Erroneous road signs

[1995hoo]

I'm usually pretty ho-hum about the myriad wrong-shield-shape errors.  But.....what's the "most off" of that type of error?  For example, a county road being signed as an Interstate, or vice versa.  State routes and US routes are so similar that I don't find an error between the two all that surprising.  But what are the ones that are really wrong?

These are gone now, but they're among the worst I've seen (photo from AARoads.com):




There used to be a BGS on the E Street Expressway that had a full-color I-29 shield (should have been a US-29 shield).

[Mapmikey]

Although white rectangles are used for primary routes at intersections involving that primary route and a secondary route, here is a white rectangle for an interstate in Virginia, not at an interchange:



There are several examples of errors by two levels in Virginia:



or if you like, interstate shield on a virginia state cutout shield (there are a few of these in Covington)



here is a 2-level error with SR 775:



There were several SR 220 shields in Rocky Mount for another 2-level area:



Finally, an I-7 Bus shield



Mapmikey

[WillWeaverRVA]

Along those same lines:



Also, this is actually not VA 407. VA 407 ends at VA 168 about half a mile before this assembly.

[djsinco]

Would it be presumptuous to state that OH and VA seem to have a disproportionate number of sign errors?

[hobsini2]

I'm usually pretty ho-hum about the myriad wrong-shield-shape errors.  But.....what's the "most off" of that type of error?  For example, a county road being signed as an Interstate, or vice versa.  State routes and US routes are so similar that I don't find an error between the two all that surprising.  But what are the ones that are really wrong?

These are gone now, but they're among the worst I've seen (photo from AARoads.com):




There used to be a BGS on the E Street Expressway that had a full-color I-29 shield (should have been a US-29 shield).

I actually like that shield design for Incomplete/Proposed Interstate Corridors.

[PHLBOS]

Finally, an I-7 Bus shield

Does VA even have any Business interstates in where somebody mistakenly selected the wrong shield (& color) at VDOT's garage? 

If the erroneous shield was the standard red/white/blue Interstate shield; I could see some plausibility for error; but this one's way off.

[agentsteel53]

I'm usually pretty ho-hum about the myriad wrong-shield-shape errors.  But.....what's the "most off" of that type of error?  For example, a county road being signed as an Interstate, or vice versa.  State routes and US routes are so similar that I don't find an error between the two all that surprising.  But what are the ones that are really wrong?

similar to those I-1 and I-50 "DC-US" shields, here is a US-shaped red, white and blue I-55 in Litchfield IL.

[1995hoo]

Does VA even have any Business interstates in where somebody mistakenly selected the wrong shield (& color) at VDOT's garage? 

If the erroneous shield was the standard red/white/blue Interstate shield; I could see some plausibility for error; but this one's way off.

No. I grew up in Virginia and never saw a green Interstate shield (other than on maps) until the summer before I went off to college.

[deathtopumpkins]

Does VA even have any Business interstates in where somebody mistakenly selected the wrong shield (& color) at VDOT's garage? 

If the erroneous shield was the standard red/white/blue Interstate shield; I could see some plausibility for error; but this one's way off.

No. I grew up in Virginia and never saw a green Interstate shield (other than on maps) until the summer before I went off to college.

I still don't think I've ever actually seen a single one in person. Nowhere in the notheast really uses business interstates.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Finally, an I-7 Bus shield

Does VA even have any Business interstates in where somebody mistakenly selected the wrong shield (& color) at VDOT's garage? 

If the erroneous shield was the standard red/white/blue Interstate shield; I could see some plausibility for error; but this one's way off.

You have to go to North Carolina for the nearest green interstates (interstate business loops).

[Alps]

I'm usually pretty ho-hum about the myriad wrong-shield-shape errors.  But.....what's the "most off" of that type of error?  For example, a county road being signed as an Interstate, or vice versa.  State routes and US routes are so similar that I don't find an error between the two all that surprising.  But what are the ones that are really wrong?

Interstate as a fractional route?

[PHLBOS]

You have to go to North Carolina for the nearest green interstates (interstate business loops).

What about Business Loop(?) 83 in York, PA?

IIRC, many years ago, I did a Business Loop 95 shield on a BGS along I-95 near New London, CT.

[Alps]

You have to go to North Carolina for the nearest green interstates (interstate business loops).

What about Business Loop(?) 83 in York, PA?

Should be a Spur because it ends at US 30 and becomes PA 181, but it's really just signed Business 83 with hideous oversized-numeral shields.

[OracleUsr]

Plus, NC is closer to VA than PA.

[Mapmikey]

It is 3 times closer from the I-7 Bus to York PA than to Greensboro, NC...

Mapmikey

[kphoger]

I'm usually pretty ho-hum about the myriad wrong-shield-shape errors.  But.....what's the "most off" of that type of error?  For example, a county road being signed as an Interstate, or vice versa.  State routes and US routes are so similar that I don't find an error between the two all that surprising.  But what are the ones that are really wrong?

Interstate as a fractional route?

What are the details on that one?  Because that's pretty egregious.

[agentsteel53]

What are the details on that one?  Because that's pretty egregious.

I'll bet I-70 is inventoried internally by WVDOT as "70/1".  the contractor got a project to redo a segment of "state highway 70/1" and didn't think too carefully about it.

[vtk]

...or is it state highway 70/I?

[agentsteel53]

...or is it state highway 70/I?

kinda looks like it, doesn't it?  for some reason I seem to remember a 123/III fractional route somewhere in WV (for some route number, not necessarily 123) - am I imagining that?

[kphoger]

…or is it state highway 70/I?

kinda looks like it, doesn't it?  for some reason I seem to remember a 123/III fractional route somewhere in WV (for some route number, not necessarily 123) - am I imagining that?

You have weird dreams.

[Alps]

...or is it state highway 70/I?

Correct, the contractor saw I-70 and somehow turned that into a fractional route, complete with "I" instead of "1".

[Central Avenue]

...or is it state highway 70/I?

Correct, the contractor saw I-70 and somehow turned that into a fractional route, complete with "I" instead of "1".

That's...actually kinda hilarious.

[Michael]

I found this blade sign for NY 321 on Forward Road in Camillus last night.  Forward Road used to be NY 321 until the late 1980s, so this sign may be left over from then.

[WillWeaverRVA]

It is 3 times closer from the I-7 Bus to York PA than to Greensboro, NC...

Mapmikey

I always forget about that I-83 BUS in York...

[Some_Person]

This sign in Easton, PA on PA 611 North has the wrong shield in place for US 22. Also, take note of the sign at the bottom left, those 'keep left' signs are pretty rare to see pretty much anywhere on a main road in the US.