Filpus Roadgeek - Street Name Signs and other Sign Oddities |
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Columbia
Street is not a college controlled street. It is NC 86, a state route.
(Chapel Hill NC) |
This road is only a mile long. There are three different
abbreviations for "Mountain" on the road signs. "Mnt" is an
abbreviation for "Mount", not "Mountain". Of course, this is the one
used on the state highway NC 86 intersection. "MT" is an abbreviation
for "Mount" or "Mountain". "Mtn" is better (and is the most common on
the road). On only one sign is it spelled out.
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This
indicates the presence of rumble strips on the road ahead to try to get
drivers to slow down. (Chapel Hill NC) |
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This indicates the presence of speed humps on the road ahead to try to get drivers to slow down. (Chapel Hill NC) |
 | Another version of Speed Bump. Chapel Hill NC. |
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Usually
Crossroads is abbreviated X Roads (NC-902, Bear Creek NC) |
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This
road
is named after a local supposedly haunted locality, the Devil's Tramping
Ground (Bear
Creek NC) |
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is no North Carolina State Highway 15, since that would conflict with
US 15. Somebody in NCDoT has mistakenly made some NC 15 shields with
the diamond shield when they meant to make US 15 shields. About two years ago, these signs were installed at the intersection of US 15/501 and NC 54. What was funny was that sign complexes had both US 15 and NC 15 shields, one for northbound and the other for southbound. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures before the NCD0T realized their mistake and replaced the shields. This week, one of the NC 15 shields reappeared. It is not quite as ironic as the previous shields, except that NCDot made the same error again. |