Blog / Signs

Signs

3 articles on signs.

Traffic control plans

Advance Warning Sign Spacing Explained: How Far Ahead the Signs Go

Advance warning signs only work when drivers meet them early enough and far enough apart to read each one. Here is how the MUTCD's sign spacing table works, the rules of thumb behind it, when to stretch or shorten the distances, and what crews get wrong in the field.

Oct 10, 2026 · 6 min read

Permits and DOT

Call 811 Before Installing Work Zone Signs: Utility Locates for Traffic Control Crews

Driving a sign post or a barricade anchor into the ground is digging. How the 811 before-you-dig process generally works, when traffic control work triggers it, how to build locate lead time into a job, and what to ask the one-call center in each state where you work.

Oct 2, 2026 · 7 min read

Equipment and yards

Work Zone Sign Types and Sizes Explained

Why work zone signs are orange, what the shape and series tell you, why the same sign comes in several sizes, and what a yard needs to stock to cover the roads it actually works on.

Sep 11, 2026 · 6 min read