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Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 209 - REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCESS TO THE DESIGNATED NETWORK › Section 209.3 - Approval of applications

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(a) A
					 request for route approval under this chapter will be either approved as
					 submitted, approved with additional listed restrictions upon operation, or
					 disapproved in writing within 30 days of receipt of the request by the
					 Department of Transportation, or the relevant city or municipal highway
					 department. In the event the requested route requires the approval of the
					 Department and one or more municipalities, the 30-day period for review by a
					 municipality shall commence upon receipt of the request by the municipality.
					 The 30-day period for review by the Department will commence upon receipt of
					 approval or disapproval from all municipalities involved, or expiration of the
					 municipalities' 30-day period for review, whichever comes first. In no event
					 will this process take longer than 90 days without the consent of the
					 applicant.
(b) The period of time
					 provided for review of applications may be extended by written notice to the
					 applicant for a period of time agreed upon by the applicant and the Department
					 or the relevant city or municipal highway department, or for 15 days without
					 agreement of the applicant for good cause stated in the notice to the
					 applicant.
(c) An application not
					 approved or disapproved within the time periods stated in this section will be
					 deemed approved by the Department or the relevant city or municipal highway
					 department.
(d) Disapprovals or
					 restricted approvals of applications shall be in writing and explain the
					 reasons for the disapproval or restricted approval of the
					 application.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 209 - REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCESS TO THE DESIGNATED NETWORK › Section 209.4 - Review

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The decision of the Department of Transportation or of
						the relevant city or municipal highway department may be reviewed by filing a
						request with the agency to conduct a hearing and issue an adjudication under
						2
						Pa.C.S. §§
												501-508 and
						701-704 (relating to the
						Administrative Agency Law) or
						2
						Pa.C.S. §§
												551-555 and
						751-754 (relating to the
						Local Agency Law). Adjudication is subject to judicial review under
						2
						Pa.C.S. §§
												701-754 (relating to
						judicial review).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.2 - Adoption of Federal standards

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(a)
General provisions
. Consistent with the authority contained in
						75 Pa.C.S. §§
													6103(c) and
						6121 (relating to
						promulgation of rules and regulations by the Department; and uniform system of
						traffic-control devices), the Department hereby adopts the MUTCD, as published
						by the Federal Highway Administration. The MUTCD is adopted in its totality
						except where this chapter clearly indicates that it is not being adopted, or
						that additional warrants or criteria are being provided.
(b)
Modification of Federal statutes,
						regulations or provisions
. As provided in
						75 Pa.C.S. §
													6103(d), if the MUTCD is
						amended or modified by the Federal Highway Administration, the amendment will
						take effect on the effective date specified by the Federal Highway
						Administration unless the Department publishes a notice in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
stating that the amendment or
						modification will not apply.
This section cited in 67 Pa. Code §
														101.2 (relating to persons
							 authorized to direct traffic); and 67 Pa. Code § 101.3 (relating to
							 minimum attire).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.3 - Pennsylvania's Supplement to the MUTCD

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The Department will publish this chapter as a
						  supplement to the MUTCD. This publication will be called
Official
						  Traffic Control Devices
(Department Publication 212), and will include
						  an appendix with additional guidance information, including the
						  following:
(1) How to determine
						various elements associated with engineering and traffic studies.
(2) How to obtain crash rates for various
						types of roads.
(3) How to measure
						the various types of sight distance.
(4) Where National study data is
						located.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.4 - Application

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(a)
General
. This chapter applies to the approval, location,
						installation, revision, operation, maintenance and removal of all traffic
						signs, signals, markings and other traffic-control devices on all streets and
						highways in this Commonwealth. All signs, signals, markings and other
						traffic-control devices erected shall conform to this chapter. Traffic
						restrictions, which were posted or erected prior to February 4, 2006, in
						accordance with any regulations in effect at that time, are not subject to this
						chapter.
(b)
New
						restrictions
. Except as noted in §§
												212.109 and
						212.117 (relating to bridge speed
						limits; and weight, size and load restrictions), engineering and traffic
						studies can be performed by police officers, roadmasters, maintenance
						supervisors or traffic technicians. The establishment or revision of a traffic
						restriction may be warranted if one of the following applies:
(1) One or more of the engineering and
						traffic study warrants covered in this chapter justifies the traffic
						restriction.
(2) Sound engineering
						judgment based upon a combination of all data sources substantiates the need
						for the restriction.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.6 - Removal of traffic hazards

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(a)
Interfering signs, lights or markings
. The Secretary and local
						authorities, under their respective jurisdictions, have the authority to cause
						the removal of all colored or flashing lighted signs or other lights, signs or
						markings so located as to interfere with traffic or to be confused with or to
						obstruct the view or effectiveness of traffic-control devices.
(b)
Trees, plants, shrubs or other
						obstructions
. The Department on State-designated highways, and local
						authorities on any highway within their boundaries, may require a property
						owner to remove or trim a tree, plant, shrub or other obstruction or part
						thereof which constitutes a traffic hazard. The following are examples of
						traffic hazards:
(1) The obstruction restricts
						the stopping sight distance for drivers of through vehicles or the available
						corner sight distance for drivers entering from side roads or driveways to
						distances less than the appropriate minimum stopping sight distance or minimum
						corner sight distance values.
(2)
						The obstruction critically restricts the sight distance to a traffic-control
						device.
(3) Vehicle crash records
						indicate that a crash has involved the obstruction or that the obstruction
						contributed to one or more of the vehicle crashes.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.7 - Signs and banners across or within the legal limits of a State-designated highway

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(a)
Prohibition
. It is unlawful to place any sign, marking or
						banner containing advertising matter of any kind on, across or within the
						right-of-way of any State-designated highway without the written consent of the
						Department.
(b)
Abatement
. A sign, marking or banner containing advertising
						matter placed without the written consent of the Department will be declared to
						be a public nuisance and may be removed by the Department with or without
						notice to the persons responsible for the placing of the sign, marking or
						banner containing advertising matter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.8 - Use, test, approval and sale of traffic-control devices

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(a)
Statutory requirements
.
						Under
						75 Pa.C.S. §
													6127
						(relating to dealing in nonconforming traffic-control devices), it is unlawful
						for a person to manufacture, sell, offer for sale or lease for use on the
						highway, any traffic-control device unless it has been approved and is in
						accordance with this title.
(b)
Devices requiring Department approval
. Department approval is
						required prior to the sale or use of the following types of traffic-control
						devices on any highway:
(1) Delineation
						devices, including flexible delineator posts, guide rail and barrier-mounted
						delineators and raised pavement markers.
(2) Pavement marking materials including
						paint, epoxy, polyesters, methyl methacrylate, thermoplastic, preformed tapes
						and glass beads.
(3)
						Retroreflective sheeting materials used for traffic-control devices.
(4) Traffic signal equipment, including the
						following:
(i) Controller units.
(ii) Signal heads-lane-use traffic-control,
						pedestrian, and vehicle.
(iii)
						Detectors-pedestrian and vehicle.
(iv) Load switches.
(v) Flasher units.
(vi) Time clocks.
(vii) Relays.
(viii) Preemption and priority control
						equipment.
(ix)
						Electrically-powered signs-variable speed limit signs, blank-out signs and
						internally illuminated signs, including School Speed Limit Signs.
(x) Portable traffic-control
						signals.
(xi) Local intersection
						coordinating units.
(xii) Dimming
						devices.
(xiii) In-roadway warning
						lights.
(xiv) Auxiliary devices and
						systems.
(5) Traffic
						signs and the associated breakaway sign supports.
(6) Work zone traffic-control devices,
						including the following:
(i) Arrow
						panels.
(ii) Barricades.
(iii) Citizen band traffic alert
						radios.
(iv) Cones.
(v) Crash cushions.
(vi) Drums.
(vii) Portable changeable message
						signs.
(viii) Portable traffic sign
						supports.
(ix) Speed display signs,
						as used to inform motorists of the speed of their vehicles.
(x) Stop/slow paddles.
(xi) Temporary pavement marking
						tapes.
(xii) Temporary traffic
						barrier.
(xiii) Tubular
						markers.
(xiv) Variable speed limit
						signs.
(xv) Vertical
						panels.
(xvi) Warning
						lights.
(7) Yield to
						pedestrian channelizing devices, which are designed for placement between lanes
						of traffic to remind motorists to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.9 - Traffic calming

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(a)
General policy
. The Department on State-designated highways,
						and local authorities on any highway within their boundaries, may implement
						traffic calming measures in conformance with
Pennsylvania's Traffic
						Calming Handbook
(Department Publication 383).
(b)
Department approval
.
						Local authorities shall obtain approval of the Department prior to implementing
						a traffic calming measure on a State-designated highway, except when the
						Department's handbook provides otherwise or when the Department has entered
						into an agreement with local authorities that provides otherwise.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.10 - Requests for changes, interpretations or permission to experiment

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A local authority may submit a request to the
						  Department for a change or an interpretation of the provisions of this chapter,
						  or for approval to use an alternate device or to experiment with a device in a
						  way not provided for in this chapter.
(1) The request must be submitted in writing
						to the Bureau of Highway Safety and Traffic Engineering.
(2) The request must include information in
						accordance with Section
						1A.10 of the MUTCD (relating to
						interpretations, experimentation, changes and interim approvals). If
						appropriate, the Department will forward the request to the Federal Highway
						Administration according to procedures in Section 1A.10 of the MUTCD.
(3) The type of information to be compiled
						during any experiment must be identified in the request, and the collection of
						any data and the development of any follow-up report will be a conditional part
						of the request.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.11 - Metric measurements

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(a)
General policy
. The following conversion factors may be used
						for the design and placement of traffic-control devices as included in this
						chapter:
(1) One inch equals 25
						millimeters.
(2) One foot equals
						0.30 meter.
(3) One mile equals 1.6
						kilometers.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212.12 - Department publications

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The Department will publish or make available documents
						  to assist those persons responsible for conducting engineering and traffic
						  studies; manufacturing traffic signs and other traffic-control devices;
						  erecting, maintaining and operating traffic-control devices; and maintaining
						  traffic in work zones. The following documents will be available from the
						  Department's Sales Store:
(1)
Approved Construction Materials
(Department Publication 35)
						which contains listings of approved suppliers of specific materials.
(2)
Official Traffic-Control
						Devices
(Department Publication 212) which contains this chapter, and
						an appendix containing additional guidance related to elements of appropriate
						engineering and traffic studies and the provisions of this chapter.
(3)
Pennsylvania Handbook of Approved
						Signs
(Department Publication 236M) which contains the design and
						application details of official traffic signs.
(4)
Signing and Marking
						Standard
(Department Publication 111M) which contains the traffic
						standards that provide detailed guidance for sign legends, expressway and
						freeway signs, sign spacing and location criteria and sign posts. The
						publication also includes detailed drawings of pavement marking lines and
						symbols, and the placement of delineation devices at on-ramps, off-ramps and
						lane drops.
(5)
Traffic
						Signal Design Handbook
(Department Publication 149M) which contains
						information for use in the design and operation of a traffic signal
						installation.
(6)
Traffic
						Signal Standard Drawings, TC-8800 Series
(Department Publication 148M)
						which contains detailed guidance for the construction of traffic signals,
						controller assemblies, traffic signal supports, electrical distribution, signal
						heads and detectors.
(7)
Work Zone Traffic Control Guidelines
(Department Publication
						213) which provides additional guidance and suggested temporary traffic-control
						plans for maintaining traffic through highway construction, maintenance and
						utility work zones to supplement various situations not included in the
						MUTCD.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.101 - Official signs

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(a)
Approved signs
. Official traffic signs are identified in the
Pennsylvania Handbook of Approved Signs
(Department
						Publication 236M) which includes sign standards that show the shape, color,
						dimensions, legends, application and placement of official signs. When sign
						messages are required other than those provided for in the
Pennsylvania
						Handbook of Approved Signs
, the Bureau of Highway Safety and Traffic
						Engineering may authorize new sign standards. When approved by the Secretary,
						through the Chief, Traffic Engineering and Operations Division, these signs
						shall also be regarded as official signs.
(b)
Existing nonstandard
						signs
. Official signs must replace existing signs of nonstandard
						design or application as rapidly as is economically feasible.
(c)
Unacceptable variations
. Variations in the proportion of symbols, stroke width and height of letters,
						width of borders or layout of word or symbol messages will be sufficient cause
						for the Secretary to order the removal or replacement of a sign, but will not
						be a defense in prosecution for violation of any mandatory traffic control
						provided by the sign.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.102 - Sign manufacturers

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Only signs manufactured by the Department or a
						  Department-approved sign manufacturer shall be used on any highway. Commercial
						  or municipal sign manufacturers who wish to obtain Department approval to
						  manufacture signs shall request an application from the Bureau of Highway
						  Safety and Traffic Engineering.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.103 - Sign size

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Signs smaller than the minimum size or larger than the
						  largest size specified on the sign standards in the
Pennsylvania
						  Handbook of Approved Signs
(Department Publication 236M) are not
						  permitted without written approval from the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.104 - Retroreflectorization

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Retroreflective sheeting or other approved
						  retroreflective materials must be used on all signs that do not have sign
						  illumination, unless the sign standard as included in the
Pennsylvania
						  Handbook of Approved Signs
(Department Publication 236M) indicates
						  that the sign does not need to be retroreflective. Type III or higher type
						  retroreflective sheeting is encouraged to improve nighttime visibility of
						  signs, especially for older drivers.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.105 - Sign posts and mountings

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Unless physically protected by guide rail or a barrier,
						  or installed beyond the clear zone as defined in the Department's
Design Manual, Part 2 (Department Publication 13M)
, all sign
						  posts must be of a Department-approved breakaway design as listed in the
Approved Construction Materials
(Department Publication 35),
						  and in accordance with the
Signing and Marking Standards
(Department Publication 111M).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.106 - Additional warrants for Stop Signs (R1-1) and Yield Signs (R1-2)

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(a)
Through
						highways
. The Department and local authorities may designate highways
						as through highways to permit more continuous movement and less delay to the
						major flow of traffic.
(1) Stop Signs (R1-1)
						or Yield Signs (R1-2) may be installed at all approaches to the through highway
						to provide preferential right-of-way at intersections.
(2) The designation of a highway as a through
						highway does not prevent modification of the right-of-way assignment at
						intersections of the through highway.
(3) The justification for the modification at
						a particular intersection will be based on the warrants in the MUTCD and the
						additional warrants in subsection (b), (c) or (d).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.107 - Except Right Turn Sign (R1-1-1)

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When a major traffic movement at an intersection is a
						  right turn, the Except Right Turn Sign (R1-1-1) may be placed below the Stop
						  Sign (R1-1) on that approach to minimize the total delay at the intersection.
						  When this sign is used, Stop Signs (R1-1) are required on all other
						  intersection approaches except for the approach with a corresponding left-turn
						  movement.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.108 - Speed limits

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(a)
General
. This section applies to maximum speed limits
						established according to
						75 Pa.C.S. §§
													3362 and
						3363 (relating to maximum
						speed limits; and alteration of maximum limits). Engineering and traffic
						studies are not required for statutory speed limits, but documentation should
						be on file for urban districts and residence districts to show that the
						requirements defined in the Vehicle Code are satisfied.
(b)
Engineering and traffic
						studies
. Speed limits established in accordance with
						75 Pa.C.S. §
													3363 may
						be established in multiples of 5 miles per hour up to the maximum lawful speed.
						The speed limit should be within 5 miles per hour of the average 85th
						percentile speed or the safe-running speed on the section of highway, except
						the speed limit may be reduced up to 10 miles per hour below either of these
						values if one or more of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) A major portion of the highway has
						insufficient stopping sight distance if traveling at the 85th percentile speed
						or the safe-running speed.
(2) The
						available corner sight distance on side roads is less than the necessary
						stopping sight distance values for through vehicles.
(3) The majority of crashes are related to
						excessive speed and the crash rate during a minimum 12-month period is greater
						than the applicable rate in the most recent high-crash rate or high-crash
						severity rate table included in the appendix of Official Traffic-Control
						Devices (Department Publication 212). Crashes related to excessive speed
						include those crashes with causation factors of driving too fast for
						conditions, turning without clearance or failing to yield
						right-of-way.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.109 - Bridge speed limits

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(a)
Establishment
. A bridge speed limit shall be established under
						75 Pa.C.S. §
													3365(a) (relating to special
						speed limitations) if an engineering investigation by a professional engineer
						establishes the need to reduce the vibration and impact of vehicles due to a
						structural condition of the bridge or elevated structure.
(b)
Posting
. An established
						bridge speed limit shall be posted similar to other speed limits in §
												212.108(e)
						(relating to speed limits), except that a Bridge Sign (R12-1-2) must be mounted
						directly above each Speed Limit Sign (R2-1) and Reduced Speed (____) Ahead Sign
						(R2-5). The sign indicating the beginning of the bridge speed limit should be
						installed within 50 feet of the beginning of the structure. The end of the
						bridge or elevated structure must be the end of the bridge speed
						limit.
This section cited in 67 Pa. Code §
														212.4 (relating to
							 application).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.110 - Hazardous grade speed limits

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(a)
Establishment
. A hazardous grade speed limit may be
						established under
						75 Pa.C.S. §
													3365(c) (relating to special
						speed limitations) if an engineering and traffic study establishes the need for
						all vehicles or vehicles having a gross weight in excess of a designated weight
						to be limited to a maximum speed on a downgrade.
(1) The designated weight should be 26,000
						pounds unless the engineering and traffic study determines that a different
						weight should be used.
(2) When a
						hazardous-grade speed limit is established, it should be consistent with the
						speed that similar vehicles can climb the hill or other Department-approved
						methodology, except that a hazardous-grade speed limit should not be greater
						than the lowest advisory speed or legal speed limit either on the hill or at
						the base of the hill.
(3) A
						hazardous-grade speed limit may be established when one or more of the
						following conditions exist:
(i) The length of
						grade exceeds the value set forth in the following table:
Length of Grade
									 (feet)
Average Grade (percent)
Condition A*
Condition B**
-3
20,000
-
-4
8,000
16,000
-5
5,000
10,000
-6
3,000
6,000
-7
2,000
4,000
-8
1,800
3,600
-10
1,500
3,000
-12
1,250
2,500
-15
1,000
2,000
* Condition A applies if vehicles are required to stop
						  or reduce speed at or before the bottom of the hill or if there is an urbanized
						  area at the base of the hill.
** Condition B pertains to all other locations.
(ii) A crash has occurred on the
						downgrade that can be attributed to the speed of a vehicle having a gross
						weight in excess of the designated weight.
(iii) A verified report has been received
						during the past 3 years of an operator losing control of a vehicle on the
						grade, and the vehicle is a type having a gross weight in excess of the
						designated weight.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.111 - Turn restriction warrants

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A straight-through or turning movement may be
						  restricted if the movement can be made at an alternate location, and if one or
						  more of the following conditions are present:
(1) A review of vehicle crashes shows that
						ten crashes have occurred during the previous 3 years, or five crashes have
						occurred during any 12-month period in the previous 3 years that can be
						attributed to vehicles making or attempting to make the movement.
(2) When a capacity analysis or field review
						of the intersection indicates that turning or crossing vehicles are causing
						unreasonable delays or creating a potential crash situation for through
						vehicles.
(3) When a field review
						of the intersection indicates that significant conflicts occur between vehicles
						making or attempting to make a particular movement and other vehicular or
						pedestrian movements.
(4) When a
						field review of the intersection indicates that a turn or straight-through
						movement delays the platoon of vehicles through a progressive signal
						system.
(5) When a field review of
						the intersection indicates that the geometric design or the available corner
						sight distance does not adequately provide for the movement or the movement
						frequently cannot be safely executed.
(6) A study shows that the turning movement
						is frequently being made by through traffic onto a residential street to avoid
						downstream congestion.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.112 - Signs to prohibit passing

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The No Passing Zone Pennant (W14-3) is the primary sign
						  to identify the beginning of a no-passing zone on a two-lane highway and shall
						  be installed on the left side of the road. The Do Not Pass Sign (R4-1) may be
						  installed on the right side of the roadway to supplement the No Passing Zone
						  Pennant Sign (W14-3). The Pass With Care Sign (R4-2) may be installed at the
						  end of the no-passing zone. Warrants for no-passing zones are included in
						  §
												212.202 (relating to no-passing
						  zones).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.113 - One-way streets

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A one-way street may be established if the following
						  conditions are satisfied:
(1) The
						traffic flow can be accommodated in both directions. Whenever possible, an
						adjacent parallel street should be used to form a one-way couplet.
(2) The street has a reasonable number of
						intersections for entrance to or exit from the one-way street or one-way
						system.
(3) The roadways at the
						terminal points of the one-way street provide satisfactory transitions to and
						from the two-way operation.
(4)
						There will be a reduction of intersection delays.
(5) Existing bus routes can be satisfactorily
						accommodated.
(6) Emergency
						vehicles can reasonably and expeditiously reach their destinations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.114 - Stopping, standing and parking restrictions

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(a)
General
. Stopping,
						standing or parking may be restricted along the curb or edge of a roadway when
						one or more of the following conditions exist:
(1) The distance between the center of the
						center line pavement markings (or the center of the roadway if center line
						pavement markings are not present) and the curb or edge of roadway is less than
						19 feet on major arterial highways, or less than 18 feet on other
						roadways.
(2) The street width is
						such that, if vehicles are parked along one or both curb faces or edges of the
						roadway, two vehicles cannot move abreast of one another in the same or the
						opposite direction without one yielding to allow the other vehicle to
						pass.
(3) A capacity analysis
						indicates that parking should be removed at all times or during certain hours
						to accommodate the traffic volume.
(4) At an intersection, the available corner
						sight distance for a driver on the minor road is less than the necessary
						minimum stopping sight distance value for the driver on a through
						roadway.
(5) An analysis of vehicle
						crashes indicates that at least three crashes during the previous 3-year period
						have been directly or indirectly attributed to one of the following primary
						causes:
(i) Vehicles parking on the
						roadway.
(ii) Vehicles entering or
						leaving the parked position.
(iii)
						Drivers or passengers getting out of parked vehicles on the street
						side.
(iv) Reduced sight distance
						due to the parked vehicles.
(6) The area is designated as an official bus
						stop or as a loading and unloading zone.
(7) The area is adjacent to or opposite of a
						fire station driveway or any other type driveway or intersection where turning
						maneuvers would be restricted if parking were present.
(8) The width of the shoulder is not
						sufficient to allow a vehicle or its load to park completely off the
						roadway.
(9) Along roadways having
						three or more lanes and speed limits of 40 miles per hour or above, parking may
						be restricted to allow vehicles to use the berm or shoulder as a clear recovery
						area.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.115 - Posting of private parking lots

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(a)
General
. Posting of private property, including parking lots,
						giving notice to the public of parking restrictions as required by
						75 Pa.C.S. §§
													3353(b)(2) and
						3354(d)(3) (relating to
						prohibition in specified places; and additional parking regulations) must be in
						accordance with this section.
(b)
Public notice signs
.
(1) The
						legend on public notice signs at private parking lots must indicate the
						restrictions which apply. In addition to a primary restriction such as those
						contained in subparagraph (i), the sign may contain one or more supplemental
						restrictions or messages of the type included in subparagraph (ii).
(i) Primary restrictions include messages
						such as private parking, parking by permit only, authorized parking only,
						private parking for (____) apartment and parking only for patrons of (____).
(ii) Secondary restrictions or
						messages may include applicable hours of the day, applicable days of the week,
						applicable charges and warnings that unauthorized vehicles may be
						towed.
(iii) The name and telephone
						number of the owner or other person in control or possession of the property
						should also be included on the legend.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.116 - No Turn on Red Sign (R10-11 sign series)

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(a)
Warrants for no-turn-on-red
						restrictions
. The following warrants may be used in addition to the
						warrants for no-turn on red restrictions in the MUTCD (relating to traffic
						signal signs).
(1) A right turn on red, or
						left turn on red from a one-way highway to another one-way highway, may be
						prohibited from an intersection approach where an engineering and traffic study
						indicates that one or more of the following conditions exist:
(i) The available corner sight distance
						between a driver desiring to turn on red and an approaching vehicle on the
						cross street is less than the minimum shown on the following table:
Speed Limit or 85th
									 Percentile Speed
Minimum Sight Distance to
									 Approaching Vehicle
*
Std. Values
Cross Street Approach Grade
-9%
-6%
-3%
3%
6%
9%
25
152
173
165
158
147
143
140
30
197
227
215
205
200
184
179
35
247
287
271
257
237
229
222
40
301
354
333
315
289
278
269
45
360
427
400
378
344
331
320
50
424
507
474
446
405
388
375
55
493
593
553
520
469
450
433
* Measure sight distance from a location 10 feet before
						  a marked pedestrian cross walk or, if none, 10 feet from the edge of the cross
						  street roadway or curb line, where both the eye and the approaching vehicle are
						  3.5 feet high.
(ii) The
						intersection has more than four approaches or has restrictive geometry that is
						likely to cause vehicular conflicts which are not easily recognized by
						drivers.
(iii) The turning movement
						is allowed from more than one lane on a specific approach.
(iv) The vehicular turning movement would
						result in significant vehicular and pedestrian conflicts, such as locations
						where the crosswalk is designated as a school crossing or is used by large
						numbers of children, senior citizens or persons with physical disabilities. A
						no-turn-on-red restriction at these locations may only apply during the time
						periods that significant vehicular-pedestrian conflicts would occur, in
						accordance with paragraph (3).
(v)
						Opposing traffic has unusual movements, such as double left turns, which would
						not be expected by drivers turning on a red signal.
(vi) An analysis of vehicle crash data
						indicates that the turn-on-red movement has created an unsafe
						condition.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.117 - Weight, size and load restrictions

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(a)
Weight restriction based on
						condition of bridge
. Traffic on a bridge may be prohibited or
						restricted by weight of vehicle, number of vehicles, or kinds or classes of
						vehicles when an engineering evaluation conducted by a professional engineer
						establishes the need. Engineering evaluation of a bridge or bridge component
						may be based on structural analysis and rating computations, testing,
						engineering judgment or a combination thereof. Restriction is warranted when
						one or more of the following conditions are present:
(1) The safe load capacity of the bridge is
						exceeded by the load effect of any of the legal load configurations. The
						capacity and load effects are to be determined in accordance with the
Bridge Safety Inspection Manual
(Department Publication
						238).
(2) Engineering judgment
						indicates that the condition or material of construction of one or more
						portions or components of a bridge is such that further use by heavy vehicles
						may damage the bridge because of severe impact, fatigue or other
						reasons.
(3) The bridge is damaged
						due to fire, a vehicle crash or environmental deterioration, and engineering
						judgment indicates that a vehicle weight restriction is necessary to ensure an
						adequate level of safety.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.118 - Street name signs

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For street name signs, white lettering on a green
						  background is recommended, but local authorities may use white lettering on
						  blue or brown background, or black lettering on white background, provided the
						  same colors are used systematically throughout the municipality. To improve
						  sign legibility, upper and lower case lettering is
						  recommended.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.119 - Signing of named highways

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Signs carrying the name of the highway will be
						  permitted at intervals of at least every 15 miles on conventional
						  highways.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.120 - General motorist service signs

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The application of general motorist service signs shall
						  be in accordance with the Department's Statewide policy and the
Signing
						  and Marking Standards
(Department Publication 111M), and will be
						  limited to expressways and freeways, except:
(1) Small trailblazer signs shall be
						installed on conventional highways when motorist services are signed on an
						expressway or freeway and it is necessary to guide motorists along conventional
						highways to the physical site of the motorist service.
(2) Hospital symbol signs are permitted on
						all highways.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.121 - Specific service signs

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(a) The
						Department may enter into an agreement with a private agency to administer a
						program for specific service signs for gas, food, lodging, camping and
						attractions. Specific service signs may only be installed on freeways, except
						small trailblazer signs shall be installed on conventional highways when it is
						necessary to guide motorists to the physical site of the specific service. If a
						trailblazer is required on a local roadway to direct motorists to a specific
						business, and the local authority refuses to allow the trailblazer on its local
						highway, specific service signs may not be provided for that
						business.
(b) Airports may be
						signed on either major guide signs or on specific service signs at
						freeway-to-freeway interchanges.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.122 - Recreational and cultural interest area signs

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Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Signs, as
						  described in Chapter 2H of the MUTCD, that is, relating to the RG, RM, RA, RL,
						  RW and RS Series signs, will be authorized for use within any State park, State
						  forest picnic area, Federal recreation area, National forest or public
						  park.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter B - SIGNS › Section 212.123 - Tourist-oriented directional signs

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Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs (D7-4) must be of
						  the size and type specified in the Department's
Handbook of Official
						  Signs
(PennDOT Publication 236M) or as specified in an agreement with
						  the Department, instead of the design included in Chapter 2G of the MUTCD
						  (relating to tourist-oriented directional signs). The Department may enter into
						  an agreement with an outside entity to administer a program for
						  tourist-oriented directional signs.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VIII - Administration and Enforcement › Chapter 212 - OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES › Subchapter C - MARKINGS › Section 212.201 - Pavement marking standards

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The
Signing and Marking Standards
(Department Publication 111M) contains additional design details for pavement
						  markings. Pavement markings for lane drops, expressways, freeways, on-ramps and
						  off-ramps, and all pavement marking words and symbols must conform to the
Signing and Marking Standards
.