A few Maryland Routes you're probably never going to clinch

[talllguy]

Maryland's SHA uses some pretty cool shields to indicate the floor you're on within the headquarters' stairwells.

Pictures

[Zeffy]

Damn, MDSHA is sweet for decorating their building like that.  Thanks for the photos!

[Duke87]

I mean hey, if you've got your own sign shop, why buy building signage from someone else?

My first thought was to wonder whether these signs are code compliant. Every stairwell I can ever recall being in has called out floor numbers in red text, not black. But I looked it up and the building code in Maryland says nothing on the matter of floor signage within stairwells. Even in NYC, the code says the numerals and the background must be "contrasting colors" (§[C26-608.3] 27-392) but not specifically red on white.

[Mapmikey]

Does that building have a 9th floor?

World's only MD 9 shield (aside from the MD 43 shield photo showing a recycling of a MD 9)...

Mike