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

[plain]

Someone posted a U-Turn Only sign & signal to reddit:

These seem to be becoming more and more common in certain states. I like them.

[formulanone]

I saw a horizontally-mounted one in Laredo, Texas a few months back:

[ipeters61]

I saw a horizontally-mounted one in Laredo, Texas a few months back:

Is there any reason it's a double red?

[kphoger]

people may mistake the on-ramp as also having priority over the frontage road. Also, this is the only frontage road along this stretch of I-5 that is two-way, so people may not be realizing that 5th does have cars coming towards them that do have priority.

All of these things should be obvious, but sometimes drivers do amaze me.

FWIW...  In Texas, state law dictates that on- and off-ramps have priority over the frontage road, even in the absence of yield signs for frontage road traffic.  That is to say, if you're on a frontage road and intend to veer left onto a highway by means of an on-ramp, you get to take priority over any oncoming frontage road traffic–even if they don't have a yield sign.

VEHICLE ENTERING OR LEAVING LIMITED-ACCESS OR CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.

An operator on an access or feeder road of a limited-access or controlled-access highway shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle entering or about to enter the access or feeder road from the highway or leaving or about to leave the access or feeder road to enter the highway.

[cjk374]

I saw a horizontally-mounted one in Laredo, Texas a few months back:

Is there any reason it's a double red?

In case one of the red bulbs burn out, you have a back up?

[roadfro]

You won't find anything in the MUTCD about Type 3 object markers that aren't black and yellow. Chapter 6 discusses the white and orange ones—referred to there as "vertical panels", in the context of other channelizing devices for temporary traffic control (such as cones, drums, tubular markers and barricades).

Guess that explains the ones on the gate to the Juniper Springs Recreational Area off of FL 40 in Ocala National Forest:


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juniper_Springs_Recreation_Area_Gate-3.jpg


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juniper_Springs_Recreation_Area_Gate-4.jpg

And here I was thinking the orange and white was to contrast the brown and white Road Closed signs and make them more visible.

That's not a proper use of those panels. For a gate, it should have alternating red and white stripes similar to railroad grade crossing gates.

In looking for this in the MUTCD, I actually discovered another approved color combination for alternating diagonal stripes (although not classified as object markers).  There is a provision for certain uses of barricades–such as end of road, ramp/road closed for operational purposes (reversible lanes) etc.–that allows for red and white diagonal stripes. For barricades that signify the end of a road, they have to be a Type 3 barricade (the three horizontal panel variety).

[D-Dey65]

Someone posted a U-Turn Only sign & signal to reddit:

These seem to be becoming more and more common in certain states. I like them.

They've existed on FL 50 @ Mariner Boulevard in Hernando County for more than 3 years. Zoom in on the picture at the link below;
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_FL_50_%26_Mariner_Blvd;_U-Turn_%26_Left-Turn_Lanes.jpg

[jeffandnicole]

Someone posted a U-Turn Only sign & signal to reddit:

These seem to be becoming more and more common in certain states. I like them.

They've existed on FL 50 @ Mariner Boulevard in Hernando County for more than 3 years. Zoom in on the picture at the link below;
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_FL_50_%26_Mariner_Blvd;_U-Turn_%26_Left-Turn_Lanes.jpg

More/less, they were first brought up on these boards here in Traffic Control in 2013, indicating they've been around for at least 7 years (since the GSV images would be from at least 2012).

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8471.0

[Eth]

Someone posted a U-Turn Only sign & signal to reddit:

These seem to be becoming more and more common in certain states. I like them.

They've existed on FL 50 @ Mariner Boulevard in Hernando County for more than 3 years. Zoom in on the picture at the link below;
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_FL_50_%26_Mariner_Blvd;_U-Turn_%26_Left-Turn_Lanes.jpg

More/less, they were first brought up on these boards here in Traffic Control in 2013, indicating they've been around for at least 7 years (since the GSV images would be from at least 2012).

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8471.0

I distinctly recall having seen one on MD 355 on the north side of Gaithersburg when I was living there (somewhere between 2009 and 2011).

[plain]

Someone posted a U-Turn Only sign & signal to reddit:

These seem to be becoming more and more common in certain states. I like them.

They've existed on FL 50 @ Mariner Boulevard in Hernando County for more than 3 years. Zoom in on the picture at the link below;
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_FL_50_%26_Mariner_Blvd;_U-Turn_%26_Left-Turn_Lanes.jpg

More/less, they were first brought up on these boards here in Traffic Control in 2013, indicating they've been around for at least 7 years (since the GSV images would be from at least 2012).

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8471.0

Have they made it to NJ yet? I still haven't seen any there myself. I saw a few here in VA.

[riiga]

Found this "parking" (or rarking?) sign while on the road 

[roadfro]

Someone posted a U-Turn Only sign & signal to reddit:

These seem to be becoming more and more common in certain states. I like them.

They've existed on FL 50 @ Mariner Boulevard in Hernando County for more than 3 years. Zoom in on the picture at the link below;
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EB_FL_50_%26_Mariner_Blvd;_U-Turn_%26_Left-Turn_Lanes.jpg

More/less, they were first brought up on these boards here in Traffic Control in 2013, indicating they've been around for at least 7 years (since the GSV images would be from at least 2012).

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=8471.0

The first photo is more unique in that it's a very unusual arrow style, unlike the style depicted in the MUTCD common to standard arrows. It's really hard to tell that it's an arrow, because the arrowhead is not well defined. Some photos/links in the U-turn thread linked above show the standard arrow.

[mrsman]

I saw a horizontally-mounted one in Laredo, Texas a few months back:

Is there any reason it's a double red?

In case one of the red bulbs burn out, you have a back up?

That's right.  In some states, they require that every separate signal be doubled in the eventuality that a bulb may burn out or that the signal is blocked from view by a high truck.  Other states only requite that the orb signals are doubled, not the arrow signals.  Most of the states that don't require doubling of the arrow signals, do require that at least the red is doubled.

This is very common in Baltimore:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2865385,-76.6134964,3a,75y,174.68h,88.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdYvKOYDkDwAtTSaW2lFwcg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[ClassicHasClass]

Found this "parking" (or rarking?) sign while on the road 

And don't forget to skank din pant! If you don't, then your pants won't be sufficiently skanky.

[roadman65]

https://goo.gl/maps/QP68HHNiybK4hi7Z7
Not so unique (as Martin County, FL has many like these), but I find it interesting that the installers of these cannot figure out that the arrows goes on the bottom. 

[1995hoo]

My brother just sent this to me. No idea whether it's real, but who cares.

[MNHighwayMan]

It was real. It was here.

As you can see, the sign has since been reworded.

[1995hoo]

Thanks. I sent that link to my brother.

[ErmineNotyours]

I've always wanted to get a good look at the bicycle notice here (which I think used to include a map), I instead was able to stop to take a picture of the sign on the other end of the lake.

US 101 Bicycle notice by Crescent Lake

[kphoger]

Needed a copy editor.  (WHEN EVER)

[J N Winkler]

Renderings of the old signs (drawn from WSDOT SRView imagery years ago):

[jakeroot]

Renderings of the old signs (drawn from WSDOT SRView imagery years ago):

Thanks for posting. Gives a good example of how long signs are formatted. I would have assumed centre-justified, for some reason, but I see that is not how it's done.

I do wonder what the connection is between the signs you've posted, and those posted above by Arthur (ErmineNotyours); his are along the 101, but your example explicitly says "Highway 112". It's nearby, but technically a different route. Are we thinking that identical signs were used for both routes?

[someperson]

Not sure why this warrants a sign. I guess Hank Hill would approve:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZCjiFm5REkBcXJGR8

This rather bleak sign was posted at the western US-59/I-610 interchange in Houston for many years. Recently removed as part of a construction project:
https://goo.gl/maps/UK9fTAW9k3zJQwQy9

Speed limit signs with both mph and km/h near IAH. There are quite a few examples of these near the airport for some reason:
https://goo.gl/maps/guD9oiJkZcgK5vva6
https://goo.gl/maps/KvQ4EGuHR5cGxcHv7

Sign for Houston TranStar:
https://goo.gl/maps/jgXC1y7GYVpx13yV7

Unusual detour sign for I-10 East:
https://i.imgur.com/MvM1PHQ.jpg

[Verlanka]

Speed limit signs with both mph and km/h near IAH. There are quite a few examples of these near the airport for some reason:
https://goo.gl/maps/guD9oiJkZcgK5vva6
https://goo.gl/maps/KvQ4EGuHR5cGxcHv7

They're probably used for travelers from other countries.

[jakeroot]

Eugene, OR: wasn't bad, but would be now. More misleading, I suppose? See the sign below the "merge" warning sign, which is no longer accurate. It says, "ramp traffic does not stop". The right turn slip lane used to have priority, but it no longer does (note the shark's teeth).

https://goo.gl/maps/7jb1zxinifDbvwBY7]