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Example of an original U.S. Route shield, with the state name of "Michigan" and route number of "27" displayed in the original block font. The original design of the shield was presented in the January 1927 edition of the Manual and Specifications for the Manufacture, Display, and Erection of U.S. Standard Road Markers and Signs, the precursor to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices ...
A highway shield or route marker is a sign denoting the route number of a highway, usually in the form of a symbolic shape with the route number enclosed. As the focus of the sign, the route number is usually the sign's largest element, with other items on the sign rendered in smaller sizes or contrasting colors.
Parking fee station. R7-21 ... US route marker (3 digits) M1-5 State Route Marker (2 digits) ... Combination lane use/destination with route shield. D15-1
Change the font to the appropriate Roadgeek series font (see the chart above). If you're not sure which font to use, reopen the sign blank's Commons page and check out the category that corresponds to the blank. That is, if you're making a shield for a Missouri state highway, look at the Missouri Route Shields category. Look for numbers around ...
The green shield is employed to mark the main route through a city's central business district, which intersects the associated Interstate at one (spur) or both (loop) ends of the business route. The route usually traverses the main thoroughfare(s) of the city's downtown area or other major business district. [85]
Route shield pavement markings along Historic U.S. Route 66 in Amboy, California.. Route shield pavement markings are closely associated with U.S. Route 66.Owing to the original route's fame, reassurance markers for "Historic U.S. Route 66" have often been stolen by souvenir hunters, so many localities have painted or stenciled the U.S. Route shield or outline directly onto the pavement.
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Reassurance markers on New Brunswick's provincial highways feature bilingual (English/French) direction tabs. Reassurance shields on a freeway in Mississippi. In the United States and Canada, reassurance markers (also called reassurance shields or confirming shields) usually take the form of a shield displaying the road number on an elevated pole, with a plate above or below it indicating the ...