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

[74/171FAN]

At the VA 106/VA 156 intersection in Prince George (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220515565079638&set=a.10220515748604226)

[freebrickproductions]

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

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

I like those, especially the second one.

[74/171FAN]

On PA 8 NB at the South End of the freeway section north of I-80 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220536902533061&set=a.10220537093217828)



On PA 8 NB between US 62 and PA 8 BUS in Oil City (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220536914213353&set=a.10220537093217828)



On PA 8 NB in Titusville south of PA 27 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220536919893495&set=a.10220537093217828)

[mglass87]

When a sign directing a film crew unintentionally becomes a shield arrow:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qMeuvQW3tH9rSAAE7

[74/171FAN]

On US 6 EB just east of PA 957 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220536960534511&set=a.10220537093217828)



Now heading east to Pittsfield near PA 27 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220536963534586&set=a.10220537093217828)



On PA 77 WB at PA 198 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220536980215003&set=a.10220537093217828)

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53830177882
Interesting that the sign is bigger than what the info displayed needs.

[Rothman]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53830177882
Interesting that the sign is bigger than what the info displayed needs.

Pfft.  See Mountain Parkway.

[74/171FAN]

As a follow-up to the last post as PA 77 WB enters Meadville (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220536982695065&set=a.10220537093217828)

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/49146889186
The green out for the EXIT ONLY has much to be desired.

[Dirt Roads]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53830177882
Interesting that the sign is bigger than what the info displayed needs.

Pfft.  See Mountain Parkway.

I'm so old that almost all of Kentucky's parkways and its Interstate system had this sign beat.  Oh, that should be in another thread...

[74/171FAN]

Cranberry St at Bayfront Pkwy in Erie, PA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220537029136226&set=a.10220537093217828)





On PA 99 SB as it turns left at Millcreek Mall (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220537054416858&set=a.10220537093217828)



Heading south towards Edinboro (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220537060937021&set=a.10220537093217828)



Now approaching US 6/US 19 in Cambridge Springs (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220537063977097&set=a.10220537093217828)



In the Meadville Parking Garage (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220537085057624&set=a.10220537093217828)



On US 322 EB at US 62 SB/PA 8 SB in Franklin (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220548567944689&set=a.10220548702628056)



On PA 446 NB approaching PA 155 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220548659266972&set=a.10220548702628056)



On PA 155 SB, 1st in Turtlepoint, last two south of US 6 heading towards PA 120 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220548664947114&set=a.10220548702628056)



(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220548669107218&set=a.10220548702628056)

[roadman65]

The font here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/49843070228
Don't know if it's too big or what, but it looks funky.

[Big John]

The font here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/49843070228
Don't know if it's too big or what, but it looks funky.

Franklin Gothic?

[Amaury]

So, in most cases, you have your standard advance exit signs. In the case of Washington State, it's usually like this:
* The one that says an exit is ahead in one mile with information on what the exit has or where it leads: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xrvAicHeKDyDhE3R8
* The one that says the exit is right there, again with information on what the exit has or where it leads: https://maps.app.goo.gl/r1aLXeJY6k5Cr8549
* And then, of course, the exit gore point sign with just the exit number: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rJxYYprrdYzwiRqy5

In some, but not all, cases, you additionally have a supplemental Next Right sign before the second one in the list above: https://maps.app.goo.gl/23aLWKVCqr89zS186

In the case of Washington State, there are some rare cases where the first sign is placed either 2 miles before the exit or 1/2 before the exit instead of 1 mile:
* Westbound I-82 Exit 3 2 miles: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dPhHGMJvXr8JcY8X7 (eastbound has the standard 1 mile)
* I-82 Exit 29 1/2 mile: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mAzyQvhFQnpwLZbz8

I'm not counting the blue services signs in this, only the green guide signs.

Anyway, Exit 38 on Interstate 90 is a bit of a weird one since they can't even think of a name for it:
* Westbound 1 mile: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vYXQb1RJwzXD7V7J8
* Eastbound 1 mile: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wgSfVP1W4VLqWvqy5

The eastbound one is currently in need of repairs, as something happened to it after that July 2019 capture. I'll have to see if it's still on the ground.

Both directions also do have a supplemental Next Right sign.
* Westbound: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zntdD26j2NdZHrtv7
* Eastbound: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RAEBFjrSEPR3dGQQ9

Once you get to the exit, they again don't have a name for it, so they just have the exit number, which the westbound side doesn't even have:
* Westbound: None
* Eastbound: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LEKHcXE5Rp8rX7MM8

And I tried looking at different captures to see if maybe the sign needs repairs, but there's not a sign standing on any of them.

And then, of course, the exit gore point signs:
* Westbound: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AFQds6NZjTcuEFGv9
* Eastbound: https://maps.app.goo.gl/srEDvGTxjGnD4BKP8

It's also interesting to note that there's about a two-mile difference between Exit 38 on the westbound side and Exit 38 on the eastbound side. Exit 38 is just past milepost 40 on the westbound side and shortly before milepost 38 on the eastbound side.

[freebrickproductions]

Spotted some interesting signage in Tennessee on a few day trips to the Nashville area last week. For starters, we have this sign on TN 255 next to the hump in CSX's Radnor Yard in Nashville:

IMG_6816 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_6815 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Seen this shield plenty of times coming back to Huntsville from the Nashville area but never got a good photo of it before now. Am I correct in thinking this is using Series F?

IMG_7359 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Some I-24 shields with very tight kerning:

IMG_7200 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_8135 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_8136 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Some US 231 shields in Fayetteville that just look unusual:

IMG_8484 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_8485 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_8486 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_8526 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_8527 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Dashcam screenshot, but heading south on US 231 into Shelbyville reminded me that these things exist:

Dashcam Screenshot by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Smyrna apparently felt that the standard "Do Not Stop on Tracks" sign wasn't urgent enough some years ago:

IMG_7854 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Finally, is it just me, or does this TN 397 shield feature a badly-drawn state shape at the bottom of it?

IMG_6053 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Another dashcam screenshot, but the new DDI at Exit 55 on I-65 in Spring Hill, TN, features these upside down W12-1s, which are also improperly used as they're used on splitter islands rather than the kinds of islands they're supposed to be used for:

UpsideDownW12-1 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

[Big John]

^^On the sign you said tight kerning on the I-24 sign on the larger green gign saying Nashville, what I noticed was the extra wide kerning on the rest of the sign.

[Scott5114]

Seen this shield plenty of times coming back to Huntsville from the Nashville area but never got a good photo of it before now. Am I correct in thinking this is using Series F?

I think that's E with tight kerning. Still one too wide though (standard specifies D).

[roadman65]

Interesting but typical to greening out letters or numbers with different fonts.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53861874845

https://maps.app.goo.gl/TNwUUHYbdXrxfMZTA
Two different sized I-45 shields at TX SH 146 southern terminus.

[74/171FAN]

  (Deer Migration Area at 1:36)

[Rothman]

Heh.  Back when my father and I were touring colleges, heading to Utah State, there was a deer on the interior of most of the curves of US 89 through Logan Canyon.

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/TWeXxcgdyAPDtiLC8
The lane control arrows on CR 514 West and I-95 are not placed correctly over the proper lanes. Plus the pull through US Left 3 Lanes is definitely not needed.

[Shedingtonian]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/TWeXxcgdyAPDtiLC8
The lane control arrows on CR 514 West and I-95 are not placed correctly over the proper lanes. Plus the pull through US Left 3 Lanes is definitely not needed.

Can we also mention the gantry right behind this one?
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ovqzWgsZfL6nAQPYA
The black text being wrapped all around the arrow is something to behold.

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/TWeXxcgdyAPDtiLC8
The lane control arrows on CR 514 West and I-95 are not placed correctly over the proper lanes. Plus the pull through US Left 3 Lanes is definitely not needed.

Can we also mention the gantry right behind this one?
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ovqzWgsZfL6nAQPYA
The black text being wrapped all around the arrow is something to behold.

Yeah that one too is awful.

I lived once not to far from that interchange in Fords, and remember that the signage there used to be fine. 

Now the gantry that was on WB CR 514 at the I-287 ramp is gone and has been per GSV for a long while. You figure they would have included its replacement as part of the project that added these signs. The two aforementioned were part of a 2022 complete replacement along Route 440 from the Outerbridge Crossing to the NJ Turnpike.

[steviep24]

Found this text only BGS for the NY 5 exit on NY 198/Scajaquada Expressway in Buffalo.

[Amaury]

Interstate 84 westbound in Umatilla County, Oregon, before milepost 204: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kUuX8FkaB3SHJvYv8