Unique, Odd, or Interesting Signs aka The good, the bad, and the ugly

[Big John]

^^ First gantry, misinterpretation of the 3/4 lower-case rule and Gadsden far from centered.

[Rothman]

From the Meadville/Oil City meet and my trip home from it:

No public access on street blades:



I think this one on I-80 EB approaching Exit 120 has been posted before, but here's my shot of it:



Not from the day of the meet, but this is just a very large sign for NYSDOT, probably just from needing to put all of "CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS" on there:

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/JLYLRH1HgY9DvUwD7
Though the doubleheaded arrow is common for two directions leading to an interstate, it's still odd that they won't sign I-22 west to the right and I-22 east as straight. Especially given the location it is to I-22.

I-22 is six miles to the right, so to go east is going out of your way as I-22 is also several miles ahead in that if you go west on I-22 you are heading several more miles out of your way.

[wanderer2575]

Combination warning/welcome sign:

[ClassicHasClass]

"We appreciate your business and the prompt payment of your parking citations"

[wanderer2575]

LEFT exit tabs for left turns at a diamond interchange.  US-6 at I-75 in Bowling Green, OH:

[1995hoo]

I assume some random person posted the sign, not the city government.

https://x.com/stanleyroberts/status/1806886735982567863?s=61&t=b6K8m7mnCl3hI8EuxEn4og

[D-Dey65]

Supe-size FL 50A shield dwarfing a US 98 shield along northbound US 41 entering downtown Brooksville along Broad Street.  This shield seems to have appeared at some point during 2021-2022:

50AFLc by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

FDOT #7 replaced it with a normal sized one.

It's part of a plan for the western extension of the Good Neighbor Trail, believe it or not.

[wanderer2575]

Some photos from my roadtrip last month.

Overhead cutout shields on wbd US-6 at US-35 north of Hamlet, IN:


Mystery route ahead (it's WI-30) on wbd I-94 at I-39/I-90 in Madison, WI:


Assembly for a frontage road junction on WI-73 west of Plainfield:


Designated ATV and golf cart route on a county road in WI:


Merge sign on a freeway in Minneapolis, MN:


Ebd MN-210 east of I-35, about 15 miles sw of Duluth:


County route on a distance sign in WI:

[74/171FAN]

I guess this is not technically a sign, but this is at what Google Maps is referring to as a warehouse for Macy's on NC 152 just east of I-85/US 601. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220499665202151&set=a.10220500002530584)

[D-Dey65]

Assembly for a frontage road junction on WI-73 west of Plainfield:

Can something like that go on any frontage road? Like Old US 17 between Exits 22 and 33 in South Carolina, or Bette Ann Drive along Suffolk CR 97 north of Centereach, New York? What would be the criteria for earning such a designation if we applied Wisconsin rules to other states?

[Rothman]

NY Thruway Access as a street blade at Mile Strip Road:




Signage for the path/stairways from the Skylon down to the Falls in Niagara Falls, ON:

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53824551748
These are horrible.

Thankfully Alabama is assigning a state route number here soon, so these will disappear when that takes place.

[Rothman]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53824551748
These are horrible.

Thankfully Alabama is assigning a state route number here soon, so these will disappear when that takes place.

*shrug*

They get the job done.

[74/171FAN]

On US 70 EB/NC 68 NB at Cypress Ct/Gordon Rd just north of I-74 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220499726763690&set=a.10220500002530584)



On Triad Center Dr heading towards NC 68 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220499738403981&set=a.10220500002530584)

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53829693789
Interesting that a pull through and exit guide on separate gantries.

[roadman65]

How about this one. To show both lanes can access US 29 north, they use two arrows on the sign.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53829602778

[snowc]

On US 70 EB/NC 68 NB at Cypress Ct/Gordon Rd just north of I-74 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220499726763690&set=a.10220500002530584)



On Triad Center Dr heading towards NC 68 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220499738403981&set=a.10220500002530584)

It's almost when Campbell has their football games near 421, like this sign

[74/171FAN]

On US 58 BUS EB/US 360 EB heading east from Downtown Danville, VA. (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220504237476455&set=a.10220505196860439)

[D-Dey65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53829693789
Interesting that a pull through and exit guide on separate gantries.

I used to see sign gantries on the Long Island Expressway (I-495) at westbound Exit 53 (former Exit 54) where the signs could be relocated on the same gantries so easily. Let's see if NYSDOT #10 came to their senses and fixed that issue;
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8049949,-73.263071,3a,75y,263.42h,98.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3BW5WJ1IwjANT0V5mA7tQQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D3BW5WJ1IwjANT0V5mA7tQQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D263.41710415806153%26pitch%3D-8.880965147141453%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205410&entry=ttu
Of course not.

[roadfro]

How about this one. To show both lanes can access US 29 north, they use two arrows on the sign.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53829602778

That's some Caltrans-level shenanigans right there!

[74/171FAN]

It is time for some Hopewell work zone signage most notably covered by.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10220515593480348&set=a.10220515748604226)(https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBy3EP)



At the Wawa in Colonial Heights at the US 1/US 301/Dupuy Ave intersection (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220515534438872&set=a.10220515748604226)

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/X2V4xm7atbadvLvz6
Dinky dink I-105 shield on CA 1 at Imperial Highway near LAX.

What I find most interesting is the lack of directional arrow but a small freeway guide above it ( which I take is Caltrans way of directing you to it).

[74/171FAN]

At Roma's along US 460 BUS in Petersburg, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220515548039212&set=a.10220515748604226)

[steviep24]

This red on white sign is at the entrance to a school. The sign just shows what buildings the entrance serves. Found in Hilton, NY

Normally that color combination is used for regulatory or warning signs.