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The Traffic Guide Sign Design Manual has been developed to provide training on the fundamental concepts of traffic guide sign design and how to use the SignCAD software.

 

 

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Questions or comments regarding Minnesota Traffic Signing Information contact the Signing Section.

 

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Traffic Guide Sign Design Manual - 2010 (PDF 116 pp)

Example SignCAD (SIG files) - 2004 (WinZip 22 KB)

Traffic Guide Sign Design Manual chapters:

 

 

Table of Contents	Cover and Table of Contents	(PDF, 4 pp)
Chapter 1	Introduction	(PDF, 3 pp)
Chapter 2	Basic Information/Background	(PDF, 9 pp)
Chapter 3	Sign Components including panel sizes, radii, borders, margins, colors, letter sizes, fonts, horizontal and vertical lines, route markers, arrows, fractions, and abbreviations	(PDF, 23 pp)
Chapter 4	Example Problems (downloadable example files)	(PDF, 52 pp)
Appendix A-D	Font Spacing Charts Glossary of Sign Terms Index References	(PDF, 6 pp)