Signing and Delineation Unit (SDU) Procedures Manual  

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collapse Title : 01 INTRODUCTION ‎(5)
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-01-01'>1.1 Purpose</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-01-02'>1.2 How to Use the SDU Procedures Manual</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-01-03'>1.3 Definitions and Acronyms</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-01-04'>1.4 References</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-01-05'>1.5 Contacts</a>
collapse Title : 02 PRINCIPALS ‎(7)
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-02-01'>2.1 Introduction </a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-02-02'>2.2 Purpose of Signing and Delineation</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-02-03'>2.3 Regulatory Traffic Control Devices</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-02-04'>2.4 Warning Traffic Control Devices</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-02-05'>2.5 Numbered Routes</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-02-06'>2.6 Sign Messaging</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-02-07'>2.7 Lane Continuity</a>
collapse Title : 03 PROJECT DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS ‎(9)
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-03-01'>3.1 Introduction </a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-03-02'>3.2 PEF Prequalification Requirements</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-03-03'>3.3 Project Timeline</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-03-04'>3.4 Coordination Requirements</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-03-05'>3.5 Quality Control Requirements</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-03-06'>3.6 Submittal Requirements</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-03-07'>3.7 Division Design Projects and SDU Coordination</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-03-08'>3.8 SharePoint Application</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-03-09'>3.9 NCDOT eSignature Procedures</a>
collapse Title : 04 SIGNING PLANS ‎(20)
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-01'>4.1 Introduction</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-02'>4.2 NCDOT Sign Types</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-03'>4.3 Plan Elements</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-04'>4.4 Title Sheet</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-05'>4.5 Key Sheet</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-06'>4.6 Ground Mounted Support Design</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-07'>4.7 Overhead Sign Structure Drawings</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-08'>4.8 Sign Designs, General</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-09'>4.9 Type A and B Sign Panel Designs</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-10'>4.10 Type D Panel Designs</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-11'>4.11 Type E Signs (Regulatory and Warning Signs)</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-12'>4.12 Type F Signs (Route Marker Assemblies)</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-13'>4.13 Milemarkers (Reference Location Signs)</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-14'>4.14 Overlay Designs and Placement Details</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-15'>4.15 Supports for Types D, E and F Signs</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-16'>4.16 Signing Plan Sheets</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-17'>4.17 Existing Signing Plan Sheets</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-18'>4.18 Proposed Signing Plan Sheets</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-19'>4.19 Three-Person Check</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-04-20'>4.20 Submittals</a>
collapse Title : 05 PAVEMENT MARKING AND DELINEATION PLANS ‎(21)
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-01'>5.1 Introduction</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-02'>5.2 Plan Elements</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-03'>5.3 Title Sheet</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-04'>5.4 Key Sheet</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-05'>5.5 Pavement Marking Schedule, Legend and Symbols Sheet</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-06'>5.6 Pavement Marking Details</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-07'>5.7 Pavement Marking Plan Sheets</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-08'>5.8 Field Investigations</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-09'>5.9 Pavement Marking Design (Linework)</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-10'>5.10 Pavement Marking Types</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-11'>5.11 Stop Bars (Lines)</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-12'>5.12 Yield Bars (Lines)</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-13'>5.13 Curb Ramps and Crosswalks</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-14'>5.14 Balloon Symbol Callouts</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-15'>5.15 Stationing</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-16'>5.16 Lane and Paved Shoulder Widths</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-17'>5.17 Raised Pavement Markers</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-18'>5.18 Delineators</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-19'>5.19 Object Markers</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-20'>5.20 Permanent Work Zone Traffic Control Devices</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-05-21'>5.21 Submittals</a>
collapse Title : 06 REVISIONS ‎(5)
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-06-01'>6.1 Revisions</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-06-02'>6.2 Time Frames</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-06-03'>6.3 Ground Mounted ‘S’ Dimension Field Verification</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-06-04'>6.4 Overhead ‘S’ Dimension And Slope Field Verification</a>
<a style='float:left;text-align:left;margin-left:20px;' href='https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Pages/Signing-and-Delineation-Unit-Procedures-Manual.aspx?Method=SDU-06-05'>6.5 Correction Procedure For All Revisions</a>

  • 03 PROJECT DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS

  • 3.3 Project Timeline

  • ​Signing and delineation design activities begin during the planning phase and continue through design and construction phases.  Therefore, it is important to assess the project needs early in the timeline.  As soon as a project is identified in the TIP the managing office will identify a preliminary time line for the project.  At this time, a preliminary scoping meeting will be conducted by the managing office to determine the scope of the overall project.

    It is important to assess the signing and marking needs of a project early in a project timeline to ensure all-offsite signing and marking work is analyzed with respect to right of way, utilities, noise walls, traffic control and project limit extents.

    During project planning, signing and delineation requirements should be evaluated according to the following (as required by project type):

    • Routing concept: For projects that include Interstate or US route changes
    • Interchange Access Request (IAR) Signing Concept:  For projects requiring an IAR, a conceptual signing and lane continuity figure showing the interchanges analyzed in the IAR shall be developed.
    • Proof of Concept: For project types defined below, a preliminary signing concept should be developed during the NEPA phase:
    • Interstates
    • Urban Loops
    • Toll Roads and Bridges
    • Express Lane Projects

    For projects that do not have signing and delineation tasks during planning, the agency managing office shall identify a designer or select a PEF to carry out the final design plans for signing and pavement markings upon acceptance of the 25% preliminary roadway design plans.  The PEF shall be under contract through construction to incorporate all field verifications.

    This following link provides timelines and process maps for planning and design activities of several different types of typical projects. (Link)

    Additional Resource

    NCDOT Project Flow Chart Generator (Link)
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