The Worst of Road Signs

[US71]

The 65 looks way too big for that shield

[Brandon]

^^ The 60 is fine, but that 65 is hideous even if it is in FWHA font.

[rawmustard]

When travelling east on OH-15, the first exit east of I-75 is for Business-75.  The actual sign is a US shield, with a "75" pasted on it.  I presume it previously was a US-68 shield.

Hmmm, I don't recall seeing anything like you describe riding down to Columbus this past Friday, and I'm more than certain A.J. (who was driving) would have mentioned it to me had he seen it.

[Android]

That re-used sign, I don't think that's bad, nothing wrong with recycling...  The sign itself looks OK otherwise.  Must be a from a roadwork contractor that moves around a lot.

That US65 Detour above, ugh, yeah, that's some awful distortion on that 6...  

And here's kind of a hideous mismatched-lettering example that I wanted to post earlier but couldn't find it til now:

[InterstateNG]

When travelling east on OH-15, the first exit east of I-75 is for Business-75.  The actual sign is a US shield, with a "75" pasted on it.  I presume it previously was a US-68 shield.

Hmmm, I don't recall seeing anything like you describe riding down to Columbus this past Friday, and I'm more than certain A.J. (who was driving) would have mentioned it to me had he seen it.

Street View reveals nothing like that, but there are the traditional Green Interstate Business Route shields.  I didn't even know there was a BUS 75 in Findlay, or Ohio for that matter.

[Central Avenue]

K-14 North at I-70 West

Wow, for a moment there I read "West Hays" as one control city, instead of a direction and a control city.

And here's kind of a hideous mismatched-lettering example that I wanted to post earlier but couldn't find it til now:

It's bizarre; the capital letters and the numerals appear to be in FHWA, and the lowercase letters in Arial.

[agentsteel53]

not just any FHWA, but EM compressed to D width.

[JCinSummerfield]

Okay, I will have to try and get a snap of it next time I'm down that way.  It's definitely there, and looks uglier that anything.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

When travelling east on OH-15, the first exit east of I-75 is for Business-75.  The actual sign is a US shield, with a "75" pasted on it.  I presume it previously was a US-68 shield.

Hmmm, I don't recall seeing anything like you describe riding down to Columbus this past Friday, and I'm more than certain A.J. (who was driving) would have mentioned it to me had he seen it.

Street View reveals nothing like that, but there are the traditional Green Interstate Business Route shields.  I didn't even know there was a BUS 75 in Findlay, or Ohio for that matter.

Business Loop 75 in Findlay does exist.

[agentsteel53]

Business Loop 75 in Findlay does exist.

that shield might be gone.  at least, I did not photograph it when looking for BL-75 shields in Feb '10.  I found about eight. 

are there any BLs for any other interstate in Ohio?  other than the mistaken red-white-and-blue BL-70s in Springfield.

[Anonymity Lane]

The 65 looks way too big for that shield

Is that 60 shield on a piece of paper? Looks like it.

[US71]

Is that 60 shield on a piece of paper? Looks like it.

I don't think so... it could be weather resistant poster board, but I'm fairly sure it's metal.  It's just not nailed down very well

[WillWeaverRVA]

I have no idea what happened here.







And a normal set of shields just for comparison:

[Dr Frankenstein]

Of course, it's too hard to use Series B, so let's just squish Series D until it fits.

[Quillz]

It's like the makers of those signs are unaware that there are actually weights other than Series C and D.

[roadman65]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54480415@N08/5236255352/in/photostream

How about this one on US 192 at its eastern terminus?

[US71]

Not sure of this qualifies. There is nothing wrong with the Route Shields themselves, but BB actually follows Z, so it needs a different arrow.

[hbelkins]

I have no idea what happened here.

Those look like they'd be right at home in Kentucky.

[JCinSummerfield]

Of course, yesterday I travel down I-75 and OH-15 - with camera in hand.  I am all ready to snap the elusive photo of the Business-75 sing on a US shield, and it's gone when I get there!  I've had a bug in my bonnet over this sign for over a year now, and no that I want a photo, it's gone!  Which one of you buckeyes works for ODOT?

[agentsteel53]

was this 75 a green shield, similar to what is seen here?



or perhaps this older style?

[rawmustard]

Or maybe, since it was probably on a BGS, it looked similar to this:

[JCinSummerfield]

It wasn't on a BGS.  It looked closest to the US-6 sign, but "75" in black lettering was pasted on the sign after the fact.  Truly an ugly sign.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Of course, yesterday I travel down I-75 and OH-15 - with camera in hand.  I am all ready to snap the elusive photo of the Business-75 sing on a US shield, and it's gone when I get there!  I've had a bug in my bonnet over this sign for over a year now, and no that I want a photo, it's gone!  Which one of you buckeyes works for ODOT?

There used to be someone from ODOT lurking on MTR who would call in route shield errors after I (or anyone else) would announce sign errors on that usenet group. But that was 10 years ago.

[US71]

Ooohh...I LIKE that one!    

[formulanone]

Of course, it's too hard to use Series B, so let's just squish Series D until it fits.

Florida has a nasty infestation of that font on some of its state and county signs.

Some people don't understand that bold doesn't work well in all cases (signs and everything else).