The Worst of Road Signs

[hbelkins]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFlTAGa8DsM

[agentsteel53]

that shit cray.

you leave them out of this!

[Alps]

that shit cray.

you leave them out of this!

My camera can outperform that POS

[Darkchylde]

Back on topic! Oldie, but a baddie.



That LA 59... just... that LA 59... wow, that's bad. Not sure if it's still up or not, may be worth a trip next time I've got to go out that way.

[formulanone]

that shit cray.

you leave them out of this!

My camera can outperform that POS

"...You call this a supercomputer?"

[Michael]

I happened to stumble on this bad "To NY 31" assembly in Fairport in Street View. Part of it is the low quality Street View, but I can say for sure that it's missing a "To" plaque, and the colors are wrong on the arrow.

[empirestate]

I happened to stumble on this bad "To NY 31" assembly in Fairport in Street View. Part of it is the low quality Street View, but I can say for sure that it's missing a "To" plaque, and the colors are wrong on the arrow.

Weird; must be a town installation (and that's actually Brockport, not Fairport), but why did they feel one was necessary at all in that out-of-the-way location?

[Takumi]

Another I-95 shield with extra space below the numbers was put up this week. (Of course an errant branch is blocking the most egregious part of it.)

The worst part about this is that it has enough space for the state name to fit, and would look fine if the state name were there, but Virginia's MUTCD forbids this.

[KEK Inc.]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.690816,-122.087631&spn=0.039733,0.084543&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=37.690825,-122.088197&panoid=-qsHiP9w8ktzqWJeoW0Gkw&cbp=12,273.05,,1,-1.33

Apart from I-238, Cal-Trans decides to put the exit tab on the wrong side.  They use the wrong dancing arrow type.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Here's an ugly Clarendon sign here in Salinas. This is located at the Market Street "intersection" with Front Street near downtown:

[Scott5114]

Not just Clarendon, but stretched Clarendon.

This is one reason why you should stick to FHWA Series and Clearview fonts–you have B, C, D, E, and F widths to work with. No optical stretching necessary!

[CentralCAroadgeek]

I still wonder who decided to make signs in Salinas in Clarendon. Is it even approved for this kind of use? Salinas is full of ugly signs...

[J N Winkler]

I still wonder who decided to make signs in Salinas in Clarendon. Is it even approved for this kind of use? Salinas is full of ugly signs...

I think it is meant to be wayfinding signage, which the 2009 MUTCD attempts to bring under control.  (I have not, however, studied the relevant provisions to see whether it now requires that FHWA-approved typefaces be used--the majority of local agency wayfinding systems I am familiar with don't use traffic-sign typefaces, although Kansas City has made a commendable effort with Clearview on wayfinding signs visible to highway traffic.)

[Scott5114]

Can it realistically be called wayfinding signage if the control points are all street names?

[okroads]

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[Alex]

The same kind of ugly shields were in use two years ago:

[Takumi]

That partially covered shield beneath the gantry looks pretty bad too...

[CentralCAroadgeek]

This exit gore sign on I-5 south in the Central Valley. Just...WTF!

[myosh_tino]

This exit gore sign on I-5 south in the Central Valley. Just...WTF!

Judging by the unusual street lights, I'd say that exit has to be somewhere between Sacramento and Stockton (probably closer to Sacramento).  I don't recall any roadwork going on out there so it would be hard to blame a lazy contractor but my god those numerals are ugly!

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Judging by the unusual street lights, I'd say that exit has to be somewhere between Sacramento and Stockton (probably closer to Sacramento).  I don't recall any roadwork going on out there so it would be hard to blame a lazy contractor but my god those numerals are ugly!

Indeed it is on I-5 between Sacramento and Stockton. This one is southbound.

[Scott5114]

Either ITC Avant Garde or Century Gothic...don't see that often on road signs!

[agentsteel53]

Either ITC Avant Garde or Century Gothic...don't see that often on road signs!

also looks to be widened by about 10%.

[1995hoo]

Corner of Franconia Road (local lanes) and Loisdale Road in Springfield, Virginia. These signs have been there a long time and were fine. The part that makes it appropriate for inclusion in this thread should be obvious and is a new addition within the past few weeks. Not only is it ugly, but one could argue that if you include a "To" for the shopping mall, you ought to include a "To" for Frontier Drive as well because Frontier is the cross street at the next light after the one visible in this picture and it's further away than the first entrance to the mall car parks.

[KEK Inc.]