Handbook Content
This handbook describes various aspects of freeway signing,
with an emphasis on the design elements of freeway guide signs.
The chapters of this handbook address the topics described in the following
table.
Chapter | Describes |
|---|---|
1 | The handbook and its relation
to other freeway signing documents. |
2 | The basic principles of freeway
signing. |
3 | Appropriate use of different
types of freeway signs, with the focus on the application of freeway signs. |
4 | The design (or layout) of Exit
Direction and Advance Guide signs. It focuses on the spacing relationships
between various elements of a freeway sign legend. |
5 | The placement of freeway Advance
Guide and Exit Direction signs approaching roadway interchanges
and freeway-to-freeway interchanges. |
6 | Signing for freeway frontage
roads. |
This handbook addresses the following types of signs used
on freeways and frontage roads:
- interchange exit signing
- entrance ramp signing from frontage road
- exit ramp signing to frontage road
- frontage road signing at intersections.