Wrong Way!!

A lot of unusual, funny, or just plain wrong signs and roads.

10/19/2003-present
6/11/2001-10/18/2003
6/11/2000-6/10/2001
11/01/1999-6/10/2000
04/18/1999-10/31/1999
10/15/1998-04/17/1999
7/20/1998-10/14/1998
6/9/1998-7/19/1998

[Off-center exit only]
Someone didn't order long enough sign arms for the Pima Freeway in Scottsdale. Most of the exit signs are off-center like this one. (AZ 101, Scottsdale)

[Jct blank]
Junction, Junction, what's your function? The US 60 shield fell off over a year ago. (Apache Blvd. & AZ 101, Tempe)

[No parking, all others will be towed]
Uh... if you don't park here, you'll be towed away. (Superpumper Texaco, Gilbert Rd. & US 60, Mesa)

[No Red Light Running] [No No Red Light Running]
The first sign is Phoenix's effort to deter red light runners. The second one is Mesa's, which appears to make red light running mandatory. (44th St. & Thomas, Phoenix; McKellips & Country Club/AZ 87, Mesa)

[Not US 180 North]
Another directionally impaired sign. US 180 is actually an east/west route, so this should be US 180 West. (I-17/I-40/AZ 89A, Flagstaff)

[Which way is south?]
Better get out a compass. Actually this should be a right-elbow arrow, not a double-headed arrow. The sign looks like it's been recycled from another location. It's rather beat up, and there are holes in the center where it had been mounted on a single pole. Plus, the ADOT sticker on the double-arrow is upside-down. Another odd bit about this leg of US 191 is that it repeats mileposts 0-5 between US 160 and Utah. These MPs were already used near Douglas. (Mexican Water)

[Not I-8 or I-10]
The new informational displays at Arizona's remodeled rest areas are not so informative. This map has I-8 and I-10 switched. It looks like someone put stickers over the mismatched markers, but they've been peeled off.

[Poisonous snakes and insects]
Hey, the travel agency didn't mention this. I should also note that the scorpion is an arachnid, not an insect. (I-40, Meteor City Rest Area)

[Nothing]
Any Arizonan can tell you that there's Nothing to see between Wickenburg and Wikieup. (US 93, Nothing)

[Red Means Stop]
In case you hadn't heard. Most drivers apparently missed that day in Driver's Ed. (75th Ave & Bell Rd, Glendale)

[Not US 40]
Bet you didn't know that the National Road went through Arizona, did you? Mohave County does. (Old US 66, Oatman)

10/19/2003-present
6/11/2001-10/18/2003
6/11/2000-6/10/2001
11/01/1999-6/10/2000
04/18/1999-10/31/1999
10/15/1998-04/17/1999
7/20/1998-10/14/1998
6/9/1998-7/19/1998

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Last updated 04/16/2000