The Worst of Road Signs

[Scott5114]

I'm trying to figure out how one reads the bottom line.  Even at 15 mph on a bike it's a got to be a pain in the ass to read, much less at 30 mph in a car.

Huh what? It clearly says:
<- For Every Christopher Blvd / Bebop Victor Tyrone Curry Blvd ->

And yet I'm sure everyone calls it "135th".

[Kacie Jane]

What it actually says:  Charles Summer Blvd / Roi Henry Christophe Blvd / Bishop Victor Tyronne Curry Blvd.  Henry is spelled wrong, should be Henri.

Looking at GSV, this seems to be on southbound NW 7th Av.  The northbound sign makes it a little more clear that it's only Christophe Blvd to the east (until NE 6th), while it's both Summer Blvd (until NW 17th) and Curry Blvd (until NW 27th) to the west.

Still doesn't explain why the road needs so many damn names.  Or that it's one-way to the east, so any arrow pointing to the west might be a tad confusing.

[Takumi]

VDOT, in its quest to make everything mixed-case Clearview, created a new abbreviation for Courthouse.

[hbelkins]

I read that as "Hanover Church."

[Molandfreak]

I read that as "Hanover Church."

Ditto. The abbreviation should be Hanover C.H. Or if you're picky about courthouse being one word, Hanover Crths.

[sammi]

I read that as "Hanover Church."

Ditto. The abbreviation should be Hanover C.H. Or if you're picky about courthouse being one word, Hanover Crths.

Hanover Cth.

[okroads]

DSC03281 by okroads, on Flickr

[formulanone]

I'm trying to figure out how one reads the bottom line.  Even at 15 mph on a bike it's a got to be a pain in the ass to read, much less at 30 mph in a car.

Huh what? It clearly says:
<- For Every Christopher Blvd / Bebop Victor Tyrone Curry Blvd ->

And yet I'm sure everyone calls it "135th".

I almost called it One Hundred Thirty-Fifthst, which is an ordinal number between 135 and 136.

Looks like a lot of the street signs in Miami Dade, which seem to be routinely named for multiple people.

[sammi]

[WEST K-156]
DSC03281 by okroads, on Flickr

Does not compute.

[hbelkins]

I read that as "Hanover Church."

Ditto. The abbreviation should be Hanover C.H. Or if you're picky about courthouse being one word, Hanover Crths.

Hanover Cth.

Hanover Cthse.

But yeah, C.H. (or CH) would be best.

[xcellntbuy]

DSC03281 by okroads, on Flickr

As an aside, those are some gull wings on those streetlights!

[Mapmikey]

I read that as "Hanover Church."

Ditto. The abbreviation should be Hanover C.H. Or if you're picky about courthouse being one word, Hanover Crths.

Hanover Cth.

Hanover Cthse.

But yeah, C.H. (or CH) would be best.

This is what it looked like before the intersection was moved...  C.H. is the standard Virginia abbreviation for courthouse.


The only abbreviation I can think of off the top of my head for church is St Stephens Church (US 360 and VA 14) which uses CH. on the mileage signs on VA 14 heading west from King and Queen C.H.

Here is a sign with both on it:
http://goo.gl/maps/mS821


Mapmikey

[rickmastfan67]

Since when is "Neon Yellow" allowed for "END ONE WAY" signs?
http://goo.gl/maps/1KZC6

[vtk]

Since when is "Neon Yellow" allowed for "END ONE WAY" signs?
http://goo.gl/maps/1KZC6

Also, arialveticerstesk. Also, single yellow center stripe. Also, the color is called Fluourescent Yellow-Green and I don't think you're supposed to use quotation marks if they don't enclose the exact right words.

[rickmastfan67]

Since when is "Neon Yellow" allowed for "END ONE WAY" signs?
http://goo.gl/maps/1KZC6

Also, single yellow center stripe.

That's back from when the road was 2-way in that area back in the early 90's (seriously, it was a 2-way road up the hill there).  Hasn't been repaved since the conversion to 1-way and thus, the line is still there.  Heck, there was still a sign going up the hill for the left hand curve till sometime in the mid to late 00's.

[vtk]

Since when is "Neon Yellow" allowed for "END ONE WAY" signs?
http://goo.gl/maps/1KZC6

Also, single yellow center stripe.

That's back from when the road was 2-way in that area back in the early 90's (seriously, it was a 2-way road up the hill there).  Hasn't been repaved since the conversion to 1-way and thus, the line is still there.  Heck, there was still a sign going up the hill for the left hand curve till sometime in the mid to late 00's.

But shouldn't it be a double stripe? Or a single broken stripe? Or a pair of broken and solid stripes?  AFAIK a single yellow solid stripe is for left edge lines of one way roadways, not for the line dividing directions of traffic on two-way roadways.

[signalman]

^ I've seen a single yellow line separating 2 way traffic before.  It's rare and usually only found on narrow roadways, but it does exist.

Galaxy S3

[PurdueBill]

Peabody, Mass used to be infamous for single yellow center lines way into the 90s but finally conforms.  Roads maintained by the state had standard markings, but city-maintained streets that required center lines got single yellows.

In the linked street view of the END ONE WAY and single yellow, turning the view around does show that the yellow line ends just upstream along with a pavement change so at least it does end, albeit after a couple Do Not Enter signs.

[US71]

Greenville, MS has DR MLK JR
http://goo.gl/maps/QTr5l

[Zeffy]

Since when is "Neon Yellow" allowed for "END ONE WAY" signs?
http://goo.gl/maps/1KZC6

Yuck.

Greenville, MS has DR MLK JR
http://goo.gl/maps/QTr5l

It has BLVD in the top right corner of the sign, but it's extremely small in comparison to 'DR.M.L.K.J.R.' on the rest of the sign. Still, it's pretty damn ugly.

[route56]

DSC03281 by okroads, on Flickr

That sign's been there since at least 2007.... took a picture of it during my Colorado Summer roadtrip.

[Takumi]

On the one hand, state name interstate shield in Virginia likely created after the MUTCD banned it. On the other hand, everything else. Because Virginia Beach.

[vtk]

state name interstate shield ... the MUTCD banned it.

Only on BGS. Postmounted state-named shields are still kosher.

[Takumi]

Not in Virginia. Their MUTCD supplement completely bans them.
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=5061.0

[PHLBOS]

IMHO, the listing of the state name on the I-shield (despite VDOT's prohibition of such) is the least of that sign assembly's issues.