Signs specific to a state

[ElishaGOtis]

Nevada has a whole host of animal-silhouette warning signs that don't appear in the federal manual. Notable ones are the burro warning sign (what other state needs that?) and the cattle warning sign (normally paired with an "Open Range" plaque).

California and Nevada have their own version of the bear crossing sign that has twice the number of bears as the federal bear crossing sign.

The left-turn-lane signs in Clark County are subtly different from the federal ones, to make it easier to indicate a U turn as a possibility.

Maryland has its "Lane Ends" warning sign with the downward diagonal arrows.

A lot of states *COULD* use jackass warnings!

I'm kinda surprised I've never seen any signage, let alone any warning by a public agency, regarding an increased number of drunk drivers on a specific night. Yes, some may be "common knowledge" (like New Years and such), but how does one differentiate between that and an abnormal scenario (I.e. non-recurring football game)?

[Flint1979]

"Trucks use right 2 lanes" does not mean the same as "No trucks in left lane" when there are more than 3 lanes.

It means the trucks are to stay in the two lanes closest to the right shoulder and are prohibited from using the far-left lane. It's not even enforced anyway.

[Quillz]

I don't have a pic handy, but California has the "people crossing the freeway" signs that don't directly imply anything, but you can probably read between the lines since they're located very close to the border with Mexico. I don't know if the other border states have them.

[pderocco]

I don't have a pic handy, but California has the "people crossing the freeway" signs that don't directly imply anything, but you can probably read between the lines since they're located very close to the border with Mexico. I don't know if the other border states have them.

The only one I ever saw was on I-5 a couple miles before the San Onofre checkpoint. But that's been gone for years.

But the image was preserved for a while by this sign put up by a Mexican restaurant in Topanga:



I think the highway original was the mirror of this.

[Quillz]

Woah, where in Topanga is that? I drive CA-27 all the time and have never seen that.

[pderocco]

Woah, where in Topanga is that? I drive CA-27 all the time and have never seen that.

It's gone now, since the restaurant closed in 2017, but it was on Old Topanga Canyon Rd, close to where it it comes into Topanga Canyon Blvd.

[Quillz]

Woah, where in Topanga is that? I drive CA-27 all the time and have never seen that.

It's gone now, since the restaurant closed in 2017, but it was on Old Topanga Canyon Rd, close to where it it comes into Topanga Canyon Blvd.

Oh, I never noticed it. There's a little hotel right at that intersection, and a couple small shops. But I work nights so I wasn't likely to have seen it anyway.

[GaryV]

"Trucks use right 2 lanes" does not mean the same as "No trucks in left lane" when there are more than 3 lanes.

It means the trucks are to stay in the two lanes closest to the right shoulder and are prohibited from using the far-left lane. It's not even enforced anyway.

If there are 4 lanes, then the left lane prohibited means trucks can use 3 of the 4 lanes. Right 2 lanes only means 2 lanes. That was my point.

I agree on the enforcement.

[Mr. Matté]

I'm kinda surprised I've never seen any signage, let alone any warning by a public agency, regarding an increased number of drunk drivers on a specific night. Yes, some may be "common knowledge" (like New Years and such), but how does one differentiate between that and an abnormal scenario (I.e. non-recurring football game)?

Pennsylvania seems to know where the drunks seem to congregate. These random yellow safety message signs I think also apply to the theme of this thread too having not seen them in other states.

[kphoger]

Didn't know till today, since was about to post "MO also has county signs", but double checked.

MO also has county signs.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/s5UtaruXzPDoT5Z57
https://maps.app.goo.gl/t91jST5jGFcKW3ks9

[TheCatalyst31]

Nevada has a whole host of animal-silhouette warning signs that don't appear in the federal manual. Notable ones are the burro warning sign (what other state needs that?) and the cattle warning sign (normally paired with an "Open Range" plaque).

California and Nevada have their own version of the bear crossing sign that has twice the number of bears as the federal bear crossing sign.

The left-turn-lane signs in Clark County are subtly different from the federal ones, to make it easier to indicate a U turn as a possibility.

Maryland has its "Lane Ends" warning sign with the downward diagonal arrows.

A lot of states *COULD* use jackass warnings!

I'm kinda surprised I've never seen any signage, let alone any warning by a public agency, regarding an increased number of drunk drivers on a specific night. Yes, some may be "common knowledge" (like New Years and such), but how does one differentiate between that and an abnormal scenario (I.e. non-recurring football game)?

I've seen VMS messages that remind people to drive sober during a specific event (like New Year's), which implicitly sends that message. Being from a state with an alcohol problem, I usually try to stay off the road on nights like that.

[ElishaGOtis]

Nevada has a whole host of animal-silhouette warning signs that don't appear in the federal manual. Notable ones are the burro warning sign (what other state needs that?) and the cattle warning sign (normally paired with an "Open Range" plaque).

California and Nevada have their own version of the bear crossing sign that has twice the number of bears as the federal bear crossing sign.

The left-turn-lane signs in Clark County are subtly different from the federal ones, to make it easier to indicate a U turn as a possibility.

Maryland has its "Lane Ends" warning sign with the downward diagonal arrows.

A lot of states *COULD* use jackass warnings!

I'm kinda surprised I've never seen any signage, let alone any warning by a public agency, regarding an increased number of drunk drivers on a specific night. Yes, some may be "common knowledge" (like New Years and such), but how does one differentiate between that and an abnormal scenario (I.e. non-recurring football game)?

I've seen VMS messages that remind people to drive sober during a specific event (like New Year's), which implicitly sends that message. Being from a state with an alcohol problem, I usually try to stay off the road on nights like that.

Coming from Florida, FDOT sometimes does that as I've noticed (particularly D7 after sporting events), but some DMSs show said messages all the time.

https://fl511.com/messagesigns?start=0&length=25&filters%5B0%5D%5Bi%5D=2&filters%5B0%5D%5Bs%5D=Alachua&filters%5B1%5D%5Bi%5D=3&filters%5B1%5D%5Bs%5D=US-441&order%5Bi%5D=1&order%5Bdir%5D=asc (no idea how long this link will work, its US-441 DMSs in Alachua County)

That set of DMSs normally says...

IF YOU DRINK
DON'T DRIVE
STAY ALIVE

...unless something else warrants its use. I believe they're for Paynes Prairie and flood control info IIRC?

[Rothman]

Doubt other states squish their county route pentagons like this on BGSes like NYSDOT Region 10 does in Suffolk County...

[TheHighwayMan3561]

The county name being on the bottom of the shield definitely seems unique. MN just started getting into the habit of putting the full county name on BGS shields rather than just generic "COUNTY" across the top. WI makes no denoting  of county route at all on its BGS, just plain square shields with the letters.

[kphoger]

Being from a state with an alcohol problem, ...

I misread that as "a state with no alcohol problem", then I stopped reading to glance over at your location.  I decided you were probably being sarcastic.

The county name being on the bottom of the shield definitely seems unique. MN just started getting into the habit of putting the full county name on BGS shields rather than just generic "COUNTY" across the top.

Speaking of Minnesota county highways, does any other state use CH signs like these:

[Mr_Northside]

Another entry from Maryland:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fv4PdVxy8wDLv2TQ6

"Maryland Wildlife  -  Watch For It!  Stay Alert"

Pretty sure you're not gonna see that a sign that looks like that in any other state 

[kphoger]

"Maryland Wildlife  -  Watch For It!  Stay Alert"

Animals that migrated from West Virginia, on the other hand...  no need to watch out for those.

[Dirt Roads]

Something else from West Virginia that was common in my youth, but now gone:  the EMERGENCY banner.  These were placed on short bypass routes that veered further away from chemical plants, most of them about a mile in length.  The one that I was most familiar with was EMERGENCY US-60 that used the streets in South Charleston along the southern side of the city to avoid the Union Carbide plant.  There were also several others along WV-2 bypassing some of the more notorious chemical plants along the Ohio River.

I've driven all over South Charleston in recent years searching for a remnant sign, all to no avail.

[plain]

Something else from West Virginia that was common in my youth, but now gone:  the EMERGENCY banner.  These were placed on short bypass routes that veered further away from chemical plants, most of them about a mile in length.  The one that I was most familiar with was EMERGENCY US-60 that used the streets in South Charleston along the southern side of the city to avoid the Union Carbide plant.  There were also several others along WV-2 bypassing some of the more notorious chemical plants along the Ohio River.

I've driven all over South Charleston in recent years searching for a remnant sign, all to no avail.

MI also used/uses EMERGENCY banners.

[freebrickproductions]

Something else from West Virginia that was common in my youth, but now gone:  the EMERGENCY banner.  These were placed on short bypass routes that veered further away from chemical plants, most of them about a mile in length.  The one that I was most familiar with was EMERGENCY US-60 that used the streets in South Charleston along the southern side of the city to avoid the Union Carbide plant.  There were also several others along WV-2 bypassing some of the more notorious chemical plants along the Ohio River.

I've driven all over South Charleston in recent years searching for a remnant sign, all to no avail.

MI also used/uses EMERGENCY banners.

I've seen banners that say "EMERGENCY ROUTE TO" posted above an Interstate shield in Tennessee before, IIRC, but I don't think I've seen any posted that just say "EMERGENCY".

[TheCatalyst31]

Something else from West Virginia that was common in my youth, but now gone:  the EMERGENCY banner.  These were placed on short bypass routes that veered further away from chemical plants, most of them about a mile in length.  The one that I was most familiar with was EMERGENCY US-60 that used the streets in South Charleston along the southern side of the city to avoid the Union Carbide plant.  There were also several others along WV-2 bypassing some of the more notorious chemical plants along the Ohio River.

I've driven all over South Charleston in recent years searching for a remnant sign, all to no avail.

MI also used/uses EMERGENCY banners.

Wisconsin uses ALTERNATE banners in the same way Michigan uses EMERGENCY banners, which always confuses out-of-state roadgeeks since they aren't true alternate routes.

[CoreySamson]

Speaking of Minnesota county highways, does any other state use CH signs like these:

Brazoria County in Texas uses green squares that are otherwise basically identical...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4kgAYBB4kfgYkiam6

The standard for Texas county road signs is this similar but not identical green "shield", which I think is pretty unique...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LSfgYsApk7b3M7YA9

[kphoger]

Brazoria County in Texas uses green squares that are otherwise basically identical...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4kgAYBB4kfgYkiam6

I meant black on white.  After all, several counties in Colorado also use white-on-green squares.

Fremont County, CO
Ouray County, CO
Routt County, CO

The standard for Texas county road signs is this similar but not identical green "shield", which I think is pretty unique...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LSfgYsApk7b3M7YA9

Ah, yes, those!  Anything like that in other states?

[Flint1979]

"Trucks use right 2 lanes" does not mean the same as "No trucks in left lane" when there are more than 3 lanes.

It means the trucks are to stay in the two lanes closest to the right shoulder and are prohibited from using the far-left lane. It's not even enforced anyway.

If there are 4 lanes, then the left lane prohibited means trucks can use 3 of the 4 lanes. Right 2 lanes only means 2 lanes. That was my point.

I agree on the enforcement.

The stretch of I-75 between Saginaw and Flint is 8 lanes (4 in each direction) and they have signs saying ALL TRUCKS USE RIGHT 2 LANES. So in this stretch of I-75 they aren't supposed to be using the left 2 lanes at all. I don't get why they would need to use the left two lanes on this stretch though since they have the 2 right lanes to use. All the trucks do is clog up the freeway anyway.

[Scott5114]

How could I forget the Nevada milepost? Sure, we could have just used the MUTCD one, but we wanted to be at a ninety-degree angle about it.