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 4 destinations on 5 lines 2 destinations on 2 lines

New requirement for minimum freeway and expressway guide sign and plaque sizes

Longer commonly-used words may be abbreviated

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 ?

New sections added for signing 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

New Overhead Arrow-per-Lane signs for option-lane exits and splits feature an upward-pointing arrow over each lane

Required at new or reconstructed option lane locations (major interchanges, splits) Provision for conversion from diagrammatic (interim gore sign location) Overhead Arrow-per-Lane guide signs

Freeway and expressway diagrammatic signs Existing concept retained Limited to locations with an option lane Limited to existing facilities only

Intermediate and minor interchange multi-lane exits with option lane Permissive down arrow: Dedicated or option lane?

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

For lane drops without an option lane, the Exit Direction sign shall have an EXIT ONLY panel with an upward diagonal arrow

Eisenhower Interstate System signs

New requirement for exit numbering by reference location Space required between the number and letter

LEFT plaques required for numbered and non-numbered exits to the left

An advisory speed legend may be added to an Exit Direction sign

Optional Type 1 object markers on Exit Gore sign supports Exit gore conspicuity

Narrow Exit Gore sign Narrow gore NOT a narrow gore

New Chapter 2F – Toll Road Signs

Purple background and underlay panels with ETC account pictographs Only for portion of sign displaying ETC registration requirement NOT for destinations or other uses

New regulatory plaques for toll plazas

Toll Rate sign Limited to three lines of text unless used at toll booths where vehicles must stop

New toll road warning signs and plaques

New TOLL auxiliary sign for entrances to toll routes

New ETC account-only auxiliary sign

New guide signs and optional symbols for toll plaza canopies Required over the center of each toll lane

Advance signs for conventional toll plazas

Guide signs for toll plazas and open-road ETC lanes

New Chapter 2G – Preferential and Managed Lane Signs (relocated from Chapter 2B)

New and revised post-mounted and overhead regulatory signs for preferential lanes New plaque

New signs for HOV lanes that become general-purpose lanes (occupancy requirement ends, but the lane continues)

New guide signs for preferential lanes

New signs for priced managed lanes

New regulatory signs for priced managed lanes

New toll rate signs for priced managed lanes

New signs for managed lanes — comparative travel times

New guide signs for priced managed lanes

Revisions to Chapter 2H – General Information Signs (relocated from Chapters 2D and 2E)

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

Size of Traffic Signal Speed sign increased from 12” x 18” to 24” x 36” Changeable message element permitted for varying the progression speed

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

New Vehicle Ferry Terminal sign

New provisions for the design and use of acknowledgement signs Logo area exceeds 1 / 3 sign area Sign in vicinity of decision point