From M. Dietrich :
Once again, the transportation board neglected a good opportunity
to plaster the state outline on highway markers *(they certainly
do for license plates!)* I added "Minnesota" in Daniela
script for a touch of elegance. I believe Minnesota also has
"county trunks" similar to Missouri's alphabetic
highways. Maybe some one will explain to me why letters were used
in only a few states like MN, WI, and MO.
Commentary
by Steve Riner: Concerning the proposed route markers:
Actually, Minnesota does not have lettered "County
Trunk" routes like Missouri's supplementary routes. There is
an extensive network of marked county highways, but they are
marked with numbers almost exclusively. There are very few
lettered county routes in the state, and these are generally on
special purpose routes like park roads. Also, county routes are
not called "trunk" routes. Only state highways in
Minnesota are properly called "trunk highways." (In
Wisconsin, county roads are properly called "County Trunk
Highways.") County roads are marked with either the older
style white square marker, or in many counties the standard blue
pentagon. A final comment on the proposed state route marker: the
current sign does have the state outline, albeit a very small
figure next to the state name.
From Lee Lucas: How about these?
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