'TRUMP 2020' Painted In 6 Locations On Route 44

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CARVER (CBS) – Transportation officials are investigating after "TRUMP 2020" was painted onto six separate locations along Route 44 in Carver and Middleboro. MassDOT policy prohibits any unauthorized markings on state highways.

"TRUMP 2020" was spray painted onto a busy road. (WBZ-TV)

The agency "will be dispatching contractor crews to temporarily cover the markings as soon as possible," MassDOT said in a statement. Crews will come back overnight to permanently removed the pro-Donald Trump messages.

In one of the locations "TRUMP 2020" was painted twice, once in each travel lane. The messages were put on the road using yellow paint.

Two TRUMP 2020 paintings on Route 44 (WBZ-TV)

Massachusetts State Police said they do not yet have information on the incidents.

This story has been updated to identify the correct locations of the markings.