(1) A
maximum of four motorist information sign panels may be provided on interchange
approaches and in advance of intersections. Where a qualified type of motorist
service activity is not present, a panel will not be erected. Where installed,
the panels will be erected as follows:
(a) For
freeways and interchanges on expressways the panels shall be erected between
the previous interchange and at least eight hundred feet in advance of the exit
direction sign at the interchange from which the services are available. There
shall be at least eight hundred feet spacing between the panels, and there will
be one panel each for gas, food, lodging, camping/recreation, TOD, and
twenty-four-hour pharmacy except as provided in (c) of this
subsection.
(b) For conventional
roads the panels shall be erected between the previous intersection and at
least three hundred feet in advance of the intersection from which the services
are available, signing should not be provided to any service visible at least
three hundred feet along the mainline prior to the intersection or driveway
approach serving the business. There will be one panel each for gas, food,
lodging, camping/recreation, TOD, and twenty-four-hour pharmacy except as
provided in (c) of this subsection.
(c) A combined panel may be installed where
there is a limited number of qualifying motorist service activities, or
insufficient space available to install the array of gas, food, lodging,
camping/recreation, TOD's, and twenty-four-hour pharmacy panels as set forth in
WAC
468-70-040(2).
Not more than three types of motorist service activities may be combined on one
mainline back panel. Each type of motorist service activity may be displayed
once on a set of back panels along an interchange or intersection approach. The
permissible number of business signs that may be displayed per type of motorist
service activity shall be as set forth in WAC
468-70-060(3)(a).
(2) Information for motorist
information sign panels on the mainline of expressways/freeways will be
repeated on the supplemental directional panels located along the interchange
ramp, or at the ramp terminal, where the services are not visible from the
ramp. Supplemental directional panels located along interchange ramps to direct
motorist to the right or to the left may not display more than three types of
motorist service activities. Supplemental directional panels shall only repeat
messages installed on the mainline, and shall not contain supplemental
messages.
(3) The spacing between
motorist information sign panels, and between motorist information sign panels
and other official traffic control signs shall be in accordance with the Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Where there is insufficient spacing for
both other official traffic control signs and motorist information sign panels,
the other official traffic control signs only shall be installed.
