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COVER,
INTRODUCTION, AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part
1 - General
Part
2 - Signs
Chapter
2A - General
Chapter
2B - Regulatory Signs
Chapter
2C - Warning Signs
Chapter
2D - Guide Signs Conventional Roads
Chapter
2E - Guide Signs Freeways and Expressways
Chapter
2F-2I - Specific Service Signs; Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs;
Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Signs; Emergency Management
Signing
Part
3 - Markings
Part
4 - Highway Traffic Signals
Part
5 - Traffic Control Devices for Low-Volume Roads
Part
6 - Temporary Traffic Control
Chapter
6A-E - General; Fundamental Principles; Temporary Traffic Control
Elements; Pedestrian and Worker Safety; Flagger Control
Chapter
6F - Temporary Traffic Control Zone Devices
Chapter
6G - Temporary Traffic Control Zone Activities
Chapter
6H - Typical Applications
Chapter
6I - Control of Traffic Through Traffic Incident Management Areas
Part
7 - Traffic Controls for School Areas
Part
8 - Traffic Controls for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Part
9 - Traffic Control for Bicycle Facilities
Part
10 - Traffic Controls for Highway-Light Rail Transit Grade Crossings
Appendix
A1 - Congressional Legislation