that sign and why is it still up?".

Quote from: jake on October 15, 2014, 03:13:10 PM
WA-303 as it nears the interchange with WA-3 (sometimes known as the Waaga Junction):

Sign-colored numerals. Not unique if compared to North America as a whole, but certainly unique in Washington:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FdvcNFT3.jpg&hash=2732ea4e6680227654ae79c6a863d1cf4d871eff)

Quote from: formulanone on October 14, 2014, 10:33:41 AM
Looking though some Jacksonville photos from last year, I discovered...a Neutered, Neutered Shield:

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3929/15517336571_b39feb4a33_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pDdpxH)
Generic 295 (https://flic.kr/p/pDdpxH) by formulanone (https://www.flickr.com/people/30552029@N00/), on Flickr

Quote from: Scott5114 on September 29, 2014, 08:18:09 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on September 29, 2014, 01:22:54 PM
No idea where to put this, but this is pretty ugly looking...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F2hb2xtH.png&hash=34bfd319a19c4fc01de2ff19eab74c5c045eb563)

I wonder what size the '40' is. This shields look to be 48" tall, so I'm guessing that it's around 24", which looks ugly as hell. The numbers are practically bleeding into the border.

Also note the lack of a margin between the legend and the border. Also, it's always weird to see "Oklahoma City" spelled out on a sign, since most of the time it's only used as a control city inside of Oklahoma, which consistently abbreviates it as "Okla. City".

Quote from: hbelkins on October 27, 2014, 03:21:16 PM
Driving US 64-74 in Tennessee yesterday, I saw a text sign warning of vehicles crossing the centerline in curves. Then, approaching a sharp turn, I saw this:

A closeup...

Never seen anything like this.

Quote from: hbelkins on October 27, 2014, 03:24:48 PM
Also came across one of Alabama's vanishing "slotted signs" in Huntsville.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FrX7YqMd.jpg&hash=8b275a945b3e2d7d061cf8eea0392985cefe9020)

From a certain angle as you approach this sign, you can see through the slots. Wish the camera had recorded that phenomenon.

Quote from: freebrickproductions on October 28, 2014, 10:50:45 AM
Here are the other five slotted BGSs in Huntsville:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7512/15650784165_68c566c5e2.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pR1mSi)
Slotted BGS (https://flic.kr/p/pR1mSi) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3936/15464166869_61538bcb6b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pyvU3H)
Slotted BGS (https://flic.kr/p/pyvU3H) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3944/15627096946_27ac79c5ba.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pNUXtY)
Slotted BGS (https://flic.kr/p/pNUXtY) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5599/15030653903_4c97c89faf.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oUd2Ke)
Slotted BGS (https://flic.kr/p/oUd2Ke) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5616/15464918447_f4eb1d52ab.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pyzKsX)
Slotted BGS (https://flic.kr/p/pyzKsX) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Here's a "Do Not Enter" sign that was made on a rectangular blank rather than a square one:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7546/15030080854_fe92da0926.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oUa6p5)
Weird Do Not Enter Sign (https://flic.kr/p/oUa6p5) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Here's an odd "Keep Right" sign:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7495/15464263169_eb34de7990.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pywoF4)
Odd Keep Right Sign (https://flic.kr/p/pywoF4) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

Quote from: 1995hoo on October 28, 2014, 11:55:06 AM
What's the reason for using that sort of sign? Something to do with wind?

Quote from: Alex4897 on October 28, 2014, 08:43:57 PM
There's a gantry of these slotted sign on I-495 in DE over the Christina River.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fzv5YYCq.png&hash=59075ff282e9ff18b66416d7f876a218bd772d3b)

Quote from: formulanone on October 28, 2014, 09:38:59 PM
Cool...I always wondered where, if anywhere else, the "Alabama Slats" could be found.

Quote from: jakeroot on November 07, 2014, 01:20:55 AM
Keeping me from putting this on the best-of thread is the fact that the BGS is really starting to fall apart

Quote from: bing101 on October 30, 2014, 04:18:52 PM
Its been renamed CA-37 Parkway James Capoot Highway.

Quote from: 1995hoo on November 07, 2014, 01:08:25 PMI'm not sure whether I like this shield because what draws my eye is the amount of empty blue space between the "95" digits and the red "Interstate" portion. Seems to me if you want to post a neutered shield, you may as well use the vacated space to employ larger numbers. Leaving the vacated space like this just calls my eye's attention to the missing state name. On the other hand, some neutered shields' numbers look almost too big, sort of like they're crammed in by using every square millimetre of available space, and that's certainly not the case here (though Virginia has plenty of that type of shield). Hence why I couldn't decide which thread was the right place.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi31.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc378%2F1995hoo%2FRoad%2520sign%2520pictures%2FI-95shield_zpse6f0739b.png&hash=e952e2b89c1d50c02e87c977b0e3fba95d4b9cbc)

Quote from: NE2 on November 07, 2014, 12:59:36 PM

Quote from: bing101 on October 30, 2014, 04:18:52 PM
Its been renamed CA-37 Parkway James Capoot Highway.

I doubt this.

Quote from: bing101 on November 07, 2014, 01:34:48 PM

Quote from: NE2 on November 07, 2014, 12:59:36 PM

Quote from: bing101 on October 30, 2014, 04:18:52 PM
Its been renamed CA-37 Parkway James Capoot Highway.

I doubt this.

http://patch.com/california/dixon/highway-named-for-slain-vallejo-officer-capoot

Here it is

QuoteThe signs designate that section of road as Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot Memorial Highway.

Quote from: bing101 on October 29, 2014, 09:51:13 PM
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=936840436345504&set=a.187942584568630.50648.100000586708549&type=1&theater

Odd Sign on I-80 @ CA-12 in Fairfield, CA for the Sacramento and Fairfield Control Cities on I-80.

Quote from: NE2 on November 07, 2014, 03:24:05 PM
Leaving aside the question of who the fuck uses these ceremonial names, this is not "CA-37 Parkway James Capoot Highway".

Quote from: jakeroot on November 07, 2014, 01:20:55 AMWell, it's the only Washington I-5 state-named shield that I know in Pierce County...

Quote from: jakeroot on November 07, 2014, 01:20:55 AM...and the I-5/WA-512 shields are out of order (the sign is pointing drivers toward the WA-512 on-ramps).

Quote from: PHLBOS on November 10, 2014, 10:33:47 AM
Saw this retro-style, cut-corner LGS (http://goo.gl/maps/HdLdM) along MA 67 in New Braintree this past weekend.  Pardon the grainy GSV image.

Quote from: NE2 on November 10, 2014, 10:42:30 AM

Quote from: PHLBOS on November 10, 2014, 10:33:47 AM
Saw this retro-style, cut-corner LGS (http://goo.gl/maps/HdLdM) along MA 67 in New Braintree this past weekend.  Pardon the grainy GSV image.

Much better photo:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fma%2Fma_67%2Fsbarre.jpg&hash=65dfc5b47da66dade6feac2865bc3f741e75dfd4)
from http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/ma_67/

Quote from: talllguy on November 11, 2014, 10:33:50 PM
OK? Is it normal to put OK?

Quote from: talllguy on November 11, 2014, 10:33:50 PM
OK? Is it normal to put OK?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FybLIHWQ.jpg&hash=653bd3283dcde2b85c3309a44f3a1dca28d68833) (http://imgur.com/ybLIHWQ)

Quote from: talllguy on November 11, 2014, 10:33:50 PM
OK? Is it normal to put OK?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FybLIHWQ.jpg&hash=653bd3283dcde2b85c3309a44f3a1dca28d68833) (http://imgur.com/ybLIHWQ)

Quote from: roadfro on November 12, 2014, 03:41:20 AM
That used to be fairly common on shared lane-use arrow signs, at least around Las Vegas, NV--but I haven't in years.

It may have been an old standard or option in the MUTCD...I'd have to look...

Quote from: Alex4897 on November 12, 2014, 08:52:19 PM
I'm fairly certain that "OK" is an option in the MUTCD.  Judging by the confusion it's causing though it doesn't take much to assume that it's lightly used.

Quote from: 2009 MUTCD, Section 2B.21, Paragraph 07The word message OK may be used within the border in combination with the arrow symbols of the R3-6 sign.

Quote from: NoGoodNamesAvailable on November 14, 2014, 08:17:40 PM
Not sure about this one. Does anyone know if this is standard, or at least if you've seen others in NYC?
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxEc7ndm.png&hash=53d791478e5cda9df92fc5f097e75641b59ef227)

Quote from: Zeffy on November 14, 2014, 08:22:21 PM
There's this thing as well:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fny%2Fnyc%2Fwokno.jpg&hash=ce2565772f372226661aada54df20595faaa7cae)
(photo from Alpsroads.net)

Quote from: NoGoodNamesAvailable on November 15, 2014, 04:14:44 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fy1BIJIg.png&hash=6cd50f0a9e57da49d25fb35fc83cd9ea1812b4d7)
That second shield looks awfully... bulbous.

Quote from: vtk on November 15, 2014, 09:12:57 PM

Quote from: NoGoodNamesAvailable on November 15, 2014, 04:14:44 PM
[Image removed]

That second shield looks awfully... bulbous.

Drafting error.  I'd say they got the radius dimensions confused for the top curve vs the shoulder curves.  The fact that it's a cutout is troubling.  Does that mean a punch die was manufactured to the wrong specifications?

Quote from: Billy F 1988 on November 24, 2014, 12:16:50 PM
Wah! What is with that "BUSINESS" drop cap on the High Street sign?

Quote from: Billy F 1988 on November 24, 2014, 12:16:50 PMIs that like Series E Condensed or something?

Quote from: PHLBOS on November 21, 2014, 08:43:39 AM
Old-school direction arrow (though the arrowhead's a bit small) going through the I-95 shield applied to a relatively-new MassDOT D6 "Paddle" sign (http://goo.gl/maps/wDJbP) in Waltham.  Another old-school attribute of this LGS is that it's 2-sided (pan the attached link).  For newer installations, MassDOT typically installs two separate single-sided D6 panels.

The lower D8 panel is somewhat oddly configured as well with the small upright arrow and the squeezing in of both the local & distant destinations.  For 2-destination listings, either a larger D8 panel (such has been done elsewhere) or a separate D6 installation for the I-95 South LGS would've been better IMHO.

Fortunately, since this installation is at a signalized intersection for a conventional roadway; normal traffic won't be traveling at a high rate of speed so the current D8 panel with the smallish arrow & lettering should suffice.

Quote from: PHLBOS on November 24, 2014, 04:01:14 PM

Quote from: Billy F 1988 on November 24, 2014, 12:16:50 PMIs that like Series E Condensed or something?

Same font as the other letters; just a different height.

Quote from: freebrickproductions on November 27, 2014, 01:07:44 AM
Saw this today over in Madison, AL. This is the first time I've seen something like this.

Quote from: NE2 on November 27, 2014, 01:12:48 AM
Question: in the states where you can turn left on red from a two-way onto a one-way, can you bang a uey on red?

Quote from: NE2 on November 27, 2014, 01:12:48 AM
It's also worth noting that (on multilane roads) this conflict technically only applies in states where you don't have to turn into the nearest lane. But requiring a U-turn into the leftmost lane is fucking stupid, since half the U-turners are going to be turning right soon.

Quote from: freebrickproductions on November 27, 2014, 01:07:44 AM
Saw this today over in Madison, AL. This is the first time I've seen something like this.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8633/15888396182_6a89b456d1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd)
Right Turn On Red Must Yield To U-turn (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

This sign also exists in Madison. (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7209608,-86.7094351,3a,15y,286.82h,91.09t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7T7y1p1MtkuiEvcdnOHQ_g!2e0?hl=en)

Quote from: mefailenglish on November 29, 2014, 07:22:42 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2F20141127%2520-%2520South%2520Florida%2FIMG_4477_zpsb85b0991.jpg&hash=e53e9bfc299b19cd44e9bf8beb9a507b28a3d496)
Presented w/o comment.

Quote from: freebrickproductions on November 27, 2014, 01:07:44 AM
Saw this today over in Madison, AL. This is the first time I've seen something like this.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8633/15888396182_6a89b456d1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd)
Right Turn On Red Must Yield To U-turn (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

This sign also exists in Madison. (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7209608,-86.7094351,3a,15y,286.82h,91.09t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7T7y1p1MtkuiEvcdnOHQ_g!2e0?hl=en)

Quote from: 1995hoo on November 29, 2014, 08:57:37 PM

Quote from: freebrickproductions on November 27, 2014, 01:07:44 AM
Saw this today over in Madison, AL. This is the first time I've seen something like this.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8633/15888396182_6a89b456d1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd)
Right Turn On Red Must Yield To U-turn (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

This sign also exists in Madison. (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7209608,-86.7094351,3a,15y,286.82h,91.09t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7T7y1p1MtkuiEvcdnOHQ_g!2e0?hl=en)

Some intersections here have them. Not many people pay any attention to them.

Quote from: Zeffy on December 08, 2013, 10:39:54 PM

Quote from: US71 on December 08, 2013, 07:07:16 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3043%2F2889158303_95dbb237f5_z_d.jpg&hash=8d6c0bd3f2d83bd9b7065296ee760431362f7b1c)

US 56 near Kansas City, MO

Ewwwwwwwwwwww. How exactly does this end up happening? I mean, don't you think whoever is putting the assembly up would look at it and go, "Wait a minute, something isn't right here..."?
[/quote

  "Hey, kid, ya put the wrong font on this one!"

"Gee, sorry, Sully. Want me to go back to the shop and make another one?"

   "Nahhhhh, screw it. Hang that and let's go to lunch, kid"

Quote from: mrsman on November 30, 2014, 08:36:53 AM

Quote from: 1995hoo on November 29, 2014, 08:57:37 PM

Quote from: freebrickproductions on November 27, 2014, 01:07:44 AM
Saw this today over in Madison, AL. This is the first time I've seen something like this.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8633/15888396182_6a89b456d1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd)
Right Turn On Red Must Yield To U-turn (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

This sign also exists in Madison. (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7209608,-86.7094351,3a,15y,286.82h,91.09t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7T7y1p1MtkuiEvcdnOHQ_g!2e0?hl=en)

Some intersections here have them. Not many people pay any attention to them.

I guess a good follow up question is normally which would normally have the right of way if there was no sign, right turn on red or U-turn.  Would this change if there were a right turn arrow, or a left turn arrow, or both.

In California, at any intersection with a right turn arrow that corresponds to a left turn arrow, there is a No U-turn sign.  Here in MD, that is not the case, and there have been a number of close calls that I've seen.  But does anyone know who would normally have the right of way?

Quote from: misterjimmy on November 30, 2014, 09:48:05 AM

Quote from: Zeffy on December 08, 2013, 10:39:54 PM

Quote from: US71 on December 08, 2013, 07:07:16 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3043%2F2889158303_95dbb237f5_z_d.jpg&hash=8d6c0bd3f2d83bd9b7065296ee760431362f7b1c)

US 56 near Kansas City, MO

Ewwwwwwwwwwww. How exactly does this end up happening? I mean, don't you think whoever is putting the assembly up would look at it and go, "Wait a minute, something isn't right here..."?

  "Hey, kid, ya put the wrong font on this one!"

"Gee, sorry, Sully. Want me to go back to the shop and make another one?"

   "Nahhhhh, screw it. Hang that and let's go to lunch, kid"

Quote from: roadman on November 24, 2014, 04:09:21 PM

Quote from: PHLBOS on November 21, 2014, 08:43:39 AM
Old-school direction arrow (though the arrowhead's a bit small) going through the I-95 shield applied to a relatively-new MassDOT D6 "Paddle" sign (http://goo.gl/maps/wDJbP) in Waltham.  Another old-school attribute of this LGS is that it's 2-sided (pan the attached link).  For newer installations, MassDOT typically installs two separate single-sided D6 panels.

The lower D8 panel is somewhat oddly configured as well with the small upright arrow and the squeezing in of both the local & distant destinations.  For 2-destination listings, either a larger D8 panel (such has been done elsewhere) or a separate D6 installation for the I-95 South LGS would've been better IMHO.

Fortunately, since this installation is at a signalized intersection for a conventional roadway; normal traffic won't be traveling at a high rate of speed so the current D8 panel with the smallish arrow & lettering should suffice.

District 4 strikes again - probably a knockdown was replaced under either Accident Recovery or the sign maintenance contract, and they likely based the replacement legend off of an old sign card.

Quote from: vdeane on December 01, 2014, 01:00:58 PM
I want to know what's going on with the sign on the right:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny531%2F101_0833-s.JPG&hash=b64cafe342800b661557bda1c8000d39363cd1bf)

Quote from: 1995hoo on November 30, 2014, 12:25:13 PM

Quote from: mrsman on November 30, 2014, 08:36:53 AM

Quote from: 1995hoo on November 29, 2014, 08:57:37 PM

Quote from: freebrickproductions on November 27, 2014, 01:07:44 AM
Saw this today over in Madison, AL. This is the first time I've seen something like this.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8633/15888396182_6a89b456d1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd)
Right Turn On Red Must Yield To U-turn (https://flic.kr/p/qd1bDd) by freebrickproductions (https://www.flickr.com/people/96431468@N06/), on Flickr

This sign also exists in Madison. (https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7209608,-86.7094351,3a,15y,286.82h,91.09t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7T7y1p1MtkuiEvcdnOHQ_g!2e0?hl=en)

Some intersections here have them. Not many people pay any attention to them.

I guess a good follow up question is normally which would normally have the right of way if there was no sign, right turn on red or U-turn.  Would this change if there were a right turn arrow, or a left turn arrow, or both.

In California, at any intersection with a right turn arrow that corresponds to a left turn arrow, there is a No U-turn sign.  Here in MD, that is not the case, and there have been a number of close calls that I've seen.  But does anyone know who would normally have the right of way?

It depends on what the other light is showing, but in general, if the person making the U-turn has a green light of any sort (whether an arrow or a ball), or even a flashing yellow arrow, the person making the turn on red must yield because he has a red light. That is, the green light for the person making the U-turn takes precedence because turning on red is an exception to the "stop and wait for a green rule" and it applies only when there is nobody else entitled to go first.

Of course, if the person turning right had a green right-turn arrow while the rest of the traffic on his road had a red, then the U-turner would be required to yield even if he also had a green arrow, under the principle that a U-turner must normally yield. It's quite undesirable to have conflicting green arrows like that, but I've definitely seen it. An intersection near my house had a "U-Turn Must Yield to Right Turn" sign posted, but the U-turners ignored it and it kept getting knocked down.

Quote from: jbnv on December 01, 2014, 11:01:35 PM
I don't think this has been posted: Suwanee River crossing sign with musical notation, I-10, Florida (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3579774,-83.1945563,3a,75y,95.33h,86.41t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sGWiQf5GbaaP5O9ZQ2dilxw!2e0?hl=en).

Quote from: jakeroot on December 02, 2014, 12:26:47 AM

Quote from: vdeane on December 01, 2014, 01:00:58 PM
I want to know what's going on with the sign on the right:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny531%2F101_0833-s.JPG&hash=b64cafe342800b661557bda1c8000d39363cd1bf)

I think it's just fuck-ugly.

Quote from: vdeane on December 01, 2014, 01:00:58 PM
I want to know what's going on with the sign on the right:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nysroads.com%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FNY%2Fny531%2F101_0833-s.JPG&hash=b64cafe342800b661557bda1c8000d39363cd1bf)

Quote from: Mr. Matté on December 03, 2014, 12:51:59 PM
We're not sure.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FE1Ao3all.jpg&hash=28a27c07acdce896e5b7f1fef1b612f5787f918a) (https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.453227,-74.946198&spn=0.008251,0.016512&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=39.453092,-74.946213&panoid=cyhVetGHnDLjRBPJhPnKWw&cbp=12,230.27,,0,14.21)

Quote from: hubcity on December 03, 2014, 03:00:07 PM

Quote from: Mr. Matté on December 03, 2014, 12:51:59 PM
We're not sure.

A traffic control implement has not yet caused me to douse my keyboard in a mouthful of coffee, but this came the closest.

Quote from: jakeroot on December 03, 2014, 03:37:39 PM

Quote from: hubcity on December 03, 2014, 03:00:07 PM

Quote from: Mr. Matté on December 03, 2014, 12:51:59 PM
We're not sure.

A traffic control implement has not yet caused me to douse my keyboard in a mouthful of coffee, but this came the closest.

Would it alarm you if I pointed out the misspelled "may be"? It's not supposed to be "maybe", which is in itself analogous with "perhaps" (so the sign could optionally read "Road Perhaps Flooded").

Quote from: mefailenglish on November 29, 2014, 07:22:42 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi244.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg36%2Fjcm9572%2F20141127%2520-%2520South%2520Florida%2FIMG_4477_zpsb85b0991.jpg&hash=e53e9bfc299b19cd44e9bf8beb9a507b28a3d496)
Presented w/o comment.

Quote from: jakeroot on December 14, 2014, 01:31:51 AM

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FPRvKdUg.jpg&hash=fe278248742cca5e6a4719f42d0f9983d4aa7abd)

Quote from: cjk374 on December 14, 2014, 10:12:09 AM
I looked through the MUTCD sections 2B.04-2B.12, and I cannot find any allowance or prohibition for using the 4-way plaque under a yield sign.

Quote from: cjk374 on December 14, 2014, 10:12:09 AM
So what is the difference between a 4-way stop and a 4 way-yield?   :hmmm:   :confused:

Quote from: NE2 on December 14, 2014, 10:17:50 AM

Quote from: cjk374 on December 14, 2014, 10:12:09 AM
I looked through the MUTCD sections 2B.04-2B.12, and I cannot find any allowance or prohibition for using the 4-way plaque under a yield sign.

"05 The ALL WAY plaque shall only be used if all intersection approaches are controlled by STOP signs."

Quote from: jakeroot on December 14, 2014, 01:31:51 AM
Saw these two interesting signs in Federal Way, Washington yesterday:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fo9jdRTA.jpg&hash=9ff426c472b3e23af82cc13d8893b2d778ffef60)

Quote from: SignGeek101 on December 17, 2014, 10:57:03 PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadagood/5532809828/sizes/l

Quote from: SignGeek101 on December 17, 2014, 10:57:03 PM
Not in the US:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadagood/5532809828/sizes/l

NOT my pic. Credit goes to the author. No GMSV to back it up.

Quote from: SidS1045 on December 19, 2014, 11:39:25 AM

Quote from: SignGeek101 on December 17, 2014, 10:57:03 PM
Not in the US:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/canadagood/5532809828/sizes/l

NOT my pic. Credit goes to the author. No GMSV to back it up.

Miles?  In Canada?  I guess the Metric Police must have missed that one.

Quote from: SidS1045 on December 19, 2014, 09:58:21 PM
I've also noticed that the various TV programs featuring the contractor Mike Holmes (a Canadian) talk about almost every measurement in English units, except for temperature.

Quote from: Alex on December 02, 2014, 09:47:07 AM

Quote from: jbnv on December 01, 2014, 11:01:35 PM
I don't think this has been posted: Suwanee River crossing sign with musical notation, I-10, Florida (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3579774,-83.1945563,3a,75y,95.33h,86.41t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sGWiQf5GbaaP5O9ZQ2dilxw!2e0?hl=en).

Only other instance with musical notes on a guide sign that comes to mind for me is the Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway on I-65 in Lower Alabama:

(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama065/i-065_nb_exit_114_05.jpg)

Quote from: thenetwork on December 21, 2014, 10:07:09 PMI would hate to see what would happen if a 53' semi trailer or larger would have an incident on this spot. How would the two cities cope???

Quote from: thenetwork on December 21, 2014, 10:07:09 PM
ODOT in the recent years had to note every crossing of a city limit on a stretch of I-71 between exits 244 and 245 to denote what is in the city of Brooklyn and what is in the city of Cleveland.  It was moreso because the 2 cities were getting very anal about which city had to respond to calls on this stretch of freeway (talk about splitting hairs)

Look at how often I-71 crosses between the 2 cities in under a mile on this map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brooklyn,+OH/@41.447575,-81.7380672,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8830ee468f9bf5f5:0x6cbe6346175e419a

Quote from: SignGeek101 on December 24, 2014, 11:04:56 AM
Never seen this before. I think it means the lane is ending...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2FInteresting_zpsc9673999.jpg&hash=3c0f7be4fa7509fa57d4d2eda50d5f4936557cd8)

GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/mjodq

Quote from: jwolfer on December 21, 2014, 02:08:18 PM

Quote from: SidS1045 on December 19, 2014, 09:58:21 PM
I've also noticed that the various TV programs featuring the contractor Mike Holmes (a Canadian) talk about almost every measurement in English units, except for temperature.

Construction is still in feet and inches. People think of height in feet.

Quote from: SignGeek101 on December 24, 2014, 11:04:56 AM
Never seen this before. I think it means the lane is ending...

Quote from: SignGeek101 on December 24, 2014, 11:04:56 AM
Never seen this before. I think it means the lane is ending...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1291.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb551%2Fslik_sh00ter%2FInteresting_zpsc9673999.jpg&hash=3c0f7be4fa7509fa57d4d2eda50d5f4936557cd8)

GMSV: http://goo.gl/maps/mjodq

Quote from: thenetwork on December 21, 2014, 10:07:09 PM
ODOT in the recent years had to note every crossing of a city limit on a stretch of I-71 between exits 244 and 245 to denote what is in the city of Brooklyn and what is in the city of Cleveland.  It was moreso because the 2 cities were getting very anal about which city had to respond to calls on this stretch of freeway (talk about splitting hairs)

Look at how often I-71 crosses between the 2 cities in under a mile on this map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brooklyn,+OH/@41.447575,-81.7380672,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8830ee468f9bf5f5:0x6cbe6346175e419a

and you'll see a small example of how ODOT had to respond to it:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.cleveland.com%2Froadrant_impact%2Fphoto%2Froad-rant-cleveland-brooklyn-i-71-3d22a4e0aa808e1d.jpg&hash=a0f25001b55e5db57ba0fed80d94b309fd6c3bbb)

This 25-30 foot section of Cleveland makes the 500-some foot section of I-71 through nearby Linndale look like you're crossing Delaware on I-95!!!


I would hate to see what would happen if a 53' semi trailer or larger would have an incident on this spot. How would the two cities cope???

Quote from: The Nature Boy on December 24, 2014, 10:00:42 PM
The FL sign posted a page back made me think of this:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunicatingacrossboundaries.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F06%2Fmaine-turnpike.jpg&hash=cd7372800534d732cf3be2fefefa001bb4a98248)

Are NH and ME the only two states to provide distance in miles and kilometers?

Quote from: hbelkins on December 25, 2014, 08:26:48 PM
(Why do we pronounce it "killahmahters" instead of "killometers"?)

Quote from: The Nature Boy on December 25, 2014, 08:47:17 PM
I remember distinctly pronouncing it "kilo-meters" in school but being told that I was incorrect. As a grammatical construct, kilo-meters makes sense because it's in line with how you pronounce the rest of the metric system.

Quote from: hbelkins on December 25, 2014, 08:26:48 PM
There are a few signs in both Kentucky and Tennessee that have miles and kilometers listed.

(Why do we pronounce it "killahmahters" instead of "killometers"?)

Quote from: kurumi on December 26, 2014, 07:58:09 PM
We should all just say "klicks".