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Roadway Friendliness Tool

Treatment 3: Lighted Overhead Signs

Michigan Standard: This treatment is not required.

Where might you find this on your system: You might find these at intersections between major routes.

Recommendation: An internally-lighted sign is the final design touch that could be applied to street name signing. This can be applied to rural or urban intersections.

Conflicts with other community goals: None identified. Lighted signs might actually be considered an aesthetic improvement.

Ease of implementation: In addition to implementation needs of normal overhead signing, an internally-lighted sign requires wiring of the sign to a source of electricity. At most urban locations on a major route, an electricity source will be close by and in use with traffic signals or street lighting. The specialized nature of this sign may lead an agency to purchase, rather than self-construct. A two-person crew, including an electrician, is needed to install these signs; the same equipment considerations as normal overhead signing apply in this case.

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