The Worst of Road Signs

[JoePCool14]

^^Panning 180 degrees to the other median there is a I-64 sign that would qualify as a "worst of" sign.

Edit: The US 60 shield was also infected.

[SignGeek101]

^^Panning 180 degrees to the other median there is a I-64 sign that would qualify as a "worst of" sign.

Edit: The US 60 shield was also infected.

That US 60 Clearview shield is new too. Wasn't there in September 2014.


That town seems to be filled with bad signs. Look at these:

https://goo.gl/maps/idetdL7JJUv

The BGS needs to be redesigned, and that VA shield looks a bit odd to me (I could be wrong). Another one (bonus for Clearview):

https://goo.gl/maps/DJsiADBMPP22

Bad use of Series EM:

https://goo.gl/maps/Uxno4VHyi1p

[JoePCool14]

Yikes... I'm lucky to live in a town that gets that FHWA fonts are actually the right ones! What a novel concept!

[SignGeek101]

The sign isn't worst by any means, but it's material, construction or something has made this particular sign wear out waaaay too quickly:



It's less than 5 years old (by the date of this picture), and it looks like this. What's it going to look like 5-10 years down the road? Other signs in the area aren't this bad.

Compare:

https://goo.gl/maps/459Dfrmx9742

This sign is much older (Highway Gothic), probably 15-20 years old, and although faded, no rust at all.

[SignGeek101]

The sign isn't worst by any means, but it's material, construction or something has made this particular sign wear out waaaay too quickly:



It's less than 5 years old (by the date of this picture), and it looks like this. What's it going to look like 5-10 years down the road? Other signs in the area aren't this bad.

Compare:

https://goo.gl/maps/459Dfrmx9742

This sign is much older (Highway Gothic), probably 15-20 years old, and although faded, no rust at all.

It's not the sign. Google has trouble telling what parts of pictures should be blurred (only faces and license plates should be), and there seems to be a glitch that's causing the edge to be not aligned in the lower right corner. It's not the sign itself.

I probably should have elaborated. The rust on the bottom of the sign, it's quite visible from the picture (orange streaks along the white text and border). You can also see rust along the 1 ft "horizontal spacers" (for lack of a better term). The blurring has nothing to do with it.

[jakeroot]

The sign isn't worst by any means, but it's material, construction or something has made this particular sign wear out waaaay too quickly:

http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b551/slik_sh00ter/Capture_zpsxzirav91.jpg

It's less than 5 years old (by the date of this picture), and it looks like this. What's it going to look like 5-10 years down the road? Other signs in the area aren't this bad.

Compare:

https://goo.gl/maps/459Dfrmx9742

This sign is much older (Highway Gothic), probably 15-20 years old, and although faded, no rust at all.

It's not the sign. Google has trouble telling what parts of pictures should be blurred (only faces and license plates should be), and there seems to be a glitch that's causing the edge to be not aligned in the lower right corner. It's not the sign itself.

I probably should have elaborated. The rust on the bottom of the sign, it's quite visible from the picture (orange streaks along the white text and border). You can also see rust along the 1 ft "horizontal spacers" (for lack of a better term). The blurring has nothing to do with it.

I have noticed this rusting on some newer signage as well. Not sure what the cause is. Makes the signs look ancient.

There was another example off Golden Ears Way at the Hammond Road Roundabout, but they replaced it (it was a "Stop When Flashing" sign).

[RobbieL2415]

Walt Disney World is almost a mecca of incorrect signage.

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3655377,-81.5343283,3a,75y,313.06h,79.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZebeY537X5-9HRhiVUh7kg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3659742,-81.5349005,3a,37.5y,354.04h,85.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6pYweXjGw8X54h9y9O-Sjw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3823014,-81.5671362,3a,37.5y,307.25h,83.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1semFPD87EznoWqVvEipAs9A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3829244,-81.5673172,3a,37.5y,86.4h,79.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_JV0oj2k0fInDCRNT3o-Pw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3836269,-81.567467,3a,37.5y,24.54h,83.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCkgd9-_J2PgZc3ndI3e1Aw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3944875,-81.5749928,3a,37.5y,267.96h,82.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDMfDxUkcI2lAh5Yj3kjnqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3585282,-81.5734507,3a,37.5y,320.22h,81.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sV_q27ZK0M7V-dDZLYaF3PA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3591272,-81.5743594,3a,75y,332.52h,86.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOAVJf1y5CX_BOM4sjJad2g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3528871,-81.5639827,3a,75y,317.43h,76.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swE1P70bSQ3qeKtnqVoCyTg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3475308,-81.5528619,3a,75y,236.68h,77.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUIfsrrD9VGet_Zw7BK2M9w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.366794,-81.5428509,3a,37.5y,71.13h,72.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIAKKnQC03WWxy3WrktgzgA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

How is it not confusing for a motorist to get of I-4 and be greeted with PURPLE guide signs?

[jeffandnicole]

How is it not confusing for a motorist to get of I-4 and be greeted with PURPLE guide signs?

Gotta be honest...of everything people complain about WDW, "The road signs were on a purple background" never comes up.

If anything, it probably helps motorists.  They know they are off the highway and getting close to the resort.  I know as a kid, it was really a signature moment - you don't see anything yet amusement-related, but the purple signs basically said - "We are Here!!!"

[machias]

Walt Disney World is almost a mecca of incorrect signage.



How is it not confusing for a motorist to get of I-4 and be greeted with PURPLE guide signs?

I find WDW's signing, although completely different from anything outside of the gates of the park, to be clear, concise and functions well for the amount of traffic WDW roadways handle on a daily basis.  I doubt any motorist has suffered any confusion because the signs are purple.  The typography is well done.

[RobbieL2415]

Walt Disney World is almost a mecca of incorrect signage.



How is it not confusing for a motorist to get of I-4 and be greeted with PURPLE guide signs?

I find WDW's signing, although completely different from anything outside of the gates of the park, to be clear, concise and functions well for the amount of traffic WDW roadways handle on a daily basis.  I doubt any motorist has suffered any confusion because the signs are purple.  The typography is well done.

Can't disagree.  When I said "incorrect" I didn't mean "non-sensical", BTW.  I'm just nitpicking.  They do have a lot of true MUTCD-compliant signs as well.  Their BGSs are almost made to be idiot proof by having redundant left/right/straight ahead text next to the arrows

[FLRoads]

Speaking of Interstate 4...



It almost looks like whomever created this used white duct tape, or cut reflective tape, for the "4". In either case, the shield (and the assembly itself) is pretty makeshift to say the least.

This, and another one just like it, are being used to direct motorists to I-4 during the reconstruction of the diamond interchange at Florida 559 in Polk County.

[SignGeek101]

Speaking of Interstate 4...



It almost looks like whomever created this used white duct tape, or cut reflective tape, for the "4". In either case, the shield (and the assembly itself) is pretty makeshift to say the least.

This, and another one just like it, are being used to direct motorists to I-4 during the reconstruction of the diamond interchange at Florida 559 in Polk County.

Wow, that's worse than the nearest interstate shield to my house:

[thenetwork]

Speaking of Interstate 4...

Looks like that was once a semi-decent contractor's temporary I-275 sign re-purposed into a piss-poor I-4 shield.  You can barely make out the old numbers beneath the new blue shield.

[Brandon]

Speaking of Interstate 4...



It almost looks like whomever created this used white duct tape, or cut reflective tape, for the "4". In either case, the shield (and the assembly itself) is pretty makeshift to say the least.

This, and another one just like it, are being used to direct motorists to I-4 during the reconstruction of the diamond interchange at Florida 559 in Polk County.

Now that's what belongs here, near the level of CraIG COunTy.

[JoePCool14]

Speaking of Interstate 4...

Looks like that was once a semi-decent contractor's temporary I-275 sign re-purposed into a piss-poor I-4 shield.  You can barely make out the old numbers beneath the new blue shield.

Effort? What's that? But seriously, they clearly just took whatever they had on them and mounted it in the worst way possible. Shameful.

[I94RoadRunner]

Speaking of Interstate 4...



It almost looks like whomever created this used white duct tape, or cut reflective tape, for the "4". In either case, the shield (and the assembly itself) is pretty makeshift to say the least.

This, and another one just like it, are being used to direct motorists to I-4 during the reconstruction of the diamond interchange at Florida 559 in Polk County.

Yes, I was with Brent, Alex and JP when this photo was taken. I have dubbed this sign "the redneck I-4 sign" ..... get 'er done!!!

[FLRoads]

Speaking of Interstate 4...

Looks like that was once a semi-decent contractor's temporary I-275 sign re-purposed into a piss-poor I-4 shield.  You can barely make out the old numbers beneath the new blue shield.

Good optics on that!! I did not notice the covered 275 last night but saw it plain as day on my tablet when I looked just now.

[JoePCool14]

Probably as ugly as it gets in my hometown.

[ekt8750]

This crap at the foot of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge in Philly:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0172906,-75.047731,3a,31.5y,21.81h,87.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR4doH5_gahn63EZS_lER5Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

I'm pretty sure the Burlington Bridge Commission is responsible for that monstrosity as there are more of these all around this intersection.

[Brandon]

^^ Amateurish, but not "worst of", IMHO.  The I-4 sign above if far, far worse.

If you see it, and it's on the level of CrAiG COuNTy, then it belongs here.  If it's a design error, or could be better, but not great, it doesn't.

[Ian]

This crap at the foot of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge in Philly:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0172906,-75.047731,3a,31.5y,21.81h,87.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sR4doH5_gahn63EZS_lER5Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

I'm pretty sure the Burlington Bridge Commission is responsible for that monstrosity as there are more of these all around this intersection.

At least we have this beauty facing the other direction.

[cappicard]

Speaking of Interstate 4...



It almost looks like whomever created this used white duct tape, or cut reflective tape, for the "4". In either case, the shield (and the assembly itself) is pretty makeshift to say the least.

This, and another one just like it, are being used to direct motorists to I-4 during the reconstruction of the diamond interchange at Florida 559 in Polk County.

Wow... that is rather sad...

[US 41]

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5940221,-82.5688111,3a,79.3y,126.32h,92.84t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sRIUsASIpo5tJfEv-Z_FE4g!2e0

Too many road signs!

[PurdueBill]

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5940221,-82.5688111,3a,79.3y,126.32h,92.84t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sRIUsASIpo5tJfEv-Z_FE4g!2e0

Too many road signs!

Looks more like a Sine Salad setup than Worst Of...the signs themselves are not bad. 

[busman_49]

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5940221,-82.5688111,3a,79.3y,126.32h,92.84t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sRIUsASIpo5tJfEv-Z_FE4g!2e0

Too many road signs!

Looks more like a Sine Salad setup than Worst Of...the signs themselves are not bad. 

Agreed, definitely a Sine Salad.  And a great looking one it is, too!