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Highway shield

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 sign's largest element, with other items on the sign rendered in smaller sizes or contrasting colors. Highway shields are used by travellers…

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Highway shield

Nodes97
Edges96
Triples118
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020619
Components1

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Highway shield

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related to United States · 19
Highway shield → American Association, Delaware, Great Seal, However, Interstate Highway System, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, MUTCD, New Jersey, Route, Some, State Highway, The Interstate, The MUTCD, The United States' Manual, Transportation Officials, Uniform Traffic Control Devices, United States
related to Australia · 18
Highway shield → Alpha-numeric, Australia, Federal Highway, In Victoria Freeway, Interstate, M80, Melbourne, Metroad, National Highway, New South Wales, Prior, Queensland, Ring Road, State Highway, Tasmania, The Western Ring Road, Tourist Route, Victoria
related to Alternatives to shields · 17
Highway shield → A1, B123, D1, France, In, M1, Many, N1, Road, Road Signs, Signals, The, The Vienna Convention, These, UK, United Kingdom, United States
related to Mainland China · 16
Highway shield → China, County, CUN, GB/T, GUO, Highway Route Signage Rules, In, National, National Road Numbering, Provincial, SHENG, Special-use, The, Village, XIAN, ZHUAN
related to Brazil · 12
Highway shield → BR-101, Brazil, DENATRAN, Federal, In, Janeiro, National Transit Department, Rio, Rio Grande, Sul, SulSP-270, São Paulo
related to Malaysia · 11
Highway shield → According, Expressways, Malaysia, Malaysian, Malaysian Public Works Department, Manual, Public Works Department's, Road, The, Traffic Control Devices Standard, Traffic Signs
related to Taiwan · 11
Highway shield → City Highways, City HighwaysCounty, District Roads, Japan, National HighwayProvincial HighwayProvincial ExpresswayCounty, Provincial, Prunus, Spur, Taiwan, The, Township
related to Purposes · 9
Highway shield → At, Directional, Guide, Junction, Reassurance, There, These, TO, Trailblazer
related to South Korea · 5
Highway shield → ExpresswayNational RouteUrban Expressway, Highway, Interstate, South Korea, The

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highway shield route shields use roads number national provincial white signs highways road used expressways blue federal markers routes sign

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Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsMany0.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsUnited Kingdom0.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsFrance0.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsRoad0.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsUK0.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsM10.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsA10.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsB1230.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsN10.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsD10.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsThese0.60section
Highway shieldrelated to Alternatives to shieldsThe Vienna Convention0.60section

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