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Appendix F - Dotted Lines in Turn Lane Tapers
Pages 90-92

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... FLORIDA Dotted lines are not typically used in turn lane tapers. However, in curves or in other areas where drivers in the through lane might need extra guidance to avoid unintentionally drifting into a turn lane, a broken lane line (6-ft segments with 10-ft gaps)
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... may be placed from the upstream end of the turn lane taper to the start of the solid 8-in.-wide lane line separating a rightturn lane from the adjacent through lane. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Where a turn lane occurs on a horizontal curve, an 8-in.-wide dotted line (2-ft segments with 4-ft gaps)
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... 92 No standards were found for: Connecticut Maine Hawaii Massachusetts Illinois Missouri Indiana New Jersey Iowa New Mexico Kansas North Dakota Louisiana New York, NY
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  • lane taper
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  • dotted line
  • line separating

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  • wide dotted
  • wisconsin dotted
  • arizona dotted
  • nebraska dotted

  • california dotted
  • colorado dotted
  • solid lane
  • alaska dotted
  • oregon dotted

  • virginia dotted
  • wide lane
  • pennsylvania dotted
  • texas dotted
  • arkansas dotted

  • puerto rico
  • lines start
  • south dakota
  • west virginia
  • rhode island

  • broken lane
  • lane starts
  • lane occurs
  • tennessee dotted
  • avoid unintentionally


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