Highways in the United States are split into at least four different types of systems: Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways, state highways, and county highways. Each system has its own unique shield design that will allow quick identification to which system the route belongs.
Interstates Highways
Shown: Interstate 90 | |
Interstate Highway, 3-digit variant Shown: Interstate 476 | |
Interstate Highway, state-name variant Shown: Interstate 80 in Iowa | |
Hawaii Interstate Highway Shown: Interstate H-1 | |
Business Loop Highway Shown: Interstate 85 Business | |
Business Spur Highway Shown: Interstate 44 Business |
U.S. Route
United States Numbered Highways Shown: U.S. Route 20 |
Generic routes
Generic county route Shown: County Route 64 in Baldwin County, Alabama | |
Generic Forest Highway Shown: Forest Highway 16 | |
Generic Indian Route Shown: Indian Route 18 | |
Generic U.S. Bicycle RouteShown: U.S. Bicycle Route 76 |
State highways and other similar systems
Many state highway markers are designed to suggest the geographic shape of the state or some other state symbol such as its flag. Most of the others are generically rectangular or some other neutral shape. The default design for state highway markers is the circular highway shield.
State Routes in Alabama Shown: State Route 3 | |
Alaska Routes Shown: Alaska Route 1 | |
State Route in Arizona Shown: State Route 87 | |
State Highway in Arkansas Shown: State Highway 7 | |
State Route in California Shown: State Route 1 | |
State Highways in Colorado Shown: State Highway 62 | |
Routes in Connecticut Shown: Route 15 | |
State Routes in Delaware Shown: State Route 1 | |
District of Columbia Routes Shown: District of Columbia Route 295 | |
State Roads in Florida Shown: State Road 5 | |
State Route in Georgia Shown: State Route 5 | |
Route in Hawaii Shown: Route 11 | |
State Highway in Idaho Shown: State Highway 75 | |
Illinois Route Shown: Illinois Route 1 | |
State Roads in Indiana Shown: State Road 37 | |
State Highway in Iowa Shown: Iowa Highway 3 | |
State Highway in Kansas Shown: K-99 | |
State Highway in Kentucky Shown: State Highway 1 | |
State Highway in Louisiana Shown: Louisiana Highway 1 | |
State Route in Maine Shown: State Route 11 | |
Maryland state highway Shown: Maryland Route 2 | |
Route in Massachusetts Shown: Route 28 | |
State Trunkline in Michigan Shown: M-28 | |
Highway in Minnesota Shown: Highway 1 | |
Highway in Mississippi Shown: Mississippi Highway 1 | |
Route in Missouri Shown: Route 43 | |
Highway in Montana Shown: Montana Highway 200 | |
Secondary Highway in Montana Shown: Montana Secondary Highway 236 | |
State Highway in Nebraska Shown: Nebraska Highway 92 | |
State Route in Nevada Shown: State Route 318 | |
New Hampshire Route Shown: New Hampshire Route 16 | |
Route in New Jersey Shown: Route 47 | |
State Highway in New Mexico Shown: New Mexico State Road 120 | |
Route in New York Shown: New York State Route 17 | |
State Highway in North Carolina Shown: North Carolina Highway 24 | |
State Highways in North Dakota Shown: State Highway 2000 | |
State Route in Ohio Shown: State Route 7 | |
State Highway in Oklahoma Shown: State Highway 3 | |
Route in Oregon Shown: Oregon Route 140 | |
Pennsylvania State Traffic Route Shown: Pennsylvania Route 18 | |
Route in Rhode Island Shown: Route 138 | |
State Highway in South Carolina Shown: South Carolina Highway 9 | |
State Highway in South Dakota Shown: South Dakota Highway 20 | |
State Route in Tennessee
Shown: State Route 1 | |
State Highway in Texas
Shown: State Highway 6 | |
State Route in Utah Shown: State Route 24 | |
Vermont Route Shown: Vermont Route 30 | |
Virginia State Route Shown: State Route 40 | |
State Route in Washington Shown: State Route 20 | |
West Virginia Route Shown: West Virginia Route 20 | |
Wisconsin State Trunk Highway Shown: State Trunk Highway 35 | |
State Highway in Wyoming* Shown: Wyoming Highway 59 |
Territorial Highways
American Samoa Highway Shown: Territorial Route 001 | |
Guam Highways Shown: Guam Highway 8 | |
Puerto Rico Highway Shown: Puerto Rico Highway 1 | |
U.S. Virgin Islands Highway Shown: U.S. Virgin Islands Highway 10 |