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Old 10-07-2016, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by N44125 View Post
We were playing Sarasota the other day and noticed that the street name signs by the new Walmart have been installed. The names are all in upper case (capital) letters. I was of the opinion that federal guidelines (law) mandated upper and lower case lettering.
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/SHSe/Design.pdf


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Sign lettering is normally uppercase letters except various sections of the Manual on Uniform Traffic that destination names may be in lowercase lettering-with initial uppercase.


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Originally Posted by Polar Bear View Post
FWIW, the Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) does require upper and lower case letters on street signs.
Only if it is a destination, like would be seen on an Interstate/Freeway/Turnpike.