National Park Service Sign Manual

This Sign Manual replaces the October 1978 edition of the National Park Service Sign System Specifications (NPS-SSS). It is designed for use by Park managers as an aid to the implementation of the National Park Service Traffic Control Sign System Guideline (NPS-52) and in arriving at management decisions regarding other park signing needs. It is intended that Park managers wi\1 utilize this Manual as a guide in the designing and ordering of all vehicular and pedestrian traffic control signing and other pertinent devices. This Manual constitutes the official National Park Service supplement to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) published by the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Together, the MUTeD and this Manual are utilized by the National Park Service to provide for park managers recommended standards, specifications and procedures for the NPS Sign System to assure a uniform and distinctive system of signing and graphics in meeting the Service's obligations under Public Law 89-564, the Highway Safety Act of 1966, and the Highway Safety Program Standards 23 USC 402, in a manner consistent with National Park Service missions.