Manual Notice: 2008-1

From: Carlos A Lopez, P.E.

Manual: Freeway Signing Handbook

Effective Date: February 01, 2008

Purpose

This handbook provides information to assist designers in the design and placement of freeway signing. This handbook is intended for application primarily on urban freeway facilities, but some portions of the handbook will also have application to freeway signing in rural areas. It also provides design personnel with information that will help them provide statewide consistency for freeway guide signing. This handbook addresses guide signing situations that are not covered in the Texas MUTCD or other TxDOT documents.

Instructions

This is a new manual, and it does not replace any existing documents.

Contents

The contents of the Freeway Signing Handbook are:

  • Chapters 1 through 6
  • Appendix A

Review History

This manual is the product of a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) research project. The TxDOT project director is James Bailey of the Waco District. The research supervisor is Gene Hawkins of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTl). Gary Ford of TTl developed most of the material in the handbook, and Sue Chrysler of TTl also contributed to the development of the handbook. Wade Odell was the research liaison engineer for the TxDOT Research and Technology Implementation Office.

Contact

Address questions concerning information contained in this manual notice to Michael Chacon, Traffic Operations Division (TRF), 512-416-3120.

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No past manual notices are available at this time.

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