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"ALL PETS MUST BE KEPT ON LEASH"

"ALL VEHICLES MUST PARK IN PARKING SPACE BETWEEN LINES"

"Art of Noise" sticker on a no parking sign

"Autistic child area" sign

"Blind persons crossing ahead"

"Caution: Uncompleted road not publicly maintained" [01]

"Caution: Uncompleted road not publicly maintained" [02]

"DANGER: OBSTRUCTION" sign [01]

"DANGER: OBSTRUCTION" sign [02]

"DO NOT ENTER" and "ONE WAY" signs [01]

"DO NOT ENTER" and "ONE WAY" signs [02]

"DO NOT ENTER" sign with religious graffiti

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [01]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [02]

"END" sign on Bentley Street

"HATE BOOK" sticker on pedestrian signal call button

"Inappropriate truck route"

"Littering is illegal" sign [01]

"Littering is illegal" sign [02]

"Look left-right-left before pulling out"

"NO LEFT TURN" sign printed over "DO NOT ENTER" sign

"NO OUTLET" sign at alley entrance

"No Swearing" sign at Virginia Beach [01]

"No Swearing" sign at Virginia Beach [02]

"No Swearing" sign at Virginia Beach [03]

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [01]

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [02]

"Pay to park, this side of street"

"PHOTO ENFORCED" sign

"ROAD END" sign

"SAFE SCHOOL ZONE" sign at Chicago and Wabash

"Scoop Your Pet's Poop"

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [01]

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [02]

"Stop and kiss"

"STOP PAY FEE HERE"

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [01]

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [02]

"To Interstate 81" signage near Canadian border

"WRONG WAY" sign at Devil's Den [01]

"WRONG WAY" sign at Devil's Den [02]

"You must push button to call for walk signal"

11th and H Streets NW

12'4" low clearance warning sign [01]

12'4" low clearance warning sign [02]

1200 block of H Street NW

500 block of H Street NW

5th and H Streets NW

7th Street and Independence Avenue SW

Adopt-A-Highway sign in memory of Paul Jones

Alley speed limit sign

Ambulette parking only

Angry Rednecks Against Litter

Anti-drone sign at Gathright Dam

Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge [10]

Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge [11]

Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge [12]

Augusta County Industrial Sites sign [01]

Augusta County Industrial Sites sign [02]

Augusta County Industrial Sites sign [03]

Augusta County Industrial Sites sign [04]

Augusta County Industrial Sites sign [05]

Augusta County Industrial Sites sign [06]

Ball fields ahead

Ballenger Creek Pike and Mountville Road [01]

Ballenger Creek Pike and Mountville Road [02]

Baltimore and Centre Streets

Baltimore-area traffic on Interstate 95 southbound [01]

Baltimore-area traffic on Interstate 95 southbound [02]

Baltimore-area traffic on Interstate 95 southbound [03]

Bilingual stop sign and one way sign

Bilingual stop sign on Parliament Hill [01]

Bilingual stop sign on Parliament Hill [02]

Blind corner sign

Blinker signals in Ringgold, Maryland [01]

Blinker signals in Ringgold, Maryland [02]

Blinker signals in Ringgold, Maryland [03]

Blinker signals in Ringgold, Maryland [04]

Blinker signals in Ringgold, Maryland [05]

Boston Megaraid [07]

Breezewood interchange from US 30 westbound

Breezewood, Pennsylvania

Brink and Goshen Roads [01]

Brink and Goshen Roads [02]

Brink and Goshen Roads [03]

Brink and Goshen Roads [04]

Brink and Goshen Roads [05]

Brink and Goshen Roads [06]

Brink and Goshen Roads [07]

Brink and Goshen Roads [08]

Brink and Goshen Roads [09]

Brink and Goshen Roads [10]

Brink and Wightman Roads [01]

Brink and Wightman Roads [02]

Brink and Wightman Roads [03]

Buc-ee's in Crossville, Tennessee [37]

Bus stop on Nicholson Lane [01]

Bus stop on Nicholson Lane [01]

Bus stop on Nicholson Lane [01]

Bus stop on Nicholson Lane [01]

Canadian speed limit sign

Chestnut Street and Hickory Avenue

City of Petersburg sticker on stop sign

Construction signage on Parliament Hill

Controlled burn at Awendaw Savanna [16]

Court and High Streets

Curve sign on Winchester Road

Davidson Street and Henderson Avenue

DC-Maryland border

Delaware River toll plaza on Interstate 78

Directional sign along Boulevard de la Cité

Directional signage at the end of the ramp for Interstate 64, Exit 99 at Rockfish Gap

Dulles Toll Road eastern plaza

East Main Street and Court Street

East Washington Street and Allawilla Drive [01]

East Washington Street and Allawilla Drive [02]

Eastern terminus of US 60 [01]

Eastern terminus of US 60 [02]

Eastgate Toll Plaza

Elyse photographs an I-40 shield [01]

Elyse photographs an I-40 shield [02]

End Interstate 795 [01]

End Interstate 795 [02]

End Interstate 795 [03]

End of Dorsey Avenue

End of Gerties Lane

Enter Warren County, leave Shenandoah County

Entering Central Time on I-40 [01]

Entering Central Time on I-40 [02]

Entering Central Time on I-40 [03]

Entering Central Time on I-40 [04]

Entering Central Time on I-40 [05]

Entering Eastern Time on I-40

Faded and tagged stop sign in Langhorne, Pennsylvania

Faded stop sign at New Bern Mall [01]

Faded stop sign at New Bern Mall [02]

Faded stop sign at New Bern Mall [03]

Faded stop sign [01]

Faded stop sign [02]

Fallen Ride On bus stop sign

Farm equipment sign on I-795 [01]

Farm equipment sign on I-795 [02]

First southbound reassurance marker for Interstate 81

Former alignment of Shenandoah Village Drive

Fort McHenry Tunnel, Bore 2

French-language stop sign [01]

French-language stop sign [02]

French-language stop sign [03]

Future Interstate 42

Garden State Parkway milepost 10 southbound [01]

Garden State Parkway milepost 10 southbound [02]

Germantown sign [01]

Germantown sign [02]

Germantown sign [03]

Germantown sign [04]

H Street NW street sign

Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, westbound [01]

Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, westbound [02]

Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, westbound [03]

Height warning sign on US 321

Henderson Avenue and Glenn Street

Hewitt Road and Parkersburg Turnpike

Highway through Dauphin, Pennsylvania [01]

Highway through Dauphin, Pennsylvania [02]

Historic Route 66 sign

Intersection of Barristers Row and South Augusta Street

Intersection of Bedford Street and Henderson Avenue

Intersection of Jefferson Park Avenue, Harris Road, and Camellia Drive

Intersection of Main Street and Madbury Road [01]

Intersection of Main Street and Madbury Road [02]

Intersection of Routes 64 and 418 [01]

Intersection of South Medical Park Drive and Lifecore Drive

Intersection of Springer Road and Forest Springs Drive

Intersection of Trumps Hill Road and Crain Highway

Interstate 264 after Midtown Tunnel [03]

Interstate 264 after Midtown Tunnel [04]

Interstate 40 signage on Strawberry Plains Pike [01]

Interstate 40 signage on Strawberry Plains Pike [02]

Interstate 40 signage on Strawberry Plains Pike [03]

Interstate 40 signage on Strawberry Plains Pike [04]

Interstate 40 signage on Strawberry Plains Pike [05]

Interstate 40 signage on Strawberry Plains Pike [06]

Interstate 68, Exit 43D

Interstate 70 Park and Ride [04]

Interstate 70 Park and Ride [06]

Interstate 70 Park and Ride [07]

Interstate 70 Park and Ride [08]

Interstate 70 Park and Ride [12]

Interstate 70 Park and Ride [19]

Interstate 70 Park and Ride [20]

Interstate 70 shield

Interstate 76 sign on Green Lane Bridge

Interstate 83 Business Loop shield [01]

Interstate 83 Business Loop shield [02]

Interstate 83 Business Loop shield [03]

Interstate 83 Business Loop shield [04]

Interstate 85 and US 460 reassurance markers [01]

Interstate 85 and US 460 reassurance markers [02]

Interstate 85 and US 460 reassurance markers [03]

Interstate 94 westbound [02]

Interstate 95 at Hanover Street exit [01]

Interstate 95 at Hanover Street exit [02]

Interstate 95 sign at Maryland House

Interstate 95 through downtown Richmond [01]

Interstate 95 through downtown Richmond [02]

Interstate 95 through downtown Richmond [03]

Jeep Renegade at Central Time sign [01]

Jeep Renegade at Central Time sign [02]

Junction with US 13 Business [01]

Junction with US 13 Business [02]

Lane ending sign on Benning Road NE

Linkythorn Lane

Low clearance sign at West Falls Church station

Madbury Road street signs

Maryland 68 vs. Interstate 68 sign [01]

Maryland 68 vs. Interstate 68 sign [02]

Mileage sign on US 1 near Fredericksburg [01]

Mileage sign on US 1 near Fredericksburg [02]

Mileage sign on US 30 in Breezewood [01]

Mileage sign on US 30 in Breezewood [02]

Montreal Road eastbound from North River Road

Neighborhood watch sign on Montrose Avenue SE

New Jersey Turnpike "Reduce Speed" sign

No Bicycles On Sidewalk

No entry except for authorized vehicles

No parking sign at Verona Elementary School [01]

No parking sign at Verona Elementary School [02]

No parking sign at Verona Elementary School [03]

No parking sign at Verona Elementary School [04]

No parking sign at Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company [01]

No parking sign at Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company [02]

No parking sign in Carytown

No parking sign on Gathright Dam [01]

No parking sign on Gathright Dam [02]

No right turn except for authorized vehicles

No trucks or buses

Nonstandard US 220 highway shield

Norfolk Southern Gregson Street Overpass [01]

Norfolk Southern Gregson Street Overpass [02]

North "Cemetary" Drive

One way and no parking signs along Chicago Avenue

One way and stop sign

One way sign in Altoona

One way sign leaving a shopping center [01]

One way sign leaving a shopping center [02]

One way sign on 130th Street

One way sign on Palace Street

One way sign on West Frederick Street

Orange warning sign zip-tied to a lamppost

Overhead sign for Interstate 70

Overhead sign over South Queen Street

Overhead signage on US 30 in Breezewood

Overheight warning bell on US 321

Parking regulation signs on Victoria Avenue [01]

Parking regulation signs on Victoria Avenue [02]

Parking regulation signs on Victoria Avenue [03]

Parking signs along Montreal Road

Pedestrian crossing sign in Windsor [01]

Pedestrian crossing sign in Windsor [02]

Pedestrian crossing sign on Parliament Hill

Pedestrian crosswalk sign at Toronto Pearson International Airport

Pelham Finale [01]

Pelham Finale [02]

Pelham Finale [03]

Philadelphia street sign at Walnut Street

Quebec-style three-way stop [01]

Quebec-style three-way stop [02]

Quiet Zone sign [01]

Quiet Zone sign [02]

Railroad crossbuck

Reassurance marker for US 301 northbound [01]

Reassurance marker for US 301 northbound [02]

Reassurance marker for US 301 northbound [03]

Reassurance marker for US 460 Business westbound [01]

Reassurance marker for US 460 Business westbound [02]

Reassurance markers for Interstate 95 business loop and US 301

Reassurance markers for US 13, US 70, and NC 111 [01]

Reassurance markers for US 13, US 70, and NC 111 [02]

Reassurance markers for US 13, US 70, and NC 111 [03]

Reassurance markers for US 13, US 70, and NC 111 [04]

Reserved parking sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [01]

Reserved parking sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [02]

Reserved parking sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [03]

Reserved parking sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [04]

Reserved parking sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [05]

Ride On sign graffiti

Right Lane Must Turn Right

Road sign at intersection of US 1 and Joplin and Fuller Roads

Robert B. Scarborough Bridge [04]

Robert B. Scarborough Bridge [05]

Robert B. Scarborough Bridge [06]

Robert B. Scarborough Bridge [07]

Robert B. Scarborough Bridge [08]

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [01]

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [02]

Rusted yellow stop sign

Salisbury exits

Selfie at I-40 rest area

Selfie with Central Time sign [01]

Selfie with Central Time sign [02]

Selfie with the Augusta County Industrial Sites sign

Shanghai, unincorporated [01]

Shanghai, unincorporated [02]

Shanghai, unincorporated [03]

Shanghai, unincorporated [04]

Sheetz in Waynesboro, Virginia

Shenandoah County: A certified business location

Shield for Cape May County Route 629

Shield for Cape May County Route 651

Shield for Interstate 95 near Enfield

Shield for North Carolina 561 near Enfield

Shield for North Carolina Highway 48

Shield for North Carolina Highway 55 [01]

Shield for North Carolina Highway 55 [02]

Shield for North Carolina Highway 55 [03]

Shield for North Carolina Highway 55 [04]

Shield for North Carolina Highway 55 [05]

Shield for North Carolina Highway 55 [06]

Shield for State Route 254 [01]

Shield for State Route 254 [02]

Shields for Interstate 95 and North Carolina 561 near Enfield [01]

Shields for Interstate 95 and North Carolina 561 near Enfield [02]

Shields for Interstate 95 and North Carolina 561 near Enfield [03]

Shields for Interstate 95 and North Carolina 561 near Enfield [04]

Shields for Interstate 95 and North Carolina 561 near Enfield [05]

Shields for trunkline highway M-39

Shields for US 60 and US 220 [01]

Shields for US 60 and US 220 [02]

Sign advising motorists to change lanes later

Sign assembly in Halifax, North Carolina

Sign assembly in Marathon, New York [01]

Sign assembly in Marathon, New York [02]

Sign assembly in Marathon, New York [03]

Sign assembly on US 117 in Faison, North Carolina

Sign at the border between Augusta and Highland Counties [01]

Sign at the border between Augusta and Highland Counties [02]

Sign at the border between Augusta and Highland Counties [03]

Sign at the entrance to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Breezewood [01]

Sign at the entrance to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Breezewood [02]

Sign at the entrance to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Breezewood [03]

Sign for Exit 268

Sign for exit 344 on Interstate 94 in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Sign for Interstate 70 eastbound

Sign for Interstate 95 southbound at Maryland House

Sign for Lucille Lane [01]

Sign for Lucille Lane [02]

Sign for northbound US 340

Sign for State Route 188 [01]

Sign for State Route 188 [02]

Sign for State Route 188 [03]

Sign for State Route 188 [04]

Sign for State Route 188 [05]

Sign for State Route 188 [06]

Sign for Tennessee State Route 298

Sign for Tennessee State Route 462

Sign for US Route 11E northbound [01]

Sign for US Route 11E northbound [02]

Sign for US Route 11E northbound [03]

Sign for Wellington Street

Sign gantry on US 50 near Salisbury, Maryland

Sign indicating that traffic moves around the median

Sign on Aspen Street NW

Sign pointing the way to Atlantic City

Sign with corrected lettering

Signage at East Walnut and Baltimore Streets

Signage at intersection of US 58 and VA 308

Signage at river access in Dauphin, Pennsylvania [01]

Signage at river access in Dauphin, Pennsylvania [02]

Signage for eastern US 50/US 301 split [01]

Signage for eastern US 50/US 301 split [02]

Signage for Exit 49 on Interstate 295 [01]

Signage for Exit 49 on Interstate 295 [02]

Signage for Exit 49 on Interstate 295 [03]

Signage for Exit 49 on Interstate 295 [04]

Signage for Exit 49 on Interstate 295 [05]

Signage for Exit 49 on Interstate 295 [06]

Signage for I-40 on US 321 [01]

Signage for I-40 on US 321 [02]

Signage for I-40 on US 321 [03]

Signage for I-40 on US 321 [04]

Signage for Interstate 40 on Genesis Road [01]

Signage for Interstate 40 on Genesis Road [02]

Signage for Interstate 40 on Genesis Road [03]

Signage for Interstate 40 on Genesis Road [04]

Signage for Interstate 40 on Genesis Road [05]

Signage for Maryland Route 418 [01]

Signage for Maryland Route 418 [03]

Signage for Maryland Route 64 [01]

Signage for Maryland Route 64 [02]

Signage for Maryland Route 64 [03]

Signage on a mast arm at Willoughby and Jay Streets

SIGNAL (RED) AHEAD

Signs at intersection of TN 1/US 70 and TN 101/TN 392 [01]

Signs at intersection of TN 1/US 70 and TN 101/TN 392 [02]

Signs at intersection of TN 1/US 70 and TN 101/TN 392 [03]

Signs at the end of Gerties Lane [01]

Signs at the end of Gerties Lane [02]

Signs at the end of Gerties Lane [03]

Signs for Interstate 95 near Enfield, North Carolina

Signs for Interstates 95 and 85 [01]

Signs for Interstates 95 and 85 [02]

Signs on US 30 outside Breezewood

Smoke over Baltimore [42]

Smoke over Baltimore [43]

Smoke over Baltimore [44]

Smoky conditions along I-95 [03]

Snow emergency route sign

Snow-covered mileage sign on US 250

Snow-covered speed limit sign on US 250

South 10th Street and Haxall Point

South Breezewood Road

Southwest Freeway [01]

Southwest Freeway [02]

Speed hump sign

Speed limit 4 mph

Speed limit and low ground clearance signs [01]

Speed limit and low ground clearance signs [02]

Speed limit photo enforced

Speed limit sign on Palace Street [01]

Speed limit sign on Palace Street [02]

Speed limit sign on Palace Street [03]

Speed limit sign on Parliament Hill

Springer Road and Forest Springs Drive [01]

Springer Road and Forest Springs Drive [02]

Springer Road and Forest Springs Drive [03]

Springer Road and Forest Springs Drive [04]

Springer Road and Forest Springs Drive [05]

Stop sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [01]

Stop sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [02]

Stop sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [03]

Stop sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [04]

Stop sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [05]

Stop sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [06]

Stop sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [07]

Stop sign at Apple Valley Marketplace [08]

Stop sign at Chick-fil-A

Stop sign at end of Forest Springs Drive

Stop sign at Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company

Stop sign embedded in concrete

Stop sign graffiti

Stop sign on 2nd Street SW

Stop sign with vertical text

Street and stop signs in Mount Crawford

Street sign at Backlick Road and Brookfield Plaza [01]

Street sign at Backlick Road and Brookfield Plaza [02]

Street sign at Market Square and Forbes Avenue, west side

Street signs at Church Street and Commercial Avenue

Street signs at intersection of US 15 and Lucketts Road [01]

Street signs at intersection of US 15 and Lucketts Road [02]

Street signs at Irvin Garrish Highway and Pilot Town Circle [01]

Street signs at Irvin Garrish Highway and Pilot Town Circle [02]

Street signs for South Gregson Street and West Peabody Street

Street signs in Mount Crawford, Virginia [01]

Street signs in Mount Crawford, Virginia [02]

Swift truck entering turnpike

Temporary street signs [01]

Temporary street signs [02]

Temporary street signs [03]

Temporary street signs [04]

Temporary street signs [05]

Temporary street signs [06]

Terrapin crossing sign

Thousand Islands Bridge toll booth, Canada side

To Interstate 76

Tourist information sign at West Virginia welcome center

Traffic light at Montreal Road and North River Road

Traffic light gantry at Fairfax County Parkway and Sunrise Valley Drive [01]

Traffic light gantry at Fairfax County Parkway and Sunrise Valley Drive [02]

Traffic signal at Elgin and Somerset Streets [01]

Traffic signal at Elgin and Somerset Streets [02]

Traffic signal at Elgin and Somerset Streets [03]

Traffic signal at Elgin and Somerset Streets [04]

Traffic signal at Elgin and Somerset Streets [05]

Traffic signal at Fulton and Jay Streets [01]

Traffic signal at Fulton and Jay Streets [02]

Traffic signal at intersection of Metcalfe Street and Laurier Avenue West [01]

Traffic signal at Locust Street and Clinch Avenue

Traffic signal at Willoughby and Jay Streets

Traffic signals in Derwood, Maryland [02]

Traffic signals in Philadelphia

Truck rest area sign

Turn restriction at North Michigan Avenue and East Chestnut Street

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [01]

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [02]

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [01]

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [02]

US 171 shield in Newport News, Virginia

US 29 near Woodbrook Drive [01]

US 29 near Woodbrook Drive [02]

US 29 shield on Rhode Island Avenue NW [01]

US 29 shield on Rhode Island Avenue NW [02]

US 301 sign at St. Charles Towne Center

Variable message sign discouraging travel and encouraging mask wearing [01]

Variable message sign discouraging travel and encouraging mask wearing [02]

Variable message sign encouraging mask wearing and social distancing

Variable message sign encouraging social distancing

Virginia freeway prohibition sign

Warning sign before Breezewood

Warning: Children in this community protected by child registry

Weathered railroad crossing sign [01]

Weathered railroad crossing sign [02]

Weathered railroad crossing sign [03]

Weathered railroad crossing sign [04]

Welcome to Currituck County

Wesley Lake Drive and Cookman Avenue [01]

Wesley Lake Drive and Cookman Avenue [02]

Westbound Interstate 78 in Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Information

Author: Ben Schumin

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

Created on: Friday 27 July 2012

Dimensions: 3648*2736

Albums: Photos by date / 2012
Photos by date / 2012 / Chicago, July 25-31, 2012
Photos by location / Illinois / Cook County / Chicago
Photos by subject / Transportation / Roads / Road signs
Photos by type / Creative Commons images

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