Erroneous road signs

[formulanone]

Proof of a gate after death?

[noelbotevera]

Proof of a gate after death?

You have to stop until a gate stops existing. Any gate in the world, really.

[vtk]

But the gate must first stop existing, then close.  In order to close, the gate must resume existing, as an intermediate step.  But how do we establish that it's the same gate that existed before?

[TravelingBethelite]

I think your link "is broke". 

[Zeffy]

Double oops.
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2290367,-77.3907365,3a,23.2y,337.64h,84.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa74CNAKq_yR5j4Mz3BpheQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This is (leading to) VA 36, in addition to using a 3-digit shield in lieu of a 2-digit.

[74/171FAN]

Double oops.
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2290367,-77.3907365,3a,23.2y,337.64h,84.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sa74CNAKq_yR5j4Mz3BpheQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This is (leading to) VA 36, in addition to using a 3-digit shield in lieu of a 2-digit.

US 36 has existed in Petersburg since I can remember.

[roadman65]

US 32 exists in Morrisville, PA as well.  Just come off the Trenton Makes Bridge and you will see US 32 signed after coming ashore.

[okroads]

U.S. 32 also exists in Athens, OH (photo taken by me on 10/4):

DSC09092 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[JCinSummerfield]

I drive through Athens probably 15 times a year, and never noticed that.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

It seems Froggie's US route plan is becoming a reality , but then the US 32 shield would be in the place of the US 33 one.

Also, technically US 33's direction should be South. I'll pass this since it actually runs more East-West than North-South for its entire lenght, making an odd number an (a redundantly) odd choice. (Ironically, US 32 would fit better)

[PurdueBill]

It seems Froggie's US route plan is becoming a reality , but then the US 32 shield would be in the place of the US 33 one.

Also, technically US 33's direction should be South. I'll pass this since it actually runs more East-West than North-South for its entire lenght, making an odd number an (a redundantly) odd choice. (Ironically, US 32 would fit better)

33 is just one of the numerous diagonal US routes in Ohio that are "off" by 90 degrees--33, 35, 42, 68, and sometimes 62 all are posted in directions perpendicular to what their number would suggest in general.  They were all N-WEST/S-EAST or N-EAST/S-WEST routes once, but when Ohio fell in line with other states, these routes wound up getting the "off" directions.  35, for example, changes direction from SOUTH to EAST at the Indiana-Ohio line because Indiana is strict about US routes' directions and Ohio isn't.

[cl94]

It seems Froggie's US route plan is becoming a reality , but then the US 32 shield would be in the place of the US 33 one.

Also, technically US 33's direction should be South. I'll pass this since it actually runs more East-West than North-South for its entire lenght, making an odd number an (a redundantly) odd choice. (Ironically, US 32 would fit better)

33 is just one of the numerous diagonal US routes in Ohio that are "off" by 90 degrees--33, 35, 42, 68, and sometimes 62 all are posted in directions perpendicular to what their number would suggest in general.  They were all N-WEST/S-EAST or N-EAST/S-WEST routes once, but when Ohio fell in line with other states, these routes wound up getting the "off" directions.  35, for example, changes direction from SOUTH to EAST at the Indiana-Ohio line because Indiana is strict about US routes' directions and Ohio isn't.

Almost all signage now has US 62 as east-west. There are two errant shields left between US 40 and I-670. WB isn't even signed on this stretch. Pennsylvania and New York continue to have US 62 as north/south and, in the case of New York, a lot of the NB direction actually tracks west.

[noelbotevera]

It seems Froggie's US route plan is becoming a reality , but then the US 32 shield would be in the place of the US 33 one.

Also, technically US 33's direction should be South. I'll pass this since it actually runs more East-West than North-South for its entire lenght, making an odd number an (a redundantly) odd choice. (Ironically, US 32 would fit better)

33 is just one of the numerous diagonal US routes in Ohio that are "off" by 90 degrees--33, 35, 42, 68, and sometimes 62 all are posted in directions perpendicular to what their number would suggest in general.  They were all N-WEST/S-EAST or N-EAST/S-WEST routes once, but when Ohio fell in line with other states, these routes wound up getting the "off" directions.  35, for example, changes direction from SOUTH to EAST at the Indiana-Ohio line because Indiana is strict about US routes' directions and Ohio isn't.

Almost all signage now has US 62 as east-west. There are two errant shields left between US 40 and I-670. WB isn't even signed on this stretch. Pennsylvania and New York continue to have US 62 as north/south and, in the case of New York, a lot of the NB direction actually tracks west.

North of PA 36/Allegheny National Forest is US 62's direction correct up until NY 60 southeast of Jamestown, New York. From NY 60 up until NY 241 is US 62's direction east/west (20 and a half miles). North of there up until US 62 ends is US 62 north/south.

[hbelkins]

West Virginia and Virginia both sign US 33 as E-W.

What I don't understand is WV signing US 250 as N-S.

[roadman65]

I found one yesterday on US 192 near Disney.  A misspelled "St Petersburg" with "St Peterburg" on a supplemental sign approaching the I-4 ramps.

I hopefully will photograph it later on today so I can share it with you, or for those of you who live in Central Florida and have time, check it out in person along EB US 192 at I-4 just east of World Drive.

[vtk]

U.S. 32 also exists in Athens, OH (photo taken by me on 10/4):

DSC09092 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

I just drove through there yesterday and I didn't notice. But usually when I drive through this stretch I'm looking to see if they've happened to fix the exit numbers.  Also, a little ways upstream from this photo, there's a 30" independent-mount US 33 pasted over a 36" guide-sign Ohio state route marker (which probably says 33); I usually don't miss that one...

[JCinSummerfield]

there's a 30" independent-mount US 33 pasted over a 36" guide-sign Ohio state route marker (which probably says 33); I usually don't miss that one…

I noticed that one about 5 years ago, and now I'm always looking at it, too!

[roadman65]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Saddle+Brook,+NJ/@40.903278,-74.104956,3a,66.8y,357.36h,96.39t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1scPMc2ucYaj_aAsrPhcc7WA!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c2fbc15e7bed7f:0x9b090ac7f11dda29
This one here implying that the Garden State Parkway is concurrent with I-80 and runs east with it.  Plus the lack of "TO" signs.

BTW that Disney area misspelled "St Peterburg" got replaced as soon as I posted it here.  Uggh, FDOT acted fast for once.  Anyway, you snooze you lose, or maybe keep that camera at all times or just use my phone's.

[roadman65]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Saddle+Brook,+NJ/@40.904856,-74.105379,3a,66.8y,210.57h,84.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sraiyHBPbYzKYMy-UIAaoBw!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c2fbc15e7bed7f:0x9b090ac7f11dda29
It gets even better.  A erroneous arrow for the Garden State Parkway coming the other way on the same road for the same intersection.

[odditude]

two pictures

a quick look at the map says neither are erroneous; they're consistent with a great many other signs pointing you towards the turnpike or parkway (which often omit the TO placard).

[okroads]

there's a 30" independent-mount US 33 pasted over a 36" guide-sign Ohio state route marker (which probably says 33); I usually don't miss that one…

I noticed that one about 5 years ago, and now I'm always looking at it, too!

This would be the one:
DSC09087 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[okroads]

A couple more Ohio sign goofs I've noticed in my travels:

DSC09955 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

U.S. 315 is signed just underneath the "TO Interstate 71 South" trailblazer instead of OH 315. Photo taken by me on 10/10/15.

DSC00893 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

OH 161 in an oval shield. Photo taken by me on 10/11/15.

[cl94]

There are some oval shields on SR 161 itself near the intersection, as well. How those ended up in Ohio is beyond me.

[route17fan]

Speaking of misplaced ovals, my hometown of Mount Vernon, OH has an oval 229 - I can not place it (i.e., from which state it belongs) but it definitely does not belong in Ohio.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3936754,-82.4868518,3a,37.5y,161.39h,84.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOni--R4_AREB_JnGnMDvHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

When I think of the treasure trove of signs I grew up with in that little town - like shields with wind holes in them on the square, and ironically, at that intersection cited above but headed westbound at the post office was a TEMPORARY bannered 13, and 18"x18" 586 and 661 shields - aah the good old days..it just makes me want to gag when the newer shields like this 586 shield - in which Ashtabula and northeast Ohio annex part of Lake Erie. I would take the smaller 3-di shields in a 2-di any day of the week compared to the following freak of nature:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3829476,-82.4843737,3a,15y,196.08h,86.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWyQaCxv-KUsk4_3ymv3hBw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I am not a violent man, but I would take a pistol to that (those) shield(s) and put them out of their misery (I know there are more of them). I can not stand those shields. 

[cl94]

Speaking of misplaced ovals, my hometown of Mount Vernon, OH has an oval 229 - I can not place it (i.e., from which state it belongs) but it definitely does not belong in Ohio.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3936754,-82.4868518,3a,37.5y,161.39h,84.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOni--R4_AREB_JnGnMDvHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

That looks like New Jersey or Mississippi. Both use the same oval.