Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-04

row road or narrow bridge is. A
road 16 or IS feet wide may not be
| classed as narrow when the width
is constant, but if found at the end
of "a foot highway it would be
narrow.
Guide and Information Signs
'It is intended that ordinarily the
guide sign G2 shall show the name
of the next town enroute and also
the more important terminal on the
road, but there are many cases where
the one name will suffice. This sign
will be placed at right angles to the
road beyond all intersections ana fire.
quently along the route.
when approaching a junction name
plates G3 showing the next terminal
town on both routes will be used in
conjunction with the r. or IL direc-
tion letter or the straight ahead MS
sign to enable traffic to determine
the correct route without slowing
down to read the intersection sign
Except for mileage. This sign will
be placed on right-hand side and
AT right angles to road about $50
feet in advance of junction (see No.
4 on Plate No. H3).
Name plates will be used to give
information as to streams, lakes, his
torical points, parks, camp I sites,
towns, etc, along the highway. on
desert roads, all watering places will
be marked at nearest accessible point
on highway with distance and direc-
tion arrow M3.
Speed limit signs will be placed on
entering town or city. On entering
town the sign showing the town
speed limit is placed on right-hand
side of road and at right angles to
road, backed with a sign visible only
from the opposite direction showing
the highway speed limit for leaving
the town. On this same post and
parallel to highway will be name
plate with the name of town.
Special Markers
Special markers will consist Of
signs such as Road Closed Detour
800 feet maintenance section mark
ers No Parking mo Dumping
In order that the greatest good
might be obtained by the placing of
these signs along the highways, it
was first found necessary to remove
all signs of an advertising nature
from the highway right t-of-ways This
the highway department is now do
ing. Notice is first given to the own
ers of the signs, and if they are not
removed within the time specified
they are removed by the highway
department but not destroyed.
Our highways are now markell by
the Arizona Automobile club, which
is the only agency that attempts to
mark them. The highway department
has now entered into negotiations with
the automobile club with the idea of
co-operation with them in the matter
of carrying out their pledge to the
government to adequately sign the
Earterial highways of the state.
I'm the past throughout the country
there has been a tendency to rlace
too many signs on the highways, and
we have several instances of that in
our state, where counties have placed
danger curve signs on paval roads
at the beginning of 20O0 ft. radius
curve where there is no more danger
than ON a straight-away., In order
that the signing of these highways
may be intelligently carried out it
will be necessary to receive the CO.
operation of all cities through which
the arterial and state routes run.
February 20, 1925, was the date
the American Association Of State
highways officials took the initial
step toward this great undertaking,
and we hope that not orly > II ne
gotiations with the Automobile club
/ of Arizona will have been completed
but an order for the necessary signs
will have been placed by Feb. 20.
1926.