US/state shield mix-ups

For those of you in the United States, you may or may not have noticed that road numbers have different backgrounds on their signs depending on the type and location of the road. Interstates are in the blue and red shields, state routes shield or border depends on the state with most being a simple shield or like most New England states just a square, and finally the U.S. routes that have their number in a white shield that is a bit fancier than a state one.




There is no Oregon state route 20, however there is a U.S. Route 20 that runs from Newport, OR to Boston, MA. This picture was taken July 2006. The picture on the right is the updated sign at the same location. The upper portion of the sign and the route number shield have been omitted. About a few hundred feet after the interchange there is a sign with that information for distances to Millican and Burns as well as the correct U.S. 20 sign.

This picture is incorrect because route 19 is an Oregon state route, not a U.S. route. US 19 exists from Erie, PA to Memphis, FL. It doesn't even come close to being in Oregon. State Route 19 runs mostly north-south from a southern terminus at US 26 in Picture Gorge to a northern terminus of Arlington, OR at I-84.