The Worst of Road Signs

[formulanone]

Too much going on at the same time for this sign (from the Florida's Turnpike site).

[Alex]

Oh the hilarity of this!! 



Found this gem that was on Justin's old tropicalturnpikes web site (credit him for finding it!).

[FLRoads]

I think this shield needed to go on a diet!! I haven't laughed my ass off like that in quite a while!!! I'm still wiping away the tears...

[agentsteel53]

WHAT?  all that space and they still couldn't fit in a properly sized panhandle?

[Ian]

That I-595 shield in the background looks like it could hit the gym as well!

[FLRoads]

That shield even makes the bubble I-595 shield in the background look presentable...

[formulanone]

Our I-595 bubble shields are quite...um, bubbilicious.

I wonder if its still up; whatever road that is, it's heading north, sine the New River Canal sign is just ahead of the overpass.

[hbelkins]

Don't be dissin the bubble shields. Since they are what a normal 2di shield would look like if proportionally stretched, they are cool, and preferable to those hideous angular jobs used normally.

[agentsteel53]

unfortunately, just horizontal stretching changes circular arcs to much less attractive elliptical ones.

this is what a proper 3-digit interstate shield should look like.

[Quillz]

Yup, the 21×18 3di shields are great. I used to dislike them (along with any wide shield), but now I've really gotten fond of them.

I do like them neutered, though. In that case, I usually use 8'' Series C numerals with tighter kerning instead of the 6'' variation California seems to use. (Or it could be 8'' -> 10'', I really don't remember.)

[formulanone]

Don't really mind the bubbles, but they "grin" like The Joker.

The Florida Toll shield appears to be a flattened cow catcher.

[agentsteel53]

Yup, the 21×18 3di shields are great. I used to dislike them (along with any wide shield), but now I've really gotten fond of them.

I do like them neutered, though. In that case, I usually use 8'' Series C numerals with tighter kerning instead of the 6'' variation California seems to use. (Or it could be 8'' -> 10'', I really don't remember.)

my shield generator jumps by a proportion of 5/4 from the state-named to the neutered variant.  so that would result in a 7 1/2" number on the neutered 21x18

[InterstateNG]

I'm not sure if this is "worst" per se, but it's certainly outdated:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Marine+City,+MI&hl=en&ll=42.677892,-82.815285&spn=0.128221,0.308647&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.357014,79.013672&vpsrc=6&z=12&layer=c&cbll=42.678066,-82.815036&panoid=pJHFyDnZ0uhwq7b_FAUzSw&cbp=12,284.83,,0,6.41

Sign is a replica of when M-59 used to end here, which actually runs to Utica (now ends at exit 240).  Neither M-3 or M-29 head towards Utica.  What is worst is the gore signage here, which was taken out by a car and replaced in Helvetica font.  I think that's the only instance of Helvetica in the state.

[ctsignguy]

Some 'not-so-goodies' from my trip....

[corco]

[Ian]

Here is this one on US 3/Everett Turnpike in Nashua, NH...


A few problems I have with this...
-The exit tab looks a little poorly laid out.
-"Nashua" is pushed all the way to the left of the sign.
-The old man shields on this (and a few others like it in Nashua) sign look a little off.

Another one on the Everett Turnpike at the Bedford toll plaza. Do you think you can get all that before passing the sign?


Then there is this 2010 installed sign on I-93 in Concord:


-Again, "Loudon" is pushed over to the left
-In my opinion, the 2-digit route shields for 3-digit routes on a BGS looks odd, and New Hampshire loves to use them (however, I am fine with the 2-digit wide standalone shields)

Here is what the above sign replaced. Both are not very pleasing (but hey, at least the new one is in highway gothic!).

[Duke87]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/ctsignguy/August%202011%20Mini-Trip/DSCF0341.jpg

Ah, so US 15 still exists in Connecticut!

10 or so years ago there were a couple of US 15 shields in Fairfield county (one off exit 40, the other off exit 53), but I believe both have been fixed.

[okroads]

One of the destinations on Tisdale Parkway southbound in Tulsa is... U.S. I-244:

[xonhulu]

So someone knew 3-digit OR 230 was supposed to be on a wider sign, but still couldn't grasp the entire concept:

[Android]

I've seen this sign for a while now in a cone zone outside of town, the other night, I made an effort to get a photo of it.  Until I just now got the photo out of my camera, I'd never noticed the 2008 WYDOT style date stamp in the corner...Ugh!  Go figure.  

[Central Avenue]

The "65" appears to be in Avant Garde Gothic.

...That's bizarre.

[mobilene]

Wow, I've never seen a 65-mph limit in a cone zone before!  Around here, 45's the norm.

[Ga293]

Found this a few years ago, put up by the city of Rome, GA.

[Central Avenue]

"Residenitial" Area, eh?

[ftballfan]

I've seen this sign for a while now in a cone zone outside of town, the other night, I made an effort to get a photo of it.  Until I just now got the photo out of my camera, I'd never noticed the 2008 WYDOT style date stamp in the corner...Ugh!  Go figure.  The photo, best I could do at night... 

In Michigan, it is usually 10 mph under the regular posted limit of the road. (So a 70 becomes 60 and a 55 becomes 45, etc.)