Manky Signs

[AnOrdinarySABREUser]

I'm sure that this has been mentioned before, but the signage on this gantry on the M2 really needs to be replaced, and the gantry itself given a good scrubbing.

[Bryn666]

Sadly long since replaced but this must have been a winning candidate once:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/VJbDfoZNcGPGfEG88

[Big L]

Looking a little weather worn. Check out the historic views to see the deterioration.

[Glenn A]

Looking a little weather worn. Check out the historic views to see the deterioration.

Oh yes, that sign must have been installed when the A7 was dualled in 1970, and it was one of the worst in Cumbria. There's still an even more pockmarked antique of a sign as you drive into Egremont on the bridge over the River Ehen that still says A595 Workington, even though Egremont has been by passed for 20 years and sign will date back to the eighties at least.

[CallumParry]

Councils need to clean them or replace them end of! if I drove around with a number plate covered in muck or faded could the police just accept "i've not go the money or time" to fix it I very much doubt they would.

[Big L]

Looking a little weather worn. Check out the historic views to see the deterioration.

Oh yes, that sign must have been installed when the A7 was dualled in 1970, and it was one of the worst in Cumbria. There's still an even more pockmarked antique of a sign as you drive into Egremont on the bridge over the River Ehen that still says A595 Workington, even though Egremont has been by passed for 20 years and sign will date back to the eighties at least.

I’m ever so confused. Or you are. One or the other !!

[Rambo]

Looking a little weather worn. Check out the historic views to see the deterioration.

Oh yes, that sign must have been installed when the A7 was dualled in 1970, and it was one of the worst in Cumbria. There's still an even more pockmarked antique of a sign as you drive into Egremont on the bridge over the River Ehen that still says A595 Workington, even though Egremont has been by passed for 20 years and sign will date back to the eighties at least.

I’m ever so confused. Or you are. One or the other !!

I think he's replied to the next post down and was referring to Bryns post above it showing this sign https://www.google.com/maps/@54.9279686 ... ?entry=tts

[Big L]

That would make sense.

[James1978]

https://www.google.com/maps/@54.6289206 ... &entry=ttu

Saw this beauty the other day (just off a major road interchange too)

[SteelCamel]

I think this must be one of the mankiest signs in Inverness. Ironically, if you wish to travel towards Wick or Ullapool (both thinly disguised on the sign), you would follow the sign and turn left and it is difficult to understand why these destinations have been blanked out, as going straight ahead would have led to the North Kessock ferry. I am guessing that the sign, which looks like it is from the 1970s, was partially blanked out when Telford Road ceased to be the A9, but perhaps others might know better.

There's a lot of signs round here have had destinations and numbers painted out when the A9 moved, when new signs would be a better idea. If you're heading for Wick or Ullapool, the signed route is the Kessock Bridge - and the shortest way there is behind you. I'm not sure why "Fort William" has been left, as you should be going there via the Friar's Bridge - which is also behind you. To be honest there's no real need for a sign here at all - if you wanted any route via Telford St you shouldn't have come over the Waterloo Bridge in the first place. For that reason I'm guessing the sign pre-dates the opening of the Friar's Bridge.

[wallmeerkat]

Dual Carraigeway Ahead

https://www.google.com/maps/@54.6053367 ... ?entry=ttu

Though it remains a 40 limit past the new junction for the new housing development (contruction of which is still ongoing on latest GSV)

[Komi san]

Old sign for Claonaig ferry
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ifwAf3TDDxpKcMXZ7

[wallmeerkat]

Old sign for Claonaig ferry
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ifwAf3TDDxpKcMXZ7

Just up is this faded sign that once said "Toilets"
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.7075304 ... ?entry=ttu

[swissferry]

Just up is this faded sign that once said "Toilets"
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.7075304 ... ?entry=ttu

The A841 was downgraded beyond there to the C147.
I do like the plate "On all Roads" which appears on the wild animals signs when you come off the ferries on Arran.

[MotorwayGuy]

Dual Carraigeway Ahead

https://www.google.com/maps/@54.6053367 ... ?entry=ttu

Though it remains a 40 limit past the new junction for the new housing development (contruction of which is still ongoing on latest GSV)

I'm surprised that NSL still remains considering it goes back down to 40 in less than a mile and there are a lot of flat junctions and frontages.

[Big L]

Passed this today near Arundel on the A27; somewhat past its best.

[Komi san]

Old sign in St. Albans that predate renumbering of A5 in that area
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fPoPeHSNh5H1T3AR9

[freebrickproductions]

Bringin' y'all some more mank from the southeastern US, mostly from Alabama but a bit from Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida as well. To start with, here's an exit sign of I-65 northbound that's looking a bit ratty these days:

IMG_2820 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Here are a couple of older guide signs along US 41 in Georgia. This first one seems to have been relettered at some point with a slightly different font series:

IMG_4373 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

And then this one further south that has had the college name on it mostly wear off:

IMG_4455 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

In Elmore, AL, you can find this aging stop-ahead sign that's covered in lichens:

IMG_5390 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_5391 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

And over in Clanton, AL, you can find this sign that seems to be referring to a local school of some kind, or at least used to:

IMG_5621 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_5622 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Up in Ardmore, TN, you can find this aging TN 7 Truck shield that's lost its number:

IMG_2746 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Speaking of aged shields, you can still find a trio of 1950s-spec shields in use in Alabama if you know where to look on the side streets/backroads. The first is this almost completely faded US 72 shield in Tuscumbia:

IMG_3902 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_3901 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_3900 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Going east-northeast to Russellville, AL, you can find this classic AL 207 shield, which I believe is the last one of its kind in the state:

IMG_0151 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_0150 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

And finally, down in Verbena, AL, you can still find this classic US 31 shield in use, in much better shape than the US 72 example above, likely thanks to all of the trees around it:

IMG_5397 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_5396 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Finally, we have this classic "kodachrome" US 90 shield in Marianna, FL, which thankfully survived Hurricane Michael back in 2018. There were a good few others in this area, along with a good few "kodachrome" US 98 shields further south (including quite a few around Panama City) and plenty of old Florida State Road "keys" shields to be had in this part of the pan-handle as well, but I know the other US 90 "kodachrome" shields are gone and I'm not sure what fate befell the rest, but I wouldn't be too surprised if they disappeared as a result of Michael as well.

IMG_8518 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

IMG_8517 by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

[Chris5156]

Finally, we have this classic "kodachrome" US 90 shield in Marianna, FL, which thankfully survived Hurricane Michael back in 2018. There were a good few others in this area, along with a good few "kodachrome" US 98 shields further south (including quite a few around Panama City) and plenty of old Florida State Road "keys" shields to be had in this part of the pan-handle as well, but I know the other US 90 "kodachrome" shields are gone and I'm not sure what fate befell the rest, but I wouldn't be too surprised if they disappeared as a result of Michael as well.

I've never seen a US shield like that before - what era were these signs used? Were they a Florida speciality?

[Nathan_A_RF]

Defeats the point of the sign
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.20622 ... ?entry=ttu