Los Angeles freeway sign that misspelled Olympic Boulevard as 'Olimpic' stirs social media

Published January 08, 2015

No one noticed the mistake until the morning after the sign was installed above Interstate 710 in Southern California.

A subcontractor had misspelled Olympic Boulevard with an "I'' in place of the "Y."

The large green exit sign was covered with a tarp and eventually removed but not before drivers snapped and tweeted photographs of the mega-typo earlier this month.

Caltrans spokeswoman Kelly Markham tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1vb4P8T ) that the subcontractor will pay for a new sign.

The sign was one of many improvements underway on the freeway as part of a pavement rehabilitation project.

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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com

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