MUTCD 11th Edition (2023)

Section 2C.72 — Object Markers for Obstructions Adjacent to the Roadway

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Section 2C.72. Standards, guidance, options and support statements, with figures and cross-references.

Section 2C.72 Object Markers for Obstructions Adjacent to the Roadway Support: 01 Obstructions not actually within the roadway are sometimes so close to the edge of the road that they need a marker. These include underpass piers, bridge abutments, handrails, ends of traffic barriers, utility poles, and culvert headwalls. In other cases there might not be a physical object involved, but other roadside conditions exist, such as narrow shoulders, drop-offs, gores, small islands, and abrupt changes in the roadway alignment, that might make it undesirable for a road user to leave the roadway, and…

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