Erroneous road signs

[codyg1985]

Yay for a state name road shield, but this is in Tennessee...



This was taken in Birmingham, AL, not Houston, TX:



I didn't know that No Hazardous Materials was a route number. Taken in Franklin, TN:

[Alps]

Bonus: the error US 59 shield is an upside-down Truck Route sign.

[Kacie Jane]

Bonus: the error US 59 shield is an upside-down Truck Route sign.

I don't know how you managed to see that.  After you said that, I squinted at it and managed to see something there, then realized that if I tilted my laptop screen all the way back, I could make it out.

The arrow is also painted over an upside-down up/left arrow.

[Alps]

Bonus: the error US 59 shield is an upside-down Truck Route sign.

I don't know how you managed to see that.  After you said that, I squinted at it and managed to see something there, then realized that if I tilted my laptop screen all the way back, I could make it out.

The arrow is also painted over an upside-down up/left arrow.

Oh, I can top that. The TRUCK SOUTH is painted over a double arrow.

[Kacie Jane]

Bonus: the error US 59 shield is an upside-down Truck Route sign.

I don't know how you managed to see that.  After you said that, I squinted at it and managed to see something there, then realized that if I tilted my laptop screen all the way back, I could make it out.

The arrow is also painted over an upside-down up/left arrow.

Oh, I can top that. The TRUCK SOUTH is painted over a double arrow.

Oh, no worries.  I had that as well.

[kphoger]

I squinted at it and managed to see something there, then realized that if I tilted my laptop screen all the way back, I could make it out.

When I first read this, my mind glossed over the word 'laptop', and I was instead imagining you tilting a CRT monitor way far back.  Then I wondered how that could possibly be easier than just hunching yourself over and looking up at it.  Now it all makes sense...

[thenetwork]

Bonus: the error US 59 shield is an upside-down Truck Route sign.

I don't know how you managed to see that.  After you said that, I squinted at it and managed to see something there, then realized that if I tilted my laptop screen all the way back, I could make it out.

The arrow is also painted over an upside-down up/left arrow.

And it took me an extra few seconds to figure out that the whole flippin' sign was an upside down TRUCK ROUTE sign.  I was under the impression that it was only the banners that were upside-down/flip flopped (as in SOUTH TRUCK US-59).   

And that overhead wire sign looks real sad -- maybe the font is much bigger sitting in a semi cab 6 feet off the ground. 

[1995hoo]

Saw this today in DC. I was on northbound Vermont Avenue at T Street NW. Had a while to stare at it while stopped at the red light and all I could say was, "WTF!"

[Roadsguy]

To be fair, the arrow is still completely on the right of the median symbol. I guess it means "get in the left lane."

[JMoses24]

Should be US 25W.

US 441 actually DOES intersect I-75 at the next exit. Of course, that doesn't make this one any less incorrect.

Spot the spelling error.

Ugh. Yeah, I saw that IMMEDIATELY. Cincinnati has 3 n's, but doesn't have two t's!

[Scott5114]

Cincinnati has three N's. That's part of the problem.

[JMoses24]

Cincinnati has three N's. That's part of the problem.

Damn it. How sad is it that I miscounted the number of N's, and I live here?!? You're right.

[hbelkins]

I just found it curious that Tennessee saw fit to sign Cincy on US 25W. Not to mention the misspelling.

[JMoses24]

I just found it curious that Tennessee saw fit to sign Cincy on US 25W. Not to mention the misspelling.

It is kind of weird that it's Cincinnati that's signed and not Lexington. You hit Lexington before Cincy, anyway.

[Alps]

Saw this today in DC. I was on northbound Vermont Avenue at T Street NW. Had a while to stare at it while stopped at the red light and all I could say was, "WTF!"

Also amusing: green up arrow juxtaposed with right One Way arrow. Should be a green ball.

[cpzilliacus]

Also amusing: green up arrow juxtaposed with right One Way arrow. Should be a green ball.

Usual practice in the District of Columbia seems to be to have a green up arrow on the side where a turn is denied and a green ball on the other side.  Hoo did not  snap an image of the right side signal head, but it's probably a green ball.  GSV saw a green ball on the right when they rolled through there. 

Years ago, it likely would have been a green up arrow and a green arrow to the right, or (in one lens) a green up arrow "crossed" with a green right arrow.

[Duke87]

Somehow despite the fact that I lived not too far from here for four years, these evaded my notice until this week:



There's a third one facing the cross street, even!

[PurdueBill]

Also amusing: green up arrow juxtaposed with right One Way arrow. Should be a green ball.

Usual practice in the District of Columbia seems to be to have a green up arrow on the side where a turn is denied and a green ball on the other side.  Hoo did not  snap an image of the right side signal head, but it's probably a green ball.  GSV saw a green ball on the right when they rolled through there. 

Years ago, it likely would have been a green up arrow and a green arrow to the right, or (in one lens) a green up arrow "crossed" with a green right arrow.

Seen similar in Akron a lot...when intersecting a one-way, they usually use green balls except for the signal closest to the wrong-way direction of the cross street, and then use a straight arrow (e.g., crossing a one-way to the left, the rightmost signal would have a straight arrow, not a green ball, to emphasize that right turns are not an option.)

[vtk]

Tip from my dad:

In Delaware Co, OH on US 23, a few traffic lights north of OH 750 (which might be Hidden Ravines Dr) there is reportedly a blade sign which reads "US State Route 23".  GSV is too outdated to confirm.

[Takumi]

Error circle 155 sign on US 60 eastbound approaching VA 155 near Providence Forge. This wasn't there in July.

[hbelkins]

Error circle 155 sign on US 60 eastbound approaching VA 155 near Providence Forge. This wasn't there in July.

I've seen more than a few of these tourism signs with secondary shields for primary routes in VA.

[Takumi]

The opposite is also true. The only two I've seen for US routes (301 in Stony Creek and 60 in Williamsburg) have both been right, but had the black background behind the shield.

[NE2]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=28.052195,-82.738702&spn=0.008635,0.016512&gl=us&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=28.052195,-82.738702&panoid=0QwgsniswB9MSss0sHo2uw&cbp=12,98.52,,1,8.13
OK, where do you turn left?

[kphoger]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=28.052195,-82.738702&spn=0.008635,0.016512&gl=us&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=28.052195,-82.738702&panoid=0QwgsniswB9MSss0sHo2uw&cbp=12,98.52,,1,8.13
OK, where do you turn left?

May I play the part of Captain Obvious?
The pavement markings on the drive predate the current median setup.
Or is there a 'sign' I'm missing?

[Mapmikey]

Error circle 155 sign on US 60 eastbound approaching VA 155 near Providence Forge. This wasn't there in July.

It was there in mid-October...

Mapmikey