When a typo appears on a road sign, fixing the error is not as easy as hitting “backspace” or opening a giant container of Wite-Out. In some cases, it can take more than 50 years.
Generations of literate drivers in New York City, for example, have done a double take when passing a sign reading “Verrazano” - with a missing “z” - directing traffic to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, connecting the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island.
