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Significant Traffic Control Device Documents Related to the MUTCD
1970 AASHO Manual for Signing and Pavement Marking of the National System of Interstate and Defense HighwaysDownload
1961 AASHO Manual for Signing and Pavement Marking of the National System of Interstate and Defense HighwaysDownload
1958 AASHO Manual for Signing and Pavement Marking of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (Kittelson LLC gratefully acknowledges AASHTO for granting permission to share this copyrighted document)Download
1930 National Conference on Street and Highway Safety (urban TCD manual) (Kittelson LLC gratefully acknowledges FHWA for providing the scan of this document)Download
1927 AASHO Manual and Specifications for the Manufacture, Display, and Erection of U.S. Standard Road Markers and Signs (rural TCD manual)Download
1925 Joint Board Report on Interstate Highways (Link coming soon!)
Documents Providing MUTCD History
Evolution of the MUTCD: Part 1 – Early Standards for Traffic Control Devices, © Institute of Transportation Engineers, July 1992. Used by permission.Download
Evolution of the MUTCD: Part 2 – The Early Editions of the MUTCD, © Institute of Transportation Engineers, August 1992. Used by permission.Download
Evolution of the MUTCD: Part 3 – The MUTCD Since World War II, © Institute of Transportation Engineers, November 1992. Used by permission.Download
New Developments with the MUTCD, © Institute of Transportation Engineers, February 1994. Used by permission.Download
Evolution of the U.S. Pavement Marking System, A brief description of the evolution of pavement marking color was prepared as part of NCHRP Project 4-28 assessing the feasibility of an all-white pavement marking system. A portion of this document was included as Appendix A in NCHRP Report 484. Download