ROAD SIGNS: SPECIFICATIONS. SECOND EDITION

This standard specifies the design and construction requirements for standard road signs provided for in Australian standard as 1743.1. The standard describes numbering systems; dimensions; legend; layout; borders, edge strips and corners; signboard construction; application of sign faces; advance direction signs; symbolic service signs; retroreflective colours; and fluorescent colours. Drawings of standard road signs are provided, including: regulatory signs; warning signs; guide signs; temporary signs; and hazard markers. The standard was approved on 17 October 1988 and supersedes Australian standard as 1743-1975.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Standards Association of Australia

  Standards House, 80 Arthur Street
  North Sydney 2060, New South Wales,   Australia 
• Publication Date: 1989-1-23

Media Info

• Pagination: 248 p.
• Serial:
  • Australian Standard
  • Publisher: STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Construction; Design; Fluorescence; Layout; Reflectivity; Size; Standards; Traffic signs
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491489
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-7262-5291-3
• Report/Paper Numbers: AS 1743-1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM