Utility Work Ahead Sign
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X4590-D5H
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Utility Work Ahead
Compliance
  • MUTCD W21-7
  • Temporary Traffic Control Signs

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Also Available: MUTCD W21-7 Utility Work Ahead Roll-Up Sign X4571

Utility Work Ahead Sign

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Rigid Aluminum Signs

This Utility Work Ahead Sign is designed to be used as a warning to drivers that utility work or construction is being performed ahead. This orange Utility Work Ahead sign is available in reflective and non-reflective versions, and as roll-up vinyl or aluminum materials. This Utility Work Temporary Traffic Control Sign is MUTCD TTC W21-7 compliant.

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Rigid signs material grades

  • .080" Fluorescent Diamond Grade Work Zone Reflective Aluminum signs are MUTCD compliant when used day or night.
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Rigid Sign Bracket / Stand Compatibility

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Rigid Sign Features

  • Sign Weight: 11 lb
  • Mounting holes: 2 holes at 3/8" diameter, positioned top and bottom
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MUTCD Compliance

2009 Edition Part 6 Figure 6F-2. Methods of Mounting Signs Other Than on Posts

The fourth example shows an orange diamond-shaped sign with a black border and letters with the words "UTILITY WORK AHEAD" in three lines mounted on a vertical pole that is mounted on four horizontal supports. The distance from the bottom of the sign to the bottom of the supports is labeled as "1 ft MIN. above the traveled way." At the top of the sign, three orange flags are shown mounted equidistant apart from each other on short staffs that extend out from the top of the vertical pole at 45-degree angles.

  • Methods of Mounting Signs Other Than on Posts

Compliance

Section 6F.39 UTILITY WORK Sign (W21-7)

Option

  • The UTILITY WORK (W21-7) sign (see Figure 6F-4) may be used as an alternate to the ROAD (STREET) WORK (W20-1) sign for utility operations on or adjacent to a highway.

Standard

  • The UTILITY WORK sign shall carry the legend UTILITY WORK, XX FEET, XX MILES, or AHEAD.

Source: 2009 MUTCD

When to Use 36″ and 48″ Temporary Warning Signs

According to the MUTCD:

Type of Roadway Sign Size
Conventional Road 36 × 36″
Freeway or Expressway 48 × 48″

Transportation engineers may find this answer acceptable since they have a deeper understanding of the MUTCD than most, but not everyone has this knowledge. Luckily, definitions of these terms are provided to help make some sense of what they are trying to convey. Here’s how the MUTCD defines each of those types of roadways:

  • "Conventional Road" is a "street or highway other than a low-volume road, expressway, or freeway."
  • "Low-Volume Road" is a facility lying outside of developed areas of cities, towns, and communities, which serves fewer than 400 vehicles per day on average. A low-volume road shall not be a freeway, an expressway, an interchange ramp, a freeway service road, a road on a designated State highway system, or a residential street in a neighborhood.
  • "Expressway" is a divided highway with partial control of access.
  • "Freeway" is a divided highway with full control of access.

Still confused? It's not just you. Generally speaking, if the road is a divided highway with a concrete barrier or median, a 48 × 48″ sign will be required. A 36 × 36″ sign can be used on all other types of roadways.

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