Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the Interstate Highway System of the United States. It is the fourth-longest Interstate in the country at 2,460.34 miles (3,959.53 km), following I-90, I-80, and I-40.

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To mark the Interstate routes, the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) asked its member States to submit suggestions. The States submitted dozens of ideas in several forms, ranging from a 55mm color transparency to a 4-foot square aluminum blank.

The shields for Interstate highways (left) and U.S. routes (right) can be seen on this set of reassurance markers in Southwest Virginia indicating two sets of wrong-way concurrencies. A highway shield or route marker is a sign denoting the route number of a highway, usually in the form of a symbolic shape with the route number enclosed.As the focus of the sign, the route number is usually the ...

The U.S. Route shield was developed during the first meeting of the Joint Board on Interstate Highways, a panel appointed by Howard M. Gore, the Secretary of Agriculture, for the purposes of establishing a nationwide highway system.

Jul 10, 2024 · Welcome to the AARoads Shield Gallery! Your source for historically accurate highway markers; featuring the largest collection of photos of route shields anywhere on the internet. Over 10000 and counting, from all 50 states and around the world.

Dec 2, 2024 · Please see California Interstate shields. Note: I-295 does not go through Nevada.

Nov 9, 2020 · An interstate shield is a red, white, and blue shield that carries the word "Interstate" the state name, and route number (fhwa.dot.gov). It is the official route marker for the United States Interstate Highway System, trademarked by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Sep 9, 2010 · From what I know, the original Interstate shield was black and white. It had the same color scheme of the US numbered highway shields (black numerals against white background), but had the familiar Interstate shield we know today.

Interstate 10 forms a freeway loop with I-17 through Downtown Phoenix before making a southeasterly turn across the Sacaton Mountains and Santa Cruz Flats toward Tuscon. I-10 runs west of the Tuscon business district, representing one of just two freeways serving the metropolitan area.