The Worst of Road Signs

[architect77]

From the new Meadowville interchange. *insert political "far-left" pun here*

They could've abbreviated 'Meadowville Technology Pkwy' into 'Meadowville Tech Pkwy'...

I kinda like this sign. The left justification doesn't bother me in this case.

[Michael]

As far as non-cutouts go, it's not too bad.

chek the speling! 

I see what you did there.

From the new Meadowville interchange. *insert political "far-left" pun here*

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They could've abbreviated 'Meadowville Technology Pkwy' into 'Meadowville Tech Pkwy'...

I kinda like this sign. The left justification doesn't bother me in this case.

I agree with the abbreviation suggested, and the fact that the left alignment doesn't look bad.

My latest contribution is this promo image for a sitcom being developed.  It's not a road sign (thankfully!)


Where do I start?!

• There's no exit 21B (or 21A) in Syracuse
• US 9W is nowhere near Syracuse
• It's I-81, not NY 81 (which doesn't exist anyway I guess it does exist near Albany [thanks Wikipedia!])
• "Syracuse" is in the wrong font, and is not aligned quite right

Heck, even the word "Upstate" on the license plate is in the wrong font!

[Ian]

I think I know where they got that sign from...

[empirestate]

I think I know where they got that sign from...

Which is in itself a candidate for this thread...was that sign originally missing an "i"? And the kerning is different in the destination cities...and the "W" in 9W should be bottom-justified, and its shield seems too narrow, while the NY 81 shield seems too wide...

[hbelkins]

This gives me an opportunity to comment on just how much I hate the way NY state route markers are used on guide signs. Using wide shields for even one- and two-digit routes, and that oversized font that is bigger than what's used for US routes ... just "yuck" all the way around.

[Quillz]

This gives me an opportunity to comment on just how much I hate the way NY state route markers are used on guide signs. Using wide shields for even one- and two-digit routes, and that oversized font that is bigger than what's used for US routes ... just "yuck" all the way around.

At least the wide BGS shields are usually balanced out with Series F numerals. Doesn't seem to be the case here, though, so it does look pretty bad.

[Alps]

I think I know where they got that sign from...

Yeah, they're not gonna be using "Coxsackie" for any sort of family sitcom.

[bassoon1986]

just saw this one while perusing the US Ends website:


ugly sign by GeoJosh, on Flickr

[1995hoo]

I just linked this in the "Clearview stop signs" thread, but it deserves mention here too.

Street View image on D Street SW in DC. Notice the "Do Not Enter" sign across the street to the right of the lamp-post.

[Takumi]

From Saturday:

Crooked 6 in the 64 shield.



Crooked...everything in the 59 shield.



This font's way too thin.







This reminds me of the font that was used in the VA 44 shields in the '90s.

[Scott5114]

That's just Series B and Series E respectively...nowhere near the "worst" of signs!

[Takumi]

I think they just look bad compared to a "normal" VA 40 shield (Series C? The one in the picture with the VA 59 shield.)

That is to say it's less the font and more the application thereof that I think is ugly.

[NE2]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=28.568062,-81.35185&spn=0.008424,0.016512&gl=us&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=28.567972,-81.351844&panoid=ifWwojza3RRXi_xRY11kBw&cbp=12,24.23,,1,8.22
Somehow I doubt a white-on-brown 14.5 mph is enforceable. (Though with the narrowness of the road and limited visibility, anything much higher would arguably be reckless driving.)

[kphoger]

And, just in case you didn't know 14.5 mph was slow, they label it as such. 

[Kacie Jane]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=28.568062,-81.35185&spn=0.008424,0.016512&gl=us&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=28.567972,-81.351844&panoid=ifWwojza3RRXi_xRY11kBw&cbp=12,24.23,,1,8.22
Somehow I doubt a white-on-brown 14.5 mph is enforceable. (Though with the narrowness of the road and limited visibility, anything much higher would arguably be reckless driving.)

Given that there's also a "private road" sign, I'm pretty sure it isn't enforced, at least not in the traditional manner.

[hbelkins]

Somehow I doubt a white-on-brown 14.5 mph is enforceable.

Why wouldn't it be?

[Duke87]

Obviously a private job:

[Ian]

Obviously a private job:

I can see where they got the design from...
http://g.co/maps/v6sva

[hbelkins]

Obviously a private job:

That sign directs travelers wanting to go east on NY 211 to turn left, yet there is a "No Left Turn" sign in the background. FAIL.

[Central Avenue]

I can see where they got the design from...
http://g.co/maps/v6sva

Whoa, for just a moment there I thought that sign was floating. 

[Alps]

Somehow I doubt a white-on-brown 14.5 mph is enforceable.

Why wouldn't it be?

MUTCD requires speed limits in 5 mph increments, and I know of no state with a supplement or state MUTCD that countermands that standard. That should be enough to get out of the ticket with a good lawyer.

[Central Avenue]

"Geographically accurate" OH 161 shield:



I get that the I-70 is a recycled 3di shield but it just looks fat/bloated to me:

[rickmastfan67]

Obviously a private job:

That shield looks like it would have come out of the world of Yugioh. lol.

[vtk]

"Geographically accurate" OH 161 shield:

There are several of those around Dublin.  What's interesting is this one was put on a square sign, instead of a wide one with a stretched geographic outline.

[exit322]

I actually like that 161 sign.