Introduction

Chapters 2D and 2E of the (TMUTCD) provide detailed information on the application of highway guide signs. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) (SCFB) contains further detailed information on the types and uses of guide signs on conventional highways, including detailed discussions and illustrations of:
  • guide sign components
  • arrangement of guide signs on the sign assemblies
  • placement of guide signs at intersection approaches and departures.
This chapter provides additional information and guidelines specific to TxDOT operations. See the for details of signing layouts on freeway facilities.
The recommendations and guidelines contained in this chapter should be treated as general goals intended to improve the guidance of motorists; they are not necessarily applicable to every situation.