Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2400 - Division of Transportation Solutions
2402 - Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
Part 2 - Signs
Chapter 2C - WARNING SIGNS AND OBJECT MARKERS
Section 2C.36 - Advance Traffic Control Signs (W3-1, W3-2, W3-3, W3-3-DE, W3-3-DE1, W3-3P-DE, W3-4)

Universal Citation: 2 DE Admin Code 2C.36

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024

Standard:

01 The Advance Traffic Control symbol signs (see Figure 2C-6) include the Stop Ahead (W3-1), Yield Ahead (W3-2), and Signal Ahead (W3-3) signs. These signs shall be installed on an approach to a primary traffic control device that is not visible for a sufficient distance to permit the road user to respond to the device (see Table 2C-4). The visibility criteria for a traffic control signal shall be based on having a continuous view of at least two signal faces for the distance specified in Table 4D-2.

Option:

01A (DE Revision) Signal Ahead (W3-3) signs may be omitted on the approaches to traffic signals along corridors with closely spaced traffic signals where there is sufficient signal visibility (see Table 2C-4).

01B (DE Revision) A XX SIGNALS NEXT XX MILES (W3-3P-DE) sign (see Figure 2C-12) may be mounted below a Signal Ahead (W3-3) sign located on the approach to the first upstream traffic signal along a corridor of closely spaced traffic signals.

01C (DE Revision) A Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon Ahead (W3-3-DE1) sign (see Figure 2C-12) may be installed on the approach to a pedestrian hybrid beacon. A supplemental educational plaque containing the legend PED SIGNAL AHEAD may be installed below a Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon Ahead sign.

Support:

02 Figure 2A-4 shows the typical placement of an Advance Traffic Control sign.

03 Permanent obstructions causing the limited visibility might include roadway alignment or structures. Intermittent obstructions might include foliage or parked vehicles.

Guidance:

04 Where intermittent obstructions occur, engineering judgment should determine the treatment to be implemented.

Option:

05 An Advance Traffic Control sign may be used for additional emphasis of the primary traffic control device, even when the visibility distance to the device is satisfactory.

06 An advance street name plaque (see Section 2C.58) may be installed above or below an Advance Traffic Control sign.

07 A warning beacon may be used with an Advance Traffic Control sign.

08 A BE PREPARED TO STOP (W3-4) sign (see Figure 2C-6) may be used to warn of stopped traffic caused by a traffic control signal or in advance of a section of roadway that regularly experiences traffic congestion.

Standard:

09 When a BE PREPARED TO STOP sign is used in advance of a traffic control signal, it shall be used in addition to a Signal Ahead sign and shall be placed downstream from the Signal Ahead (W3-3) sign.

Option:

10 The BE PREPARED TO STOP sign may be supplemented with a warning beacon (see Section 4L.03).

Guidance:

11 When the warning beacon is interconnected with a traffic control signal or queue detection system, the BE PREPARED TO STOP sign should be supplemented with a WHEN FLASHING (W16-13P) plaque (see Figure 2C-12).

Option:

11A (DE Revision) A RED SIGNAL AHEAD WHEN FLASHING (W3-3-DE) sign (see Figure 2C-6) supplemented with warning beacons may be installed on an approach to a traffic signal where engineering judgment indicates a need to provide additional warning to motorists of a red signal indication.

Support:

12 Section 2C.40 contains information regarding the use of a NO MERGE AREA (W4-5P) supplemental plaque in conjunction with a Yield Ahead sign.

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