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

[74/171FAN]

On VA 40 EB/VA 49 NB entering Victoria

VA 40 EAST AND VA 49 NORTH ENTERING VICTORIA by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[kphoger]

At least it's not regulatory.

On VA 40 EB/VA 49 NB entering Victoria

VA 40 EAST AND VA 49 NORTH ENTERING VICTORIA by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Android]

Oh, crap.  Emojis on road signs. (insert sound of Lurch groaning)  Makes my eye want to slide right off of it, like when I review my email spam folder before hitting DELETE. 

[Mapmikey]

Are those not common there? Those signs are found frequently here

I am not aware of having seen it for a T intersection.

They are not unheard of in Virginia...

Here is one in Luray - https://maps.app.goo.gl/akmZMECY6wXZfAjU6

Pamplin City - https://maps.app.goo.gl/qG5sHPsH5MhAPzyCA

Double Set in South Hill on I-85 - https://maps.app.goo.gl/JPF1vAMt35fN43KY9

thought there was one here in Emporia but now there is a sign I've never seen before - https://maps.app.goo.gl/ccYsBwevBMCgLVsZA

[LilianaUwU]

The curved T intersections, both smooth and sharp, are standard signs in Québec.

[wanderer2575]

The main entrance to Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, MI:

[formulanone]

The main entrance to Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, MI:

That's a good way for traffic to...interlock.

[pderocco]

The main entrance to Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, MI:

Well, it is artistic.

[Big John]

^^ I don't get that abstract art.

[GaryA]

The main entrance to Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, MI:

We've got one of those in Los Angeles, too:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/fz6KCGdPMXNC8ZSi6

Off-ramps from both directions of US 101 at Haskell (just west of the I-405 interchange) that end up side-by-side as they meet Haskell Ave, and you can turn either direction from either ramp (looks like you could once have gone straight as well, but if so that was closed off a long time ago).  This one's an all-way stop.

There are warning banners "WATCH FOR TURNS" - what could go wrong?  (Also one for the "freeway offramps that dump you in a residential area" list.)

[GaryA]

A rather unusual arrangement of signs:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/BenpsHM7xLd1jLXs7

Top to bottom:  Up-arrow; "TO"; and a small, non-standard CA 118 shield.

This is on an LA city street, so not a Caltrans issue.  Probably a modern replacement for an earlier assembly that dates from the 118 freeway construction (the upcoming cross street, Devonshire, was the pre-freeway CA 118).

[Scott5114]

We've got one of those in Los Angeles, too:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/fz6KCGdPMXNC8ZSi6

Off-ramps from both directions of US 101 at Haskell (just west of the I-405 interchange) that end up side-by-side as they meet Haskell Ave, and you can turn either direction from either ramp (looks like you could once have gone straight as well, but if so that was closed off a long time ago).  This one's an all-way stop.

Well, at least that's two shotgun signs that will never, ever get replaced.

But why on earth would you build the ramps that way instead of having them merge so people turning right could move to the right and those turning left could move to the left?

[pderocco]

We've got one of those in Los Angeles, too:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/fz6KCGdPMXNC8ZSi6

Off-ramps from both directions of US 101 at Haskell (just west of the I-405 interchange) that end up side-by-side as they meet Haskell Ave, and you can turn either direction from either ramp (looks like you could once have gone straight as well, but if so that was closed off a long time ago).  This one's an all-way stop.

Well, at least that's two shotgun signs that will never, ever get replaced.

But why on earth would you build the ramps that way instead of having them merge so people turning right could move to the right and those turning left could move to the left?

Not much room there.

[kphoger]

I see it's also home to a 'poor sign placement' candidate.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/yaQkmsNBSpuH9126A

[LilianaUwU]

I see it's also home to a 'poor sign placement' candidate.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/yaQkmsNBSpuH9126A

More like poor tree placement. They don't belong there.

[kphoger]

I see it's also home to a 'poor sign placement' candidate.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/yaQkmsNBSpuH9126A

More like poor tree placement. They don't belong there.

I suppose.  But, last time the intersection came up in this thread, I took the quote below to mean the same agency that installed the sign planted the trees as well.

THe white posts and the trees were designed to prevent thru traffic from the off ramps into the neighborhood.

[paulthemapguy]

We've got one of those in Los Angeles, too:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/fz6KCGdPMXNC8ZSi6

Off-ramps from both directions of US 101 at Haskell (just west of the I-405 interchange) that end up side-by-side as they meet Haskell Ave, and you can turn either direction from either ramp (looks like you could once have gone straight as well, but if so that was closed off a long time ago).  This one's an all-way stop.

There are warning banners "WATCH FOR TURNS" - what could go wrong?  (Also one for the "freeway offramps that dump you in a residential area" list.)

They could just move the eastbound offramp farther west and fix this whole debacle.    Terrible interchange design.

[ClassicHasClass]

Everybody wants to be a control city.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/FSNASSRxc61Panoq7

[Rothman]

Lock sign on Mississippi river near confluence with Missouri River.  Had to zoom way in, hence the fuzziness.

[wanderer2575]

Road closed at 12:30, maybe?  Oxford County 119 in Thamesford, Ontario a couple weeks ago:

[ModernDayWarrior]

A "no trucks" sign in multiple languages. This is at the Doe Run Resource Recycling Facility (known locally as the "battery plant" because a large chunk of their operation is recycling lead-acid car batteries) located on Route KK in northwest Iron County, Missouri, about a mile south of its junction with MO 32.

[74/171FAN]

On OH 151/OH 646 in Scio, OH.

OH 151 AND OH 646 WEST SPLIT by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[freebrickproductions]

Why is US 250 a tourist destination?

[74/171FAN]

Another one on US 250 at OH 800

US 250 WEST AT OH 800 SOUTH (2) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Scott5114]

Why is US 250 a tourist destination?

You've never wanted to spend a long weekend enjoying the relaxing ambiance of US Route 250?