Am I the only one who thinks that this sign is going to kill someone?

While walking down Pennsylvania Avenue today, I tripped on the supports for a construction sign located at the Northeast corner of 20th St.  Traffic is coming from your left such that a pedestrians traveling east will typically be looking to the left.

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As you can observe, the supports are quite long and easy to miss.  The supports also cross the direct path onto the crosswalk.  Besides the actual danger from tripping and falling, notice that there is a good chance that someone could fall onto the road and in front of vehicular traffic.