Shite Old Road Signs

[Youngteam]

Bath Street, Ilkeston 

 

[martc]

This one is in Twynholm near Kirkcudbright. It is warning  motorists that a narrow bridge is ahead. Looks like it is still maintained (by locals?). The middle band contains the letters GCC which I guess is Galloway County Council, the plate at the bottom is the foundries details (somewhere in that London).

Some distance south and east is this -

An old concrete passing place sign, there's plenty of these along the road, still maintained by the council. Woldgate is an old Roman road that runs from Bridlington to York,

[martc]

Remember those old green on cream ancient monuments signs, before the brown ones came out? Well, there's still one at Rudston pointing the way to the spectacular monolith -

[worldofceri]

On the M69 southbound as you approach the M6 near Coventry, there stands this sign. It must be one of the original from when the motorway was built ca. 1977. It gives no indication as to what lies ahead if one doesn’t leave at the junction.  That’s because straight-ahead is the Coventry Eastern Bypass, and that wasn’t opened until 1989.

You can still see the shadow where, some time in ‘89, they peeled off the no entry sign. Note also, that the zeroes in “A4600” are slightly shinier than the other characters. That’s because the Coventry Eastern Bypass became the A46 and the old A46 was relegated to being the A4600.

Photo credit: Google Street View.

[lesapandre]

On 15/08/2023 at 13:39, bunglebus said:

Side street in Sutton Coldfield 

Surprised the 'H' has survived there...

Drop by with a small pot of white paint to outrage respectable Sutton Coldfield.

Or maybe they just continually repaint the H.

[martc]

The current road sign system is many decades old now and has evolved. Bridge heights for example used to be displayed on round signs, which as we know display 'orders' - you must not go under the bridge if your vehicle is x feet tall. Nowadays bridge heights are on warning signs, ie triangular. To my mind this is a retrograde step - a warning to me means it could happen, not that it will happen but you cannot argue with the instructions on a round sign as they are an order.

Anyhow, on Bolam Lane, Buckton, East Yorkshire...

Note also the sign is in feet and inches only and the ancient coloured warning scheme on the arch.

Meanwhile, a little further away are these two wonderful West Riding finger signs on the A61 passing through Grenoside, near Sheffield -

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

2 hours ago, martc said:

The current road sign system is many decades old now and has evolved. Bridge heights for example used to be displayed on round signs, which as we know display 'orders' - you must not go under the bridge if your vehicle is x feet tall. Nowadays bridge heights are on warning signs, ie triangular. To my mind this is a retrograde step - a warning to me means it could happen, not that it will happen but you cannot argue with the instructions on a round sign as they are an order.

Anyhow, on Bolam Lane, Buckton, East Yorkshire...

Note also the sign is in feet and inches only and the ancient coloured warning scheme on the arch.

Meanwhile, a little further away are these two wonderful West Riding finger signs on the A61 passing through Grenoside, near Sheffield -

 

Pass those to regularly.