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Show HIGHWAY BOARD TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS (I'rimrr:fl by th TTnttil States Dpurtmftnt of AKiicultuio.) Tentative agreement on the form and color of warning and directional Bigns to mark the principal Interstate roads of the country was reached by Hie Joint board of Interstate highways In session held at Washington. Highways High-ways to be marked us Interstate roads, for which the name United Slates highways high-ways has been proposed, will be selected se-lected after a series of regional meetings meet-ings of members of the board with highway officials of groups of stales. As the membership of the board Is made up of state and federal officials In charge of highways anil Is representative repre-sentative of the departments In control con-trol of fhe state roads of all states, It Is anticipated that the recommendations recommenda-tions of Hie board will be translated ltdo definite action within a few months. The routes selected as United Stntes highways will be numbered and marked uniformly In all states with a standard marker. All state highway departments will be asked to submit proposals for the design of the marker. mark-er. The design tentatively proposed by the board consists of a United States shield with a white background bearing In black letters "U. S.", -the number of the route In large numerals, numer-als, and the name of the stale in which the marker Is erected. TiiiiTerences which now exist between the warning and danger signs in use by the various states will also be eliminated elim-inated when the recommendations of tlie board are adopted, at least so far as the Interstate roads are concerned. Tentative proposals adopted at the first meeting of the board call for the adoption of a standard round sign for marking all railroad crossings; an octagonal oc-tagonal sign to Indicate danger or stop ; a diamond shaped sign for caution or slow; a square sign to Indicate "look" or attention; and a rectangular shape for directional or Informational signs. Colors tentatively adopted for non-lunilnous non-lunilnous signs are yellow for warning warn-ing and clanger signs and white for directional and Informational signs, including in-cluding the route markers. Lettering Letter-ing on both classes of signs will be in black. For luminous or reflecting signs the colors tentatively selected are red for danger, yellow for caution and green to indicate "go." Standardization of the sizes of all signs and the lettering on them will be referred to a subcommittee of the hoard. All recommendations of the board with regard to the shape, size and color of signs will be submitted to the highway departments of all states for consideration before the final adoption by the board. |