U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration – 3rd Phased Release of New Federal MUTCD
U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration
Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
The third phased release of sign design details for standard signs in the 11th Edition of the MUTCD is now available on the Standard Highway Signs publication webpage. Specifically, this release includes sign design details for 456 regulatory, warning, temporary traffic control, and school signs. In addition to the sign design details, supporting vector graphics are also included in multiple formats. Additional phased releases will continue to be posted periodically as the sign design details become available, ultimately resulting in a completely new edition of the Standard Highway Signs publication.
Additional files for signs not included in the current releases are still being developed.
https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno-shs_2024-release-status/index.htm
On December 19, 2023, a Final Rule adopting the 11th Edition of the MUTCD was published in the Federal Register with an effective date of January 18, 2024. States must adopt the 11th Edition of the National MUTCD as their legal State standard for traffic control devices within two years from the effective date. The Federal Register notice, which provides detailed discussion of the final dispositions of major changes from the 2009 edition, can be viewed at https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-27178.
FHWA does not print copies of the MUTCD. The PDF version of the 11th Edition of the MUTCD is the most current edition of the official FHWA publication.
https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno_11th_Edition.htm
