Road Map Symbols And Meanings

There are no plans for adopting the vienna convention on road signs and signals standards. Instead, they display services for travelers. In the united states, road signs are, for the most part, standardized by federal regulations, most notably in the manual on uniform traffic control devices (mutcd) and its companion volume the standard highway signs (shs).

Right hairpin bend sign indicates the driver that there is a deep right curve road ahead. Grab and pen and paper and write down the names of the features you think are difficult to remember on the left hand side of your paper. Regulatory signs display the rules governing a stretch of roadway.

For work zone traffic control symbols refer to index 600.

Department of the interior u.s. A similar sign without the parallel lines warns of a school zone. For roads and paths there are only minor differences between symbols on 25k and 50 k maps. Motorway numbers m6 and m69 are also on.