MUTCD Part 2 Chapter 2F: Specific Service Signs

Course Synopsis:

This course material derives from the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices as issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. The quiz author is J. Cloyce Darnell, P.E.

Did you know? If State or local agencies elect to provide Specific Service signing for pharmacies, both of the following criteria shall be met for a pharmacy to quality for signing:

• The pharmacy shall be continuously operated 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and shall have a State-licensed pharmacist present and on duty at all times; and
• The pharmacy shall be located within 4.8 km (3 miles) of an interchange on the Federal-aid system.

Traffic control devices are defined as all signs, signals, markings, and other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic, placed on, over, or adjacent to a street, highway, pedestrian facility, or bikeway by authority of a public agency having jurisdiction. The Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is incorporated by reference in 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 655, Subpart F and is recognized as the national standard for all traffic control devices installed on any street, highway, or bicycle trail open to public travel in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 109(d) ad 402(a).

The need for uniform standards was recognized long ago, and the MUTCD is a result of much research and several editions since 1935 in order to establish and facilitate those uniform standards. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation has decreed that traffic control devices on all streets and highways open to public travel shall be in substantial conformance with the Standards issued or endorsed by the FHWA.

Specific Service signs provide road users with business identification and directional information for services and for eligible attractions. Specific Services signs are normally limited to areas primarily rural in character or to areas where adequate sign spacing can be maintained. This course provides specific information and criteria regarding Specific Service Signs.

Course Objectives:

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills regarding Specific Service Signs:

 • Eligibility Standards and Application

 • Number and Size of Logos and Signs

 • Size of Lettering

 • Signs at Interchanges and Intersections

 • Signing Policy

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