[livatlantis]

Ah I'd heard about this earlier but the details are a lot of fun:

"He copied the height and thickness of existing interstate shields, copied their exact typeface, and even sprayed his sign with a thin glaze of overspray of gray house paint so that it wouldn’t look too new."

Of course, not everyone should be doing this, but what a brilliant story!

[lima]

The best part is that Caltrans inspected it and left it up!