DESIGN OF SIGNS FOR THE PENTAGON ROAD NETWORK

STUDIES ARE MADE TO DETERMINE SUCH ITEMS AS NUMBER AND ARRANGEMENT OF LEGEND LINES, THE SIZE, SHAPE AND SLOPE OF ARROWS, SPACING OF LETTERS AND WORDS, EDGE AND BETWEEN LINE CLEARANCES, THE HEIGHT, LATERAL POSITION AND FACE ANGLES FOR MOUNTING BOARDS, AND VARIOUS OFFSET ARRANGEMENTS OF DUAL SIGNS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/23/23-020.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 23, pp 206-235, 8 FIG, 8 TAB, 9 PHOT. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Loutzenheiser, D W
• Publication Date: 1944

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois November 27-30, 1943
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 23
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Lettering; Networks; Traffic signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Letters; Mounting; Traffic sign design
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225979
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 18 1971 12:00AM