Transcription of MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES TABLE …
1 2011 Edition Page TC-1 December 2011 MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION .. I-1 PART 1. GENERAL CHAPTER 1A. GENERAL Section Purpose of TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES .. 1 Section Principles of TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES .. 1 Section Design of TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES .. 2 Section Placement and Operation of TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES .. 2 Section Maintenance of TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES .. 2 Section Uniformity of TRAFFIC CONTROL 2 Section Responsibility for TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES .. 3 Section Authority for Placement of TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES .
2 4 Section Engineering Study and Engineering Judgment .. 5 Section Interpretations, Experimentations, Changes, and Interim Approvals .. 5 Section Relation to Other Publications .. 9 Section Color Code .. 12 Section Definitions of Headings, Words, and Phrases in this MANUAL .. 12 Section Meanings of Acronyms and Abbreviations in this MANUAL .. 27 Section Abbreviations Used on TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES .. 28 PART 2. SIGNS CHAPTER 2A. GENERAL Section Function and Purpose of Signs .. 35 Section Definitions .. 35 Section Standardization of Application.
3 35 Section Excessive Use of Signs .. 36 Section Classification of Signs .. 36 Section Design of Signs .. 36 Section Retroreflectivity and Illumination .. 37 Section Maintaining Minimum Retroreflectivity .. 38 Section Shapes .. 40 Section Sign Colors .. 40 Section Dimensions .. 42 Section Symbols .. 42 Section Word Messages .. 43 Section Sign Borders .. 44 Section Enhanced Conspicuity for Standard Signs .. 44 Section Standardization of Location .. 45 Section Overhead Sign Installations .. 50 Section Mounting Height .. 51 Section Lateral Offset.
4 52 Section Orientation .. 53 Section Posts and Mountings .. 53 Section Maintenance .. 53 Section Median Opening Treatments for Divided Highways with Wide Medians .. 53 Page TC-2 2011 EditionDecember 2011 CHAPTER 2B. REGULATORY SIGNS, BARRICADES, AND GATES Section Application of Regulatory Signs .. 56 Section Design of Regulatory Signs .. 56 Section Size of Regulatory Signs .. 56 Section Right-of-Way at Intersections .. 61 Section STOP Sign (R1-1) and ALL WAY Plaque (R1-3P).. 62 Section STOP Sign Applications .. 63 Section Multi-Way Stop Applications.
5 64 Section YIELD Sign (R1-2) .. 65 Section YIELD Sign Applications .. 65 Section STOP Sign or YIELD Sign Placement .. 66 Section Stop Here For Pedestrians Signs (R1-5 Series) and Side of Street Pedestrian Signs (R1-6a(2) and R1-6a(3)) .. 72 Section In-Street and Overhead Pedestrian Crossing Signs (R1-6a(1) and R1-9a) .. 72 Section Speed Limit Sign (R2-1) .. 74 Section Truck Speed Limit Plaque (R2-2P) .. 77 Section Night Speed Limit Plaque (R2-3P).. 77 Section Minimum Speed Limit Plaque (R2-4P) .. 77 Section Higher Fines Signs and Plaque (R2-6P, R2-10, and R2-11).
6 77 Section Movement Prohibition Signs (R3-1 through R3-4, R3-18, and R3-27) .. 78 Section Intersection Lane CONTROL Signs (R3-5 through R3-8) .. 80 Section Mandatory Movement Lane CONTROL Signs (R3-5, R3-5a, R3-7, and R3-20) .. 85 Section Optional Movement Lane CONTROL Sign (R3-6) .. 88 Section Advance Intersection Lane CONTROL Signs (R3-8 Series) .. 88 Section RIGHT (LEFT) LANE MUST EXIT Sign (R3-33) .. 89 Section Two-Way Left Turn Only Signs (R3-9a, R3-9b) .. 89 Section BEGIN and END Plaques (R3-9cP, R3-9dP) .. 89 Section Reversible Lane CONTROL Signs (R3-9e through R3-9i).
7 90 Section Jughandle Signs (R3-23, R3-24, R3-25, and R3-26 Series) .. 92 Section DO NOT PASS Sign (R4-1) .. 97 Section PASS WITH CARE Sign (R4-2) .. 98 Section KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS Sign (R4-16) and SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT Sign (R4-3) .. 98 Section TRUCKS USE RIGHT LANE Sign (R4-5) .. 98 Section Keep Right and Keep Left Signs (R4-7, R4-8) .. 100 Section STAY IN LANE Sign (R4-9) .. 101 Section RUNAWAY VEHICLES ONLY Sign (R4-10) .. 101 Section Slow Vehicle Turn-Out Signs (R4-12, R4-13, and R4-14) .. 101 Section DO NOT DRIVE ON SHOULDER Sign (R4-17) and DO NOT PASS ON SHOULDER Sign (R4-18).
8 104 Section DO NOT ENTER Sign (R5-1) .. 104 Section WRONG WAY Sign (R5-1a) .. 105 Section Selective Exclusion Signs .. 108 Section ONE WAY Signs (R6-1, R6-2) .. 109 Section Wrong-Way TRAFFIC CONTROL at Interchange Ramps .. 112 Section Divided Highway Crossing Signs (R6-3, R6-3a) .. 116 Section Roundabout Directional Arrow Signs (R6-4, R6-4a, and R6-4b) .. 116 Section Roundabout Circulation Plaque (R6-5P) .. 118 Section Examples of Roundabout Signing .. 118 Section Parking, Standing, and Stopping Signs (R7 and R8 Series) .. 122 Section Design of Parking, Standing, and Stopping Signs.
9 124 Section Placement of Parking, Stopping, and Standing Signs .. 126 Section Emergency Restriction Signs (R8-4, R8-7, R8-7(1), R8-8) .. 129 Section WALK ON LEFT FACING TRAFFIC and No Hitchhiking Signs (R9-1, R9-4, R9-4a) .. 129 2011 Edition Page TC-3 December 2011 Section Pedestrian Crossing Signs (R9-2, R9-3) .. 129 Section TRAFFIC Signal Pedestrian and Bicycle Actuation Signs (R10-1 through R10-4, and R10-24 through R10-26) .. 131 Section TRAFFIC Signal Signs (R10-5 through R10-30) .. 132 Section No Turn on Red Signs (R10-11 Series, R10-17a, and R10-30).
10 133 Section Photo Enforced Signs and Plaques (R10-18, R10-19P, R10-19aP) .. 135 Section Ramp Metering Signs (R10-28 and R10-29) .. 135 Section KEEP OFF MEDIAN Sign (R11-1) .. 136 Section ROAD CLOSED Sign (R11-2) and LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY Signs (R11-3 Series, R11-4).. 136 Section Weight Limit Signs (R12-1 through R12-5) .. 137 Section Weigh Station Signs (R13 Series) .. 138 Section TRUCK ROUTE Sign (R14-1) .. 138 Section Hazardous Material Signs (R14-2, R14-3) .. 139 Section National Network Signs (R14-4, R14-5) .. 139 Section Headlight Use Signs (R16-5 through R16- 11, R2-6(1) through R2-6(3)).
