Divided highway ends sign
A yellow diamond showing a road whose median comes to an end, so the two directions of traffic share one roadway. It warns that the divided highway ends ahead and two-way traffic begins.
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How to read it
The MUTCD uses it ahead of the end of a stretch of physically divided highway, as a warning of two-way traffic, and not at an intersection or junction. The MUTCD also calls for the Two-Way Traffic sign to mark the change to a two-lane, two-way road. Florida's handbook says the divided highway ends 350 to 500 feet past the sign, and Pennsylvania's describes the road beyond as one with two-way traffic, where drivers keep right of the center line and watch for oncoming vehicles. This page describes the national standard and isn’t legal advice; state law and local signs govern.
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Rules vary by state and country. This explains the sign's standard meaning in the U.S. Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; it isn't legal advice.
Begins or ends
The Divided Highway sign (W6-1) is its mirror image: the median opens up ahead and traffic separates. Pennsylvania's manual shows the two side by side as DIVIDED HIGHWAY BEGINS and DIVIDED HIGHWAY ENDS. The white regulatory divided highway crossing sign is a third, unrelated sign for side roads that meet a divided highway.
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Sources
- MUTCD 2009 Edition, Chapter 2C: Warning Signs and Object Markers, MUTCD 2009, Part 2, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Sections 2C.22, 2C.23
- Pennsylvania Driver's Manual, Chapter 2: Signals, Signs and Pavement Markings, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, p. 15
- Official Florida Driver License Handbook, rev. 08/2023, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, p. 56
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