Freeway Signing Handbook: Entrance Ramp Signing

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►1. Introduction
- ►1. Overview
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Chapter Overview
- ►2. Handbook Information
  - ♦Purpose of Handbook
  - ♦Status of Handbook
  - ♦Application of Handbook Guidelines
  - ♦Handbook Content
- ►3. Relation to Other Documents
►2. Principles of Freeway Signing
►3. Application of Freeway Signs
- ►1. Overview
  - ♦Introduction
- ►2. Freeway Direction Signs (White on Green)
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Overhead Sign Placement
  - ♦Advance Guide Signs
  - ♦Exit Direction Signs
  - ♦Exit Number Panels
  - ♦Diagrammatic Signs
  - ♦Interchange Sequence Signs
  - ♦ Pull-Through Signs
  - ♦Exit Gore Signs
  - ♦Supplemental Guide Signs
  - ♦Distance Signs
- ►3. General Service Signs (White on Blue)
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Types of Facilities
  - ♦Rest Area Signs
  - ♦Tourist Information and Welcome Center Signs
  - ♦Radio-Traffic Information Signs
  - ♦Specific Information Logo Signs
- ►4. Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Signs (White on Brown)
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Design and Application
- ►5. Miscellaneous Guide Signs (White on Green)
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Next X Exits Signs
  - ♦Next Exit Supplemental Signs
  - ♦Weigh Station Signs
  - ♦Guide Sign Routing Plaques
►4. Freeway Guide Sign Design
- ♦1. Overview
- ►2. Guide Sign Elements
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Abbreviations
  - ♦Route Signs
  - ♦Arrows
  - ♦Advisory Sign Panels
- ►3. Guide Sign Lettering
  - ♦Letter Style
  - ♦Letter Size
  - ♦Letter Spacing
- ►4. Guide Sign Layout
  - ♦Introduction
  - ♦Border Design
  - ♦Lateral Spacing
  - ♦Interline Spacing
  - ♦Word Message Placement
  - ♦Route Sign and Cardinal Direction Placement
  - ♦Arrow Placement
  - ♦Spacing to Border Edge
  - ♦Horizontal and Vertical Separator Lines
  - ♦Final Length and Height Adjustment
- ►5. Diagrammatic Signs
  - ♦Diagrammatic Sign Design
►5. Freeway Guide Signing
▼6. Frontage Road Signing
- ♦1. Overview
- ▼2. Entrance Ramp Signing
  - ♦Introduction
- ►3. Exit Ramp Signing
  - ♦Introduction
- ►4. Frontage Road Approach Signing
  - ♦Introduction
- ►5. Cross-Street Route Signing
  - ♦Introduction
►A. Overhead Sign Lighting

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Section 2: Entrance Ramp Signing

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Introduction

Figure 6-1 through Figure 6-3 illustrate entrance ramp signing for one-way and two-way frontage roads.

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Figure 6-1. Typical signing for an entrance ramp from a one-way frontage road – diverge condition.

Figure 6-2. Typical signing for an entrance ramp from a one-way frontage road – lane-drop condition.

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Figure 6-3. Typical signing for an entrance ramp from a two-way frontage road.