Guide signs
Interstate Route Marker sign
A red, white and blue shield showing an Interstate highway number.
What it looks like
Blue shield with a red band across the top reading INTERSTATE, and the white number 95.
- Type
- Guide
- Federal design code
- MUTCD M1-1
From real handbooks
How permit tests ask about it
10 of our verified questions in 10 states show this sign. A few of them, each from a different handbook where we can:
1.What type of highway does this route marker identify?
- AA Massachusetts state highway
- BAn Interstate highway
- CA bicycle route
- DA scenic or recreational route
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✓ B. An Interstate highway
Interstate highway signs are blue, red, and white shields. Massachusetts state routes use white rectangular signs with black letters and borders.
Source: Massachusetts Driver's Manual (Revised April 2026), page 94
2.What does this sign mean?
- AAn interstate route
- BA U.S. route
- CAn R.I. route
- DA freeway exit
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✓ A. An interstate route
This red, white and blue shield marks an interstate highway route.
3.What does this red, white and blue shield show?
- AA scenic byway
- BAn interstate highway route
- CA state secondary route
- DA U.S. highway route
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✓ B. An interstate highway route
Blue and red shields mark interstate routes, part of the national system of interstate and defense highways.
Source: Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual (most current information as of July 1, 2022), page 54