Revisions to Chapter 2D Guide Signs for Conventional Roads

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Revisions to Chapter 2D Guide Signs
forConventional Roads
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Option to use all upper-case letters
for place names and street names is deleted
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Guide signs should have no more than 3 lines of
destination info
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Provisions for use of pictographs on guide signs
Exceeds maximum size, not official seal
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Down arrows shall always be vertical and
positioned directly over the approximate center
of each applicable lane
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New guide signs forcircular intersections
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Route and auxiliary signs combined on a green
background
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For optional use above confirming assembly at the
start of a route
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Lane designation auxiliary signs
For dedicated or mandatory movement lanes only
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A downward diagonal arrow auxiliary sign may be
used at freeway entrances
D13-3a
M6-2a
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Combination lane-use and destination overhead
guide signs
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Route shield may be used on a Street Name sign
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Only alternatives to the green background color
for Street Name signs are blue, brown, or white
A black legend shall be used if a white
background is used, otherwise the legend color
shall be white
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New table for letter heights on Street Name signs
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Recommended order of two street
names on an Advance Street Name
sign
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On multi-lane conventional road approaches to
interchanges, guide signs identifying the
direction of turn or lane to use for each ramp
shall be provided
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New option for advance entrance direction
diagrammatic signs
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Option to use alternative legends on FREEWAY
ENTRANCE signs
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New provisions for the design and use of
community wayfindingguide signs
Enhancement markers
Color coding
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New provisions for the design and use of
community wayfindingguide signs

• Use on freeways, expressways, or ramps not
  allowed
• Position of arrows, order and number of
  destinations
• Guidance on location of ped wayfinding

Not for primary destinations
Incorrect arrow placement andorder of
destinations
Incorrect use of boundary sign, excessive info
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Guide signs for truck lanes, passing lanes, and
climbing lanes
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Slow vehicle turn-out advance guide
sign
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Revisions to Chapter 2E Guide Signs
forFreeways and Expressways
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Guide sign legends should not exceed three lines
of destination information
4 destinationson 8 lines
2 destinations on 2 lines

• Does not includeexit numbers, and action or
  distance messages

4 destinationson 5 lines
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New requirement for minimum freeway and
expressway guide sign and plaque sizes
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Longer commonly-used words may be abbreviated
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Down arrows over center of lane required for
guide signs

• Approximate center of lane
• Arrow must point vertically down
• Arrow and sign above applicable lane
• Arrow clearly relates to lane

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Avoid ambiguous placement of down arrow
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New sections added forsigning of option lanes

• 2E.20 Splits and multi-lane exits
  with an option lane
• 2E.21 Design of Overhead Arrow-
  per-Lane signs
• 2E.22 Design of freeway and
  expressway diagrammatic signs
• 2E.23 Signing for intermediate and
  minor interchange multi-lane exits
  with an option lane

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New Overhead Arrow-per-Lane signs for option-lane
exits and splits feature an upward-pointing arrow
over each lane
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Overhead Arrow-per-Laneguide signs

• Required at new or reconstructed option lane
  locations (major interchanges, splits)
• Provision for conversion from diagrammatic
  (interim gore sign location)

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Freeway and expressway diagrammatic signs

• Existing concept retained
• Limited to locations with an option lane
• Limited to existing facilities only

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Intermediate and minor interchange multi-lane
exits with option lane
Permissive down arrow Dedicated or option
lane?
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For lane drops without an option lane,
an EXIT ONLY panel with a down arrow(s) is now
required on all overhead advance guide signs
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For lane drops without anoption lane, the Exit
Direction sign shall have an EXIT ONLY panel with
an upward diagonal arrow
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Eisenhower Interstate System signs
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New requirement for exit numbering by reference
location
Space required between the number and letter
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LEFT plaques required for numbered and
non-numbered exits to the left
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An advisory speed legend may be added to an Exit
Direction sign
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Optional Type 1 object markers on Exit Gore sign
supports
Exit gore conspicuity
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Narrow Exit Gore sign
NOT a narrow gore
Narrow gore
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NewChapter 2F Toll Road Signs
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Purple background and underlay panels with ETC
account pictographs

• Only for portion of sign displaying ETC
  registration requirement
• NOT for destinations or other uses

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New regulatory plaquesfor toll plazas
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Toll Rate sign

• Limited to three lines of text unless used at
  toll booths where vehicles must stop

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New toll road warning signs and plaques
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New TOLL auxiliary sign for entrances to toll
routes
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New ETC account-only auxiliary sign
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New guide signs and optional symbols for toll
plaza canopies
Required over the center of each toll lane
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Advance signs for conventional toll plazas
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Guide signs for toll plazas and open-road ETC
lanes
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New Chapter 2G Preferential and Managed Lane
Signs(relocated from Chapter 2B)
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New and revised post-mounted and overhead
regulatory signs for preferential lanes
New plaque
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New signs forHOV lanes that become
general-purpose lanes
(occupancy requirement ends, but the lane
continues)
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New guide signs for preferential lanes
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New signs for priced managed lanes
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New regulatory signs for priced managed lanes
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New toll rate signs for priced managed lanes
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New signs for managed lanes comparative travel
times
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New guide signs for priced managed lanes
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Revisions toChapter 2H General Information
Signs(relocated from Chapters 2D and 2E)
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New chapter with sections relocated from
Chapters 2D and 2E

• Traffic signal speed sign
• Reference location signs
• Other I-series general information signs
• Memorial signing
• Auto tour route signs
• Acknowledgement signs

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Size of Traffic Signal Speed sign increased from
12 x 18 to 24 x 36
Changeable message element permitted for varying
the progression speed
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Shields and trailblazer assemblies for designated
auto tour routes(formerly trail signs)

• Auto Tour Route signs designed in accordance with
  provisions for route signs
• Independent assemblies allowed on freeways
  between discontinuous segments

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New Vehicle Ferry Terminal sign
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New provisions for the design and use of
acknowledgement signs
Logo area exceeds1/3 sign area
Sign in vicinity of decision point
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Revisions toChapter 2I General Service
Signs(relocated from Chapters 2D and 2E)
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General Service and Roadside Area signs are now
in a separate chapter
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New General Service symbol signs
Telecommunication device for the deaf
Wireless Internet
Revised General Service signs
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Interstate Oasis signing
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Brake Check Area and Chain-Up Area signs
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Dial changed to Call
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Revisions toChapter 2J Specific Service
Signs(formerly Chapter 2F)
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12 logos ontwo signs allowed for one service
type at an interchange
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Supplemental messages and new RV-Access symbol
allowed within logo sign panels
OR
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Required minimum letter heights for
word-message logo panels

• 8-inch letters for freeways/expressways

• 4-inch letters for ramps and conventional roads

New table of sizes included
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Specific service trailblazer signs
Required for business not directly accessed from
the crossroad
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NO Significant Revisions to Chapter 2K
Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs(formerly
Chapter 2G)
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New Chapter 2L Changeable Message Signs
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Provisions forchangeable message signs

• Legend height
• Color
• Phases per cycle
• Display time

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Provisions forchangeable message signs

• Other types of electronic-display CMS
  (limited-legend, blank-out) specifically
  identified for clarification of applicability
• Non-electronic displays (hinged-panel,
  rotating-drum, backlit scroll) follow same
  requirements as static signs

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Revisions toChapter 2M Recreational and
Cultural Interest Area Signs(formerly Chapter
2H)
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Updated and expanded set of recreational and
cultural interest area symbol signs
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Recreational and cultural interest area
prohibitory signs
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New Wildlife Viewing Area sign
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Advance Turn or Directional Arrow auxiliary signs
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Destination guide signs on expressways and
freeways
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Memorial ordedication signing

• One sign per direction
• No extraneous information or decorative elements

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Revisions toChapter 2N Emergency Management
Signing(formerly Chapter 2I)
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Tsunami Evacuation Route sign
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New option for fluorescent pink background when
EM-6 or EM-7 signs are used for an incident
situation
OR