3973Buried Cable Signs

3973.1SCOPE

Provide buried cable signs to mark the route of underground fiber optic cables.

3973.2REQUIREMENTS

A Buried Cable Sign Install aluminum signs meeting the following requirements and characteristics:

Before purchasing the buried cable signs, obtain the Engineer’s approval of the sign design. Install the ground mounted signs to 2.6 pounds per foot galvanized steel fence posts in accordance with 3401, “Flanged Channel Sign Post.” If installing the signal mounted signs to the Ramp control signal, use stainless steel bands and fittings. B Legend and Logo Size Provide an 8 inch by 12 inch aluminum buried cable sign with black legend silk screened on an orange face meeting the requirements of the Standard Signs and Markings Manual and the following: Table 3973.2-1 Buried Cable Sign Legend Line Number Line Text Character Size and Color, inches Background Size and Color, inches 1 CAUTION 1.1875, orange 1.5 by 7, black* 2 BURIED 0.9375, black — 3 FIBER OPTIC 0.9375, black — 4 CABLE 0.9375, black — 5 BEFORE DIGGING 0.65625, black — 6 CALL 0.65625, black — 7 GOPHER STATE ONE CALL 0.5, black — 8 811 0.90625, black — 9 MnDOT LOGO ǁ — — * Center the information on the background. ǁ The MnDOT logo is a circle with a diameter of 1.03125 inches and the phrase “MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION” in black letters in the margin with an orange background . The left half of the logo inside the margin has an orange silhouette of the left one half of a coniferous tree on a black foreground. The right half of the logo inside the margin has an orange five point star silhouette inside a black foreground. C Sign Placement Place the signs no greater than 500 feet apart, and at each change of direction, along the route of direct buried fiber optic cable. END