Throwback Thursday - January 11, 2018

For this week's Throwback Thursday, we visit a shield in Wilmington, Delaware that was a throwback even when I saw it in November 2008. This cutout DE 2 route shield from the days of yore was one of only a handful of cutout shields remaining in the State of Delaware when I saw it. I'm not sure if this shield is still found in the wild.

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Alex Nitzman said…

Unfortunately it was replaced by summer of 2016. The Delaware 4 cutout in Wilmington is the last in the state now.

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