Erroneous road signs

[Quillz]

Maybe if cutouts were still around, this wouldn't happen as much.

[machias]

Maybe if cutouts were still around, this wouldn't happen as much.

I completely agree with this. People have come to associate computers with mediocrity. Using computers for sign design and manufacturing has led to many more errors being discovered in the field.

[74/171FAN]

No personal photos for either, but there were circle US 29 shields for the detours associated with the Rio Road grade-separated intersection.  (note that the linked photo is from VDOT's Flickr)

Also I saw a PA 322 shield at the linked location this afternoon.  (in Cornwall east of the PA 72 duplex)

EDIT:  Today I saw PA 209 in Tamaqua while clinching roads in PA instead of at some meet in CT.

[roadman]

Fresh install on I-93 SB, Medford, MA just after the MA-38 exit. It is part of the RTTM statewide project, the time displays are not active yet. Based on my odometer, the Zakim bridge should read "3 MI"

As usual, the contractor that put this sign in did not stop and wonder how the Mass Ave exit which is on the complete opposite end of the artery tunnel could be the same distance as the Zakim. 

This is a contractor error, not MassDOT's, the original sign plan lists 5 miles to the Mass Ave exit. Here's the sign drawing:

As of Monday morning, the sign has been fixed.  http://www.universalhub.com/2016/state-changes-sign-times

[Quillz]

Is the 987 supposed to be a US route shield? It's like a double error.

[national highway 1]

Is the 987 supposed to be a US route shield? It's like a double error.

No, it is meant to be a keystone shield for PA 987.

[formulanone]

Is the 987 supposed to be a US route shield? It's like a double error.

No, it is meant to be a keystone shield for PA 987.

Hopefully, this one was still standing:

[formulanone]

Hopefully, this one was still standing:

Where is that one located?  I'm staying across the street from the airport and can check it out.

I think there's two access roads that leave the Allentown Airport, the main exit point which has the ugly 987, but another one (Postal Road) has the button copy sign.

[cbeach40]

Signs on the 401 and 407 for Hurontario St call it "Highway 10", even though Highway 10 was decommissioned in Brampton and Mississauga for two decades now. Here's a picture I took for the 407 exit for Hurontario St. I know a lot of people still call it highway 10, but it's still incorrect.

That's not so much an error as just old.

I believe the sign on the left on Victoria St/Hwy 7 in Kitchener is technically not correct.

The Hwy 7 shield here is a junction shield, but I think it should instead be like this shield below.

No it's correct. Just not the ideal set-up, but still acceptable.

[Quillz]

Is the 987 supposed to be a US route shield? It's like a double error.

No, it is meant to be a keystone shield for PA 987.

Wow, then they failed even harder.

[jbnati27]

Here's a fairly new sign fail after some recent construction on US-50 in Marathon, OH

[epzik8]

This Pennsylvania Route 222 shield should be a U.S. Route 222 shield.


This Maryland Route 29 shield should be a U.S. Route 29 shield.

[74/171FAN]

US 743 has come to Hershey (there are a few of these around the intersection on Park Ave)

[epzik8]

This U.S. 322 shield in West Chester, Pennsylvania should say U.S. 322 Business. Mainline U.S. 322 bypasses West Chester to the north and east in a duplex with U.S. 202.

[noelbotevera]

No, that's not the right order.

[epzik8]

No, that's not the right order.

There's a similar sign along MD-276 north in Cecil County, Maryland. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is on this sign because this is part of Truck Route 222, and many truck drivers heading north toward Lancaster from I-95 use the truck route. However, Lancaster should be below Rising Sun.

[roadfro]

No, that's not the right order.

In this case, I think the wrong order can be attributed to San Francisco being a major traffic destination for I-5 north (but is reached via intersecting I-580 before getting near Sacramento), whereas Sacramento is the control city for I-5 north.

[7/8]

This "pavement ends" sign (on the right) is upside down. It incorrectly says that the pavement starts behind the sign. I took this photo today on Woolwich St at Wismer Ct in Waterloo, ON. I've let my boss know, so it should be fixed soon

[amroad17]

No, that's not the right order.

There's a similar sign along MD-276 north in Cecil County, Maryland. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is on this sign because this is part of Truck Route 222, and many truck drivers heading north toward Lancaster from I-95 use the truck route. However, Lancaster should be below Rising Sun.

There is a mileage sign on I-71/75 southbound in Florence, KY displaying the following (in Clearview):

           Louisville      88
           Lexington     71

This is south of Exit 180 for those who may want to view it on Google Maps.

[74/171FAN]

After 2013 the US 30/PA 234 intersection had the signs replaced for...reasons. So it had the first branch route of US 34, US 234! While US 30 had the correct shield.

Speaking of US 34, it has shown up in Adams County as well.  (2015 GSV)

[paulthemapguy]

After 2013 the US 30/PA 234 intersection had the signs replaced for...reasons. So it had the first branch route of US 34, US 234! While US 30 had the correct shield.

Speaking of US 34, it has shown up in Adams County as well.  (2015 GSV)

This sight really spun me out, because I live near the actual junction of US30 and US34 in Oswego, IL.  I was like "US30 and US34 crossing?  What's wrong with that?" hehehh

[74/171FAN]

After 2013 the US 30/PA 234 intersection had the signs replaced for...reasons. So it had the first branch route of US 34, US 234! While US 30 had the correct shield.

Speaking of US 34, it has shown up in Adams County as well.  (2015 GSV)

This sight really spun me out, because I live near the actual junction of US30 and US34 in Oswego, IL.  I was like "US30 and US34 crossing?  What's wrong with that?" hehehh

Actually US 30 and PA 34 do not intersect each other at all.  PA 34 begins at US 15 BUS farther north at the intersection of Lincoln Ave and Carlisle St.

[freebrickproductions]

Found this in Gallatin, TN, should be a TN 109 shield:
Erroneous "KY" 109 Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
Erroneous "KY" 109 Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Apparently Kentucky tried to invade Tennessee once upon a time.

[tckma]

Speaking of US 34, it has shown up in Adams County as well.  (2015 GSV)

I think I'm having déjà vù... see my post from April 21...

[tckma]

Found this in Gallatin, TN, should be a TN 109 shield:
Erroneous "KY" 109 Shield by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Someone at TNDoT needs to avail themselves of those free counseling services, perhaps?