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

[Scott5114]

I believe those signs are owned by the tree companies and are not official DOT signs.

[74/171FAN]

On Riverside Dr approaching IN 62 in Evansville.

RIVERSIDE DR NEAR 2ND ST AND OHIO ST by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[roadman65]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/54731807019
Ramp to FL 23 South not yet opened, but instead of covering the sign up or not installing a panel, they added a ROAD CLOSED tab.

[74/171FAN]

A few more in Downtown Evansville, IN.

LOCUST AT AT 1ST ST by Mark Moore, on Flickr

LOCUST ST NEAR 2ND ST by Mark Moore, on Flickr

RIVERSIDE DR RIVERWALK (2) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

RIVERSIDE DR RIVERWALK (6) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

RIVERSIDE DR RIVERWALK (1) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

On Veterans Memorial Pkwy approaching US 41

VETERANS MEMORIAL PKWY NEAR US 41 AND I-69 NORTH by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[kphoger]

I'm assuming that it was put up sometime in the last three years.

Oh, well that's just wacky, then.  I was thinking the green had faded in some weird way, but apparently they're not old signs at all.  I got nothin'.

[roadman65]

https://www.aaroads.com/california/images015/i-015_nb_exit_157_02.jpg
Cramming things in

Photo from AA Roads.

[JoePCool14]

Textbook example of why padding is important.

[PColumbus73]

Something I noticed about I-169 in Texas:

I-169 looks like it's only signed on the frontage road. Another.

But on the tollway, it's signed as TX 550 and TX 169

To me, it implies that I-169 is like I-180 in Cheyenne in that the interstate has traffic signals and at-grade intersections.

EDIT: The BGS on I-69E directs traffic to exit here for I-169, but takes you onto the frontage road as the 'free exit'.

[CoreySamson]

Something I noticed about I-169 in Texas:

I-169 looks like it's only signed on the frontage road. Another.

But on the tollway, it's signed as TX 550 and TX 169

To me, it implies that I-169 is like I-180 in Cheyenne in that the interstate has traffic signals and at-grade intersections.

EDIT: The BGS on I-69E directs traffic to exit here for I-169, but takes you onto the frontage road as the 'free exit'.

That is really weird, but it wouldn't be completely unprecedented in Texas. I'm pretty sure Beltway 8 is only signed on the feeder road (when it exists) and not on the main lanes, which are signed as the Sam Houston Tollway:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JZ4GeyAaggg9MDEKA

In Dallas, the PGBT tollway and TX 161 are treated pretty similarly, with TX 161 consigned to the frontage road:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/jX1EFnyeS9kNYPcw9

[kphoger]

I'm pretty sure Beltway 8 is only signed on the feeder road (when it exists) and not on the main lanes, which are signed as the Sam Houston Tollway:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xcc8Fz6CeztrwBnr5

[Scott5114]

On Riverside Dr approaching IN 62 in Evansville.

Gotta watch out for those Ohio street trains. They're so much more dangerous than the Indiana street trains the populace is used to.

[kphoger]

OHIO STREET TRAIN /

PRESENT WHEN FLASHING

The signal is there to let you know when you should salute the Ohio Street Train with your firearm.

[CoreySamson]

I'm pretty sure Beltway 8 is only signed on the feeder road (when it exists) and not on the main lanes, which are signed as the Sam Houston Tollway:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xcc8Fz6CeztrwBnr5

Ah, good catch. You reminded me it's also signed on the free sections of the freeway (as well as the ship channel bridge, where there aren't feeders).

[Max Rockatansky]

Ghetto but accurate and actually helpful Mile Marker usage on Camp 9 Road.  This is usually better than what one can expect on a PG&E owned roadway.

IMG_3201 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[pderocco]

Ghetto but accurate and actually helpful Mile Marker usage on Camp 9 Road.  This is usually better than what one can expect on a PG&E owned roadway.

IMG_3201 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

That looks like a paper plate on a stick, put there for the benefit of a mountain bike tournament or something.

[74/171FAN]

On US 70 EB heading east away from Downtown Nashville

US 70 EAST NEAR SPENCE LN by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

Ghetto but accurate and actually helpful Mile Marker usage on Camp 9 Road.  This is usually better than what one can expect on a PG&E owned roadway.

IMG_3201 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

That looks like a paper plate on a stick, put there for the benefit of a mountain bike tournament or something.

It was actually a surfacing crew that put these up.  They are repaving Camp 9 Road and putting up actual mile markers as they go.  Considering how bad the road is presently I found the plates useful so I could remember blind spots on the way back up to Vallecito.

[kphoger]

I'm pretty sure Beltway 8 is only signed on the feeder road (when it exists) and not on the main lanes, which are signed as the Sam Houston Tollway:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xcc8Fz6CeztrwBnr5

Ah, good catch. You reminded me it's also signed on the free sections of the freeway (as well as the ship channel bridge, where there aren't feeders).

Correct.  The highway is signposted as the Sam Houston Tollway on the tolled portions, but signposted as Beltway 8 on the free portions.  I'm not aware of any place it's signed as both.

[formulanone]

So what rhyme do they use on other interstates?

"Try to stay alive as we fix I-75?"

"Traffic conditions will be poor on I-94"

I-69...hey, we make the jokes!

Slow down! Try not to get a fine on I-69.

[kphoger]

So what rhyme do they use on other interstates?

Have some fun on I eighty-one

Not quite Heaven on two-eighty-seven

The shields are blue on I twenty-two

A lot of hicks on seventy-six

Forty-one, renumbered forty-one

Traffic a-plenty on Interstate twenty

There's now a sign on one-sixty-nine

[PColumbus73]

Found an unofficial business route for US 212. Another sign.

[kphoger]

Found an unofficial business route for US 212. Another sign.

Related thread from ages ago:  https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=2636.0

According to the city, the road's actual name is "HWY 212", with businesses along it styling their address as "US-212 Business" or "Business 212" or some such.