Rare Road Signs

[silverback1065]

What are some rare road signs that are still out in the field that they don't make anymore?  I'm referring to signs that have since been replaced by a new design or simply are completely obsolete.  A few simple examples are "Stop/Yield Ahead" signs, where stop and yield are spelled out.  These have largely been replaced with symbols.  A sign that I think is generally rare are flood gauge signs.  What are some other examples?  (with pictures/street view if possible)

[bandit957]

I think they still post some new STOP AHEAD signs with the text instead of symbols. Or at least they did very recently.

One obsolete sign is the yellow diamond SLOW sign. I remember a lot of these, but I think they mostly stopped these a long time ago because the sign didn't specify just how slow, or why.

[hotdogPi]

Square route shields in New Hampshire. They switched from squares to the Old Man of the Mountain decades ago.

(Note: The link is a pun. It has nothing to do with the content of my post.)

[bandit957]

Also, do they still post DO NOT PASS and PASS WITH CARE signs? It seems like these have been pretty much usurped by the NO PASSING ZONE pennants.

[silverback1065]

Also, do they still post DO NOT PASS and PASS WITH CARE signs? It seems like these have been pretty much usurped by the NO PASSING ZONE pennants.

I've seen pass with care in michigan only.  Do not pass is rare.

[noelbotevera]

Also, do they still post DO NOT PASS and PASS WITH CARE signs? It seems like these have been pretty much usurped by the NO PASSING ZONE pennants.

In my neck of the woods, yes. NO PASSING ZONE is somewhat rare here and instead DO NOT PASS and PASS WITH CARE are more common.

[freebrickproductions]

Stop Ahead signs are all over Alabama, in both text and pictorial formats. I see both NO PASSING ZONE and DO NOT PASS very commonly here as well. The latter is what Huntsville uses with the former being what ALDOT uses.

[silverback1065]

another rare sign is a night speed limit sign.

[SignGeek101]

JCT signs in Ontario. They're not as common anymore.

another rare sign is a night speed limit sign.

https://goo.gl/maps/zvnU4g3s5ds

Look closely at the shield.

[djsekani]

Saw this once in a subdivision in Indio CA. No idea if it's still there.

[formulanone]

another rare sign is a night speed limit sign.

There's a handful in Collier and Lee counties in Florida; they seem to only be used on two-lane roads with narrow shoulders.

"Slippery When Wet" signs? I know of one at an airport, but they've been replaced with the "unstable burnout" diagram.

[PurdueBill]

FRESH OIL seems rare to me--still on the books, last one I saw was in Indiana a few years ago when they were doing a chip-seal type resurfacing of US 24 near Logansport.  One of the FRESH OIL signs was yellow, possibly old enough to predate orange construction signs (since they are rarely used, they don't wear out fast, and an old yellow one could still be kicking around--it looked old, not a new yellow mistake sign). 

I believe worded STOP AHEAD may still be on the books because of the possibility of the stop being around a curve, with the symbol sign having an upward arrow.  NH overcame that with its own combo sign with a curved arrow atop the stop symbol, but I've never seen it elsewhere commonly like it is used in NH.  The ramps to US 68 from US 30 near Williamstown, Ohio had worded STOP AHEAD signs installed when the new US 30 opened (in 2007; it's not that new anymore but it's new to those of us who used to drive the old road) probably in part for the curvature reason.

[Quillz]

another rare sign is a night speed limit sign.

I saw a lot of these throughout Idaho and Montana, actually.

[Quillz]

Also, right down the street from me is an old schoolyard with a really old STOP sign, the old design that had white strokes within the octagon.

[bandit957]

FRESH OIL seems rare to me--still on the books, last one I saw was in Indiana a few years ago when they were doing a chip-seal type resurfacing of US 24 near Logansport.  One of the FRESH OIL signs was yellow, possibly old enough to predate orange construction signs (since they are rarely used, they don't wear out fast, and an old yellow one could still be kicking around--it looked old, not a new yellow mistake sign).

I think I only remember seeing a FRESH OIL sign once ever - about 35 years ago.

[Takumi]

Also, do they still post DO NOT PASS and PASS WITH CARE signs? It seems like these have been pretty much usurped by the NO PASSING ZONE pennants.

The Colonial Parkway has them.

[pumpkineater2]

Also, do they still post DO NOT PASS and PASS WITH CARE signs? It seems like these have been pretty much usurped by the NO PASSING ZONE pennants.

Arizona still uses all of those, sometimes you'll even see all of them along the same road if you drive long enough.

another rare sign is a night speed limit sign.

I saw one in Colorado along US 550 on a recent trip. It was only effective in the shorter daylight months though.

FRESH OIL seems rare to me--still on the books, last one I saw was in Indiana a few years ago when they were doing a chip-seal type resurfacing of US 24 near Logansport.  One of the FRESH OIL signs was yellow, possibly old enough to predate orange construction signs (since they are rarely used, they don't wear out fast, and an old yellow one could still be kicking around--it looked old, not a new yellow mistake sign). 

They're quite common here in AZ.

[bandit957]

The only time I remember seeing a FRESH OIL sign was once while I was in grade school, and I had no idea what it meant. Were they talking about motor oil or what? And how was it fresh? Did it have an expiration date?

[bandit957]

I thought of another one: the yellow square DEAD END STREET signs. I remember a couple of these (embossed) in my town when I was growing up in the 1970s, but they were probably older, perhaps even 1950s. Now they'd just use the standard diamond NO OUTLET.

[peterj920]

The only time I remember seeing a FRESH OIL sign was once while I was in grade school, and I had no idea what it meant. Were they talking about motor oil or what? And how was it fresh? Did it have an expiration date?

I've seen FRESH OIL signs whenever there are chip seal projects or crack sealing.  Basically oil is applied to the roadway and covered with pea gravel, or fresh tar is filling the cracks.  Around my area, tissue paper has been applied to the fresh tar lately to prevent it from sticking to vehicles when it's still fresh.  It makes a huge mess with lots of oil and tar being sprayed on the roadway and that is why the signs are posted. 

[coatimundi]

I was going to mention the "DO NOT PASS"/"PASS WITH CARE" in Arizona.
California has "DO NOT PASS" signs but is missing the corresponding more positive reinforcement.

Night speed limits are very, very common in Texas. Just maybe 5 years ago, I was pulled over on US 90 near Sanderson for going 75 in a 75 day/65 night zone (I left with no ticket). The most ridiculous is I-10/I-20, which has an 80 day and 65 night limit.

[US 81]

I was going to mention the "DO NOT PASS"/"PASS WITH CARE" in Arizona.
California has "DO NOT PASS" signs but is missing the corresponding more positive reinforcement.

Night speed limits are very, very common in Texas. Just maybe 5 years ago, I was pulled over on US 90 near Sanderson for going 75 in a 75 day/65 night zone (I left with no ticket). The most ridiculous is I-10/I-20, which has an 80 day and 65 night limit.

That's about the time - 2011, IIRC - Texas finally did away with the night speed limits.

[bandit957]

I remember in the late '80s when the government allowed states to raise the rural Interstate speed limit to 65 MPH, Ohio began using a very weird and detailed speed limit sign on rural Interstates. Aren't these signs pretty much gone now?

[Mergingtraffic]

PASS WITH CARE
Pass with care on US-209 SB. Hurley, NY.

DEAD END Street
1950s DEAD END sign. Naugatuck, CT.

and a RIGHT TURN AHEAD
How old is this? Mass Ave. Boston, MA. Button copy that used to be black letters on a white background. Newer letters are white.

[WillWeaverRVA]

I've seen a few yellow diamond HOSPITAL signs here and there in the Richmond, VA area, but not really anywhere else.