Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2400 - Division of Transportation Solutions
2402 - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
Part 1 - General
Chapter 1A - GENERAL
Table 1A-2 - Abbreviations that Shall be Used Onlyon Portable Changeable Message Signs
Universal Citation: 2 DE Admin Code 1A-2
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
| Word Message | Standard Abbreviation | Prompt Word That Should Precede the Abbreviation | Prompt Word That Should Follow the Abbreviation |
| Access | ACCS | - | Road |
| Ahead | AHD | Fog | - |
| Blocked | BLKD | Lane | - |
| Bridge | BR* | [Name] | - |
| Cannot | CANT | - | - |
| Center | CNTR | - | Lane |
| Chemical | CHEM | - | Spill |
| Condition | COND | Traffic | - |
| Congested | CONG | Traffic | - |
| Construction | CONST | - | Ahead |
| Crossing | - | - | |
| Do Not | DONT | - | - |
| Downtown | DWNTN | - | Traffic |
| Eastbound | E-BND | - | - |
| Emergency | EMER | - | - |
| Entrance, Enter | ENT | - | - |
| Exit | EX | Next | - |
| Express | EXP | - | Lane |
| Frontage | FRNTG | - | Road |
| Hazardous | HAZ | - | Driving |
| Highway-Rail Grade Crossing | RR XING | - | - |
| Interstate | I-* | - | [Number] |
| It Is | ITS | - | - |
| Lane | LN | [Roadway Name]*,Right, Left, Center | - |
| Left | LFT | - | - |
| Local | LOC | - | Traffic |
| Lower | LWR | - | Level |
| Maintenance | MAINT | - | - |
| Major | MAJ | - | Accident |
| Minor | MNR | - | Accident |
| Normal | NORM | - | - |
| Northbound | N-BND | - | - |
| Oversized | OVRSZ | - | Load |
| Parking | PKING | - | - |
| Pavement | PVMT | Wet | - |
| Prepare | PREP | - | To Stop |
| Quality | QLTY | Air | - |
| Right | RT | Keep, Next | - |
| Right | RT | - | Lane |
| Roadwork | RDWK | - | Ahead, [Distance] |
| Route | RT, RTE | Best | - |
| Service | SERV | - | - |
| Shoulder | SHLDR | - | - |
| Slippery | SLIP | - | - |
| Southbound | S-BND | - | - |
| Speed | SPD | - | - |
| State, county, or other non-US or non-Interstate numbered route | [Route Abbreviation determined by highway agency]** | - | [Number] |
| Tires With Lugs | LUGS | - | - |
| Traffic | TRAF | - | - |
| Travelers | TRVLRS | - | - |
| Two-Wheeled Vehicles | CYCLES | - | - |
| Upper | UPR | - | Level |
| Vehicle(s) | VEH, VEHS | - | - |
| Warning | WARN | - | - |
| Westbound | W-BND | - | - |
| Will Not | WONT | - | - |
| * This abbreviation, when accompanied by the prompt word, may be used on traffic control devices other than portable changeable message signs. ** A space and no dash shall be placed between the abbreviation and the number of the route. | |||
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