Erroneous road signs

[Amaury]

I'm not familiar with Mississippi, but what exactly is the problem?

I know here in Washington State, where we also had those signs, that they discontinued 511 back in May 2023 due to significant usage decline: https://wsdot.wa.gov/about/news/2023/reminder-511-travel-information-phone-number-will-be-deactivated-may-19

They took down all the signs.

[hotdogPi]

I'm not familiar with Mississippi, but what exactly is the problem?

That's a keystone.

[Amaury]

The roadwork on the US 12 bridge has finished in Lewiston, Idaho. Right about where this light is, the Idaho Department of Transportation—or Idaho Transportation Department per their Facebook page—adding signs with milepost 2, one on each side: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XUMULsNBrGjE4bGb9



However, that's incorrect, as milepost 2 is here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/acJpt6huPNaPWC7T7 (eastbound view: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Bu9CGRyQJck8R4wC7)

And after that is rightly milepost 1: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vU6QG35gAzsqk3d38 (eastbound view: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6BqRHCoaBFDbp2ux7)

I don't know about milepost 3 since that's on the concurrency with US 95, where the mileposts used are US 95's since it's the primary route, despite the route order being wrong on some of the signage (and US 12 being the lower-numbered route). So, that spot is US 95 milepost 311.

Idaho's milepost log isn't helping, because it goes from milepost 2.164 and jumps back down to milepost 1.491, even though it should still be increasing. However, I'm pretty sure the error here is that the mileposts were installed on the bridge to begin with.

[TheCatalyst31]

Technically it will still work, but I found these Pennsylvania-issue Call 511 signs in Pascagoula, Mississippi along US 90:



They've been up since May of 2021, according the date on the back of the sign. Supply shortages?

If only they had put those up in Philadelphia.

[roadman65]

The TO banner for NJ 166 is in error.  It is Route 166 proper as the road ahead is one way, so by default the route is Southbound NJ Route 166.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Coming back from the dead here to let y'all know about a glaring roadgeek inaccuracy I found in a recent soccer jersey design for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)

While 110 in Los Angeles is both an Interstate and a California State Highway, the jersey design and promo materials show an error US-110 shield in the jersey design & promo materials

[kphoger]

Coming back from the dead here to let y'all know about a glaring roadgeek inaccuracy I found in a recent soccer jersey design for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)

While 110 in Los Angeles is both an Interstate and a California State Highway, the jersey design and promo materials show an error US-110 shield in the jersey design & promo materials

There's a different thread for that, created specifically to unclutter this one.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Coming back from the dead here to let y'all know about a glaring roadgeek inaccuracy I found in a recent soccer jersey design for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)

While 110 in Los Angeles is both an Interstate and a California State Highway, the jersey design and promo materials show an error US-110 shield in the jersey design & promo materials

There's a different thread for that, created specifically to unclutter this one.

Thanks for the clarification! I mainly lurk in the Pacific Southwest and Northwest boards now, so I wasn't aware about the thread split

[Big John]

https://wiki.aaroads.com/wiki/File:US_110_Wisconsin_1926.svg
US 110 was a short route in Wisconsin. Removed as a US route in 1939 as it was way too short for a minimum length (40 miles).

[wanderer2575]

M-59 eastbound at Hartland Road in Hartland, MI.  M-59 is a divided highway here; this really should be a "No U-turn" sign.  Not a huge issue but it looks ridiculous during the green arrow phase:

[wanderer2575]

https://wiki.aaroads.com/wiki/File:US_110_Wisconsin_1926.svg
US 110 was a short route in Wisconsin. Removed as a US route in 1939 as it was way too short for a minimum length (40 miles).

So what's erroneous about it?

[hotdogPi]

https://wiki.aaroads.com/wiki/File:US_110_Wisconsin_1926.svg
US 110 was a short route in Wisconsin. Removed as a US route in 1939 as it was way too short for a minimum length (40 miles).

So what's erroneous about it?

That post was a reply to the "US 110" in California; that one is erroneous, not the one in Wisconsin.

[1995hoo]

Not really an erroneous road sign—it's an erroneous traffic signal—but this seems like the most appropriate thread. See whether you can spot what the error is.

[Hunty2022]

Not really an erroneous road sign—it's an erroneous traffic signal—but this seems like the most appropriate thread. See whether you can spot what the error is.

Batter up!

[Big John]

Not really an erroneous road sign—it's an erroneous traffic signal—but this seems like the most appropriate thread. See whether you can spot what the error is.

Straight up to nowhere, right arrow conflicting with pedestrian movement, one way sign pointed the wrong way.

[kphoger]

one way sign pointed the wrong way

It's facing the other street than you were thinking.

[1995hoo]

The straight-ahead arrow is the one I viewed as erroneous. As kphoger notes, the one-way sign is aligned the same way as the Henry Street sign, and that's the street where the Google car is.

It's a slightly strange spot with Franklin Street being one-way to the left but two-way to the right. That's also why it is a rare instance (rare for Northern Virginia, anyway) of a "No Turn on Red" sign being posted for a left turn.

[WillWeaverRVA]

Not really an erroneous road sign—it's an erroneous traffic signal—but this seems like the most appropriate thread. See whether you can spot what the error is.

At last, I have permission to plow into a tree.

[kphoger]

At last, I have permission to plow into a tree.

Not just allowed, but required by law.

Title 46.2 — Motor Vehicles
Subtitle III — Operation
Chapter 8 — Regulation of Traffic
Article 3 — Traffic Signs, Lights, and Markings
§ 46.2-833 — Traffic lights; penalty

Green indicates the traffic shall move in the direction of the signal and remain in motion as long as the green signal is given, except that such traffic shall yield to other vehicles and pedestrians lawfully within the intersection.

[WillWeaverRVA]

At last, I have permission to plow into a tree.

Not just allowed, but required by law.

Title 46.2 — Motor Vehicles
Subtitle III — Operation
Chapter 8 — Regulation of Traffic
Article 3 — Traffic Signs, Lights, and Markings
§ 46.2-833 — Traffic lights; penalty

Green indicates the traffic shall move in the direction of the signal and remain in motion as long as the green signal is given, except that such traffic shall yield to other vehicles and pedestrians lawfully within the intersection.

Welp, I have no choice, then. *straps on a helmet*

[freebrickproductions]

Spotted this along I-65 when on my way home this evening. No photo due to the fact I was driving and it was late.
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7741216,-86.5676565,3a,15y,14.39h,91.04t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1slqat4xj5l_IrI0QWGGWI-Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.0444799457837348%26panoid%3Dlqat4xj5l_IrI0QWGGWI-Q%26yaw%3D14.393186759728437!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Not sure how no-one noticed the typo for the distance, given that "mile" should be in its plural form. Admittedly, I only just now noticed, so I suppose it's a bit understandable. That being said, I suspect it's due to how ALDOT typically signs exits. At ones like this, ALDOT will normally post BGSes with "1 MILE" and "1/2 MILE" distances before the exit, while interchanges between Interstates will typically have "2 MILES" and "1 MILE" for the distances before the interchange. For whatever reason, the signage for Exit 205 on northbound I-65 is posted at the latter interval, so I'm guessing someone accidentally doubled the distances and didn't fix them when the signage on this part of I-65 was replaced a few years ago, leading to the accidental "2 MILE" typo. Strangely, the only advance warning for I-65 southbound at this exit is the 1 MILE sign, but no sign for "2 MILES" or "1/2 MILE".

[Scott5114]

Not just allowed, but required by law.

How do baseball scorecard aficionados record "third baseman run over by car"?

[roadfro]

Not really an erroneous road sign—it's an erroneous traffic signal—but this seems like the most appropriate thread. See whether you can spot what the error is.

Straight up to nowhere, right arrow conflicting with pedestrian movement, one way sign pointed the wrong way.

The straight-ahead arrow is the one I viewed as erroneous. As kphoger notes, the one-way sign is aligned the same way as the Henry Street sign, and that's the street where the Google car is.

Given the situation here, I'd say both arrows are erroneous. The up arrow should obviously be a left arrow. The right arrow should be a circular indication instead, so that it doesn't show a protected movement in conflict with the active crosswalk indications.

[74/171FAN]

Yeah, VA 168 got signed at Exit 272 on I-64 EB/US 60 EB as a result of the HRBT Expansion Project.  The sign has been moved to the right now.

[pderocco]

East of San Diego is an unincorporated community known as Crest, which sits atop a hill and has two roads coming into it, one from the west and one from the east.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/MsmNB9y82Cmy4MYP9

If you look at the main intersection where these roads meet and feed into the "no outlet" road that runs south through Crest, it is striped like this:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/9ebTeR6zZdP5zBWm9

Yet if you drive up the hill from the west on La Cresta Rd, you see this sign:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/nApdT2V7F8kVdUH98

telling you to go straight at the next intersection to go out the east side, or turn right to go into Crest. If you drive up the hill from the west on Mountain View Rd, you see this sign:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/CnxAKML4up1EHCvo6

telling you to go straight at the next intersection to go out the west side, or turn left to go into Crest.

The sign going north on La Cresta Blvd is correct:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/GsgtQyNhvWYKiYmB7

I guess one out of three is up to their standards.