[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR655.601]

[Page 243-244]
 
                           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.




Subparts A-E [Reserved]

 Subpart F_Traffic Control Devices on Federal-Aid and Other Streets and 
                                Highways

655.601 Purpose.
655.602 Definitions.
655.603 Standards.
655.604 Achieving basic uniformity.
655.605 Project procedures.
655.606 Higher cost materials.
655.607 Funding.

Appendix to Subpart F--Alternate Method of Determining the Color of 
          Retroreflective Sign Materials and Pavement Marking Materials

Subpart G [Reserved]

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 101(a), 104, 109(d), 114(a), 217, 315, and 
402(a); 23 CFR 1.32; and 49 CFR 1.48(b).

Subparts A-E [Reserved]


    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 for Streets and 
Highways (MUTCD), 2003 Edition, FHWA, dated October, 2003. This 
publication is incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
552(a) and 1 CFR part 51

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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; 67 FR 7076, Feb. 15, 2002; 68 
FR 65582, Nov. 20, 2003]