Erroneous road signs

[bassoon1986]

geez...out of 6 words only one is spelled out

[agentsteel53]

geez...out of 6 words only one is spelled out

and it's the one which is the least meaningful.  it could be omitted without reducing the value of the sign any further.

[Alps]

I once knew a girl named Agriexpsta. Or maybe Agnieszka. Those Polish tongue twisters.

[national highway 1]

Fresh, but erroneous:

[Takumi]

What a surprise, Petersburg messing up a VA 36 shield.

[Alps]

What a surprise, Petersburg messing up a VA 36 shield.

THAT CAN BE ON THE MEET! Nah. (:

edit: THAT EXACT CAR IS IN GSV!! (But no sign yet)

[Takumi]

edit: THAT EXACT CAR IS IN GSV!! (But no sign yet)

I don't take this way home from work much anymore, but I had to head downtown today (or so I thought, the place I was going wasn't open). The sign wasn't there last time I took that route, so it's probably less than a month old.

[Brandon]

What a surprise, Petersburg messing up a VA 36 shield.

Not only that, they used the wide variety, not the usual square one.

[roadman65]

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=O%27Hare+International+Airport,+Chicago,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.97763,-87.891827&spn=0.008183,0.021136&sll=27.698638,-83.804601&sspn=9.892242,21.643066&oq=oha&t=h&hq=O%27Hare+International+Airport,+Chicago,+IL&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.977804,-87.892057&panoid=FN1rHnQpfScZ5ufFZ8MY-A&cbp=12,133,,0,-17.26

US 12 is considered N-S along with US 45 leaving O' Hare Airport in Chicago.

[Stratuscaster]

Well, technically, Mannheim Road does run N-S there - I've never considered it an error, per se.

More like "dealing with a restricted space/layout, something had to give."

[WillWeaverRVA]

What a surprise, Petersburg messing up a VA 36 shield.

At least it's an actual shield used in the state of Virginia and not one of the hideous triangles, but still...

[Ace10]

Downtown Seattle:

[Kacie Jane]

Wasn't erroneous when it was put up.

[Ace10]

Wasn't erroneous when it was put up.

I know! I guess WSDOT is getting their full money's worth out of that sign!

[NE2]

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=7818.0

[74/171FAN]

For those newer to the forum, I posted the other VA 36 error in this thread over three years ago.  I haven't checked in awhile, but as far as I know the other US 36 sign is still there.

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=87.msg30403;topicseen#msg30403

[Takumi]

It was as of last month.

[national highway 1]

Downtown Seattle:

Wasn't erroneous when it was put up.

I know! I guess WSDOT is getting their full money's worth out of that sign!

Is the US 99 sign still existant, pending the demolition of the Alaskan Way viaduct?

[Ace10]

Is the US 99 sign still existant, pending the demolition of the Alaskan Way viaduct?

That photo was taken just under one month ago. I don't live in Seattle (though I'm trying to move there!) so I don't know if it's still there as of this moment, but I imagine it would remain until the Viaduct is removed.

I can't remember how I found out about that US 99 shield being on Columbia St, but I'm glad I found out about it before I took my trip up there. I imagine other pictures of it are hard to find, so I hope mine help to preserve what US 99 used to be, much like US 66.

[Brandon]

Well, technically, Mannheim Road does run N-S there - I've never considered it an error, per se.

More like "dealing with a restricted space/layout, something had to give."

Very true, and few locals would consider that signs for Mannheim or LaGrange Roads to be erroneous.  At the Ike and the Stevenson, it's all three (12, 20, 45) north or south.

[kphoger]

Question:

Is this an error?  To me, the yellow merge sign in the foreground is saying that traffic from the left will be merging into this traffic flow.  But then the yield sign in the background is saying that traffic in this lane will need to merge into the traffic coming from the left.

Or do I interpret the signs incorrectly?

[NE2]

http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part2/part2c.htm#section2C40
It says "on the major roadway", but what if the major roadway yields?

[Kacie Jane]

I've seen situations where opposite merge signs are placed on each roadway.  I don't think it's necessarily meant to imply yielding, just that a ramp is coming in from the right (or left), and it's not an added lane.  Keep in mind that entrance ramps don't necessarily have yield signs at the end.

[Mr_Northside]

Question:

Is this an error?  To me, the yellow merge sign in the foreground is saying that traffic from the left will be merging into this traffic flow.  But then the yield sign in the background is saying that traffic in this lane will need to merge into the traffic coming from the left.

Or do I interpret the signs incorrectly?

It seems kind of erroneous.  Or erroneously placed, it would go well with the adjacent ramp (pre-merge, of course)

[ibagli]

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