Sign on I-75 misspells city's name as 'Hamliton'
The manufacturer will be billed for the cost of correcting the mistake.
MONROE, Ohio (AP) -- Oops. A new sign over Interstate 75's southbound lanes spells the name of the city of Hamilton as "Hamliton."
The sign informs drivers of the upcoming intersection with state Route 63 that leads to Monroe and Hamilton. A contractor, M.P. Dory Co. of Columbus, installed the sign as part of a contract to replace old fading signs along the highway in southwest Ohio, state Department of Transportation officials said.
The contractor who installed the sign or the sign's manufacturer is responsible for the cost of correcting the error, said Ana Middleton, the Greene County resident engineer for the transportation department.
No one caught the mistake before it was installed a few weeks ago, Middleton said. She alerted M.P. Dory of the error.
"When I called them, their response was, 'Oh, no,'" Middleton said. "The good thing is that we don't have to pay for it."
M.P. Dory will bill the sign manufacturer for the cost of fixing the mistake, which could involve either replacing the entire sign or installing overlay letters, said company spokesman Dean Eschliman.
Eschliman declined to say how much the repair would cost, saying that he had not yet tallied the expense of the materials and sending a crew out to do it.
The sign measures 7 feet by 7 feet. It would cost more than $5,000 to replace it, based on the $107 per-square-foot cost in M.P. Dory's contract.