A SUMMARIZED REVIEW OF MILEPOSTING ON STATE MAINTAINED HIGHWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES

A SUMMARY IS PRESENTED OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE STATES IN MILEPOSTING ROADS, EXCLUSIVE OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. MILEPOST SIGNING IS DESCRIBED FOR IMPROVING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF HIGHWAY OPERATIONS, TO PROVIDE ACCURATE LOCATION DATA FOR RURAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, AND TO ASSIST DRIVERS IN ESTIMATING PROGRESS AND IN ORIENTING THEMSELVES FOR DECISIONS THAT MAY BE NEEDED. THE DETAILS OF SIGN DESIGN FROM EACH STATE AND SOME DATA ON INSTALLATION COSTS ARE PRESENTED. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN EXISTING STANDARD FOR THE INTERSTATE NETWORK, THERE IS NO RECOMMENDED STANDARD MILE-MARKER SIGN FOR OTHER HIGHWAYS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 22 Pp, 8 FiG, 5 PHO
• Corporate Authors:

  Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

  1005 North Glebe Road
  Arlington, VA  United States  22201
• Publication Date: 1967

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Design; Drivers; Highway operations; Highways; Location; Reviews; Rural areas; Signs; Traffic; Traffic crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Mileposting
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218193
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 15 1994 12:00AM