• ♦Manual Notice 2018-1
• ►1. Introduction
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►2. Background Information
    • ♦Purpose of Field Book
    • ♦Organization of the Sign Crew Field Book
    • ♦Relationship to Other TxDOT Documents
    • ♦Relationship of Intersection Illustrations to Actual Intersections
    • ♦History of the Sign Crew Field Book
    • ♦Helpful Information for First Time Users
    • ♦Replacing Signs in the Field
• ►2. Warning Signs
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►2. Warning Sign Advance Placement
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Advance Placement Condition Descriptions
    • ♦Relation Between Minimum Distances and Sign Crew Field Book Distance
    • ♦Advance Placement Distance for Warning Signs
    • ♦Conditions Associated with Specific Warning Signs
• ►3. Types and Uses of Guide Signs
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►2. Guide Sign Components
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Route Signs (Texas MUTCD 2D.10 and 2D.11)
    • ♦Junction Sign (Texas MUTCD 2D.13 and 2D.14)
    • ♦Cardinal Direction Auxiliary Signs (Texas MUTCD 2D.15)
    • ♦Arrow Signs (Texas MUTCD 2D.26 and 2D.28)
    • ♦Double Arrow Sign
    • ♦Special Design for Wide Directional Arrow Auxiliary Sign
    • ♦Lane Designation Auxiliary Signs
    • ♦Other Auxiliary Signs (Texas MUTCD, Section 2D.16 to 2D.24)
  • ►3. Arrangement of Components
    • ♦Introduction (Texas MUTCD, Section 2D.29)
    • ♦Guide Sign Units
    • ♦Arrangement Hierarchy
    • ♦Arrangement Pattern
    • ♦Arrangement by Direction
    • ♦Arrangement by Class of Highway
    • ♦Arrangement by Highway Number
    • ♦Examples of Assembly Arrangements
    • ♦Layout Dimensions for Assemblies
  • ►4. Guide Sign Assemblies
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Junction Assembly (Texas MUTCD Section 2D.30)
    • ♦Advance Route Turn Assembly (Texas MUTCD Section 2D.31)
    • ♦Directional Assembly (Texas MUTCD Section 2D.32)
    • ♦Confirming Assembly (Texas MUTCD Section 2D.34)
    • ♦Trailblazer Assembly (Texas MUTCD Section 2D.35)
    • ♦Texas Reference Marker Assembly
  • ►5. Stand-Alone Signs
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Destination Signs (Texas MUTCD Section 2D.36 through Section 2D.40)
    • ♦Distance Signs (Texas MUTCD Section 2D.36, 2D.41 and 2D.42)
• ►4. Lateral Placement and Height
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Terminology Used in the Field Book
  • ►2. Lateral Placement
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Locating Sign Posts Close to One Another
    • ♦Lateral Placement
  • ►3. Lateral Placement at Intersections
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►4. Sign Height
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Height of Signs and Sign Assemblies
• ►5. Approach Placement
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►2. Basic Placement Considerations
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Convention Used in Illustrations
    • ♦Effect of Speed on Placement Distances
    • ♦Approach Placement Illustrations
  • ►3. 3-Leg T Intersection Illustrations
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►4. 3-Leg Side Intersection Illustrations
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►5. 4-Leg Intersection Illustrations
    • ♦Introduction
• ►6. Departure Placement
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►2. Basic Departure Placement Considerations
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Distance Between Departure Signs
    • ♦Effect of Speed on Placement Distances
    • ♦No Sign Zone
  • ►3. Intersection Departure Illustrations
    • ♦Introduction
• ►7. Special Signing Situations
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►2. Divided Highway Intersections and Crossovers
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Median Width
    • ♦Markings for Divided Highway Intersections and Crossovers
    • ♦Delineation for Divided Highway Intersections and Crossovers
    • ♦Divided Highway Intersections
    • ♦Crossovers
  • ►3. Overlapping Routes
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►4. Road Ends
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Road Ends Situation
  • ►5. Interchange Applications
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Interchanges
    • ♦Frontage Roads
  • ►6. Lane Drop Applications
    • ♦Lane Drop at No Control Intersections
  • ►7. Divided Highway Transitions
    • ♦Introduction
• ►8. Markers and Delineation
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►2. Object Markers
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Types of Object Markers (Texas MUTCD, Section 2C.63)
    • ♦Omni-Directional Sign Post Wrap
    • ♦Application of Object Markers (Texas MUTCD, Section 2C.65)
  • ►3. Delineators and Chevrons
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Delineator Design (Texas MUTCD, Section 3F.02)
    • ♦Delineator and Object Marker Application and Spacing (Texas MUTCD, Section 3F.04)
    • ♦Use of Delineators and Chevrons in Curves
    • ♦Delineator Placement
    • ♦Chevron Placement
    • ♦Delineator and Chevron Spacing
    • ♦Delineation for Divided Highway Intersections and Crossovers
  • ►4. Barrier Reflectors
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Barrier Reflector Design
    • ♦Barrier Reflector Application
    • ♦Barrier Reflector Placement
    • ♦Barrier Reflector Spacing
  • ►5. Applications
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Application Illustrations
• ▼9. Mailboxes
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Introduction
  • ►2. Types of Mailboxes and Installations
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Types of Mailboxes
    • ♦Types of Mailbox Installations
  • ►3. Mailbox Placement Considerations
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Placement Adjacent to Paved (All-Weather) Surface
    • ♦Longitudinal Placement
    • ♦Lateral Offset from Access Point
    • ♦Height
  • ►4. Mailbox Hardware
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Types of Supports
    • ♦Types of Foundations
    • ♦Mailbox Bracket
  • ▼5. Mailbox Installation
    • ♦Single Mailbox Installation
    • ♦Double Mailbox Installation
    • ♦Multiple Mailbox Support
  • ►6. Mailbox Attachments
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Object Markers on Mailbox Supports
    • ♦Emergency Location Number
    • ♦Newspaper Receptacle
  • ►7. Mailbox Compliance
    • ♦Introduction
    • ♦Example Letter to Box Owners

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Section 5: Mailbox Installation

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Single Mailbox Installation

Figure 9-16 illustrates the installation of a single mailbox on a wing channel support.

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Figure 9-16. Installation of Single Mailbox on Wing Channel Support

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Double Mailbox Installation

Figure 9-17 illustrates the installation of a double mailbox on a wing channel support.

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Figure 9-17. Installation of a Double Mailbox on a Wing Channel Support

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Multiple Mailbox Support

Figure 9-18 illustrates the installation of a multiple mailbox support.

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Figure 9-18. Installation of a Multiple Mailbox Support