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This figure illustrates a centerline indicating that passing is permitted in both directions. The figure shows a vertical two-lane roadway. Small black arrows on the figure indicate that the direction of travel is one lane in each direction. The lanes are separated with a single broken yellow longitudinal line. About two thirds of the way to the top of the figure, a small horizontal side street is shown intersecting the vertical roadway, although the side street is cropped on either side of the figure. The centerline on the vertical roadway continues without change through the intersection area.

This figure illustrates the use of centerlines to indicate that passing is allowed in one direction and prohibited in the other direction. The figure shows a two-lane vertical roadway. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is one lane in each direction. Centerline markings consist of (from the top to the bottom of the figure): a solid yellow line adjacent to the left lane and a broken yellow line adjacent to the right lane; a double solid yellow line; and a broken yellow line adjacent to the left lane and a solid yellow line adjacent to the right lane. Each section of solid yellow line, which overlaps in the section having a double solid yellow line, is labeled with the text "no-passing zone." A solid white edge line is marked on the outside edge of each lane.

This figure illustrates a centerline indicating that passing is prohibited in both directions. The figure shows a four-lane vertical roadway. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is two lanes in each direction. The two northbound lanes are separated from each other by a single white broken lane line, and the two southbound lanes are also separated from each other by a single white broken lane line. The opposing directions of travel are separated by a double solid yellow longitudinal line. About two thirds of the way to the top of the figure, a small horizontal side street is shown intersecting the vertical roadway, although the side street is cropped on either side of the figure. The centerline and lane lines on the vertical roadway are omitted in the intersection area.

This figure illustrates a centerline that is not in the physical center of the road. The figure shows a three-lane horizontal roadway. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is one lane westbound and two lanes eastbound. The opposing directions of travel are separated by a double solid yellow longitudinal line (the centerline). In addition, a solid white edge line is marked along the outside edge of the each side of the roadway, separating the travel lanes from the shoulder. The two eastbound lanes are separated from each other by a broken white lane line.

This figures illustrates centerline markings for a reversible lane system. The figure shows a vertical roadway with three lanes. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel in the left lane is southbound, the right lane is northbound, and in the center lane can be either. The center lane is separated from the adjacent lane on either side by broken double yellow lines.

This figure illustrates two-way left-turn lane marking applications.

A vertical five-lane roadway is shown. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is southbound in the two left lanes and northbound in the two right lanes. A fifth lane is in the center. A solid white edge line is marked on the outside edge of each side of the roadway. A broken white line separates the two southbound through lanes and a broken white line separates the two northbound through lanes. The center lane is separated from the adjacent lanes by a broken yellow line and a solid yellow line on each side. The broken yellow lines are on the "inside," adjacent to the center lane, and the solid yellow lines are on the "outside," next to the adjacent lanes.
A horizontal street, labeled "Minor Cross Street," is shown intersecting the vertical roadway near the top of the figure. All lane separation lines and the edge lines on the vertical roadway are omitted through this intersection.
South of this intersection, the edge lines and the markings separating each of the lanes are shown continuing in the same pattern as north of the intersection. In the center lane, a white left-turn arrow, oriented for vehicles traveling southbound, is shown curving to the south and east. Just south of it, another white left-turn arrow, oriented for vehicles traveling northbound, is shown curving to the north and west.
In the middle of the figure, a wavy white line across the width of the roadway indicates a discontinuity. South of this line, a second set of opposing white left-turn arrows is marked in the center lane.

This figure illustrates the use of edge lines along a divided highway and an entrance ramp.

The figure shows a vertical four-lane divided highway. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is two lanes of traffic in each direction. At the bottom right of the northbound roadway, an entrance ramp is shown joining the right lane of the highway.
A solid yellow line is shown separating the leftmost lane of each direction of travel, and the travel lane of the entrance ramp, from the adjacent (left from direction of travel) shoulder. A broken white line is shown separating the two lanes of each directional roadway. A solid white line is shown separating the rightmost lane of each direction of travel, and the travel lane of the entrance ramp, from the adjacent (right from direction of travel) shoulder.
On the northbound highway, a white wrong-way arrow pointing in the direction of travel is marked on each lane at the point where the entrance ramp joins the highway. The entrance ramp is also marked with a white wrong-way arrow, just in advance of the joining point, pointing in the direction of travel towards the joining point.

This figure illustrates the use of edge lines along roadways and entrance and exit ramps.

The figure shows a horizontal two-lane roadway. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is one lane in each direction. A vertical exit ramp (labeled as such) with one travel lane is shown intersecting the roadway from the south, and an entrance ramp (labeled as such) is shown on the north side of the intersection. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is south to north on both ramps. A solid double yellow centerline separates the opposing direction lanes on the horizontal roadway.This line is omitted in the intersection. A solid white line is marked along the right edge of the exit and entrance ramps, and a solid yellow line is marked along the left edge of the exit and entrance ramps. A solid white line is shown along the both outside edges of the horizontal roadway.
A white wrong-way arrow pointing north is marked on the exit ramp somewhat in advance of the intersection. As the exit ramp approaches the intersection, it splits into two lanes, one for right turns, and one for through traffic and left turns. The two lanes are separated by a triangle-shaped channelizing island. At the intersection of the exit ramp right-turn lane and the east-west roadway, another white wrong-way arrow pointing in the direction of travel is marked on the right-turn lane. In the exit ramp's through traffic and left-turn lane, a combined left-turn and through lane use arrow is marked on the pavement in advance of a wide white stop line at the intersection.
On the horizontal roadway, on the left side in advance of the intersection, a white combined right-turn and through lane use arrow is marked on the eastbound lane. On the horizontal highway, on the right side in advance of the intersection, a white combined left-turn and through arrow is marked on the westbound lane.

This photograph illustrates the use of wide edge lines to emphasize the end of a shoulder. The photograph show a two-lane roadway, with one lane of travel from the bottom to the top of the image and one lane of travel from the top to the bottom of the image. A yellow centerline is shown, although its details cannot be clearly seen. The roadway is viewed from the right edge of the pavement. In the foreground, a wide white longitudinal line is marked along the right edge of the right lane, separating the lane from a paved shoulder, which is tapering down. Continuing in the direction of travel, the shoulder tapers away. At the point where the shoulder disappears, the wide edge line ends and a normal-width white edge line begins. This line runs along the right edge of the pavement to the horizon.

This figures illustrates the use of a single broken white lane line to indicate that is it permissible to cross the line to change lanes. The figure shows a two-lane vertical roadway. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel for both lanes is northbound. A solid yellow line is shown separating the left edge of the left lane from the adjacent shoulder. A solid white line is shown separating the right edge of the right lane from the adjacent shoulder. The two lanes are separated by a single broken white longitudinal line.

This figure illustrates the use of broken and solid white lane lines.

The figure shows a vertical roadway just south of an intersection with a horizontal roadway. The figure is cropped so that little of the intersection or horizontal roadway show, although crosswalks are marked with parallel transverse white lines across the southern, eastern, and western sides of the intersection. The vertical roadway just south of the intersection consists of six lanes and has a double solid yellow centerline. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is two southbound and two northbound through lanes, with additional turn lanes as the leftmost and the rightmost lanes on the northbound side of the roadway. The two southbound lanes are divided by a broken white lane line and the two northbound through lanes are divided by a broken white lane line.
The beginning of the northbound left turn lane in advance of the intersection is marked by a solid double yellow line that angles from the left edge of the two northbound through lanes to the solid double yellow centerline that separates the left turn lane from the oncoming lanes. The left turn lane is separated from the leftmost northbound through lane by a solid white lane line in advance of the intersection. This line begins adjacent to the point where the angling-out of the solid double yellow line is complete. The left turn lane is marked with two white left-turn arrows, one in advance of the other, on the approach to the intersection. A solid white stop line is marked across the northbound left-turn and through lanes at the intersection.
In advance of the intersection, a right-turn lane is shown as the rightmost lane on the northbound side of the roadway. This lane exists only in advance of the intersection, where the pavement widens on the right side. In advance of this point, the vertical roadway is only five lanes wide. The right turn lane is marked with two white right-turn arrows, one in advance of the other, on the approach to the intersection. Beginning slightly beyond the widening point, the right-turn lane is separated from the northbound through lanes by a solid white line that forms a gore at the intersection as the turn lane begins to curve to the east. At the point where the right-turn lane curves past the southeast corner of the intersection, two parallel solid white lines denoting a crosswalk are shown across the turn lane. A black triangular island is shown to the left of this crosswalk with the point of the island extending to the far edge of the vertical and horizontal crosswalks across the south and east sides of the intersection. The right-turn lane continues curving and merges with the eastbound lane of the horizontal roadway on the east side of the intersection.

This figure illustrates the use of a double solid wide lane line to indicate that it is prohibited to cross the line to change lanes.

The figure shows a three-lane vertical roadway. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is one lane southbound and two lanes northbound. The opposing lanes are divided by a double solid yellow centerline. An obstruction is indicated by a small black "X" inside a small square, half-way up the figure between the two northbound lanes.
In the northbound lanes, starting from the bottom of the figure, a single broken white line separates the two northbound lanes from each other. Continuing in the direction of travel, after one of the breaks in this line, it resumes as a double white line as it approaches the obstruction. Nearer the obstruction, this double white lane line separates into two outward-tapering wide solid white lines, one running on each side of the obstruction and forming a channelizing island around it. Beyond the obstruction, the two wide solid white lines taper back to merge into one solid double white line (of normal width) at the center of the roadway. The one solid double white line then continues along the center of the road. It then becomes a broken single white line as it approaches the top of the illustration.
A series of wide white chevron marks, pointing south, are shown across the channelizing island between the two wide solid white lines in the center of the northbound lanes.

This figure illustrates the use of a special dotted lane line along the left side of a travel lane to indicate that the lane is changing from a general travel lane to an "Exit Only" lane.

The figure shows a vertical highway with five lanes of one direction of a divided highway, four lanes of which continue through past an exit ramp, and the rightmost of which angles off to the right to become an exit ramp. Arrows indicate that the direction of travel in all lanes is from the bottom of the figure to the top. A solid yellow line is marked to the left of the leftmost through lane, a solid white line is marked to the right of the rightmost travel lane, and the through lanes are separated from each other by broken white lines.
At the bottom of the figure, the far right lane is shown separated from the next lane over by a broken white line. In the middle of the figure, the far right lane is shown becoming the deceleration lane, leading to a right exit ramp. The lane line separating the far right lane from the next lane becomes a dotted white line. This dotted line continues for a distance, past a jagged white mark across the width of the roadway that indicates a discontinuity in the figure depicted. Beyond this (in the direction of travel), the dotted lane line becomes a solid white line. Beyond this the far right lane is shown angling off to the right and becoming the exit ramp (labeled as such). A small black arrow indicates the direction of travel on the ramp.
At the point at which the far right lane begins angling off to the right, the solid white lane line to its left divides into two solid white lines. One continues straight, along the right edge of the rightmost through lane, becoming the right edge line of the main roadway past the exit. The other angles right, following the left edge of the exit ramp. At the point at which the exit ramp pavement physically separates from that of the through roadway, this left edge line on the exit ramp becomes yellow. The right edge line that has been following the right edge of the main roadway before the exit also angles right to become the right edge line of the exit ramp (remaining white).

This figure illustrates the use of a stop line in conjunction with a stop sign. The figure shows a horizontal roadway and another roadway, which runs at an angle from the southeast and intersects the horizontal roadway from the south side only (forming a skewed "T"-shaped intersection). Both roadways have one lane of travel in each direction, which are separated by double solid yellow centerlines except within the intersection. On the slanted roadway just in advance of the intersection, a wide white transverse stop line is marked across the approach lane, perpendicular to the lane. A stop sign (octagonal red background with the word "Stop" written in white block capitals) is indicated on the right side of the roadway at this point. In advance of the stop line and the sign, the word "Stop" is marked in white block capitals across the pavement of the approach lane.

This figure illustrates the use of stop lines at a larger four-way intersection.

The figure shows the intersection of a vertical and a horizontal roadway. The vertical roadway has five lanes overall, with three approach lanes from each direction and two lanes leading away from the intersection in each direction. The horizontal roadway has two lanes in each direction on the west side of the intersection and one lane in each direction on the east side.
On both the vertical and the horizontal roadways, opposing directions of traffic are separated by double solid yellow centerlines, except within the intersection. In advance of the intersection on the north, west, and south approaches, adjacent lanes in the same direction of travel are separated by single solid white lines. Beyond the intersection to the north and south, adjacent lanes in the same direction of travel are separated by single broken white lines (lane separator markings are not shown beyond the intersection on the west side).
White lane use arrows are used to indicate turning use of lanes approaching the intersection from the north, west, and south. Approaching from the north, the lane nearest the centerline is marked with a left-turn arrow, while the lane nearest the edge of the road is marked with a right-turn and through-lane use arrow (the middle lane is not marked). Approaching from the west, the right lane is marked with a right-turn arrow, while the left lane is marked with a left-turn and through-lane use arrow. Approaching from the south, the right lane is marked with a right-turn and through-lane use arrow, the middle lane is marked with a left-turn and through-lane use arrow, and the left lane is marked with a left-turn arrow.
Wide solid white stop lines are marked across all approach lanes from all four directions immediately in advance of the intersection. On the approaches from the east and west, the stop line is shown perpendicular to the lane. On the north and south approaches, the stop line is shown on a slight slant from perpendicular.

This figure illustrates the use of stop lines in advance of a railroad grade crossing. The figure shows a vertical roadway with one lane in each direction, separated by a double solid yellow centerline above and below an at-grade railroad crossing. The railroad crossing is indicated by tracks crossing the roadway at an approximately 45-degree slant from lower on the right to higher on the left. On each lane, a wide solid white stop line is marked perpendicularly across the lane slightly in advance (from the direction of travel) of the railroad crossing.

This figure illustrates the use of yield lines at entrances to roundabouts.

The figure shows a central island (labeled as such) surrounded by a circular roadway. A solid yellow line is marked around the island near the inner edge of the circular roadway. Four roadways enter the roundabout from the north, south, east, and west, although this figure shows mainly the approach from the south, cropping the other approaches.
The southern approach is a two-lane road with one lane in each direction. A triangular splitter island separates the two lanes of the road where it intersects the circular roadway. Around the outer edge of the circular roadway, a solid white line is shown adjacent to the splitter island, a dotted white line is shown adjacent to the entering lane, and no line is shown adjacent to the exiting lane. As the roadway approaches the splitter island, two solid yellow lane separator lines diverge to go alongside the two sides of the splitter island and diagonal yellow lines are shown in the area between the two diverging solid yellow lines and the near end of the splitter island.
The figure indicates that "Yield" signs are installed on the splitter island and at the right side of the roadway so as to be visible to traffic approaching the entrance to the circular roadway. These signs are red triangular signs with a white triangle at the center and the word "Yield" written in red on the white triangle. A yield line of small white isosceles triangles pointing towards approaching traffic is marked on the pavement across the lane of traffic entering the circular roadway in advance of and parallel to the dotted white line.
Similar yield lines and dotted lines are shown at the east and west approaches to the circular roadway, while towards the north the circular roadway is cropped and the northern approach is not explicitly shown.

This figure illustrates the use of yield lines to supplement "Yield here to pedestrians" signs in advance of midblock crosswalks. The figure shows a four-lane vertical roadway with two lanes in each direction. Opposing directions are separated by a double solid yellow centerline, while adjacent lanes with the same direction of travel are separated by broken white lines. Near the top of the figure, a midblock crosswalk is marked with two transverse solid white lines across the entire roadway and parallel to each other. The roadway centerline and lane separation lines are omitted between these two transverse lines. Next to the right side of the roadway, in advance of the crosswalk on the northbound side of the roadway, a square "Yield Here to Pedestrians" symbol sign is indicated, oriented to be visible to northbound traffic approaching the crosswalk. The sign is white with a black border, and shows a picture of a triangular red and white "Yield" sign above the word "Here," which is above a horizontal black arrow curving down and to the left above the word "To." A black walking person symbol is shown to the right of the arrow on the sign. A yield line is marked across both northbound lanes where the sign is placed, and consists of a row of small white isosceles triangles with the points of the triangles pointing south, towards oncoming traffic.

This figure illustrates three pattern types of crosswalk markings at an intersection of a vertical and a horizontal roadway. On the north side of the vertical roadway, a crosswalk is shown marked at the intersection with two parallel solid white lines. On the east side of the horizontal roadway, a crosswalk is shown marked at the intersection with solid white diagonal lines between two parallel solid white lines. On the south side of the vertical roadway, a series of short, closely spaced solid white lines are shown placed at the intersection parallel to the direction of travel.

This figure illustrates special crosswalk marking that may be used at intersections where an exclusive all-red signal phase permits pedestrians to cross diagonally. The figure shows the intersection of a vertical and a horizontal roadway. A single solid white line is marked across the full width of each side of each roadway just in advance of the intersection, forming an outer "box," although, because the lines are slightly in advance of the intersection, they do not connect at the corners. Inside the intersection, solid white lines parallel to the white lines that cross the roadways are marked, forming an inner "box" with spaces at each corner. The inner lines do not connect at these corners. At the ends of each inner line near these corners, a space is shown to guide pedestrians crossing diagonally, with short, angled, parallel solid white lines marked pointing towards the center of the intersection to establish the beginning and end of each diagonal pedestrian pathway.

This figure illustrates the use of arrow markings to tell drivers which movements are allowed from a particular lane. The figure shows a four-way intersection and the approaches from the south and east. From the south, three northbound lanes approaching the intersection are separated by a double solid yellow centerline from two southbound lanes leading away from the intersection. In advance of the intersection, the three northbound lanes are separated by solid white lines, and a wide solid white transverse stop line appears across all northbound lanes just in advance of the intersection. A white arrow symbol is marked on each northbound lane in advance of the stop line. The leftmost lane is marked with a left-turn arrow, the center lane is marked with a combined left-turn and through-lane-use arrow, and the right lane is marked with a combined right-turn and through-lane-use arrow.

This figure illustrates the use of arrow markings at exit ramp terminals.

The figure shows a horizontal two-lane roadway. Arrows show that the direction of travel is one lane of traffic in each direction. A vertical exit ramp (labeled as such) is shown intersecting the roadway from the north, and an entrance ramp (labeled as such) is shown on the south side of the intersection. Arrows and pavement markings show that the direction of travel is north to south on both ramps. A solid double yellow centerline is shown separating the opposing direction lanes on the horizontal roadway. A solid white line is shown on the outside (right from direction of travel) edge of the exit and entrance ramps, and a solid yellow line is shown along the inside (left from direction of travel) edge of the exit and entrance ramps. A solid white line is shown along the outside edges of the horizontal roadway in the eastbound and westbound directions.
As the exit ramp approaches the intersection, it is shown splitting into two lanes, one for right turns, and one for through and left turns, separated by a triangular-shaped channelizing island. Just in advance of the intersection of the exit ramp right-turn lane and the east-west roadway, a white wrong-way arrow (pointing south) is marked on the pavement of the right-turn lane. In the exit ramp's through and left-turn lane, a combined left-turn and through arrow is marked on the pavement in advance of a white stop line at the intersection. On the horizontal roadway, on the left side in advance of the intersection, a white combined right-turn and through arrow with is marked on the eastbound lane. On the horizontal roadway, on the right side in advance of the intersection, a white combined left-turn and through arrow is marked on the westbound lane.

Photograph shows a divided roadway with three lanes of travel in the direction from the bottom to the top of the image. A white arrow pointing diagonally forward to the left is marked on the rightmost lane. In the distance, the word "Merge" can be seen marked in white block capitals across the rightmost lane. The rightmost lane is separated from the center lane in the foreground of the image by a solid white lane, which changes to dotted and then ends altogether. Somewhat past this the rightmost lane ends.

The figure shows a horizontal roadway and another roadway, which runs at an angle from the southeast and intersects the horizontal roadway from the south side only (forming a skewed "T"-shaped intersection). Both roadways have one lane of travel in each direction, which are separated by double solid yellow centerlines except within the intersection. On the slanted roadway just in advance of the intersection, a wide white transverse stop line is marked across the approach lane. A stop sign (octagonal red background with the word "Stop" written in white block capitals) is indicated on the right side of the roadway at this point. In advance of the stop line and the sign, the word "Stop" is marked in white block capitals across the pavement of the approach lane.

Figure shows an example of a vertical highway with four lanes. Arrows show that the direction of travel for all lanes is northbound. The example shows a solid yellow line on the left edge of the roadway, a solid white line on the right edge of the roadway, and broken normal-width white lines separating three non-preferential lanes of through traffic (labeled "General Purpose Lanes"). The leftmost lane is labeled "HOV Lane" and has a white hollow-diamond HOV-lane symbol marked on the pavement. It is separated from the adjacent non-preferential lane by a single broken wide white line.

Photograph shows four parking spaces at the edge of a parking lot. The left-most two spaces each have a marking that consists of a blue square with a white symbol of a person in a wheelchair centered within it. Between these two parking spaces, there is an area with the same shape as a parking space outlined with solid white lines and crossed diagonally by a number of parallel white lines.

Photograph shows a lane with a single white triangle pointing towards approaching traffic.

Figure shows a two-lane roadway with one northbound and one southbound lane of travel. The lanes are separated by a yellow centerline which consists of a solid yellow line adjacent to the northbound lane and a broken yellow line adjacent to the southbound lane. Near the bottom of the figure, a wide white transverse line extends across the northbound lane. Beyond this line in the direction of travel, on the right side of the roadway, a railroad-crossing sign is indicated, consisting of a round yellow sign with a black "X" shape and a black letter "R" nestled on each side. Just beyond this, a railroad-crossing pavement marking is shown on the northbound lane, consisting of a large white "X" with a small white letter "R" nestled on each side. Beyond this pavement marking, another wide white transverse line extends across the northbound lane.

Photograph shows a divided roadway with two lanes of travel in the direction from the bottom to the top of the image. The word "signal" is marked in white block capital letters across each of the two lanes so that it is readable from the direction of travel. Beyond is the word "ahead," also marked in white block capital letters across each of the two lanes.

Photograph shows a roadway with four lanes of travel in the direction from the bottom to the top of the image, approaching a signalized intersection. Adjacent lanes are separated by single broken white lines which become solid in advance of the intersection. Each of the lanes, except for the rightmost one, have lane-use arrow and guidance markings in advance of the intersection. Where words appear in these guidance markings, they are in block capitals across the lane in question. The second lane (counting from the right) has "To 4 East" and a through-lane use arrow marked on it, with a separate line for each word or symbol so that the phrase is oriented to be readable from the direction of travel. All markings are entirely in white except for the number 4, which is white on a white, red and blue interstate shield background. The third lane (counting from the right) has "To 4 West" and a through-lane use arrow marked on it, with similar orientation and colors, and beyond that, the word "Only." The fourth (leftmost) lane has a left-turn arrow marked, followed by (in the direction of travel, with one word on each line) "Yield to Peds," followed by another left-turn arrow. All markings in this lane are white.

Photograph shows a single-lane roadway edged with concrete Jersey barriers with raised red reflectors in the pavement forming the shape of an arrow, which points towards the bottom of the image.

Photograph shows a night scene of a roadway with a traffic island on the right. Several lanes are on each side of the island. Around the nose of the island is a ring of yellow reflectors. On the island is a signpost with a diamond-shaped yellow reflective sign in the middle and a white rectangular sign at the top. At the top left corner of the white sign, marked in black, an image that depicts a traffic island is shown. An upward-pointing black arrow is shown on the sign, curving to the right of the island. To the left of the island, raised red reflective pavement markings accompany the lines between the lanes. To the right of the island, raised white reflective pavement markings accompany the lines between the lanes.

Photograph shows a roadway with several lanes. Three raised blue pavement markings are spaced evenly across the roadway, forming a straight transverse line across one of the lanes.

Figure shows an example of markings for an obstruction in the center of the road. The obstruction (indicated by a small "X" in a square) is in the middle of an island formed by diagonal solid yellow lines in the center of a two-lane road. Arrows show that the direction of travel is one lane in each direction. Starting from the bottom of the illustration, a solid double yellow centerline separates the opposing lanes and then continues as it approaches the obstruction. In advance of the obstruction the two yellow lines separate and taper away from each other. A second longitudinal yellow line appears on each side of the obstruction so that there is a solid double yellow line running on each side of the obstruction. A series of parallel diagonal yellow lines, running from top right to bottom left at a 45-degree angle, are shown filling the island created between the two solid double yellow lines. Beyond the obstruction, the two solid double yellow lines taper back to merge into one solid double yellow line at the center of the roadway. The one solid double yellow line then continues along the center of the road as it approaches the top of the illustration.

Figure shows the markings for a parallel deceleration lane leading to a highway exit ramp. The two through lanes of one direction of a divided highway are shown, with direction of travel from the bottom of the figure to the top, and on the right an additional deceleration lane which leads to a right exit ramp is also shown. A solid yellow line is to the left of the leftmost through lane and a solid white line separates the deceleration lane (and then the exit ramp) from the right shoulder. Adjacent lanes are separated from each other by broken white lines. Just in advance of the point at which the deceleration lane begins to split off from the through lanes, the broken white lane separator line to the left of the deceleration lane becomes a wide solid white channelizing line. Continuing towards the top of the figure, this line then forks into two wide solid white lines, one of which continues straight along the right edge of the rightmost through lane, while the other marks the left edge of the deceleration lane as it begins to curve away to the right to become an exit ramp. The triangular space between the forking wide solid white lines is marked with three white chevron markings, with their "points" oriented towards the bottom of the figure. At the point at which the exit ramp pavement physically separates from the pavement of the through lanes, the wide solid white line along the right edge of the rightmost through lane becomes a normal-width solid white line and continues to the top of the figure as the separator between that lane and the shoulder. Similarly, at the point where the through and exit ramp pavements split, the wide solid white line along the left side of the exit ramp becomes a normal-width yellow line that separates the exit ramp from its left shoulder. The exit ramp curves away to the right.

Figure shows an example of the use of dotted lines to extend longitudinal centerline markings through a turn at an intersection.

This figure shows an intersection with a five-lane horizontal roadway intersecting a three-lane vertical roadway. On the horizontal roadway, the direction of travel is two through-lanes and one turn-lane eastbound and two through-lanes and one left-turn-lane westbound. On the vertical roadway, the direction of travel is one through-lane and one left-turn-lane northbound and one through-lane and one turn-lane southbound. On both roadways, the through lanes in the same direction are divided from each other by a broken white line. The left turn lane is divided from the same direction through lanes by a solid white line. White turn arrows are marked in the turn lanes. A wide solid white stop line is marked across all approach lanes at the intersection. On each side of the intersection on each roadway are two parallel solid white lines denoting crosswalks.
On the east side of the intersection, a separate westbound right-turn lane is shown as the rightmost lane. It is separated from the right through lane by a solid white line that forms a gore at the intersection as the turn lane begins to curve to the north. At the point where the right-turn lane curves past the northeast corner of the intersection, two parallel solid white lines denoting a crosswalk are shown across the turn lane. A black triangular island is shown to the left of the crosswalk with the point of the island extending to the far edge of the vertical and horizontal crosswalks in the intersection. The right-turn lane continues curving and merges with the northbound lane of the vertical roadway on the north side of the intersection.
Beginning at the crosswalk on the north side of the vertical roadway, a single dotted yellow line extends through the intersection, beginning at a point in line with the solid double yellow centerline on the north wing of the intersection. This dotted line curves 90 degrees to the east and ends at the east side crosswalk at a point in line with the solid double yellow centerline on the east wing of the intersection. Beginning at the crosswalk on the south side of the vertical roadway, a similar single dotted yellow line extends through the intersection, beginning at a point in line with the solid double yellow centerline on the south wing of the intersection. This dotted line curves 90 degrees to the west and ends at the west side crosswalk at a point in line with the solid double yellow centerline on the west wing of the intersection.

Figure shows an example of the use of dotted lines to extend longitudinal lane line markings through a large intersection with an offset between the lanes approaching and leaving the intersection.

The figure shows the intersection of a two-lane horizontal roadway with a four-lane vertical roadway. The horizontal roadway has one lane of travel in each direction, while the vertical roadway is one-way with all lanes southbound.
The horizontal roadway has a double solid yellow centerline dividing the two lanes and wide solid white stop lines across the approach lane on each side of the intersection.
The four lanes on the vertical roadway on the south side of the intersection are offset to the right of the four lanes on the north side of the intersection. Broken white lines separate the four lanes on the vertical roadway on each side of the intersection. Through the intersection, the lanes are separated by dotted white lines.
On each side of the intersection on each roadway are two parallel solid white lines denoting crosswalks.

Photograph shows that a special DOTTED lane line along the left side of a travel lane indicates that the lane is changing from a general travel lane to an "Exit Only" lane. That is, traffic in that lane will be required to exit at the next interchange exit ramp and will not be allowed to continue along the main roadway of the highway. The normal broken (dashed) white lane line changes to the special DOTTED lane line about a half-mile or more before the exit.

Photograph shows that where the pavement widens out at the start of a separate turn lane or a deceleration lane for an exit ramp, a DOTTED LINE is sometimes used to extend the edgeline and give drivers a clearer delineation of where to start moving over into the added lane.

This figures illustrates lane line markings for a reversible lane system. The figure shows a vertical roadway with three lanes. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel in the left lane is southbound, the right lane is northbound, and in the center lane can be either. The center lane is separated from the adjacent lane on either side by broken double yellow lines.

This figure illustrates two-way left-turn lane marking applications.

A vertical five-lane roadway is shown. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel is southbound in the two left lanes and northbound in the two right lanes. A fifth lane is in the center. A solid white edge line is marked on the outside edge of each side of the roadway. A broken white line separates the two southbound through lanes and a broken white line separates the two northbound through lanes. The center lane is separated from the adjacent lanes by a broken yellow line and a solid yellow line on each side. The broken yellow lines are on the "inside," adjacent to the center lane, and the solid yellow lines are on the "outside," next to the adjacent lanes.
A horizontal street, labeled "Minor Cross Street," is shown intersecting the vertical roadway near the top of the figure. All lane separation lines and the edge lines on the vertical roadway are omitted through this intersection.
South of this intersection, the edge lines and the markings separating each of the lanes are shown continuing in the same pattern as north of the intersection. In the center lane, a white left-turn arrow, oriented for vehicles traveling southbound, is shown curving to the south and east. Just south of it, another white left-turn arrow, oriented for vehicles traveling northbound, is shown curving to the north and west.
In the middle of the figure, a wavy white line across the width of the roadway indicates a discontinuity. South of this line, a second set of opposing white left-turn arrows is marked in the center lane.

This figure illustrates examples of advance warning markings for speed humps. A vertical two-lane roadway is shown. Arrows indicate that the direction of travel is one lane in each direction. A solid double yellow centerline separates opposing lanes. In the middle of the figure, a speed hump is indicated and a set of white speed hump markings extending in opposite directions in each of the two lanes is shown. Each set of markings consists of: (1) a "V"-shaped figure with the base of the "V" shown at the approach edge of the speed hump and the point of the "V" at the transverse centerline of the speed hump (labeled "Center of Speed Hump"), (2) an additional small solid equilateral triangle, nestled within the "V," with a point in the same direction as that of the "V;" and (3) in advance of this (from the direction of travel) a series of eight short parallel white lines perpendicular to the lane but not extending all the way across it, each centered on the centerline of the lane. Each perpendicular line is longer than the one in advance of it so that the longest line is nearest the triangle and the "V" and the shortest is a number of feet in advance.

This figure illustrates three examples of parking space markings. Three vertical segments of roadway are depicted, showing the right side of a roadway from the center of the roadway to the curb. Each roadway segment extends vertically from an intersection. The intersection has crosswalks marked with parallel solid white lines. Each example has a row of parking spaces on the right side of the roadway. The spaces are marked with white markings. In each example, a short distance just north of the intersection is a no-parking zone with no space marked.

The example on the left shows a vertical row of parking spaces marked with solid white lines as vertical rectangles, with the curb forming the right side of the rectangle.
The middle example shows the parking spaces marked with a short vertical white line to mark the side of the space and a short horizontal white line crossing it to mark each end of the space (forming small cross-like markings at the upper and lower left corners of each space). The top of the topmost parking space is shown marked with a "T" shape instead of a cross, and the bottom of the bottommost parking space in the vertical row is shown marked with an inverted "T."
The example on the right shows the parking spaced marked with long vertical white lines to mark the left side of each parking space and a short white horizontal line marking each end. At the top of the example, a single parking space is shown, then a gap in the vertical white line. The gap is followed by two parking spaces joined vertically, then another gap in the vertical white line, another group of two joined parking spaces, a gap, and another group of two joined parking spaces.

Photograph shows three lanes with cars in the center and left lanes, all approaching a signalized intersection where a "no-left-turn" sign is posted on the signal pole mast arm over the intersection. The pavement of the rightmost lane is marked with white right-turn arrows and the word "only," while the middle and left lanes are marked with straight arrows and the word "only." The lanes are separated from each other by single solid white longitudinal lines.

Photograph shows two lanes approaching a tunnel entrance. The lanes are separated by two parallel white longitudinal solid lines. The right edge of the right lane has a single solid white line; the left edge of the left lane has a single solid yellow line.

Image shows a two-lane roadway separated by a solid yellow longitudinal line and a broken yellow longitudinal line. The solid line is adjacent to the lane traveling towards the top of the image, and the broken line is adjacent to the lane traveling towards the bottom of the image.

Photograph shows two lanes divided by double longitudinal solid yellow lines. White edge lines appear at the outside edge of each lane.

Photograph shows a road with three lanes. The leftmost lane and the center lane are separated by a broken white line. The center lane and the rightmost lane are separated by a two parallel longitudinal yellow lines. The line adjacent to the rightmost lane is broken; the line adjacent to the center lane is solid.

Photograph shows a main roadway with one lane of travel in each direction that curves slightly to the left (as viewed from the direction of travel from the bottom to the top of the image). A side road (controlled by a stop sign) enters from the right. On the main roadway, the two lanes are divided by a solid double yellow line, except for a short length at the point where the side road enters. For this length, the two lanes on the main roadway are divided by a single dotted yellow line

Photograph shows the intersection of two large streets. Each street has five or six approach lanes (including turning lanes). The leftmost two approach lanes on each approach to the intersection are marked with white left-turn-only pavement markings. A dotted white line begins immediately past the stop-line on each approach at the point between the two leftmost approach lanes and extends through the intersection in a sweeping curve 90 degrees to the left and connects to the broken white line that separates the left-most two lanes going away from the intersection.

Photograph shows one side of a divided highway with three lanes of travel in the direction from the bottom to the top of the screen. There is a green highway exit guide sign above the right lane. The sign includes a yellow panel containing a black �Exit Only� message and a black arrow pointing down to the right lane. The middle and left lanes are separated by a broken white line while the right and middle lanes are separated by a dotted white line. A white right-turn arrow is marked in the distance on the right lane.

Photograph shows three lanes with cars in the center and left lanes, all approaching a signalized intersection where a "no-left-turn" sign is posted on the signal pole mast arm over the intersection. The pavement of the rightmost lane is marked with white right-turn arrows and the word "only," while the middle and left lanes are marked with straight arrows and the word "only." The lanes are separated from each other by single solid white longitudinal lines.

Photograph shows a main roadway with one lane of travel in each direction that curves slightly to the left (as viewed from the direction of travel from the bottom to the top of the image). A side road (controlled by a stop sign) enters from the right. On the main roadway, the two lanes are divided by a solid double yellow line, except for a short length at the point where the side road enters. For this length, the two lanes on the main roadway are divided by a single dotted yellow line.

Photograph shows two lanes separated by a white longitudinal broken line, with a solid longitudinal yellow line at the left edge of the left lane and a solid longitudinal white line at the right edge of the right lane. Two cars are shown in the right lane, traveling towards the top of the image.

Photograph shows a roadway with lanes of travel in both directions. A signalized intersection appears in the middle of the picture. Just before intersection (as viewed from the direction of travel from the bottom to the top of the image), the opposing directions of traffic are separated by an area that is marked with a number of parallel diagonal solid yellow lines. The diagonal solid yellow lines are enclosed by longitudinal parallel double solid yellow lines on each side.

Photograph shows a night scene of a roadway with a traffic island on the right. Several lanes are on each side of the island. Around the nose of the island is a ring of yellow reflectors. On the island is a signpost with a diamond-shaped yellow reflective sign in the middle and a white rectangular sign at the top. At the top left corner of the white sign, marked in black, an image that depicts a traffic island is shown. An upward-pointing black arrow is shown on the sign, curving to the right of the island. To the left of the island, raised red reflective pavement markings accompany the lines between the lanes. To the right of the island, raised white reflective pavement markings accompany the lines between the lanes.

Photograph shows four parking spaces at the edge of a parking lot. The left-most two spaces each have a marking that consists of a blue square with a white symbol of a person in a wheelchair centered within it. Between these two parking spaces, there is an area with the same shape as a parking space outlined with solid white lines and crossed diagonally by a number of parallel white lines.

Photograph shows a roadway with several lanes. Three raised blue pavement markings are spaced evenly across the roadway, forming a straight transverse line across one of the lanes.

This photograph illustrates the use of wide edge lines to emphasize the end of a shoulder. The photograph show a two-lane roadway, with one lane of travel from the bottom to the top of the image and one lane of travel from the top to the bottom of the image. A yellow centerline is shown, although its details cannot be clearly seen. The roadway is viewed from the right edge of the pavement. In the foreground, a wide white longitudinal line is marked along the right edge of the right lane, separating the lane from a paved shoulder, which is tapering down. Continuing in the direction of travel, the shoulder tapers away. At the point where the shoulder disappears, the wide edge line ends and a normal-width white edge line begins. This line runs along the right edge of the pavement to the horizon.

Photograph shows a divided roadway with travel from the bottom to the top of the image. At the bottom of the image, the direction of travel towards the top of the image has three lanes of travel. In the middle of the image, the rightmost of these three lanes forks off to the right from the main roadway and is marked with an exit sign having a diagonally upward-pointing arrow. As the right lane forks off, a triangular-shaped area bounded by wide solid white edge lines separates the exiting lane and the rightmost of the two continuing lanes. Between the solid white lines in the triangular shaped area of pavement, there are a number of parallel solid white lines generally perpendicular to the direction of travel.

This figure illustrates the use of double and single solid wide lane lanes for separating a lane reserved for High Occupancy Vehicles (HOVs) from an adjacent general purpose travel lane. The figure shows examples of two vertical highways. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel for all lanes in both examples is northbound. Both examples are shown as four lanes to the right of a barrier, median, or centerline (labeled as such). Both examples show a solid yellow line on the left edge of the roadway, a solid white line on the right edge of the roadway, and broken normal-width white lines separating three non-preferential lanes of through traffic. The leftmost lane in each example is labeled "HOV Lane." In the example highway on the left of the figure, the HOV lane is separated from the adjacent non-preferential lane by a double solid wide white line (the HOV lane is a full-time concurrent lane(s) where enter/exit movements are prohibited). In the example highway on the right of the figure, the HOV lane is separated from the adjacent non-preferential lane by a single solid wide white line (the HOV lane is a full-time concurrent lane(s) where enter/exit movements are discouraged).

This figure illustrates the use of broken wide lane lanes for separating a lane reserved for High Occupancy Vehicles (HOVs) from an adjacent general purpose travel lane. The figure shows an example of a vertical highway. Small black arrows indicate that the direction of travel for all lanes is northbound. The example is shown as four lanes to the right of a barrier, median, or centerline (labeled as such). The example shows a solid yellow line on the left edge of the roadway, a solid white line on the right edge of the roadway, and broken normal-width white lines separating three non-preferential lanes of through traffic. The leftmost lane is labeled "HOV Lane" and is separated from the adjacent non-preferential lane by a single broken wide white line (the HOV lane is a full-time concurrent lane(s) where enter/exit movements are permitted).