New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter V - New York State Supplement To The National Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices For Streets And Highways-2009 Edition › Part 2 - Signs › Chapter 2I - General Service Signs › Section 2I.03 - General Service Signs for Freeways and Expressways

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
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Support:
00A The Freeway General Service (D9-18) sign (see Figure
					 2I-3) is for use on freeways to inform motorists about certain services
					 conveniently accessible at exits.
Standard:
00B The Freeway General Service shall have white letters,
					 symbols, arrows, and borders on a blue background. Letter and numeral sizes
					 shall comply with the minimum requirements of Tables 2E-1 through 2E-4.
00C The Freeway General Service sign shall carry the
					 symbols for one or more of the following services only: Food (D9-8), Gas
					 (D9-7), Diesel Fuel (D9-11), Alternative Fuel -- Compressed Natural Gas
					 (D9-11a), Electric Vehicle Charging (D9-11b), Alternative Fuel -- Ethanol
					 (D9-11c), Propane Gas (D9-15), Lodging (D9-9), Tent Camping (D9-3), Trailer
					 Camping (D9-3a), Telephone (D9-1), Hospital (D9-2), or Tourist Information
					 (D9-10) (see Section
					 2D.45).
00D Only symbols shall be permitted on the Freeway General
					 Service sign. The D9-18a and D9-18c signs shall not be used in New York.
Option:
00E For numbered interchanges, the exit number may be
					 incorporated within the sign legend (D9-18b) or displayed on an Exit Number
					 (E1-5P) plaque (see Section
					 2E.31).
Guidance:
00F The Freeway General Service sign should be used where
					 the overall public interest is better served by omitting brand and facility
					 names. Where the public interest would be better served by including such
					 information, Specific Service signs (see Chapter 2J) should be used
					 instead.
00G Freeway General Service signs should be limited to
					 areas which are rural in character. They should not be used in urbanized areas
					 where the availability of motorist services is evident or may reasonably be
					 assumed.
00H Freeway General Service signs should not be used on
					 approaches to interchanges with other freeways, on approaches involving lane
					 drops, or on approaches where diagrammatic Advance Guide signs (see Section
					 2E.33) are used. They should also not be used where it would be inconvenient
					 for motorists leaving the freeway to re-enter to resume their travel.
00I Freeway General Service signs should only be used where
					 necessary General Service symbol signs are in place on the exit ramp, and at
					 subsequent locations where traffic must turn to reach the particular
					 services.
Option:
00J Where Tourist-Oriented Directional signs (see Chapter
					 2K) provide guidance at locations where turns are necessary, the follow-up
					 General Service Symbol signs may be omitted.
Support:
00K Ramp signs are usually not necessary at double-exit
					 interchanges. They are also generally not needed at single-exit interchanges
					 for businesses which are readily visible from the ramp terminal.
Standard:
00L No more than six services, including any appended
					 panels, shall be displayed on one Freeway General Service sign.
00M The qualified services available shall be shown at
					 specific locations on the Freeway General Service sign. To provide flexibility
					 for the future, when the service might become available, the sign space
					 normally reserved for a given service symbol shall be left blank when that
					 service is not present.
00N Symbols for businesses which are operated on a seasonal
					 basis shall be removed or covered when the businesses are closed.
Guidance:
00O The symbols on a Freeway General Service sign should be
					 displayed as follows:
A. Six services:
Top row--Gas, Food, and Lodging
Bottom row--Phone, Hospital, and Camping
B. Four services:
Top row--Gas and Food
Bottom row--Lodging and Phone
C. Three services:
Top row-- Gas, Food, and Lodging
Option:
00P Signing for Diesel Fuel, Propane Gas, or other
					 alternative fuel services may be substituted for any of the general services or
					 appended to such signs. The International Symbol of Accessibility for the
					 Handicapped (D9-6) sign may be used for facilities that qualify.
00Q Substitutions of other services for any of the services
					 shown above may be made by placing the substitution in the lower right (four or
					 six services) or extreme right (three services) portion of the sign panel. An
					 action message or an interchange number may be used for symbol signs in the
					 same manner as they are used for word message signs. The Diesel Fuel symbol or
					 the Propane Gas symbol may be substituted for the symbol representing fuel or
					 appended to such assemblies. The Tourist Information sign may be substituted on
					 any of the above configurations.
00R At rural interchange areas where limited road user
					 services are available and where it is unlikely that additional services will
					 be provided within the near future, a supplemental plaque displaying one to
					 three services may be appended below a post-mounted interchange guide
					 sign.
Standard:
00S If more than three services become available at rural
					 interchange areas where limited road user services were anticipated, the
					 appended sign plaque described in Paragraph 00R shall be removed and replaced
					 with an independently mounted General Service sign as described in this
					 Section.
Option:
00T A separate Telephone sign may be installed if telephone
					 facilities are located adjacent to the route at places where public telephones
					 would not normally be expected. The Recreational Vehicle Sanitary Station
					 (D9-12) sign may be used as needed to indicate the availability of facilities
					 designed for dumping wastes from recreational vehicle holding tanks. In some
					 locations, signs may be used to indicate that services are not
					 available.
Guidance:
00U To be eligible for a Freeway General Service sign,
					 businesses or facilities should meet the requirement set forth for Specific
					 Service signs (see Chapter 2J) and General Service signs (see Section
					 2I.02).
Option:
00V The eligibility requirements for a particular type of
					 service may be satisfied by a single business or facility, or jointly by two or
					 more businesses or facilities in reasonably close proximity.
Standard:
00W Where eligibility for signing involves more than one
					 business or facility, all shall be within the specified travel distance limit
					 from the exit gore, and guidance to all shall involve the same General Service
					 symbol sign on the exit ramp and at all subsequent locations.
00X Only one Freeway General Service sign shall be used in
					 each travel direction at a single-exit interchange. The number of Freeway
					 General Service signs per travel direction approaching a double-exit
					 interchange shall be limited to one for each exit.
Option:
00Y Where the services associated with each exit of a
					 double-exit interchange are identical, one Freeway General Service sign,
					 covering both exits, may be used.
00Z If the distance to the next point where services are
					 available is greater than 10 miles, a NEXT SERVICES XX MILES (D9-17P) plaque
					 (see Figure 2I-2) may be installed below the Exit Direction sign (see Section
					 2E.36).
Standard:
00AA Where used at a numbered interchange, the Freeway
					 General Service sign shall be supplemented with the interchange number, as
					 illustrated in Figure 2I-3.
00BB Where used at an unnumbered interchange, the Freeway
					 General Service sign shall be supplemented with an action message such as NEXT
					 EXIT or SECOND RIGHT, as illustrated in Figure 2I-3.
00CC Symbols on the Freeway General Service sign shall be
					 identical in design and meaning to those used on General Service symbol signs
					 (see Section
					 2I.02).
Guidance:
00DD Symbols on the Freeway General Service signs should be
					 18 inches high or 18 inches wide, as appropriate. They should be arranged so
					 that the horizontal spaces between them are uniform. The Gas and Diesel Fuel
					 symbols should not ordinarily be displayed together on the Freeway General
					 Service sign. Also, the Trailer Camping and Tent Camping symbols should not
					 ordinarily be displayed together.
Option:
00EE The Gas and Diesel Fuel symbols, or both the Trailer
					 Camping and Tent Camping symbols, may be included where it is deemed in the
					 public interest to do so.
Guidance:
00FF The Freeway General Service sign should be placed at
					 least 800 feet from any other guide sign.
00GG At a single-exit interchange, the Freeway General
					 Service sign should be placed between the Advance Guide sign and the Exit
					 Direction sign. If more than one Advance Guide sign is used, the Freeway
					 General Service sign should be placed after the last one.
00HH Where a Supplemental Guide sign (see Section 2E.35)
					 is used, the Freeway General Service sign should be placed to follow it. Where
					 a NYI9-5 or NYI9-10 ATTRACTION sign (see Chapter 2J) is used, the Freeway
					 General Service sign should be placed to follow it.
Standard:
00II Where two Freeway General Service signs are used at a
					 double-exit interchange, the signs for both exits shall be placed at the same
					 location. The Freeway General Service sign for the first exit to be encountered
					 shall be placed immediately above the Freeway General Service sign for the
					 second exit.
Guidance:
00JJ The Freeway General Service signs for double-exit
					 interchanges should be positioned between the Advance Guide sign and the Exit
					 Direction sign for the first exit. If more than one Advance Guide sign is used,
					 the Freeway General Service signs should be placed after the last one. Where a
					 Supplemental Guide sign is used, the Freeway General Service signs should be
					 placed to follow it. Where NYI9-5 or NYI9-10 ATTRACTION signs are used, the
					 Freeway General Service signs should be placed after them.
00KK Where only one Freeway General Service sign is used at
					 a double-exit interchange, it should be positioned between the Advance Guide
					 sign and the Exit Direction sign for the first exit. If more than one Advance
					 Guide sign is used, the Freeway General Service sign should be placed after the
					 last one. Where a Supplemental Guide sign is used, the Freeway General Service
					 sign should be placed to follow it. Where NYI9-5 or NYI9-10 ATTRACTION signs
					 are used, the Freeway General Service sign should be placed after them.
Option:
00LL The Freeway General Service sign may be supplemented
					 with a Truck Parking (D9-16) General Service sign to indicate the availability
					 of truck parking at a nearby service area if the criteria listed in Section
					 2I.02 
					 are met.
Guidance:
00MM Where a Truck Parking sign is used in conjunction with
					 the Freeway General Service sign, the Truck Parking sign should be placed
					 immediately beneath, and centered horizontally on, the Freeway General Service
					 sign.
Option:
00NN The Truck Parking sign may be placed at a height which
					 is less than that required by Section 2A.18.