Erroneous road signs

[roadman65]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Keene,+NH&hl=en&ll=43.641867,-72.341859&spn=0.005978,0.015278&sll=27.698638,-83.804601&sspn=7.407541,15.644531&oq=keene+nh&t=h&hnear=Keene,+Cheshire,+New+Hampshire&z=16&layer=c&cbll=43.641668,-72.341521&panoid=8GKUZCwqjFBdojOSDfD7xw&cbp=12,135,,0,-22.5

The error is in the VT 12A shield on the I-89 pull through as it is supposed to be NH 12A.  Also, the "White River" should be White River Junction on the I-91 exit.  Then again the latter could be argued as a sort of abbreviation tactic such as "Salt Lake" for Salt Lake City on some Utah highway signs.

[JMoses24]

Ohio 127 shield where it should be US 127. Eastbound 3rd Street at the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio. Taken just this morning.

[hbelkins]

Yeah, I noticed that and got a picture back in the spring when I was there. There are a few more errors, and a bunch of older signage, along the designated 27/127 truck route.

[JMoses24]

Yeah, I noticed that and got a picture back in the spring when I was there. There are a few more errors, and a bunch of older signage, along the designated 27/127 truck route.

This one's right in downtown. I rarely get a chance to get a photo of an error shield. I'm usually passing by in a vehicle -- by the time it registers there was a mistake, I can't go back. Not today... I was leisurely strolling down there and saw it.

[rickmastfan67]

A new fail in misspelling in FL:
Mathews Bridge construction signs misspelled

[NE2]

Much less of a failure than Flordia, since both are common ways of spelling the real-world name.

[vtk]

What's more of a fail is that the website has all its articles in subdirectories of /news/news . They're not the only ones, though. I recently saw an article at palmbeachnews.com/news/news/breaking-news/full-article-headline-with-way-too-many-words-for-a-headline .

[agentsteel53]

the real fail is patching a temporary sign that will be up for about a month.  honestly, who doesn't know that it's approximately correct?  just leave it be and save some money.

[jeffandnicole]

A new fail in misspelling in FL:
Mathews Bridge construction signs misspelled

Workers along the Mathews Bridge were busy changing signs Saturday that were part of a massive mistake.

How massive is the misspelling?  OK, they used an extra T. It's not like the error is sending dozens of people on a one-way road to Cuba. 

[NE2]

PS: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-06-20/story/call-box-you-could-call-philips-highway-one-l-road (also, this can be added to the 'named after a living poolitician' list)

[Mergingtraffic]

US-8? I think not.  CT-8. 

[formulanone]

Agoura Hills, spelled "Aquora" and "Aqoura"...misspelled in both directions on US 101.

Northbound:


Aqoura Hills by formulanone, on Flickr

Southbound:


Aquora Hills by formulanone, on Flickr

[agentsteel53]

and in one case, the q is an upside down b.

[vtk]

and in one case, the q is an upside down b.

If it were, I'm not sure how you'd tell.  But one of those is either a backwards p or an inverted d.

[formulanone]

Maybe I'm really nitpicking, but the "H" in the word Hills looks slightly different from one sign to another; the crossbeam appears a stitch higher on the first image, and lower on the second one. It's almost as if the H was inverted on the bottom sign. Or perhaps it's the two slightly different weights of the same typeface.

[agentsteel53]

oops, I forgot which way the diagonals go.

in any case: the first photo (with "speed enforced by radar" secondary sign) shows a "q" but with the tail nonstandard short. 

the second shows a backwards "p" or an upside down "d".

the roadgeek implementation of EM has some very subtle differences between q and b, and between p and d.  on one half of each pair, the tail is just a tiny bit shorter.  I'd be prepared to ascribe that to rendering error more than any deliberate choice.

the first photo shows a "q" with the tail even shorter than the shorter of "q" and "b" (I forget which) in the roadgeek font.

[agentsteel53]

you are right; the H is upside down.

also, one sign has "next 4 exits" in E, the other in EM.

how the fuck hard is it to set "print: copies = 2"??

[vtk]

the roadgeek implementation of EM has some very subtle differences between q and b, and between p and d.  on one half of each pair, the tail is just a tiny bit shorter.  I'd be prepared to ascribe that to rendering error more than any deliberate choice.

Are you sure this difference isn't present in the official specs?  b and d have "tails" that should only be ¼H beyond the loop height.  One would think that the p and q should then be limited to ¼H descenders, as well as g and y, but in practice, those letters seem to have tails that descend almost ½H below baseline.  Or maybe my mind is playing tricks on me when I look at those letters on actual signs...

[hbelkins]

Oops!

http://www.whas11.com/news/Go-north-on-Bardstown-Rd-until-you-get-to-the-Gene-Sydner-Freeway-Wait-what--227677981.html

[Molandfreak]

Oops!

http://www.whas11.com/news/Go-north-on-Bardstown-Rd-until-you-get-to-the-Gene-Sydner-Freeway-Wait-what--227677981.html

Holy crap. How did the contractor not catch this?

[NE2]

They misspelled it a third way in the URL.

[OracleUsr]

Oops!

http://www.whas11.com/news/Go-north-on-Bardstown-Rd-until-you-get-to-the-Gene-Sydner-Freeway-Wait-what--227677981.html

Holy crap. How did the contractor not catch this?

Same way an NC DOT contractor missed the INDEPEDNENCE BLVD sign for US 74 East off I-277.

[Big John]

Oops!

http://www.whas11.com/news/Go-north-on-Bardstown-Rd-until-you-get-to-the-Gene-Sydner-Freeway-Wait-what--227677981.html

Holy crap. How did the contractor not catch this?

Or the sign in Wisconsin that had 4 words, 3 of which were misspelled and missing the arrow?

[TCN7JM]

Oops!

http://www.whas11.com/news/Go-north-on-Bardstown-Rd-until-you-get-to-the-Gene-Sydner-Freeway-Wait-what--227677981.html

At least they misspelled it consistently on both signs, unlike the Aguora Hills signs.

[hbelkins]

Since Kentucky uses demountable copy, that's an easy fix for someone with a bucket truck.