The Worst of Road Signs

[Kacie Jane]

Yes, that would also work.

[Scott5114]

Then again, if you're so cost-anal as to try to save some cash by omitting one shield, an LGS is going to be an unattractive option.

[Central Avenue]

Why go to the effort of replacing a sign when you can just bolt a new one over it? Seriously, they could have at least tried to match the size:



Not too fond of the "exit only" panel here:



The "2nd Right" patch on the rightmost sign...it just looks careless and lazy to me:



This one is just bizarre:

[vtk]

Why go to the effort of replacing a sign when you can just bolt a new one over it? Seriously, they could have at least tried to match the size:

ODOT District 6 is removing its signs like that for some reason, but the City of Delaware (pictured) seems content to keep and maintain them.  That's a very recent blunder, too – I think those went up sometime last week.

Not too fond of the "exit only" panel here:



The "2nd Right" patch on the rightmost sign...it just looks careless and lazy to me:

I nominate that button-copy US 23 pull-thru for Best Of...

ODOT seems to be rather unskilled with patches.  They are often the wrong overall size, the wrong font, the right font but stretched or compressed, the wrong color, or incorrectly capitalized. Sometimes they put a patch on top of a patch when simply removing the first patch would have worked.

By the way, the last Ohio MUTCD I looked at explicitly specified a different type of arrow for the dancing arrows, though I would have preferred it to be the same. I like dancing arrows, but only when they're pointing at the correct lane on the ground; some are rotated so much, they look like they're either pointing at the bottom edge of the adjacent sign, or a spot on the ground way off on the opposite side of the road.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

That shortened 'exit only' paste over on I-270 north approaching US 23 annoys me as well.
Where as the 'green' paste over on US 23, between 270 and Flint Rd, amuses me to no end.

[route56]

A couple of Candidates from I-70 in Wabunsee County:


43536 by Richie Kennedy, on Flickr


43612 by Richie Kennedy, on Flickr

EDIT 8/14/16: updated links to photos.

[Scott5114]

That K-99 sign exhibits typical Kansas Multiple Font Size Syndrome, a rare but terrible disease. And where's the exit tab?

The Maple Hill sign is just all kinds of awful.

[Ian]

This one isn't too bad, just a little awkward looking.



VA 7 eastbound in Sterling, VA.

[KEK Inc.]

For starters, they technically used the wrong arrow.  Seems like they hired the employee who designs the diagramatic signs for the state, since stand-alone EXIT ONLY banners are pretty rare outside of California. 

[thenetwork]

Why go to the effort of replacing a sign when you can just bolt a new one over it? Seriously, they could have at least tried to match the size:

When I look at this in smaller size, it almost looks like it is one of those internally lit signs.  BTW, I've seen them do this practice with these signs in other places in Ohio in the past as well.

[Central Avenue]

A couple of Candidates from I-70 in Wabunsee County:

As if the sloppy lettering sizes weren't bad enough, the "l" in "Alma" is backwards!

[apeman33]

Kansas went through this period of posting horrible signs like this about a decade ago. Fortunately, KDOT has got back on track.

[Kacie Jane]

A couple of Candidates from I-70 in Wabunsee County:

The goggles... They do nothing!

[agentsteel53]

how frequently does Kansas add a black outline to the green-sign sunflowers?  those two signs are the first time I'd ever noticed it.

[agentsteel53]

that Virginia sign looks like it is made to some fairly old specs.  1960s or so.  is it a carbon copy of an older sign?

[agentsteel53]

Why go to the effort of replacing a sign when you can just bolt a new one over it? Seriously, they could have at least tried to match the size:

the replacement goes under "worst".  the original goes under "best".  a black guide sign!  found this in southeastern New Mexico the other day.



it is at the exit of a Department of Energy research station, so I do not know if it is a NM DOT issue.  if it were, it would be the first instance I've seen of New Mexico using black signs.

[route56]

Some MoDOT gaffes....


43680 by Richie Kennedy, on Flickr

43706 by Richie Kennedy, on Flickr

EDIT! 1/7/17 to fix dead image links

[codyg1985]

^ LOL at the second sign. So you can still fly through the school zone even when it is flashing. Nice.

[rickmastfan67]

Some MoDOT gaffes....

Does the highway that's placed on have exit numbers and they forget to put one on that sign?

I know FDOT put up gore signs like that on FL-9A at a few exits waiting for the new exit numbers to be posted on the entire highway.

[apeman33]

how frequently does Kansas add a black outline to the green-sign sunflowers?  those two signs are the first time I'd ever noticed it.

As far as I know (Route 56 would know more), those are the only two there have ever been.

[Jim]

I hope this is only because of construction in the area.  Garden State Parkway southbound, March 16, 2012.

[kphoger]

No re-entry.  What, are we taking off in a rocketship? 

[1995hoo]

No re-entry.  What, are we taking off in a rocketship? 

We have at least one interchange in Virginia with a similar sign (oddly, though, there is not a corresponding yellow banner posted for the southbound exit ramp on the other side of the road even though there's no re-entry that way either).

Your comment makes me picture the scene at the end of Moonraker when James Bond and Holly Goodhead appear on camera while engaging in amorous pursuits and one of the agents on the ground says Bond is "attempting re-entry."

[Takumi]

^ I know of one on the VA 168 toll road that says "no northbound re-entry". It was built like the way it was because of its proximity to the toll plazas, I think.

[hbelkins]

I've seen variations of the "no re-entry" signage in many locations where there is a partial exit.