The Worst of Road Signs

[PHLBOS]

I'd blow that acorn to bits with sticks of TNT!

[ctsignguy]

Wile E has your acorns covered......

[kharvey10]

DSC05882 by okroads, on Flickr

Still exists

[Billy F 1988]

Wile E has your acorns covered......

He'd better be careful with that TNT blowing them US "acorn" shields up. That looks like a buttload of it, too. One wrong move and he'd create a crater the size of one in Arizona!

[hbelkins]

^^^

That stuff is Acme brand. It won't work. 

[Brandon]

DSC05882 by okroads, on Flickr

Still exists

The errors I see:

1. The "Y" in Godfrey.
2. No cardinal direction for IL-255.
3. Post for sign on the right is too close to the road.

What is it with IDOT District 8 (Collinsville) anyway?  Their signage is some of the worst in the state.  It would never meet District 1 (Schaumburg) standards.

However, that is a nice car in the photo. 

[hobsini2]

DSC05882 by okroads, on Flickr

Still exists

The errors I see:

1. The "Y" in Godfrey.
2. No cardinal direction for IL-255.
3. Post for sign on the right is too close to the road.

What is it with IDOT District 8 (Collinsville) anyway?  Their signage is some of the worst in the state.  It would never meet District 1 (Schaumburg) standards.

However, that is a nice car in the photo. 

Aside from the Y in Godfrey, it's not so much the signs themselves that bother me. It is that gantry. I know that Illinois loved using these all over the state in the 90s and early 2000s but when the signs don't "fill" up the gaps under the signs like this, it looks bad.  Glad Illinois is going back to using the old "truss" gantries lately.

[theline]

^^^

That stuff is Acme brand. It won't work. 

Actually, Acme brand eventually does work, but at the wrong time--after the Road Runner has moved on and Wile E. is pondering why it failed to work.

[elsmere241]

Actually, Acme brand eventually does work, but at the wrong time--after the Road Runner has moved on and Wile E. is pondering why it failed to work.

http://www.torinfo.com/justforlaughs/coyote_v_acme.html

[theline]

 

[route56]

DSC05882 by okroads, on Flickr

Still exists

The errors I see:

1. The "Y" in Godfrey.
2. No cardinal direction for IL-255.
3. Post for sign on the right is too close to the road.

What is it with IDOT District 8 (Collinsville) anyway?  Their signage is some of the worst in the state.  It would never meet District 1 (Schaumburg) standards.

However, that is a nice car in the photo. 

Closeup of the same sign assembly

45895 by route56

It's just barely noticeable, but "GodfreY" was overlaid onto the sign over the former destination.

[Brandon]

^^ IIRC, it was "ENDS" overlaid by "GodfreY".

[agentsteel53]

^^ IIRC, it was "ENDS" overlaid by "GodfreY".

the lovely town of Ends must prepare a lawsuit to recover their lost business potential.

[Brandon]

^^ IIRC, it was "ENDS" overlaid by "GodfreY".

the lovely town of Ends must prepare a lawsuit to recover their lost business potential.

LOL.  They have several other routes were they are a control city. 

[PHLBOS]

Actually, Acme brand eventually does work, but at the wrong time--after the Road Runner has moved on and Wile E. is pondering why it failed to work.

http://www.torinfo.com/justforlaughs/coyote_v_acme.html

I'm surprised the Acme Batman Outfit failure was listed.

[Central Avenue]

Closeup of the same sign assembly

45895 by route56, on route56.com

It's just barely noticeable, but "GodfreY" was overlaid onto the sign over the former destination.

That's hilarious...it seems they deliberately misaligned the "y" because they couldn't be bothered to make the patch a tiny bit taller to accommodate its descender. 

[Brandon]

That's hilarious...it seems they deliberately misaligned the "y" because they couldn't be bothered to make the patch a tiny bit taller to accommodate its descender. 

That's IDOT District 8 for you.  There is a reason Kim has her complaints about them.

[thenetwork]

2. No cardinal direction for IL-255.

Closeup of the same sign assembly

45895

It looks like the IL-255 shield used to be further left, so either there was a cardinal direction in the past, of the word ENDS was on the upper right (with a specific distance underneath the Godfrey overlay), as someone said it used to say ENDS somewhere on the sign.

[silverback1065]

You're free to post signs in any way you like in Liberty County, Florida.



That's a Forest Highway 13...but it's the sloppy layout and hasty assistance from Home Depot's mailbox aisle that takes the cake.

I think this wins the award for worst sign ever. 

[Alps]

All that talk about junction plaques and arrows has been moved here. You may resume fawning over atrocities.

[empirestate]

You may resume fawning over atrocities.

Along with inconsequential blemishes. :-)

[texaskdog]

I wasn't able to get a picture of it but heading south on I-35 from Waco, you can take the first exit for North 6 and North Loop 340 and 2nd exit for South 6 and...North Loop 340.  Makes sense being at the south end of town but couldn't they have said west & east?

Also was in Fort Worth and heading west on I-20 since Texas 183 is under construction they made the Texas 183 sign in Black on orange.  I guess that might be the BEST of road signs!

[okroads]

Three signs in a row on US 77 Southbound in Oklahoma City (pics taken yesterday by me):


DSC02163 by okroads, on Flickr


DSC02164 by okroads, on Flickr


DSC02165 by okroads, on Flickr

[okroads]

Some pics from I-244 in Tulsa, taken by me last weekend:


DSC02150 by okroads, on Flickr


DSC02151 by okroads, on Flickr


DSC02152 by okroads, on Flickr


DSC02153 by okroads, on Flickr


DSC02021 by okroads, on Flickr


DSC02019 by okroads, on Flickr

[vtk]

That almost looks better than straight Clerview on a lot of those signs.  Specifically, the ones with lowercase letters at 75% their correct size, and ample interletter spacing.  This doesn't make up for Med or NoRTH, though.