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Revisions to Chapter 2D – Guide Signs for Conventional Roads

This update includes changes to guide sign regulations for conventional roads, including the deletion of the option to use all upper-case letters for place names and street names and provisions for the use of pictographs. It also covers requirements for arrow placement, the use of green backgrounds for route and auxiliary signs, and new provisions for street name signs and community wayfinding signs.

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Revisions to Chapter 2D – Guide Signs for Conventional Roads

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  1. Revisions to Chapter 2D – Guide Signs forConventional Roads

  2. Option to use all upper-case letters for place names and street names is deleted

  3. Guide signs should have no more than 3 lines of destination info

  4. Provisions for use of pictographs on guide signs Exceeds maximum size, not official seal

  5. Down arrows shall always be vertical and positioned directly over the approximate center of each applicable lane

  6. New guide signs forcircular intersections

  7. Route and auxiliary signs combined on a green background

  8. For optional use above confirming assembly at the start of a route

  9. Lane designation auxiliary signs For dedicated or mandatory movement lanes only

  10. A downward diagonal arrow auxiliary sign may be used at freeway entrances D13-3a M6-2a

  11. Combination lane-use and destination overhead guide signs

  12. Route shield may be used on a Street Name sign

  13. 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

  14. New table for letter heights on Street Name signs

  15. Recommended order of two street names on an Advance Street Name sign

  16. 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

  17. New option for advance entrance direction diagrammatic signs

  18. Option to use alternative legends on FREEWAY ENTRANCE signs

  19. New provisions for the design and use of community wayfindingguide signs Enhancement markers Color coding

  20. 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

  21. Guide signs for truck lanes, passing lanes, and climbing lanes

  22. Slow vehicle turn-out advance guide sign

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