Highway Oddities

[deathtopumpkins]

Hey I drive under those signs almost every day and have never noticed that... I always thought the reason they signed VA-171 ending at 64 was because the name of the road changes (the rest of VA-171 is Victory Blvd.) and people around here refer to it as "Oyster Point" to the west of that interchange. And it's not signed on the road itself, so I guess that's just a mistake.

I don't have a picture of it, but a similar sign error exists on VA-169 down the street from my house. Where 169 (Fox Hill Rd.) intersects Old Buckroe Rd., 169 continues down Old Buckroe, but facing down Old Buckroe is a sign at the intersection that shows VA-169 as going right or left, when right is just a residential street (Silver Isles Blvd.)
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[Alex]

Speaking of Carbon Copy signing, perhaps a thread under member albums will be created "showcasing" some of them. PennDotfan sent me a batch of fresh Delaware sign replacements two weekends ago, all of carbon copied signs.

[74/171FAN]

Here's another highway oddity photo from my ride along I-64 last Saturday    I believe the blank sign is supposed to say "I-64 WEST Williamsburg, Richmond" however unless this is getting carbon-copied????

[WillWeaverRVA]

That sign's been blank since at least 2006.

[74/171FAN]

I can't necessarily decipher it but I do believe it says "I-64 WEST Williamsburg, Richmond"

[deathtopumpkins]

Oh god... I remember that construction... not something I wanted to see again! 
And 74/171FAN, please observe the forum size limit on images (800px wide)  I keep going and fixing them for you.

[74/171FAN]

Thanks I finally figured out how to do that so that should not be an issue in the future   I should submit this to VDOT and try to get the sign fixed

[Terry Shea]

I was just vacationing out west, and it appears that I-40 westbound has no direct connection to northbound I-15.  I believe the sign said that northbound I-15 traffic was to exit at Main Street in Barstow.  Now why would 2 major Interstate freeways not have a full interchange, especially since I-40 ends at I-15?

[Chris]

It seems like a typical "split-off" interchange to me. Building a full interchange would require quite some extra space unless you want a 20 mph connector 

[Terry Shea]

It seems like a typical "split-off" interchange to me. Building a full interchange would require quite some extra space unless you want a 20 mph connector 

Well there are certainly a lot of freeway interchanges with  low speed limits on the off ramps, but forcing traffic desiring to go northbound onto a city's main street sounds more like a Breezewood deal to me.  I guess the thinking is that I-40 travels through the desert and nearly parallels I-15 for a bit so traffic wishing to go north on I-15 should exit at exit #7 in Daggett (except I can't really tell from my atlas if there's a direct through connection there).  But if that's the case they should have signage along I-40 telling northbound I-15 traffic heading for Las Vegas to exit there, but I saw nothing of the sort. 

[SSOWorld]

They figured you'd take US 93 to get to Vegas 

[florida]

This doesn't happen too often, where a road changes numbers without intersecting anything.

425 was the original numbering for the rest of Sanford Ave which is due straight in that photo. It would have connected to the 425 on Tuskawilla Rd via an unbuilt or defunct bridge.

[74/171FAN]

Something must have happened to this signal on VA 10 West at SR 732/Old Stage Rd just east of I-95 as here's what it looked like on February 14, 2009. 
Unfortunately I didn't notice the oddity of it until I saw it fixed(sort of) today

[74/171FAN]

Hopefully this signal wll get replaced whenever VDOT gets the money to widen VA 10; however, for now this signal needs to be retimed due to the bottleneck it causes during rush hour.

[cjk374]

Pine Bluff, AR--not a single US/state route is labeled east or west.  You have to go to exit #34 (I-530) to find a west bound US 270.    Speaking of that, it has a mix of directional routes multiplexed in Pine Bluff:

I-530 SOUTH/ US 65 SOUTH/ US 79 NORTH/ US 63 NORTH--and conversely:
I-530 NORTH/ US 65 NORTH/ US 79 SOUTH/ US 63 SOUTH

[roadfro]

Something must have happened to this signal on VA 10 West at SR 732/Old Stage Rd just east of I-95 as here's what it looked like on February 14, 2009.
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Unfortunately I didn't notice the oddity of it until I saw it fixed(sort of) today
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The oddity I see here is that the left turn signal uses a circular red lens without a "Left turn signal" or similar supplementary sign.  Thus, as pictured, there are conflicting indications being shown to drivers on this approach.  I.e. the left turn is protected displaying circular red while the through movement is showing circular green--a potentially dangerous situation.

[74/171FAN]

The oddity I see here is that the left turn signal uses a circular red lens without a "Left turn signal" or similar supplementary sign.  Thus, as pictured, there are conflicting indications being shown to drivers on this approach.  I.e. the left turn is protected displaying circular red while the through movement is showing circular green--a potentially dangerous situation.

Not really most signals in VA actually don't have a left turn signal banner.  In VA with turns most signals either have nothing or a "left-turn only" or "right-turn only" sign and most also don't use the left-arrow either.

[deathtopumpkins]

Yeah tons of left turn signals around here just have the red ball. Though I've noticed many recent installations have a red arrow, which IMO makes much more sense.

[Michael]

I've never seen a left turn signal without any indication that it is one.  I've seen a "Left Turn Signal" sign and I've seen arrows.  Some turn signals I've seen have a red ball and green and yellow arrow.

[Bryant5493]

This sign is on US 29/SR 14/139 in College Park, just south of the US 29 access ramp from SR 6 West (Camp Creek Parkway).




Be well,

Bryant

[deathtopumpkins]

Self-explanatory. It's the entrance to a shopping center parking lot off of VA-415 (Power Plant Pkwy.). Drove through it Friday and wished I had a camera so badly...

[Voyager]

An unbuilt planned extension?

[cjk374]

In Louisiana, Most 4-digit state routes are insignificant, 2-lane roads running from nowhere to nowhere with alot of nowhere in between.  However, LA 3132 in southwest Shreveport (called the Inner Loop Expwy) is 100% interstate grade running 9 miles from its interchange with I-20/I-220 to LA 526 (Bert Kouns Industrial Loop).  I have noticed in the last year it appears they are in the process of extending it (I believe ) to Flournoy-Lucas Rd.

[roadfro]

I've never seen a left turn signal without any indication that it is one.  I've seen a "Left Turn Signal" sign and I've seen arrows.  Some turn signals I've seen have a red ball and green and yellow arrow.

A red ball for turn signals has long been VDOT's standard (which is why you'll often see red arrows in independent cities because they maintain their own roads and not VDOT).  A partial reason for this is another of VDOT's signal standards:  one signal head per lane.

The red ball used on an exclusive left turn signal head isn't all that uncommon.  The MUTCD still allows a circular red with yellow and green arrows for an exclusive turn signal head; however, a "Left Turn Signal" (R10-10) sign is required if the circular red is not shielded or visibility limited from the adjacent through heads.  That was the oddity I remarked on previously, cause the picture showed a circular red without shielding and there wasn't a sign.  IIRC, the MUTCD may be moving away from allowing the red ball for exclusive left turn signal heads in its next edition.

[Bryant5493]

There were some high winds last night in Metro Atlanta, which caused the National Weather Service to issue a tornado warning for several Metro counties. The winds caused this traffic signal to be turned from its normal position. GDOT was out fixing the signal when I took the photo.

Intersection of SR 279 (Old National Highway) and Godby Road - College Park, GA:










Be well,

Bryant