Unless you have paid for Mapquest Business Solutions, you are in violation of their copyright. This can also lead to your site being banned (DMCA).
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License to and Limitations on Use of Maps, Cartographic Technology and Content Information
Provided you comply with these Terms of Use, MapQuest grants you a nonexclusive, non-transferable license to view and print the Materials solely for your own personal non-commercial use. You may share a map with another individual for that individual's personal non-commercial use using the email option on the map webpage. You may not commercially exploit the Materials or the underlying data, including without limitation, you may not create derivative works of the Materials, use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools on the Materials, frame any portion of the Materials, or reprint, copy, modify, translate, port, publish, sublicense, assign, transfer, sell, or otherwise distribute the Materials without the prior written consent of MapQuest.
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If you're web designer placed those images on your site and did not warn you of any repercussions, I would have a serious talk with them. If your web designer has purchased rights to use Mapquest maps on sites, make sure that the right to use the images is transferrable to your site.