revisions to chapter 2e – guide signs for freeways and expressways
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Revisions to Chapter 2E – Guide Signs for Freeways and Expressways. Guide sign legends should not exceed three lines of destination information. Does not include exit numbers, and action or distance messages. 4 destinations on 8 lines. 2 destinations on 2 lines. 4 destinations on 5 lines. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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
Does not includeexit numbers, and action or distance
messages
4 destinationson 8 lines
4 destinationson 5 lines
2 destinations on 2 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
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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• Required at new or reconstructed option lane locations (major interchanges, splits)
• Provision for conversion from diagrammatic (interim gore sign location)
Overhead Arrow-per-Laneguide signs
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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 lanePermissive 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
Narrow gore NOT a 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