1. Introduction | Signs and Markings Manual | TxDOT Manual System

♦Manual Notice 2006-1
▼1. Introduction
- ♦1. Overview
►2. Sign Location and Installation
- ♦1. Overview
►3. Sign Materials and Supports
- ♦1. Overview
►4. Sign Maintenance
- ♦1. Overview
►5. Regulatory Signs
- ♦1. Overview
►6. Warning Signs
- ♦1. Overview
►7. Guide Signs
- ►1. Overview
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Purpose of Guide Signs
  - ♦Use of Brown Background
- ►2. Concurrent Routes
  - ♦Avoiding Unnecessary Concurrent Routes
  - ♦Concurrent Route Confirmation Assemblies
- ►3. Oversize Street Name Signs
  - ♦Recommended Use
  - ♦Letter Size
  - ♦Dimensions
- ►4. Signing for County Roads
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Eligible County Roads
  - ♦Signing Standards
  - ♦When Warning Signs are Used
  - ♦Signs Provided by County
  - ♦Existing Signs
- ►5. Interstate Highway Numbering
  - ♦Original Numbering System
  - ♦Current Numbering System
  - ♦Loops
- ►6. Special Route Markers
  - ♦Hurricane Evacuation Route Signing (EM-1 series)
  - ♦Texas Travel Trails
- ►7. Destination and Distance Signing
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Combination of Routes Between Major Destinations
  - ♦Additional Distance Signing
  - ♦Spacing Additional Destination and Distance Signs
- ►8. Destination Signing for Border Cities in Mexico
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Types of Border Crossings
  - ♦Sign Content
  - ♦Sign Placement
- ►9. Traffic Generators, Special Events, and Government Offices
  - ♦Signing for Traffic Generators
  - ♦Local Authority Requests for Traffic Generator Signs
  - ♦Commercial Names
  - ♦Seasonal and Special Events Signing
  - ♦Airports
  - ♦Offices of Elected US and State Officials
  - ♦Texas Lottery Claim Centers
- ►10. State Parks
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Sign Placement
- ►11. Public Beaches
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Access Roads
  - ♦Parking Lots
  - ♦Funding of Signs
- ►12. Wildlife Viewing Areas
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Signing Standards
- ►13. General-Services Signs
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Expanded Use on Conventional Highways
  - ♦Verification
- ►14. Radio Information Signs
  - ♦Background
  - ♦Signing
- ►15. Reference Markers and Mileposts
  - ♦Reference Markers
  - ♦Milepost Markers
- ►16. Memorial Marker and Named Marker Highways and Structures
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Legal Basis for Naming and Signing
  - ♦Records Management
  - ♦Designation Process Varies
  - ♦Designation through Local Action
  - ♦Designation through Legislative Action
  - ♦Approval of Names
  - ♦Policy Guidance for Signing
  - ♦Sign Placement Standards
  - ♦Sign Design Standards
  - ♦Exceptions to Signing Standards
- ►17. Historic Routes
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Legal Basis for Naming and Signing
  - ♦Records Management
  - ♦Designation Process
  - ♦Agreement
  - ♦Sign Placement and Standards
- ►18. Street-Named Highways
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Legal Basis for Naming
  - ♦Records Management
  - ♦Designation Process Varies
  - ♦Designation by a City
  - ♦Designation by the Legislature
  - ♦Signing Practices
- ►19. Historical Markers
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Historical Marker Process Overview
  - ♦Marker Placement
  - ♦Design and Installation of Markers
  - ♦Maintenance of Markers
  - ♦Marker Numbers
  - ♦Booklet Available
  - ♦Advance and Directional Signing Standards
  - ♦Advance and Directional Sign Details
- ►20. County Line Signs
  - ♦Expressways and Freeways
  - ♦Placement
- ►21. WELCOME TO TEXAS Signs
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Standards
  - ♦Placement
- ►22. Accessibility Signing for Rest and Picnic Areas
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Use of the Accessibility Plaque
  - ♦Historic Picnic Areas
►8. Miscellaneous Signs
- ♦1. Overview
►9. Expressway and Freeway Signing
- ♦1. Overview
►10. Markings and Delineators
- ♦1. Overview
►11. Other Traffic Control Situations
- ♦1. Overview

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Section 1: Overview

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