Standard Road Signs That Are Rare In Certain States

[kphoger]

Forgot about those! Yeah, I don't get down to Southwest Missouri too often (though I may drive to Branson for a weekend soon).

Well, if you do, you should check out some other stoplight warning signs...

...like this one and this one and this one and this one and this one and this one.   

[jakeroot]

The king of links strikes again!!



The "no passing" pendant is pretty unusual in WA as well, but is still used sparingly (and randomly).

I also don't see the double-down arrow very often in WA.

Also a bit surprised that no one has brought up the "FREEWAY ENTRANCE" sign. Probably since it has its own thread, but it is a standard road sign and is rare in the vast majority of states.

[kphoger]

What other states besides Kansas use blank yellow diamonds for medians?

[STLmapboy]

Forgot about those! Yeah, I don't get down to Southwest Missouri too often (though I may drive to Branson for a weekend soon).

Well, if you do, you should check out some other stoplight warning signs...

...like this one and this one and this one and this one and this one and this one.   

They're all on my to-do list. Isn't GSV wonderful?

[jmacswimmer]

What other states besides Kansas use blank yellow diamonds for medians?

Maryland does it on occasion.

(They're also starting to use the yellow diamond in conjunction with a more-typical divided highway right sign.)

[thefraze_1020]

Also for Washington, to my knowledge, there is not a single pentagon county road sign in the entire state.

[CoreySamson]

I never see the No Passing pennant in Texas, like others have mentioned.

You also normally won't see:
BEGINS/ENDS signs
LANE ENDS so and so FEET AHEAD signs

Maybe I'm weird, but I'm not sure if I've ever seen a TO banner ever used in Texas. I may be wrong on that, though.

[hobsini2]

Wisconsin and Indiana will banner cardinal directions on the highways at all junctions like these.
Janesville, Wisconsin: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7310673,-89.0332286,3a,25y,191.4h,84.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDQKqcwyo0EuRUvC9g0irwg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

East Chicago, Indiana: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6870016,-87.507548,3a,75y,324.09h,95.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQxmpo-BOCJc3iqedwG2v8w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

Illinois on the other hand rarely does. The standard junction assembly is like this:
NB Rt 53 at Rt 7: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5933857,-88.0754188,3a,75y,9.74h,89.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYv8QqpIJlLeKtSxBXo3gjg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
SB Rt 53 at Rt 7: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5947962,-88.0751545,3a,75y,230.04h,82.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZ4wfr5e3oI7HUYBGpngFfw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
EB Renwick Rd. Rt 7 is not signed correctly. Should be up AND right. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5941597,-88.0760374,3a,15y,114.14h,87.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sE4V0NxsM4n3B8voJjZzBAg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
WB Rt 7:https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5940364,-88.074737,3a,48.8y,314.57h,83.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s66UxDUB1YSkGbav4KhRh4w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

[Bickendan]

No Passing Zone pendants are non-existent here in Oregon and I haven't seen them in Washington; cant recall seeing them in Idaho.
As far as I can tell, only Douglas County uses the blue pentagon, usually only on street name blades or mile markers.

[ozarkman417]

Even then, I remember MO using "[      ] SIGNAL AHEAD" signs, where the bracketed portion has the word RED in red LEDs that light up when the signal is red.

They will even activate when the signal is green, just before the long yellow light is turned on. Most of the roads with those signs are used on are high-speed (like the four-lane expressway sections of MO-13, US 60 & 65), so they are taking in to account the time it will take to get to or through the intersection. Good thing they thought that through, because I had one of those activate on me when I was half a second from being unable to see it, so it was safer for me to speed on through the intersection, as I would have been unable to brake (safely).

[ozarkman417]

Very few, if any "no passing zone" signs here in SW Missouri. That was one of the things that really defined Kansas from a road standpoint for me.

[Ned Weasel]

I would assume "U and Left Turns ->" and "All Turns Right Lane" are pretty rare outside of New Jersey but abound here for obvious reasons.

They exist in MUTCD Section 2B.27.  I'm surprised Pennsylvania doesn't use them more.

Here's one:  How about "RIGHT LANE FROM EXIT ONLY" instead of just "RIGHT LANE EXIT ONLY?"  Does any state besides New Jersey ever use the preposition in that one?

[jakeroot]

No Passing Zone pendants are non-existent here in Oregon and I haven't seen them in Washington; cant recall seeing them in Idaho.

They are used in Washington but only very rarely. I posted one example upthread.

Also for Washington, to my knowledge, there is not a single pentagon county road sign in the entire state.

I have definitely never seen one. Nor even heard of there being a county route system in any WA county.

[bugo]

End signs are very rare in Arkansas.

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[ErmineNotyours]

No Passing Zone pendants are non-existent here in Oregon and I haven't seen them in Washington; cant recall seeing them in Idaho.

They are used in Washington but only very rarely. I posted one example upthread.

Also for Washington, to my knowledge, there is not a single pentagon county road sign in the entire state.

I have definitely never seen one. Nor even heard of there being a county route system in any WA county.

We don't have a pentagon, but there is one numbered route system in a county.

That bike route sign reminds me. I saw a Kitsap county bike route shield, with a county cutout for the shield:

[jakeroot]

OH CRAP that's right!! Hell, I even posted that photo

I guess whether you want that to count towards a county route system...I don't want to decide that. But I love that Kitsap County took the time to make that shield.

[Scott5114]

That's neat, but I think that county has the worst possible shape for doing a traditional outline shield

[ftballfan]

Ohio is missing both DO NOT PASS and NO PASSING ZONE

[kphoger]

Having neither a DO NOT PASS white sign nor a NO PASSING ZONE yellow pennant really annoys me.  It's not always feasible to go by the yellow lines.  As just one example of how it can be difficult, check out the beginning of this no-passing zone, where the lines are half-obscured by crack sealing.

[jakeroot]

Having neither a DO NOT PASS white sign nor a NO PASSING ZONE yellow pennant really annoys me.  It's not always feasible to go by the yellow lines.  As just one example of how it can be difficult, check out the beginning of this no-passing zone, where the lines are half-obscured by crack sealing.

I would say that "neither" is also the most common practice in WA. But in practice, we don't have those cracking issues, and snow rarely covers the ground enough to truly warrant a bunch of redundant signage.

That's neat, but I think that county has the worst possible shape for doing a traditional outline shield

Oh, no doubt. As long as they keep things within two digits, it should be okay.

[STLmapboy]

Having neither a DO NOT PASS white sign nor a NO PASSING ZONE yellow pennant really annoys me.  It's not always feasible to go by the yellow lines.  As just one example of how it can be difficult, check out the beginning of this no-passing zone, where the lines are half-obscured by crack sealing.

Missouri's usually pretty good at not doing that

[NWI_Irish96]

There are no "RUNAWAY TRUCK RAMP" signs in Indiana.

[jakeroot]

There are no "RUNAWAY TRUCK RAMP" signs in Indiana.

I'm going to also assume, then, that there are no actual runaway truck ramps either.

By your logic, we could also say that Hawaii has no "BRIDGE ICES BEFORE ROAD" signs, but then neither Mauna Loa or Mauna Kea have any bridges where it regularly gets below freezing (the peaks), and the vast majority of Hawaii never gets anywhere near freezing temperatures (Honolulu's record low is 52).

I'm not trying to be a dick, but I don't think we need to point out the obvious ones.

[roadman65]

Mileage signs on freeways in NJ are not common especially the Parkway.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Minnesota and Wisconsin don't have the "Bridge May Be Icy"  (or other variant) signs despite their reputations.