N.J. Admin. Code § 16:42-4.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 16:42-4.2 - Specifications for acknowledgment signs and acknowledgment plaques

(a) Rest area acknowledgment signs on the highway mainline shall not be located within 500 feet of other traffic control devices.

(b) Acknowledgment plaques mounted in the same sign assembly below a general service sign shall be a horizontally oriented rectangle, with the horizontal dimension longer than the vertical dimension. The size of the acknowledgment plaque must not exceed the lesser of 1/3 of the area of the general service sign below which it is mounted or 24 square feet. An acknowledgment plaque must not exceed 1/3 of the area of the largest size prescribed in the MUTCD for a specified standard sign below which the acknowledgment plaque is mounted, even where the standard sign is enlarged in accordance with Sections 2A.11 and 2I.01 of the MUTCD or where the size of a standard sign used is designated as oversized in the MUTCD for its application.

(c) In order that the focus remains on the service provided rather than the sponsor, the sponsor logo area on an acknowledgment sign or acknowledgment plaque shall be a horizontally oriented rectangle, consistent with the MUTCD provisions on business logos in Chapter 2J of the MUTCD. The width of this rectangle shall be at least 1.67 times its height, the total area of which shall not exceed the maximum referenced or specified in the Federal Highway Administration Order No. 5160.1A and in the MUTCD. The word legend describing the activity, such as "SPONSORED BY," shall be composed of upper-case lettering of the Federal Highway Administration Standard Alphabets (as found in the MUTCD) at least three inches high on conventional roads and at least four inches high on expressways and freeways.

(d) All acknowledgment signs and acknowledgment plaques that are visible to the main-travelled way shall be placed at least one mile apart from each other if facing in the same direction and associated with the same element of the Department's highway operation, such as litter pickup.

(e) For sponsorship of rest areas, one acknowledgment sign for each direction of travel may be installed on the roadway. Additional acknowledgment signs may be placed within the rest area, provided that these sign legends are not visible to highway mainline traffic and do not pose safety risks to rest area users.

(f) For sponsorship of travel service programs that are not site-specific, such as, but not limited to, 511 Traveler Information, Radio-Weather, Radio-Traffic, and Emergency Service Patrol, an acknowledgment plaque may be mounted in the same sign assembly below the general service signs for these programs. General service signs are white-on-blue signs that provide road users with generic information about facilities and services that are available along the roadway.

N.J. Admin. Code § 16:42-4.2

Adopted by 47 N.J.R. 2307(a), effective 9/8/2015