What's going on with those Houston highway typos

Driving the news: A sign directing southbound Interstate 69 drivers to destinations along Texas Highway 288 appears to leave out an "n" in "Hermann Park."

• Other signs directing northbound Texas 288 drivers to downtown destinations call out the "avenues" of Gray, Pierce, Elgin and Tuam — despite those thoroughfares being classified as streets.

The intrigue: The Texas Department of Transportation is preparing for an influx of travelers in Houston during the FIFA World Cup this year by upgrading faded signs and sprucing up dilapidated rights-of-way, like repainting the I-69 corridor through Montrose.

• Correcting the typos appears to be next on that list.

What they're saying: TxDOT will be making new signs with the correct downtown street names, which will take a few weeks, Houston District spokesperson Danny Perez tells Axios.

• As for the incorrectly spelled Hermann Park sign, Perez says crews will perform an inspection and develop a plan of action.

Threat level: Even with the typos, drivers will still get to Hermann Park and their proper downtown destination with no problem.

Yes, but: As they say, the devil's in the details.

Zoom out: TxDOT makes 40,000 new permanent highway signs annually.

• The agency didn't respond to questions about how it creates and proof reads signs.

The bottom line: As TxDOT continues to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to reshape Houston's freeway system, it should perhaps consider one big thing: Hiring a copy editor.