Interstate Shield/Logo Painted on Pavement

[thenetwork]

Closest one to my house:  https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rifle,+CO+81650/@39.5226406,-107.7715127,39m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x874138d074187a9b:0xe5f163529c2b1c67!8m2!3d39.5347023!4d-107.7831198

Rifle, CO.

[D-Dey65]

So judging from everybody's answers, this practice appears to be:

1.  Fairly new within the past 5-7 years...?

2.  Gaining momentum to become more commonplace.

Thanks for all the responses, and information, photos, and links.

I'm pretty sure I've seen them for the past 15-20 years, myself.

[djsekani]

I saw one instance here in San Diego. I-8 or I-5. Can't remember now. I thought it rather unsightly, but maybe it just takes getting used to.

Hotel Circle area for both I-5 and I-8. I'm not used to them, either.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hotel+Cir+S,+San+Diego,+CA+92108/@32.7594563,-117.1813912,84m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80deaad3b39e529f:0x8324d69f99ac09e3!8m2!3d32.7589782!4d-117.1770853

[roadfro]

Not Interstate, but a State Route: SR 828 shield on pavement, along US 50A/US 95A/BL 80 in Fernley, NV

So judging from everybody's answers, this practice appears to be:

1.  Fairly new within the past 5-7 years...?

2.  Gaining momentum to become more commonplace.

Thanks for all the responses, and information, photos, and links.

I'm pretty sure I've seen them for the past 15-20 years, myself.

It's worth noting that elongated route shields for pavement markings were introduced as an option in the 2009 MUTCD, which depicts Interstate, US Route and circle pavement shields. The Interstate shield version actually appeared in 2004 MUTCD Standard Highway Signs book, even though it they weren't in the 2003 MUTCD the book supplemented.

[Alex]

Have noted them all across the country. On my trip to Kansas/Missouri this week, I saw painted regulatory signs as well.

Will generally photograph painted shields as part of my documentation of roads. Here's a few from around the main site:

[ColossalBlocks]

I 270, and I 64 Interchange, in each turn lane on 270, it has the shield on there.

https://goo.gl/maps/qtQWPEKcoRN2

[MikeCL]

Crossing the Whitestone bridge heading towards Brooklyn has lane markings

[Mergingtraffic]

I-264 shield painted on 22nd St. Virginia Beach, VA. 22nd St turned into I-264. I-264 used to be VA-44 until 1999. by mergingtraffic, on Flickr

[plain]

These US Route shields are on the Danville Expwy just north of the VA/NC line
https://goo.gl/maps/ZVNr9yJyATv

[adventurernumber1]

They're all over the place at least down South, from Atlanta to Birmingham to Chattanooga to more. I honestly think it is just incredibly cool when the interstate shields (or anything else) is painted on the pavement, usually preceding an interchange. I highly like and advocate the practice of it, and in addition to adequate signage and maps, it helps motorists easily visualize the upcoming interchange and knowing which lanes they need to be in. I absolutely love this stuff.


EDIT: Here is one example in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Interstate 75 Northbound before the I-75/I-24 interchange: https://www.google.com/maps/place/I-75,+East+Ridge,+TN+37412/@34.9985342,-85.2092393,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x886066ed5309285b:0x19f11fcad9a86770

- if streetview doesn't show up, pull up streetview in between where the Welcome Center ramps are.

[ET21]

I 355 South exit land on I-88 east in Lisle IL.

There was also I-290 west/I-294 north on the I-88 east ramp but those were scratched off for some reason. The shield shadow is still visible on the pavement

[Quillz]

Some roads in the Barstow area have I-15 shields near the on-ramps.

[Buck87]

I-26 West thru Asheville has a few