{"id":28452,"date":"2018-06-01T08:34:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T12:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/?p=28452"},"modified":"2018-07-31T10:06:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T14:06:24","slug":"missouri-dropping-state-named-interstate-shields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/missouri-dropping-state-named-interstate-shields\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri dropping state named Interstate shields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First noted on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/observations-from-the-road-omaha-to-st-joseph\/\">2015 Upper Midwest and Great Plains trip<\/a> along I-29, and dating back to at least 2012 with the establishment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/midwest\/i-049_sb_exit_181_01.jpg\">Interstate 49<\/a> in Missouri, MoDOT continues to replace Interstate highway shields with markers that omit the state name. Joining neighboring Arkansas and Iowa, the three states opted for signs with larger numerals (though Iowa&#8217;s version does not fully utilize the space where the state name once was). A trip to St. Louis last week (May 24) revealed a number of new assemblies, especially along Interstate 64 in St. Charles County.<\/p>\n<div class=\"awb-gallery-wrapper awb-gallery-wrapper-1 button-span-no\"><div style=\"margin:-5px;--awb-bordersize:0px;\" class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-2 fusion-columns-total-4 fusion-gallery-layout-grid fusion-gallery-1\"><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-2 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/midwest\/i-044-055-st-louis-mo.jpg\" data-title=\"i-044-055-st-louis-mo\" title=\"i-044-055-st-louis-mo\" data-caption=\"I-44 east at the merge with I-55 in St. Louis. Photo taken 05\/24\/18.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271205%27%20height%3D%27806%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201205%20806%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271205%27%20height%3D%27806%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/midwest\/i-044-055-st-louis-mo.jpg\" width=\"1205\" height=\"806\" alt=\"\" title=\"i-044-055-st-louis-mo\" aria-label=\"i-044-055-st-louis-mo\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-28456\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-2 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/midwest\/i-064-lk-st-louis-mo.jpg\" data-title=\"i-064-lk-st-louis-mo\" title=\"i-064-lk-st-louis-mo\" data-caption=\"Highway N east at I-64 &amp; U.S. 40-61 (Avenue of the Saints) and Missouri 364 in Lake St. Louis. Photo taken 05\/24\/18.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271244%27%20height%3D%27810%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201244%20810%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271244%27%20height%3D%27810%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/midwest\/i-064-lk-st-louis-mo.jpg\" width=\"1244\" height=\"810\" alt=\"\" title=\"i-064-lk-st-louis-mo\" aria-label=\"i-064-lk-st-louis-mo\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-28455\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-2 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/midwest\/i-170-bel-ridge-mo.jpg\" data-title=\"i-170-bel-ridge-mo\" title=\"i-170-bel-ridge-mo\" data-caption=\"Missouri 115 east at I-170 in Bel-Ridge. Photo taken 05\/24\/18.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27781%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20781%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27781%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/midwest\/i-170-bel-ridge-mo.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"781\" alt=\"\" title=\"i-170-bel-ridge-mo\" aria-label=\"i-170-bel-ridge-mo\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-28453\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-2 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/midwest\/i-070-st-louis-mo.jpg\" data-title=\"i-070-st-louis-mo\" title=\"i-070-st-louis-mo\" data-caption=\"Tucker Boulevard north at Cass Avenue and the ramp to I-70 east across the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge in St. Louis. Photo taken 05\/24\/18.\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271214%27%20height%3D%27810%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201214%20810%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271214%27%20height%3D%27810%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog_images\/midwest\/i-070-st-louis-mo.jpg\" width=\"1214\" height=\"810\" alt=\"\" title=\"i-070-st-louis-mo\" aria-label=\"i-070-st-louis-mo\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-28454\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First noted on our 2015 Upper Midwest and Great Plains trip along I-29, and dating back to at least 2012 with the establishment of Interstate 49 in Missouri, MoDOT continues to replace Interstate highway shields with markers that omit the state name. Joining neighboring Arkansas and Iowa, the three states opted for signs with larger numerals (though Iowa&#8217;s version does not fully utilize the space where the state name once  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,259],"tags":[549,563],"class_list":["post-28452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interstate-highways","category-missouri","tag-missouri","tag-signs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aaroads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}