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

[LilianaUwU]

The "shortest state highway placard" on the actually fifth shortest California State Route

Who made that shield? Can't be Caltrans.

[pderocco]

I don't think CalTrans makes county route shields.

Not only is this a peculiar way to sign a concurrency, it's also a peculiar concurrency, since J6 could just have ended where it first met J7. The roads don't come together for a while, then split apart again.

[pderocco]

The "shortest state highway placard" on the actually fifth shortest California State Route

I don't think that's in the MUTCD catalog of standard banners.

[74/171FAN]

On US 220 SB in Rocky Mount, VA, as some one will think VA 40 is I-40....

US 220 SOUTH NEAR VA 40 (2) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

I don't think CalTrans makes county route shields.

Not only is this a peculiar way to sign a concurrency, it's also a peculiar concurrency, since J6 could just have ended where it first met J7. The roads don't come together for a while, then split apart again.

What gets me is that almost every other assembly has J6 and J7 on separate shields.  Oh well, I can't think of any other reason to take a photo of J6 other than to get that weird -1 shield.

[74/171FAN]

On I-581 SB/US 220 SB approaching US 460, US 11 ALT, and VA 116

I-581 AND US 220 SOUTH .5 MILES NORTH OF US 460, US 11 ALT, US 220 ALT NORTH, AND VA 116 (EXITS 4W-E) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

SR 867 gets a cantilever with VA 419 here, yet no control cities...

VA 419 NORTH NEAR SR 867 by Mark Moore, on Flickr

In the middle of a shopping center parking lot by the SR 687/SR 904 intersection in Roanoke

SR 904 SOUTH AT SR 687 (2) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

On US 220 NB entering Ellerbe

US 220 NORTH ENTERING ELLERBE by Mark Moore, on Flickr

At the Sleep Inn along VA 419 in Roanoke

SLEEP INN ALONG VA 419 by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[plain]

On US 220 NB entering Ellerbe

US 220 NORTH ENTERING ELLERBE by Mark Moore, on Flickr

These are very common in NC.

[Revive 755]

"Thru on Green Arrow Only" on WB US 14 in Cary, IL..  Complete with a straight red arrow.

[PColumbus73]

"Thru on Green Arrow Only" on WB US 14 in Cary, IL..  Complete with a straight red arrow.

Rewind a couple years the old sign read "West Main Signal".

[freebrickproductions]

"Thru on Green Arrow Only" on WB US 14 in Cary, IL..  Complete with a straight red arrow.

Rewind a couple years the old sign read "West Main Signal".

The other signal for that direction still has that sign!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2086844,-88.2401488,3a,15y,255.1h,95.73t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s06hZl8Rfs67MOqH0HKE0nA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-5.730910459096123%26panoid%3D06hZl8Rfs67MOqH0HKE0nA%26yaw%3D255.09525516678423!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[ClassicHasClass]

The "shortest state highway placard" on the actually fifth shortest California State Route

Who made that shield? Can't be Caltrans.

That monstrosity actually replaced a perfectly valid one that used to be there: https://www.floodgap.com/roadgap/153/#sec_14

They changed the "banner" sign too.

[74/171FAN]

On US 220 SB approaching NC 68 and the northern terminus of I-73

US 220 SOUTH .75 MILES NORTH OF NC 68 SOUTH (I-73 EXIT 123) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

On I-74 WB at Old US 311 (Exit 84)

I-74 WEST AT OLD US 311 (EXIT 84) (2) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Amaury]

SR 224 eastbound in West Richland, Washington: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ttAWrQEM94Mg1Pqa6

There's also one on the Richland side for westbound: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jXuvkyiGyPmZiWy87

[fillup420]

Here in a residential neighborhood of Humboldt, IA is a rather odd sign:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/f3D6wzy2SxAjKhZD7

This is a standard Humboldt street sign, but this street is not US 169, which is four blocks west of here, as the sign (almost) indicates. As far as I know, US 169 has not traveled on this road since at least 1937, and it's very likely it never traveled it at all. This sign is not on any sort of direct route between any two noteworthy places -- this isn't the most direct route between US 169 and downtown, or anywhere else for that matter. Yet somehow there's a sign here directing traffic to US 169. Who is it for?

Strangely I remember, from many childhood visits to Humboldt, that back in the 1970s and 1980s there was a very old sign at this corner directing traffic to US 169. It had a 169 shield and an arrow pointing right. The thing was decrepit in the 1970s and it doesn't really serve a clear purpose -- but they went to the trouble of making another one?

that reminds me of a similar sign i saw near St Louis

[Mav94]

Yeah, that's the same vibe.

[amroad17]

In Northern Kentucky, Kyles Lane is closed between Madison Ave and Farrell Drive because of a landslide. New signs were recently posted along SB Madison (KY 17) at Kyles and at Highland Ave. The posting is as follows:
 NOTICE (in black on yellow background)
 TRUCK (normal black on white)
 3187 (KY state route shield)

Is this new with MUTCD? Or is it something Kentucky Transportation Cabinet did?

Since I don't have a way to post photos, perhaps bandit957 (if you are reading this) could make a trip over to that area of Ft. Wright and photograph these signs to show a more accurate representation of what is there. Thank you in advance if you are able to help.

[74/171FAN]

In Northern Kentucky, Kyles Lane is closed between Madison Ave and Farrell Drive because of a landslide. New signs were recently posted along SB Madison (KY 17) at Kyles and at Highland Ave. The posting is as follows:
 NOTICE (in black on yellow background)
 TRUCK (normal black on white)
 3187 (KY state route shield)

Is this new with MUTCD? Or is it something Kentucky Transportation Cabinet did?

Since I don't have a way to post photos, perhaps bandit957 (if you are reading this) could make a trip over to that area of Ft. Wright and photograph these signs to show a more accurate representation of what is there. Thank you in advance if you are able to help.

I would assume that KYTC created the truck route.  Truck routes are not new....

Anyway, I am linking to KY 3187 in Travel Mapping for people to see the road being referred to.

[amroad17]

In Northern Kentucky, Kyles Lane is closed between Madison Ave and Farrell Drive because of a landslide. New signs were recently posted along SB Madison (KY 17) at Kyles and at Highland Ave. The posting is as follows:
 NOTICE (in black on yellow background)
 TRUCK (normal black on white)
 3187 (KY state route shield)

Is this new with MUTCD? Or is it something Kentucky Transportation Cabinet did?

Since I don't have a way to post photos, perhaps bandit957 (if you are reading this) could make a trip over to that area of Ft. Wright and photograph these signs to show a more accurate representation of what is there. Thank you in advance if you are able to help.

I would assume that KYTC created the truck route.  Truck routes are not new....

Anyway, I am linking to KY 3187 in Travel Mapping for people to see the road being referred to.

I was asking about the black on yellow NOTICE placard on these signs. I haven't seen any assembly use NOTICE before—usually DETOUR (in black on orange) would be used instead of NOTICE.

[74/171FAN]

I was asking about the black on yellow NOTICE placard on these signs. I haven't seen any assembly use NOTICE before—usually DETOUR (in black on orange) would be used instead of NOTICE.

In regard to these, I believe I have seen this before, but my brain cannot think of a specific location off the top of my head.

[Rothman]

I was asking about the black on yellow NOTICE placard on these signs. I haven't seen any assembly use NOTICE before—usually DETOUR (in black on orange) would be used instead of NOTICE.

In regard to these, I believe I have seen this before, but my brain cannot think of a specific location off the top of my head.

NOTICE: I-86 IS NOW I-84

[ClassicHasClass]

They used a "NOTICE" like that in Maine also when I-495 was demoted to the Falmouth Spur, except the NOTICE part was white on red.

[Mapmikey]

I was asking about the black on yellow NOTICE placard on these signs. I haven't seen any assembly use NOTICE before—usually DETOUR (in black on orange) would be used instead of NOTICE.

In regard to these, I believe I have seen this before, but my brain cannot think of a specific location off the top of my head.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/mZa1JpjcedoNEWQ3A

A variation:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/YjZhgFrC7GJTbL1v6

[hbelkins]

Kentucky uses NOTICE in this context for several purposes, including curve advance warning signs, don't-follow-your-GPS signs, and the like.

[wanderer2575]

This is posted on eastbound Henry County 424 (formerly OH-424, formerly US-24) east of Napoleon, OH:

[pderocco]

I never would have seen that without the NOTICE banner.