[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR655.601]

[Page 243]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 655--TRAFFIC OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart F--Traffic Control Devices on Federal-Aid and Other Streets and 
                                Highways
 
Sec. 655.601  Purpose.

    Source: 48 FR 46776, Oct. 14, 1983, unless otherwise noted.


    To prescribe the policies and procedures of the Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA) to obtain basic uniformity of traffic control 
devices on all streets and highways in accordance with the following 
references that are approved by the FHWA for application on Federal-aid 
projects:
    (a) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), 2000 
Millennium Edition, FHWA dated December, 2000. This publication is 
incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR 
part 51 and is on file at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North 
Capitol Street, NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC. It is available for 
inspection and copying at FHWA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 3408, 
Washington, DC 20590, as provided in 49 CFR part 7. The text is also 
available from the FHWA Office of Transportation Operations' web site 
at: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov.
    (b) Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs, FHWA, 1966 Edition, 
Reprinted May 1972. (This publication is incorporated by reference and 
is on file at the Office of the Federal Register in Washington, DC. This 
document is available for inspection and copying as provided in 49 CFR 
part 7, appendix D).
    (c) Guide to Metric Conversion, AASHTO, 1993. This publication is 
incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR 
part 51 and is on file at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North 
Capitol Street, NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC. This document is 
available for inspection as provided in 49 CFR part 7. It may be 
purchased from the American Association of State Highway and 
Transportation Officials, Suite 249, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20001.
    (d) Traffic Engineering Metric Conversion Factors, 1993--Addendum to 
the Guide to Metric Conversion, AASHTO, October 1993. This publication 
is incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 
CFR part 51 and is on file at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 
North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC. This document is 
available for inspection as provided in 49 CFR part 7. It may be 
purchased from the American Association of State Highway and 
Transportation Officials, Suite 249, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20001.

[51 FR 16834, May 7, 1986, as amended at 60 FR 18521, Apr. 11, 1995; 61 
FR 29626, June 11, 1996; 62 FR 1373, Jan. 9, 1997; 63 FR 8351, Feb. 19, 
1998; 63 FR 33549, June 19, 1998; 64 FR 33753, June 24, 1999; 65 FR 13, 
Jan. 3, 2000; 65 FR 78958, Dec. 18, 2000]