The Worst of Road Signs

[AsphaltPlanet]

Others have hinted at it but haven't said it straight out: The Don Valley Parkway is not part of Route 404. They act as continuations of each other on either side of 401, but they carry separate designations. Yet the sign implies that 404 will lead you to the DVP somewhere downstream.

I actually didn't notice that at first.  But you are right, the DVP is sort of signed as if it is a control city.

[1995hoo]

Yeah, the other signs in the background over the ramp clarify it a bit better. The sign in the foreground would be clearer if it indicated (either by splitting it into two signs or by using a different layout) that the right lane on the ramp is for the Don Valley Parkway and the left lane is for Route 404.

[hbelkins]

As for the 25E in Cumberland Gap, which I've seen in several iterations and I know to be in shitty condition - exactly where in the Gap is it? I'll be there fairly soon.

Corner of Brooklyn and Colwyn, in front of the post office building.

https://goo.gl/maps/XxhdW

It's visible on Street View.

[Zeffy]

As for the 25E in Cumberland Gap, which I've seen in several iterations and I know to be in shitty condition - exactly where in the Gap is it? I'll be there fairly soon.

Corner of Brooklyn and Colwyn, in front of the post office building.

https://goo.gl/maps/XxhdW

It's visible on Street View.

My Street View only shows infinite blackness for the general area around the Post Office building.

[yakra]

Is thisthe one?

[NE2]

My Street View only shows infinite blackness for the general area around the Post Office building.

It's all black everywhere for me. Thanks, Obama!

[hotdogPi]

I-495 (MA) exits 27-40 southbound shows blackness. If you want a picture, you must look from the northbound lanes.

Any other blackness?

[empirestate]

I've been seeing blackness most of the day, in unrelated areas. It may be related to the Gmail/Google Plus outage today.

[hbelkins]

I've been seeing blackness most of the day, in unrelated areas. It may be related to the Gmail/Google Plus outage today.

I thought that was a hoax or a spoof.

[empirestate]

I've been seeing blackness most of the day, in unrelated areas. It may be related to the Gmail/Google Plus outage today.

I thought that was a hoax or a spoof.

Well, it made news in a great many legitimate sources–not that that's always fail-safe nowadays, but a bunch of us here seem to have experienced it, so if it's a hoax, it's a very lifelike one!

[jbnv]

Having lived in Louisiana, I've seen plenty of badly-done state highway signs over the years. I'm a little surprised that there aren't more of them in this thread.

I think that all of these new LA 83 signs have this bad digit alignment:


Poor spacing (not uncommon on these new signs):


They managed to get something wrong on each of these shields:


And finally, this monster (which thankfully has been replaced):

[formulanone]

They managed to get something wrong on each of these shields:

Your photo looks suspiciously close to my photo, taken in January 2013.

I'm all for sharing and re-distribution of my road/sign photos, jbnv...but please ask (or at least credit the author within your page) first. Obviously, for copying it within the scope of AARoads, I have no issue. But moving it onto Flickr or a personal is a different matter. Even then, I'm quite generous, unless I've specifically put a copyright on the images.

Welcome to AARoads, though.

[jbnv]

I didn't take any of these pictures and don't claim ownership of any of them. The last one came from Google Street View and the rest came from a web search. I put them in my Flickr account to make sure that I had good URLs for them (this thread is filled with posts referring to unshown pictures).

I apologize if any offense is taken, and I will make sure to indicate that you are properly credited for your photo.

[xcellntbuy]

They managed to get something wrong on each of these shields:

Your photo looks suspiciously close to my photo, taken in January 2013.

I'm all for sharing and re-distribution of my road/sign photos, jbnv...but please ask (or at least credit the author within your page) first. Obviously, for copying it within the scope of AARoads, I have no issue. But moving it onto Flickr or a personal is a different matter. Even then, I'm quite generous, unless I've specifically put a copyright on the images.

Welcome to AARoads, though.

What a bunch of crooked numbers.

[national highway 1]

They managed to get something wrong on each of these shields:

Your photo looks suspiciously close to my photo, taken in January 2013.

I'm all for sharing and re-distribution of my road/sign photos, jbnv...but please ask (or at least credit the author within your page) first. Obviously, for copying it within the scope of AARoads, I have no issue. But moving it onto Flickr or a personal is a different matter. Even then, I'm quite generous, unless I've specifically put a copyright on the images.

Welcome to AARoads, though.

What a bunch of crooked numbers.

That I-10 is hideous because of those bloated digits.

[Indyroads]

I'm trying to figure out how one reads the bottom line.  Even at 15 mph on a bike it's a got to be a pain in the ass to read, much less at 30 mph in a car.

Huh what? It clearly says:
<- For Every Christopher Blvd / Bebop Victor Tyrone Curry Blvd ->

https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@25.897281,-80.243082,3a,44.2y,118.14h,78.97t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sKV7-g0l81PLrRRaHAwypJg!2e0

It is actually named "Bishop Victor Tyrone Curry Blvd" which of course is an honorary (not official) name.

The other street name is "Roi Henri Christophe Blvd"

https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@25.898276,-80.211041,3a,28.2y,130.85h,85.88t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sr_G7SGhSW2SnO8uuMr2dog!2e0

except it appears they misspelled Henri as Henry...

[Pete from Boston]

In Evansville, Indiana:




Sadly, this is on the way out of the Evansville Museum Transportation Center (EMTRAC).

[silverback1065]

In Evansville, Indiana:




Sadly, this is on the way out of the Evansville Museum Transportation Center (EMTRAC).

that is the worst sign ever!

[WichitaRoads]

In Evansville, Indiana:




Sadly, this is on the way out of the Evansville Museum Transportation Center (EMTRAC).

Leave it to Evansville, IN, to do something like that. Of course, I AM taking my hatred of the UE Purple Aces out on the town, but it seems general stupidity regins in those districts. Go SHOCKS!

ICTRds

[Zeffy]

In Evansville, Indiana:

I would make a right turn anyway, and if they tried to ticket me, I would be like, well that sign doesn't say 'NO RIGHT TURN'... it just has an arrow facing right with a circle divided into two halves. Then I would show them the page in the MUTCD that shows the actual signs that should be used, and close out with "this isn't one of those signs." This of course is assuming those road barriers aren't blocking the road, because that right there says "don't go this way."

That STOP legend doesn't look to be correct either...

[formulanone]

In Evansville, Indiana:

I suppose the barricades, dirt road, and chain link fence aren't enough of a deterrent?

Sadly, this is on the way out of the Evansville Museum Transportation Center (EMTRAC).

Double whammy.

[kkt]

I suppose the barricades, dirt road, and chain link fence aren't enough of a deterrent?

Sadly, someone probably did drive through the barricades, dirt road, and chain link fence, and that is why they put up the homemade "no right turn" sign.

[Pete from Boston]

I suppose the barricades, dirt road, and chain link fence aren't enough of a deterrent?

Sadly, someone probably did drive through the barricades, dirt road, and chain link fence, and that is why they put up the homemade "no right turn" sign.

Those are all less egregious than the sign design.  The musem has been expanding, and had just a new route out of the lot without yet fully obliterating the old one.  Muscle memory has led me into more than one near-miss habitual turn into reconfigured-away entrances, etc.

[KEK Inc.]

In Evansville, Indiana:

I would make a right turn anyway, and if they tried to ticket me, I would be like, well that sign doesn't say 'NO RIGHT TURN'... it just has an arrow facing right with a circle divided into two halves. Then I would show them the page in the MUTCD that shows the actual signs that should be used, and close out with "this isn't one of those signs." This of course is assuming those road barriers aren't blocking the road, because that right there says "don't go this way."

That STOP legend doesn't look to be correct either...

Good luck with that.

[Mergingtraffic]

I love non-reflective button copy as you probably have guessed but this one in Waterbury, CT is on it's last legs.
It'll be replaced soon anyway as I-84 will be widened in this section starting this year.