2003 MUTCD Chapter 2A Signs General

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2003 MUTCDChapter 2A Signs General
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2A.06 Design of Signs

• Add to the support statement
• General appearance of sign legends, colors,
  and sizes shown in illustrations do not exactly
  correspond to letter brush stroke widths of the
  SHS nor tolerance limits of colors

2003 MUTCD
2000 MUTCD
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2A.06 Design of Signs

• Internet addresses shall not be shown on any
  sign.

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2A.06 Design of Signs
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Phone numbers with gt 4 characters should not be
used.
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2A.06 Design of Signs

• Add Option that
• Special word message signs are allowed for
  additional regulatory, warning, or guidance
  information.

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2A.07 Changeable Message Signs (CMS)

• Revise Guidance
• safety or transportation-related messages are
  allowed on CMS and portable CMS.

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2A.07 Changeable Message Signs

• New Option
• Changeable message signs that display a
  regulatory or warning message may use a black
  background with a white, yellow, orange, red, or
  fluorescent yellow-green legend as appropriate.

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Section 2A.08 Retroreflectivity and Illumination

• Table 2A-1, Means of Illumination
• Add Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) to the list.
• Use term Incandescent Light Bulbs instead of
• Patterns of Incandescent Light Bulbs.

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Section 2A.08 Retroreflectivity and Illumination
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2A.10 Shapes

• Add rectangular panel for the Emergency
  Evacuation Route Sign

• Clarify Trapezoid Shape for National Forest
  Signs and Recreation/Cultural Interest Signs

Compliance Period 15 years
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2A.11 Sign Colors

• Colors to be used on standard signs and their
  specific use on these signs shall be as indicated
  in the applicable sections of this Manual.

• Coral, Light Blue, and purple remain on Reserved
  List
• Color Coordinate values in 23 CFR Part 655, Sub
  Part F
• Note MUTCD does not specify color for toll road
  signs

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2A.11 Sign Colors

• Assign the color Fluorescent Pink for Incident
  Management

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2A.11 Sign Colors

• Modify Table 2A-4
• new column for Fluorescent Pink
• - New row for Changeable Message signs

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2A.14 Word Messages

• Clarify GUIDANCE for legibility distance
• 1 inch letter height 40 feet of legibility
  distance is the minimum.
• Add SUPPORT
• research indicates 1 inch letter height 33
  feet of legibility distance benefits older road
  users.

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2A.15 Sign Borders

• Corners of all sign borders, except for STOP
  signs, shall be rounded.
• Not the sign blank

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2A.16 Standardization of Location

• Relocate
• Figures 2A-3, 2A-4, 2A-5, and 2A-6 to Section
  2B.37 One-Way Signs.
• Remove Figure 2A-7.

Note Examples rather than typical
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2A.16 Standardization of Location

• Add GUIDANCE explaining which signs may be
  combined.

Regulatory signs that do not conflict with each
other can be grouped.
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2A.17 Overhead Sign Installations

• Modify GUIDANCE statement
• Clarify that overhead guide signs should be used
  on freeways

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2A.18 Sign Mounting Height

• Minimum height in rural area is 5 feet above edge
  of road
• where parking and pedestrian movement occur, the
  clearance to the bottom of the sign shall be a
  minimum of 7 feet.

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2A.18 Mounting Height

• Add OPTION
• Where vertical clearance structures lt 16 feet,
  vertical clearance sign structure may be 1 foot
  higher.
• Lower clearances needed to maximize visibility of
  signs for low bridge structure or tunnels.

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2A.19 Lateral Offset

• a STANDARD included to address lateral offset of
  overhead sign supports
• (6 feet minimum)
• a GUIDANCE included to deal with the lateral
  offset of ground-mounted signs (12 feet minimum).

Compliance date of January 17, 2013 for
Crashworthiness of sign supports for roads with
posted speed limit of 50 mph
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2A.21 Posts and Mountings

• OPTION retroreflective material on supports of
  regulatory and warning signs to draw attention to
  the sign
• 2 inch width and 2 feet above the edge of road

2 in
Color
2ft
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2A.23 Median Opening Treatments for Divided
Highways with Wide Medians