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

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/VVHRU8z5NAxFfy9h9
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gvt6SmLrbkNJ4gAL6

Downtown written as a warning 

[pderocco]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/VVHRU8z5NAxFfy9h9
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gvt6SmLrbkNJ4gAL6

Downtown written as a warning 

Apparently, route 13 doesn't go in any direction.

[74/171FAN]

SR 607 NB at Thorndike St/Dulles Overlook Dr in Ashburn, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221810360648718&set=a.10221810876421612)

[D-Dey65]

Press "f" to pay respects

(taken on AR 9 south of Malvern, AR)

Looks like a misshaped Facebook symbol.

I once requested a road sign from my local road and bridge department that included a curve and some intersections. I never knew what happened, but one day after I was out, my parents told me I had some visitors from that department asking me about the sign. They even had an example with them asking if this is the one I was looking for. I'm sorry I wasn't home at the time.

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EaJnCrFP72pU6Ssd7
This Welcome To New York sign is odd especially for New York.

[CoreySamson]

I think "71st ST ENDS" is my new favorite control city...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ujj9SeaDgZ6JztXXA

[D-Dey65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EaJnCrFP72pU6Ssd7
This Welcome To New York sign is odd especially for New York.

It seems like it would make more sense if it were;
1)Expressway size, like most New York State Border signs used to be.
2)At the actual border between New York and Pennsylvania, which is on the opposite side of the railroad bridge US 220 is passing over.
3)Mounted on a partial overhead sign gantry.

[freebrickproductions]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EaJnCrFP72pU6Ssd7
This Welcome To New York sign is odd especially for New York.

This sign nearby is kinda neat, don't think I've seen too many BGSes with state route shields for two different states on them before.

[pderocco]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EaJnCrFP72pU6Ssd7
This Welcome To New York sign is odd especially for New York.

This sign nearby is kinda neat, don't think I've seen too many BGSes with state route shields for two different states on them before.

It's efficient, as it eliminates the need to say "Sayre PA". But it only works if the other state has a distinctive shape. That wouldn't fly with Massachusetts.

[74/171FAN]

On SR 2243 at SR 2240 in Mechanicsville, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10222043894366915&set=a.10222043900767075)

[hotdogPi]

I'm surprised whoever put a sticker on the word "trespassing" didn't intentionally keep "ass" visible.

[snowc]

Interstate 440 had this interesting sign before ending temporarily at Exit 13.
PhC_295_3-001 by State Archives of North Carolina Raleigh, NC, on Flickr
Now gone ~2024

[roadman65]

Black and White County pentagon in Mercer County, NJ on CR 526 WB at NJ 33.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/446EezgndSPzfBhq7

[74/171FAN]

SR 606 WB at SR 628 in Mechanicsville, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10222043783364140&set=a.10222043900767075)



SR 606 WB near US 360 in Mechanicsville, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10222043825605196&set=a.10222043900767075)

[thenetwork]

This street ain't thru with you yet!!!

751 S Wildhorse Dr
https://maps.app.goo.gl/AcqaYpm5jfxsX1Pc8?g_st=ac

[74/171FAN]

On Richmond-Henrico Turnpike near Azalea Ave (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10222043873206386&set=a.10222043900767075)




On Brookland Park Blvd at Brook Rd in Richmond (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10222043844165660&set=a.10222043900767075)

[D-Dey65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EaJnCrFP72pU6Ssd7
This Welcome To New York sign is odd especially for New York.

This sign nearby is kinda neat, don't think I've seen too many BGSes with state route shields for two different states on them before.

It's efficient, as it eliminates the need to say "Sayre PA". But it only works if the other state has a distinctive shape. That wouldn't fly with Massachusetts.

This is why more New England states need to replace their state route shields.

[hotdogPi]

It's efficient, as it eliminates the need to say "Sayre PA". But it only works if the other state has a distinctive shape. That wouldn't fly with Massachusetts.

This is why more New England states need to replace their state route shields.

The only two that are identical are Massachusetts and Maine, which don't touch. Assuming they don't mess it up (which isn't a given), a sign could contain any two or three of MA, CT, and RI shields and they would be distinguishable.

Although it would be less common for the situation to appear in the first place, since routes generally continue and keep the number across the border, meaning the out-of-state destination would be paired with the in-state route marker type rather than the out-of-state route.

[1995hoo]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EaJnCrFP72pU6Ssd7
This Welcome To New York sign is odd especially for New York.

This sign nearby is kinda neat, don't think I've seen too many BGSes with state route shields for two different states on them before.

This one in Maryland comes to mind; it has both Maryland and Virginia state route shields. Total of four different types of shields on a single sign (in addition to the foregoing, it has an Interstate shield and a US shield). The signs headed in the other direction from Virginia to Maryland don't have both states' shields on the same sign, although there's still one sign with four different "shields" (as it were) due to one of them having a Virginia secondary marker (a plain circle, which is why I put "shield" in quotation marks).

[snowc]

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

The same sign I actually captured was there as well! In July 2024

[mglass87]

"Be alert of traffic behind trees":
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TUGZbre5QjaTds9N7

"CAUTION: gate ahead, blind curve":
https://maps.app.goo.gl/kZEhKvjSbiVynirFA

"No fishing here to corner":
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6TG3PSwxq2XPRN8EA

Weird DO NOT ENTER / stop sign hybirds with bonus redundancy:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ugCdxMsz7zvCZtGC8

[pderocco]

"Be alert of traffic behind trees":
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TUGZbre5QjaTds9N7

"CAUTION: gate ahead, blind curve":
https://maps.app.goo.gl/kZEhKvjSbiVynirFA

"No fishing here to corner":
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6TG3PSwxq2XPRN8EA

Weird DO NOT ENTER / stop sign hybirds with bonus redundancy:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ugCdxMsz7zvCZtGC8

That last one really is wrong. STOP implies that then you can go. There is a standard DO NOT ENTER sign that they should have used.

[roadman65]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/qh28MdXMCJbzaAWV7
Mixing the City of Brigantine in with the areas of Atlantic City. 

Not to mention NJ 87 isn't signed here.

[freebrickproductions]

Black and White County pentagon in Mercer County, NJ on CR 526 WB at NJ 33.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/446EezgndSPzfBhq7

Reminds me of the shields Cherokee County, AL, used to use, a few of which still stand:

IMG_3056 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Doing a browsing of the Nashville area on street view, I came across this gantry on TN 155, with a BGS that has an "Authorized Vehicles Only" plate on it, which I don't think I'd ever seen before. Also, shouldn't that sign also have an arrow on it?

[74/171FAN]

On Castlewood Rd just west of US 1/US 301 in Richmond, VA (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10222069966098692&set=a.10222070282546603&comment_id=597572992846243&force_theater=true&notif_id=1733514949221129&notif_t=photo_comment&ref=notif)



On Hopkins Rd in the same area approaching Richmond Public Works (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10222069900537053&set=a.10222070282546603)