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Title 2 - TransportationDepartment of TransportationDivision of Transportation SolutionsManual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)Part 3 - Marking
Chapter 3B - PAVEMENT AND CURB MARKINGS
Section 3B.24 - Chevron and Diagonal Crosshatch Markings

2 Del. Admin. Code § 3B.24

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Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 5, November 1, 2024
Section 3B.24 - Chevron and Diagonal Crosshatch Markings

Option:

01 Chevron and diagonal crosshatch markings may be used to discourage travel on certain paved areas, such as shoulders, gore areas, flush median areas between solid double yellow center line markings or between white channelizing lines approaching obstructions in the roadway (see Section 3B.10 and Figure 3B-15), between solid double yellow center line markings forming flush medians or channelized travel paths at intersections (see Figures 3B-2 and 3B-5), buffer spaces between preferential lanes and general-purpose lanes (see Figures 3D-2 and 3D-4), and at grade crossings (see Part 8).

Guidance:

01A (DE Revision) White chevron markings should be placed in the neutral area of exit ramp gores (see Figures 3B-8, 3B-8A, 3B-10 and 3B-10A).

Standard:

02 (DE Revision) When crosshatch markings are used in paved areas that separate traffic flows in the same general direction, they shall be white and they shall be shaped as chevron markings, with the point of each chevron facing toward approaching traffic, as shown in Figure 3B-8, 3B-8A, 3B-10, 3B-10A, and Drawing C of Figure 3B-15.
03 (DE Revision) When crosshatch markings are used in paved areas that separate opposing directions of traffic, they shall be yellow diagonal markings that slant away from traffic in the adjacent travel lanes, as shown in Figure 3B-5 and Drawings A and B of Figure 3B-15.
04 When crosshatch markings are used on paved shoulders, they shall be diagonal markings that slant away from traffic in the adjacent travel lane. The diagonal markings shall be yellow when used on the left-hand shoulders of the roadways of divided highways and on the left-hand shoulders of one-way streets or ramps. The diagonal markings shall be white when used on right-hand shoulders.

Guidance:

05 (DE Revision) The chevrons and diagonal lines used for crosshatch markings should be 12 inches wide along all roadways. The longitudinal spacing of the chevrons or diagonal lines should be 50 feet along interstates, expressways, and freeways and 25 feet along all other roadways. The chevrons and diagonal lines should form an angle of approximately 45 degrees with the longitudinal lines that they intersect.

2 Del. Admin. Code § 3B.24