The place names, route numbers and distances shown are the examples used in the federal reference drawing. On the road, this sign carries the local ones.
MUTCD M11-1aP · Route markers and plaques
Historic Route plaque for National Historic Trail markers
What it means
Historic Route plaque for National Historic Trail markers.
What to do about it
It is a route marker: it identifies the highway you are on or heading toward, so you can confirm you are on the right road. (MUTCD M11-1aP.)
Practice this on the real test format
Signs are the part of the DMV written test people fail on, because reading them is a skill rather than a fact to memorize. Aprobify drills all 1034 of them, and tells you why each answer is what it is.
Get the appSign designations follow the MUTCD and the California MUTCD published by Caltrans; meanings are checked against the California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025). Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
Signs in the same family
These sit next to it in the route markers and plaques series — the ones most easily mixed up with it.
- M10-3 State scenic byway system marker for state-designated routes
- M10-3a State scenic byway system with simple graphic and identification
- M10-3bP Scenic byway plaque for use with route markers
- M11-1 National Historic Trail identification marker for federally designated historic trails
- M11-1bP Crossing plaque for National Historic Trail markers
- M11-1cP Auto Tour Route plaque for National Historic Trail markers
