diff --git a/editor/src/plugins/show_owner.rs b/editor/src/plugins/show_owner.rs
index 822babf17c..07479d9b5e 100644
--- a/editor/src/plugins/show_owner.rs
+++ b/editor/src/plugins/show_owner.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub enum ShowOwnerState {
     Inactive,
     BuildingSelected(BuildingID, HashSet<CarID>),
     CarSelected(CarID, Option<BuildingID>),
-    ShapeSelected(ExtraShapeID, Option<RoadID>),
+    ShapeSelected(ExtraShapeID, Option<(RoadID, bool)>),
 }
 
 impl ShowOwnerState {
@@ -88,8 +88,11 @@ impl Plugin for ShowOwnerState {
                     return Some(color);
                 }
             }
-            (ShowOwnerState::ShapeSelected(_, Some(r)), ID::Lane(l)) => {
-                if ctx.map.get_parent(l).id == *r {
+            (ShowOwnerState::ShapeSelected(_, Some((r, fwds))), ID::Lane(l)) => {
+                let parent = ctx.map.get_parent(l);
+                if parent.id == *r
+                    && ((*fwds && parent.is_forwards(l)) || (!fwds && parent.is_backwards(l)))
+                {
                     return Some(color);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/editor/src/render/extra_shape.rs b/editor/src/render/extra_shape.rs
index bd14c7c4ab..2c6516a42e 100644
--- a/editor/src/render/extra_shape.rs
+++ b/editor/src/render/extra_shape.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub struct DrawExtraShape {
     pub id: ExtraShapeID,
     shape: Shape,
     pub attributes: BTreeMap<String, String>,
-    pub road: Option<RoadID>,
+    pub road: Option<(RoadID, bool)>,
 }
 
 impl DrawExtraShape {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl DrawExtraShape {
         id: ExtraShapeID,
         s: ExtraShape,
         gps_bounds: &GPSBounds,
-        closest: &FindClosest<RoadID>,
+        closest: &FindClosest<(RoadID, bool)>,
     ) -> Option<DrawExtraShape> {
         let mut pts: Vec<Pt2D> = Vec::new();
         for pt in s.points.into_iter() {
diff --git a/editor/src/render/map.rs b/editor/src/render/map.rs
index ed46a339bc..8944ff6292 100644
--- a/editor/src/render/map.rs
+++ b/editor/src/render/map.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use geom::{Bounds, Pt2D};
 use kml::ExtraShape;
 use map_model::{
     AreaID, BuildingID, BusStopID, FindClosest, IntersectionID, Lane, LaneID, Map, ParcelID,
-    RoadID, Turn, TurnID,
+    RoadID, Turn, TurnID, LANE_THICKNESS,
 };
 use objects::ID;
 use plugins::hider::Hider;
@@ -86,11 +86,15 @@ impl DrawMap {
 
         let mut extra_shapes: Vec<DrawExtraShape> = Vec::new();
         if !raw_extra_shapes.is_empty() {
-            // Match shapes with the nearest road
-            let mut closest: FindClosest<RoadID> = map_model::FindClosest::new(&map.get_bounds());
-            // TODO double each road into two sides...
+            // Match shapes with the nearest road + direction (true for forwards)
+            let mut closest: FindClosest<(RoadID, bool)> =
+                map_model::FindClosest::new(&map.get_bounds());
             for r in map.all_roads().iter() {
-                closest.add(r.id, &r.center_pts);
+                closest.add((r.id, true), &r.center_pts.shift_blindly(LANE_THICKNESS));
+                closest.add(
+                    (r.id, false),
+                    &r.center_pts.reversed().shift_blindly(LANE_THICKNESS),
+                );
             }
 
             let gps_bounds = map.get_gps_bounds();
diff --git a/map_model/src/road.rs b/map_model/src/road.rs
index c651b0fcb7..67ad18da74 100644
--- a/map_model/src/road.rs
+++ b/map_model/src/road.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ impl Road {
         )
     }
 
+    pub fn is_forwards(&self, lane: LaneID) -> bool {
+        self.children_forwards
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(id, _)| *id == lane)
+            .is_some()
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_backwards(&self, lane: LaneID) -> bool {
+        self.children_backwards
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(id, _)| *id == lane)
+            .is_some()
+    }
+
     // lane must belong to this road. Offset 0 is the centermost lane on each side of a road, then
     // it counts up from there. Returns true for the forwards direction, false for backwards.
     pub fn dir_and_offset(&self, lane: LaneID) -> (bool, usize) {