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Reassurance marker

A reassurance marker is a form of guide sign that indicates the current route, typically posted at the side of a numbered highway. They are intended to reassure drivers that they are traveling on the correct road, hence the name. Such markers are most commonly found in the United States and Canada, where they usually take the form of a shield with the road number posted on it, with a plate above or below it indicating compass direction. Roads in many other countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, have similar marker setups, but usually without the direction sign. On larger roads, reassurance markers are sometimes posted on a sign that is elevated on a gantry.

Certain nations forgo reassurance markers for other forms of identification. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, for example, the current route is indicated on every sign at motorway junctions, underneath or beside which are forward destinations and an arrow pointing ahead.

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