NPS? EXC? OPW? Signs with three-letter codes have been popping up on Ontario highways ahead of the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games.
Approximately 5,000 blue-and-orange signs are being posted on highways in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area to help direct spectators, athletes and officials to the venues.
The signs feature three-letter codes like EPS and PAP, all of which can be found on a map put together by the Pan Am organizers.
Here's a quick guide to decoding the signs:
ABL - Abilities Centre (55 Gordon St., Whitby)
AJX - President's Choice Ajax Ballpark (2001 Audley Rd. N., Ajax)
ANG - Angus Glen Golf Club (10080 Kennedy Rd., Markham)
CCE - Pan Am Cross-Country Centre (RR#1, Orangeville)
CEB - Centennial Park Pan Am BMX Centre (256 Centennial Park Rd., Toronto)
CEP - Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park (200 Pine St., Caledon)
CTC - Canadian Tennis Centre (1 Shoreham Dr., Toronto)
EPS - Exhibition Stadium (170 Princes' Blvd., Toronto)
EXC - Exhibition Centre (100 Princes' Blvd., Toronto)
HAM - CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium (75 Balsam Ave. N., Hamilton)
HEN - Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course (57 Main St., St. Catharines)
HRD - Hardwood Mountain Bike Park (402 W. Old Barrie Rd., Oro Station)
MAR - Atos Markham Pan Am/Parapan Am Centre (16 Main St., Unionville-Markham)
MIS - Mississauga Sports Centre (550 Rose Cherry Pl., Mississauga)
MIV - Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am Velodrome (2015 Pan Am Blvd., Milton)
MRT - Milton Time Trial Course (2015 Pan Am Blvd., Milton)
MWW - Minden Wild Water Preserve (Bethel Road, Minden Hills)
OBX - Oshawa Sports Centre (99 Athol St. E., Oshawa)
OPW - Ontario Place West Channel (955 Lake Shore Blvd. W., Toronto)
PAC - CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House (University of Toronto, Morningside Avenue and Military Trail, Toronto)
PAF - Pan Am/Parapan Am Fields (University of Toronto, Hoskin Avenue at Devonshire Place, Toronto)
PAP - CIBC Pan Am Park (200 Princes' Blvd., Toronto)
PBV - Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre (200 Princes' Blvd., Toronto)
PLB - Pan Am Bowling Centre (5555 Eglinton Ave. W., Toronto)
RCY - Sugar Beach (11 Dockside Dr., Toronto)
RYA - Ryerson Athletic Centre (50 Carlton St., Toronto)
TCO - Toronto Coliseum (100 Princes' Blvd., Toronto)
TTS - Pan Am Shooting Centre (5206 Side Rd. 5, Cookstown)
UTS - University of Toronto Scarborough Tennis Centre (131 Old Kingston Rd., Toronto)
VAR - Varsity Stadium (299 Bloor St. W., Toronto)
WFC - Welland Pan Am Flatwater Centre (16 Townline Tunnel Rd., Welland)
YOR - CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Athletics Stadium (York University, Ian MacDonald Boulevard and Ottawa Road, Toronto)
