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

[Rothman]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/CoZVBb8FBqtZZnsD8
Since when does a turn get an advisory speed sign?  And why is it considered a ramp also?

Looks like a little ramp to me.  Doesn't look like a big issue.

[Rothman]

Gone are the days of wooden hitching posts.  In Mexico, NY:

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5VYuvzc5HrkvZR9h8
Large freeway guides on a ramp leading directly into Tampa General Hospital.

[74/171FAN]

PA 116 EB near Black Horse Tavern Rd/Bream Hill Rd in Gettysburg, PA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220990591995014&set=a.10220990652156518)

[Kulerage]

What's the lowest posted speed limit you've seen? Cause this is officially mine

[74/171FAN]

In New Castle, we have a red sign for an ice rink on Mitchell Rd heading east of PA 18.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220990005980364&set=a.10220990124743333)



On PA 8 SB at Debence Rd/Polk Cut Off south of Franklin, PA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220990037301147&set=a.10220990124743333)  (Signs are not unique, but the combination of the intersection warning sign with a green sign with the road name is abnormal.)

[roadfro]

On PA 8 SB at Debence Rd/Polk Cut Off south of Franklin, PA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10220990037301147&set=a.10220990124743333)  (Signs are not unique, but the combination of the intersection warning sign with a green sign with the road name is abnormal.)

You used to see this combo a lot in Nevada. Then the 2009 MUTCD specified street name guidance placards for intersection warning signs should be black on yellow, and most instances have been changed out when signs were replaced. 

With the simultaneous adoption of mixed case lettering for street name signage, the black on yellow vesting are far less readable to me.

[roadman65]

I think it's interesting that Caltrans didn't use a text shield here, but tacked on an actual green CA 1 shield.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/53981898812

Yes I'm aware this is one of many as I am in have plenty of other photographs of other CA state routes as well.  However I'm not going to post them all to make a simple point that I find this practice fascinating. Being the shields are green anyway I would assume use a text shield, but no the lighter green of the shield on a darker green assembly is fine by them in many instances.

[wanderer2575]

New photos from Clare, MI:

[LilianaUwU]

This sure seems like a MUTCD compliant R5-1... but it's in Québec City.

"Do not enter" sign in Québec by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/pBYTR2RJ96fL8jaf6
The VMS beneath the pull through is pretty unusual, but a necessity. There are indeed two exits for Hoboken on both sides to avoid weaving here.

However more oddities though like the size of the pull through as well as the guide sign for Hoboken's right exit being black on yellow and the redundancy between the pull through and VMS information ( the Turnpike and right Hoboken ramps).  Plus the arrow on this pull though is not needed as the green arrows beneath are doing the job of lane control anyway.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eoiTFVSsdmMF1Tts6
Then the addition of Weehawkin to the right exit as for many decades Weehawken was only signed for the next following exit for Kennedy Boulevard East as that's the exit for its business district.  In addition the second following exit at Park Avenue is now signed also for Weehawken.

So the engineer who signed this is being way too literal and not following procedures.


Edit:  The top link sign has been edited to eliminate  the yellow guide sign for the right ramp and VMS to guide motorists to the fact two ramps depart from both outside lanes.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/AbmLhbGmQ6zPhQoJ7

[vdeane]

New photos from Clare, MI:

Did someone at MDOT go to Pennsylvania and think "gee, alternate truck routes sound like a great idea!"?

[Rothman]

West Ramp Roadway sign in Elmira, NY (NY 352 to I-86 WB):



Old distance signage in the Village of Hamilton, NY, looks like they've been refurbished, if not outright replaced, over the years:

[74/171FAN]

I got the West Ramp Roadway sign yesterday too.

On PA 14 NB in Columbia Cross Roads north of US 6 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221052382779745&set=a.10221053003555264)



On NY 352 WB west of Hoffman St in Elmira (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221052425580815&set=a.10221053003555264)



On NY 414 NB heading towards Watkins Glen (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221052359979175&set=a.10221053003555264)





On NY 14 NB approaching NY 54 SB in Dresden (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221052419260657&set=a.10221053003555264)



Now on NY 414 SB south of Lodi (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221053254561539&set=a.10221053332563489)



(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221053217040601&set=a.10221053332563489)



(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221053187679867&set=a.10221053332563489)



On NY 96B NB (and NY 96 TRUCK) in Candor (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221053295482562&set=a.10221053332563489)

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/4R346KEvPZmR7dey7
It seems odd that NYSDOT don't erect a large green guide at the interchange here instead of the shields that they use.

[74/171FAN]

On NY 17C EB and NY 96 SB in Owego (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221053295402560&set=a.10221053332563489)

[LilianaUwU]

Nice cast iron sign.

[74/171FAN]

Nice cast iron sign.

NY 96 NB has a similar sign.

[freebrickproductions]

This yellow sign off I-5 Exit 119 in DuPont, Washington: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kxmhegbPp3JhVxNo9

They're not particularly common around here, but that is a standard MUTCD sign (W10-11B).

I was about to say I've seen them a lot in Georgia, I think Illinois likes to use them too?

[Rothman]

If you can stand on business, certainly you should be able to park on business.  However, Village of Walton disagrees:

[Rothman]

I think 74/171FAN may have posted one of these before.  Keep your children at night, or they will be eaten:

[Rothman]

Ah, screw it.  I'll put this one here, too.  I think someone may have brought this one up before (vdeane?).  Two county routes from two different counties on one BGS (Taconic State Parkway, Dutchess and Columbia):

[formulanone]

I think 74/171FAN may have posted one of these before.  Keep your children at night, or they will be eaten:

"We have many children, but most cause indigestion."

[74/171FAN]

I think 74/171FAN may have posted one of these before.  Keep your children at night, or they will be eaten:

"We have many children, but most cause indigestion."

I do not remember seeing any of these (yet).

[roadman65]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54018773099_9680c9a108_c.jpg
The fact the sign panel for I-440  and it's Exits 13 & 14 are below the truss is odd.