Daily Picture Challenge!

[jmd41280]

August 13, 2017: Your own road photos taken in August 2017 that have not yet been uploaded to this forum.

These photos were taken today...

US 219 north at the beginning of the Meyersdale Bypass in Meyersdale, PA

US 219 approaching Meyersdale Bypass by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

US 40 Alternate westbound near Grantsville, MD

US 40 Alternate approaching Grantsville, MD by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

This one is from August 5.  It was taken on PA Route 31 eastbound in Mt. Pleasant.

Mt. Pleasant, PA by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

August 13, 2017: Your own road photos taken in August 2017 that have not yet been uploaded to this forum.

Convenient that I just drove to Burlington, IA on Friday, for shiggles.

Here are two routes that I had in my collection of shield cutouts, but I couldn't find originals for.  That meant I had to go photograph them again in some capacity.  So I did that Friday.


IL-180-167S by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Crossing the Mississippi River eastbound on US34.


IA-US34ETA by Paul Drives, on Flickr

And East Peoria, home of the biggest clusterf*ck of highway designations in all of Illinois.


IL-116-008EEJ by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[SignGeek101]

Well, it's after midnight here, so here goes.

August 14, 2017: Post the farthest distance sign you have to a destination you currently or previously lived in.

Taken on a bus with dirty windows on a gravel road (the distance is km).

[7/8]

August 14, 2017: Post the farthest distance sign you have to a destination you currently or previously lived in.

Niether of these can compare to SignGeek101's example

25 km to Kitchener, ON


If I stretch the truth and say I'm from "Toronto", like my family does on vacation outside thr province, then I have one with 128 km.

[paulthemapguy]

August 15, 2017:  Post exit only tabs that are erroneous, appearing over lanes that aren't exclusive to exiting traffic.

Illinois Tollway has loads of these errors.

I-15 northbound at UT-201...the lane on the left should not be labeled "exit only."


UT-I-15X305N by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[jbnv]

I-15 northbound at UT-201...the lane on the left should not be labeled "exit only."

Except that it's clearly over a lane that exits only. If you follow the white line under the sign, you'll end up in the exit.

UT-I-15X305N by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[Eth]

Sure, but by the time you actually reach the point where the lane in question comes into existence, you can no longer see the sign referencing it, unless you make a habit of craning your neck to look straight up while driving. It may technically be correct, but it's far less clear than the old way (this practice, as I understand, came into existence with the 2009 MUTCD). Every time I'm on I-285, I see out-of-state drivers not familiar with the actual ramp layout making unnecessary and sometimes dangerous lane changes because of these signs.

Anyway, this is a photo thread, so let's get to the photos.

August 15, 2017:  Post exit only tabs that are erroneous, appearing over lanes that aren't exclusive to exiting traffic.

Here's a great example where the road geometry makes it even less clear. There are six lanes on I-285 westbound heading into this interchange. Two lanes "exit only", leaving...five lanes remaining? Not that you'd know that because of the curve.



At the next interchange, the error is more clear, with the exit only arrow over what is obviously an option lane as, again, two lanes depart from six to leave...five.



And as for this one...well, this one speaks for itself. (OK, I guess it is an exit only lane for exit 34, but...)

[Mergingtraffic]

It used to be exit only but not anymore. I-287 at beginning of I-684.  Westchester, NY.

[paulthemapguy]

I-15 northbound at UT-201...the lane on the left should not be labeled "exit only."

Except that it's clearly over a lane that exits only. If you follow the white line under the sign, you'll end up in the exit.

Are we looking at the same picture???
That lane clearly splits.

Here's an identical situation, showing what the sign SHOULD look like.  The yellow "only" message should be confined only to the rightmost lane.


UT-I-15X334N by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[empirestate]

Just as a heads-up, the Daily Challenge one week from now will be to post road photos taken during a solar eclipse.

[US 89]

I-15 northbound at UT-201...the lane on the left should not be labeled "exit only."

Except that it's clearly over a lane that exits only. If you follow the white line under the sign, you'll end up in the exit.

Are we looking at the same picture???
That lane clearly splits.

Here's an identical situation, showing what the sign SHOULD look like.  The yellow "only" message should be confined only to the rightmost lane.


UT-I-15X334N by Paul Drives, on Flickr

We discussed this in another thread someplace (can't remember where). As I recall from that thread, jbnv is correct in that if you are under the sign you must exit. It is indeed confusing, especially in areas such as SLC where the new and old sign types are mixed.

[hotdogPi]

August 16, 2017: Road signs with a state name other than the state the photo was taken in.

US 1 with state names as destinations by <name removed>, on Flickr

Taken yesterday. NH and Maine are used instead of a second city for the destination. (Note that the challenge is state names, so only Maine counts, but one state is enough to qualify.) The sign is in Newburyport, MA.

Chicago BGS, taken from a train by <name removed>, on Flickr

Indiana Toll Rd., in Chicago.

MA 107, should be NH 107 by <name removed>, on Flickr]

The sign is in on I-95 in Massachusetts, but the New Hampshire border is in less than 1 mile. The words "New Hampshire" appear on the blue sign. The MA 107 is erroneous.

[US71]

August 16, 2017: Road signs with a state name other than the state the photo was taken in.

I-44 in Missouri

[TheHighwayMan3561]

August 16, 2017: Road signs with a state name other than the state the photo was taken in.

[hbelkins]

Just as a heads-up, the Daily Challenge one week from now will be to post road photos taken during a solar eclipse.

Unless someone beats you to it and posts a different challenge before you do. 

[formulanone]

Just as a heads-up, the Daily Challenge one week from now will be to post road photos taken during a solar eclipse.

Unless someone beats you to it and posts a different challenge before you do. 

It could just be a thread of its own, due to its rarity.

[empirestate]

Just as a heads-up, the Daily Challenge one week from now will be to post road photos taken during a solar eclipse.

Unless someone beats you to it and posts a different challenge before you do. 

Well, if they know what's good for 'em...

But yeah, it might be a sub-challenge or something like that. I know some people don't care for those, but oh well.

[US71]

Just as a heads-up, the Daily Challenge one week from now will be to post road photos taken during a solar eclipse.

Extra points if you can sync your video to Bonnie Tyler's  Total Eclipse of the Heart

[MNHighwayMan]

Just as a heads-up, the Daily Challenge one week from now will be to post road photos taken during a solar eclipse.

Unless someone beats you to it and posts a different challenge before you do. 

As the OP, I think empirestate gets the final say here.

[formulanone]

Just as a heads-up, the Daily Challenge one week from now will be to post road photos taken during a solar eclipse.

Extra points if you can sync your video to Bonnie Tyler's  Total Eclipse of the Heart

...while driving a Mitsubishi Eclipse.

[dgolub]

August 16, 2017: Road signs with a state name other than the state the photo was taken in.

New York Thruway (I-87) northbound at exit 15:


This sign also features an NJ 17 shield on the New York side of the border.

[empirestate]

August 16, 2017: Road signs with a state name other than the state the photo was taken in.

New York Thruway (I-87) northbound at exit 15:


This sign also features an NJ 17 shield on the New York side of the border.

Today is the 17th, that Challenge is closed.

[chays]

August 17, 2017: Show signs, gantries, streetlights, etc, with bird nests on them.  Basically anything but a nest in a tree.

I only have GSV for these as I'm not much of a picture taker when on the road.

Here is an eagle's nest on SR-417 just north of the Lake Jessup toll plaza in Sanford, FL.  There are several other nests on trees in the area, but this one has been here for years.  At times there are huge sticks and branches up there.
https://goo.gl/maps/TDJZxoSmJe12


Here is one on US 27 just north of SR 60 in Lake Wales, FL.  The occupant is even clearly visible.  What type of bird is that?
https://goo.gl/maps/uj2LMEXvMU12


Finally, in Orlando at the corner of Bumby and Robinson, there is a locally-famous birdhouse that has been there forever.  When they changed out the light masts several years back, they actually made the effort of putting the birdhouse back.  Some people claim there is a camera in it, but that isn't true.  Here is a brief backstory (http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-12-19/news/0912180236_1_birdhouse-signal-intersection)

Bumby intersection is for the birds -- again
December 19, 2009|By Mark Schlueb, Orlando Sentinel
The Bumby Avenue birdhouse is back.

The simple but storied red-and-white birdhouse that sat atop a traffic signal at Bumby Avenue and Robinson Street since the mid-1940s disappeared several months ago. Neighborhood residents and commuters who had grown attached to it weren't alarmed at first; it had disappeared before for maintenance or replacement. But when it didn't reappear, people feared a beloved -- albeit obscure -- piece of Orlando history was gone for good.

Margaret De Loy, 73, implored the city's traffic-signal technicians to replace it.

"It seemed really important to Margaret that it be brought back," signal chief John Falango said. "She said she'd grown up looking at the birdhouse, and her kids had grown up looking at the birdhouse."

De Loy said the birdhouse's first incarnation was installed about 1945 by one of Falango's predecessors, Aubrey Hickman, a family friend and deacon at De Loy's church. It was his job to clear nests out of the city's traffic lights.

"He felt so bad about it that he went out to his workshop and built a little birdhouse," said De Loy, who lives a few blocks from the intersection. "The birds thought it was wonderful -- they moved in immediately."

It has been occupied ever since, usually by wrens, and replaced every time it has been blown down. The most recent version was donated by a resident after the 2004 hurricanes. This time, signal technician Scott Fulkerson built a new one in his own workshop, just as Hickman did more than 60 years ago. It's patterned after a photograph of the one that disappeared.

"We tried to make it look exactly the same," Falango said.

https://goo.gl/maps/j63PtBVb61u

[jbnv]

August 17, 2017: Show signs, gantries, streetlights, etc, with bird nests on them.  Basically anything but a nest in a tree.

Here is one on US 27 just north of SR 60 in Lake Wales, FL.  The occupant is even clearly visible.  What type of bird is that?
https://goo.gl/maps/uj2LMEXvMU12

Wow, I just so happened to get a picture of that gantry while in Florida two months ago, and keep it through my editing!


Florida 60 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[MNHighwayMan]

August 12, 2017: Signs directing to a United States state's capitol building or campus.

I just took this hasty picture of the sign on EB I-235 in Des Moines about twenty minutes ago. I thought it came out better than it really did...