https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3185385,-82.8086201,3a,37.5y,165.84h,76.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sET21PDJMq8bcFmrAJoMATw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Found on I-75 in FL, near the GA border. This is the first time I think I've seen the exit number stenciled (if that's the word in this instance) onto the pavement shoulder.
This is pretty common in Florida. Here's another example (https://goo.gl/maps/LGiPBu3i6Ca4FGNF9) from I-10 near Tallahassee, another one (https://goo.gl/maps/ouhr9T4hcRGEWU2N7) from I-95 near Ormond Beach, and yet another one (https://goo.gl/maps/KpHmuyEBjBxCGukx6) from the Turnpike.
That's done in case signs are downed in a hurricane IIRC.
They do this in SC as well, but not everywhere, and usually just once on one of the overpasses. I always thought it was done so emergency responders in helicopters knew what exit they were at.
You see something similar on I-40 in Texas (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1813815,-100.9020227,3a,30.7y,334.67h,80.94t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scnjfy9YU5x1hmda7XFQuag!2e0!5s20190501T000000!7i13312!8i6656). Oddly, though, this practice doesn't seem to be done elsewhere in the state. It looks like with recent repavings, they are not repainting the numbers.
This seems like a logical extension of the practice of putting route numbers in the travel lanes leading up to an interchange where the road splits several ways.
I wonder if the cameras in new cars can read these road markings, the way they read certain signs like speed limits.
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 28, 2023, 05:22:15 PM
You see something similar on I-40 in Texas (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1813815,-100.9020227,3a,30.7y,334.67h,80.94t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scnjfy9YU5x1hmda7XFQuag!2e0!5s20190501T000000!7i13312!8i6656). Oddly, though, this practice doesn't seem to be done elsewhere in the state. It looks like with recent repavings, they are not repainting the numbers.
I see it all the time around the Metroplex. Supposedly the exit numbers are there partly to assist airborne law enforcement in traffic monitoring and high-speed chases.