SIGN INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES

These guidelines are intended to give field maintenance personnel the information needed to install and maintain post mounted regulatory, warning and guide signs on the Primary Road System in Iowa. These guidelines apply to two lane routes as well as all Interstate, freeway and expressway routes. Included are sections on post mounting supports, longitudinal location of signs along a roadway, lateral placement of signs, stop sign location, sign mounting height, details on hardware and assembly and sign maintenance. These guidelines should be used on all sign work which becomes necessary on the Promary Road System. The guidelines have been developed to supplement the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and supersede all previous policies, procedures, instructions, and memorandums relative to sign installation and maintenance. Because of budget and manpower limitations, the guidelines do not apply retroactively to signs which were installed in accordance with previous instructions and are otherwise in satisfactory condition.

• Corporate Authors:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Publication Date: 1984-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 37 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building; Equipment assemblies; Equipment maintenance; Facilities; Guide signs; Guidelines; Height; Installation; Lateral placement; Location; Primary highways; Regulatory signs; Sign supports; Traffic signs; Warning signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Assembly; Hardware
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic sign maintenance
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752091
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 4 1998 12:00AM