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District FIVE

Champaign, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, Mc Lean, Piatt, & Vermilion Counties

A construction sign on WB I-74 at Danville. The error is the highway 1 shield. (Aug., 2004)

I-72 & I-57 are multi-plexed??...with a stoplight??. The City of Champaign must have forgot the "TO" banner. (Mar., 2005)

The direction banners are mis-colored. This is in a gas station parking lot north of Champaign. (Mar., 2005)

A mis-hung U-Turn sign in Rantoul. (May, 2006)

This is not a mistake with the content of the sign itself. Rather, it be a mistake with how the sign was hung. Notice the I-74/U.S. Rt. 51 overhead on the left, point your attention to the lane arrows, and where they line up...I guess the shoulder is now a lane... This sign is on SB I-55/U.S. Rt. 51; EB I-74 at Exits 157/134 on the southwest side of Bloomington.

The error here is the fact that the trailblazer at the top of the I-39 shield, should be on a blue background not white. This assembly is on NB IL St Rt 251 north of Bloomington-Normal.

This is on SB I-55 at U.S. Rt. 51, near I-74. A few errors...I-55 is going south...not east. U.S. Rt. 51 is a north-south highway. Plus, I-74, and U.S. Rt. 51 haven't even joined I-55 yet. Photo on SB I-55 near M.P. 165 at Normal.

This is a temp. guide sign on NB I-55/U.S. Rt. 51 in Normal. The error is that exit 165 is for BUSN U.S. Rt. 51. I guess the construction company didn't think it was right to note that it was BUSN U.S. Rt. 51 and not U.S. Rt. 51. (May, 2004)

A temporary sign on NB I-55/U.S. Rt. 51; WB I-74. The U.S. Rt. 51 shield is the error. (May, 2004)

Temporary signs on NB Veterans Parkway in Normal. The "TO" banner should be on top of the I-74 shield, and the "SOUTH" banner should be over the I-55 shield (as the BGS in the backgroud proves). (Aug., 2004)

This is located on NB I-55 in Normal. The signs were built in Nov. 2003.

This is on SB I-55 at the same exit as the picture above. The same mistake is on both directions. The error is that the ramp in each direction is one-lane. These BGS's would lead you to think that the ramp is two lane. (Nov. 2003)

SB I-55 at M.P. 167.

NB I-55 at M.P. 167. The errors above were corrected in July, 2004. The corrected photos date: Sept., 2004.

A odd looking exit marker on NB BUSN Loop I-55 at I-55.

A new BGS on NB I-55/WB I-74/NB U.S. Rt. 51. This sign was hung the middle of October, 2004. The error...this sign indicates a left hand exit in the exit tab. The phrase "Exit 160" should be centered. (October, 2004)

Brand new BGS's on SB I-55/U.S. Rt. 51. NOTE: The order of the shields is the error here. (December, 2004)

A newly installed exit chart on SB I-55/U.S. Rt. 51; EB I-74 in Normal. The error is the I-55 shield. It was corrected within a week of being erected. (May, 2005)

I-7 in Champaign IL? Actually that should be picture "I-7" (train station). Located on West University Ave in Champaign, IL. (March, 2011)

The combo of a junction marker and interesction guide markers all in one, at the intersections. EB U.S. Rt. 150/IL St Rt 9 in Bloomington. (April, 2011)

The Do Not Enter sign should be a No U-Turn sign. NB I-55 north of Towanda. (October, 2012)

A U.S. 150 error sign in a work zone on U.S. 150 northwest of Normal. (July, 2022)