Unique, Odd, or Interesting Signs aka The good, the bad, and the ugly

[formulanone]

Who likes Courier and New Courier? Because I have one of them in Navasota, Texas!

[TBKS1]

Who likes Courier and New Courier? Because I have one of them in Navasota, Texas!

I actually kind of like that. It looks pretty different and unique at the same time. 

[cjk374]

Who likes Courier and New Courier? Because I have one of them in Navasota, Texas!

I actually kind of like that. It looks pretty different and unique at the same time. 

Is that a reference marker for a county road below the shield?

[formulanone]

I actually kind of like that. It looks pretty different and unique at the same time. 

Is that a reference marker for a county road below the shield?

I think it's to denote block and building numbers for addresses.

[freebrickproductions]

How about Series F on an I-65 shield? Saw this last night on I-65 in Tennessee while heading home from Lebanon, TN, but it was too dark to get a picture:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8055459,-86.8506499,3a,15y,232.01h,87.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1splTsjyBL8WR-Nl5_LCVIIQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[PHLBOS]

How about Series F on an I-65 shield? Saw this last night on I-65 in Tennessee while heading home from Lebanon, TN, but it was too dark to get a picture:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8055459,-86.8506499,3a,15y,232.01h,87.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1splTsjyBL8WR-Nl5_LCVIIQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Looks more like Series E.

[US 89]

How about Series F on an I-65 shield? Saw this last night on I-65 in Tennessee while heading home from Lebanon, TN, but it was too dark to get a picture:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8055459,-86.8506499,3a,15y,232.01h,87.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1splTsjyBL8WR-Nl5_LCVIIQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Reminds me of this awful I-15 shield in Cedar City. The worst part is that it replaced a button-copy sign, visible in some of the older GSVs.

[formulanone]

How about Series F on an I-65 shield? Saw this last night on I-65 in Tennessee while heading home from Lebanon, TN, but it was too dark to get a picture:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8055459,-86.8506499,3a,15y,232.01h,87.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1splTsjyBL8WR-Nl5_LCVIIQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Looks more like Series E.

Reminds me of this awful I-15 shield in Cedar City. The worst part is that it replaced a button-copy sign, visible in some of the older GSVs.

There's a few like that on I-75 through Alligator Alley:

[thenetwork]

How about Series F on an I-65 shield? Saw this last night on I-65 in Tennessee while heading home from Lebanon, TN, but it was too dark to get a picture:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8055459,-86.8506499,3a,15y,232.01h,87.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1splTsjyBL8WR-Nl5_LCVIIQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Reminds me of this awful I-15 shield in Cedar City. The worst part is that it replaced a button-copy sign, visible in some of the older GSVs.

Not as bad as this I-15 Utah Shield (since replaced):

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5628722,-112.6055071,3a,75y,201.92h,81.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLrk6PErHSzffJPOBgKMCWg!2e0!7i3328!8i1664

[jakeroot]

This one has been installed for several years. A red-on-white keep-right object marker/chevron (MUTCD OM3-L): https://goo.gl/3JD9ST

As far as I can tell, it was installed by the city of Mercer Island, Washington.

[TBKS1]

No Parking Through Stadium Events by TBKS1, on Flickr



No Parking Through Stadium Events by TBKS1, on Flickr

I saw this in Central Little Rock earlier today, and yes this is pretty close to War Memorial Stadium, but I thought this was pretty interesting.

Also, I'll add this in too. Bus Route Sign Salad anyone?



Bus Route Sign Salad by TBKS1, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

Santa Clara County seems to want everyone to think that CA 130 reaches I-5 and signs San Antonio Valley and Del Puerte Road to the Stanislaus County line.  The shields that are posted suffice to say are really unique.

130CAf by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

130CAg by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

130CAh by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[TBKS1]

I should probably add this too.



Reserved Parking Sign (Cut in Half) by TBKS1, on Flickr

Yes, that's a reserved parking sign, and yes, it's been cut in half. I found this in the middle of Pinnacle Mountain State Park a few days ago.

[jakeroot]

I should probably add this too.

https://flic.kr/p/JTPWQz

Yes, that's a reserved parking sign, and yes, it's been cut in half. I found this in the middle of Pinnacle Mountain State Park a few days ago.

I think that's more appropriate for our 'Vandalised Signs' thread.

[TBKS1]

I should probably add this too.

https://flic.kr/p/JTPWQz

Yes, that's a reserved parking sign, and yes, it's been cut in half. I found this in the middle of Pinnacle Mountain State Park a few days ago.

I think that's more appropriate for our 'Vandalised Signs' thread.

I'll put it there too!

[formulanone]

Not sure where to put this one...it's just a mile marker near Grove Hill, Alabama. Street View

But why is it mile 576?



This on the ramp from southbound US 43 to US 84. But US 43 isn't even that long a route. Here's mile marker 577, so it's not part of US 84. It's definitely not 576/577 miles from its terminus, and it's not a conversion from kilometers. Roughly 79 miles away, there's Mile Marker 1 in Pritchard.

Is this part of a longer route I'm not aware of?

[cl94]

Not sure where to put this one...it's just a mile marker near Grove Hill, Alabama.

But why is it mile 576?

Is this part of a longer route I'm not aware of?

No. ALDOT uses 500 as a countdown mile marker if extensions are proposed and construction does not begin at the south/west end, as the final length is not known. This allows them to renumber all at once when the highway is complete. They have a few weird things like this. Don't know what this references, though, as neither 43 nor 84 use countdown markers.

[formulanone]

Not sure where to put this one...it's just a mile marker near Grove Hill, Alabama.

But why is it mile 576?

Is this part of a longer route I'm not aware of?

No. ALDOT uses 500 as a countdown mile marker if extensions are proposed and construction does not begin at the south/west end, as the final length is not known. This allows them to renumber all at once when the highway is complete. They have a few weird things like this. Don't know what this references, though, as neither 43 nor 84 use countdown markers.

Makes sense. I'd just remove the mile markers in that area, as I don't think anyone would notice in a vaguely-populated area.

Do any other states do something similar?

[theline]

^^ When Indiana opened the first new section of I-69 in southwestern Indiana, they replaced the mile markers north of Indianapolis, adding 200 to each one. No one knew if that would turn out to be the exact mileage, because the exact route between Crane and Indianapolis had not yet been determined. They figured 200 was close enough. Perhaps they will renumber after the entire route is done or maybe not.

[TBKS1]

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1141922,-103.1178707,3a,15y,108.9h,87.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNOUzvyZN86icn6GuljejyA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I find this weird because it's not very close to the Canada border. This is in Rapid City, South Dakota.

[freebrickproductions]

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1141922,-103.1178707,3a,15y,108.9h,87.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNOUzvyZN86icn6GuljejyA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I find this weird because it's not very close to the Canada border. This is in Rapid City, South Dakota.

It's not even the FHWA's standard for a metric speed limit sign:

[jakeroot]

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1141922,-103.1178707,3a,15y,108.9h,87.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNOUzvyZN86icn6GuljejyA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I find this weird because it's not very close to the Canada border. This is in Rapid City, South Dakota.

It's not even the FHWA's standard for a metric speed limit sign:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/MUTCD_R2-1_METRIC.svg/220px-MUTCD_R2-1_METRIC.svg.png

I wasn't even aware that the MUTCD still contained metric-related signage standards.

[Scott5114]

They were dropped as of 2009.

[formulanone]

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.1141922,-103.1178707,3a,15y,108.9h,87.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNOUzvyZN86icn6GuljejyA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I find this weird because it's not very close to the Canada border. This is in Rapid City, South Dakota.

I haven't been to the Dakotas, but it's also unusual to find a regulatory speed limit sign on a ramp.

It's not even the FHWA's standard for a metric speed limit sign:

I've never seen that variety in the field. The example above is closer to what I've seen, although still quite rare.

So there's no exact standard for dual units in the United States.

[J N Winkler]

There are multiple dual-units speed limit signs in western South Dakota around Rapid City and the tourist belt down to the Nebraska state line and east to Badlands National Park.  They were there when I first visited in 2000 and I suspect they far pre-dated the Millennium MUTCD, which introduced the metric signing option.  My guess is that they are an experiment by a SDDOT district and have nothing to do with proximity to the Canadian border, though the Sturgis motorcycle rally does attract numerous bikers with license plates from Canadian provinces.