Morrisville Engineering, Design, and Construction Manual - July 2016

Section 4: Access and Circulation 4.3 Signage, Signals, and Pavement Markings 4.3.3 Street Name Signs

Street blades shall meet the following standards:

1.

Street Blade

a. Blade Height

All signs shall be six inches in height

b. Blade Length

Depending on the length of the road name, signs shall 24, 30, 36, 42, 48 or 54 inches.

Quantity of Blades

c.

Two blades naming both the subdivision street and public road shall be affixed per sign post.

d. Material

Blades shall be construction of full sheet 0.08 gauge extruded aluminum.

e. Blade Installation Height

Blades shall be mounted at a height of eight feet, six inches measured from the bottom of the blade to the ground surface.

Reflectorization

f.

Blades shall consist of 3M engineer grade reflective green background with 3M white engineer grade reflective copy on both sides of the blade.

g. Color

Blades shall have a white message on a green background.

h. Lettering

Lettering shall be at least four inches high and use Arial Bold font. Upper and lower case lettering shall be standard with the lower case centered on the upper case letters.

Road Designation

i.

(1) Private Road

Private road designation shall have a black horizontal message on a six-inch wide yellow reflectorized background placed on the left side of the sign blade.

(2) Town Road

Town road designation shall have a white horizontal message on a six-inch wide blue reflectorized background placed on the left side of the sign blade.

(3) State Road

State road designation shall have a black horizontal message on a six-inch wide white reflectorized background placed on the left side of the sign blade.

Legend

j.

Three lines, including street name, block and state road numbers shall be maximum.

2.

Posts

a. Material

(1) Posts shall be 12 inch galvanized, #2 U-channel signposts.

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