White Plaques With Interstate Shields Becoming More Common in Tenn.

[Brian556]

I've now seen three instances of white directional plaques w/ Interstate shields recently.

1. US 41/64/72 at SR 27. (W of Nickajack Lake) This was done several years ago.
2. US 41/64/72 at SR 134 (just E of Nickajack Lake) These were just installed.
3. SR 317 just E of I-75, at OLD Lee Hwy. These are rather recent, SR 317 was re-routed to I-75 in this area.

[brownpelican]

I've seen this in the New Orleans area too.

Nice touch on the TN 27 directionals.

[hbelkins]

White directional plates and arrows get installed with Interstate markers quite frequently in a lot of places.

And Tennessee uses that style of arrow with directional indicators fairly often.

[wriddle082]

White directional plates and arrows get installed with Interstate markers quite frequently in a lot of places.

And Tennessee uses that style of arrow with directional indicators fairly often.

I used to see the white plaques a lot in Ashland back in the 80's.  Thought it was rather cheap of KYTC back in those days.

The directional arrows seem to be most common in TDOT Regions I (Knoxville/Tri-Cities), II (Chattanooga/Cumberland Plateau), and IV (Memphis/Jackson).  Region III (Nashville) for some reason seems to lag behind the rest of the state in signage practices.