Millennium Edition Part 4: Traffic Signals

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Chapter 2E Guide Signs for Expressways and
Freeways
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Combined Parts

• 2E Guide Signs freeways and expressways
• Combines 1988 editions Part 2E - Guide Signs for
  Expressways and Part 2F - Guide Signs for
  Freeways

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Retroflective Signs

• Sign backgrounds that are not independently
  illuminated shall be retroflective

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Legends and Borders on Overhead Signs

• Shall be retroreflective unless internally
  illuminated

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Special Sign Treatments

• Add frequent use of street names as principal
  message

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Selection of Control Cities

• States and local agencies are responsible for
  selecting control cities

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Periods on Guide Signs

• Used only when cardinal direction is part of a
  destination name (example E. Baltimore)

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Symbol Signs

• Symbol designs shall match the MUTCD

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Diagrammatic Sign Design

• EXIT ONLY panel shall not be used at interchange
  splits

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Changeable Message Signs

• Design guidance in accordance to part 6 and
  letter height of 450 mm (18)

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Vertical Dimension of Exit Number Sign Panel

• 30 inch vertical dimension

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Interchange Exit Numbering

• Milepost numbering is preferred method

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General Service Signs

• 6 or 7 days a week
• Seasonal application

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Radio Information Signing

• Section 2E.56
• Has been expanded to include both weather and
  traffic information
• AM and FM radio frequencies
• CD channels
• regular telephone numbers
• cell phone numbers
• 511

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