File:MA Route 2-digit template.svg

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Description

600 mm by 600 mm (24 in by 24 in) Massachusetts Route shield, made to the specifications of the http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/Portals/8/docs/traffic/Signs/MassDOT_Sign_Book.pdf 2016 edition of Massachusetts DOT Standard Signs] (sign M1-5). Uses the Roadgeek 2005 fonts. (United States law does not permit the copyrighting of typeface designs, and the fonts are meant to be copies of a U.S. Government-produced work anyway.) The outside border has a width of 1 (1 mm) and a color of black so it shows up; in reality, signs have no outside border. The specs actually do not show the curve on the outside border, instead making it a perfect square, but all signs I have seen round the corners.

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Date

6 June 2008

Source

Older shields in the Commons

Author

Mr. Matté

Licensing

This file is in the public domain because it comes from the Massachusetts Amendments to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, sign number M1-5, which states on p. 1 that Massachusetts has adopted the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices except for "modifications that were deemed necessary to cover local requirements and to incorporate in these official standards the most recent traffic engineering recommendations of MassDOT." The federal MUTCD states specifically on its page I-1 that:

Any traffic control device design or application provision contained in this Manual shall be considered to be in the public domain. Traffic control devices contained in this Manual shall not be protected by a patent, trademark, or copyright, except for the Interstate Shield and any other items owned by FHWA.

No amendments supersede this provision of the MUTCD.

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:23, 4 August 2017	601 × 601 (2 KB)	Fredddie	redraw again
	23:48, 10 August 2015	601 × 601 (2 KB)	Fredddie	simplify
	02:54, 7 June 2008	601 × 601 (4 KB)	Mr. Matté	{{Information \|Description=600 mm by 600 mm (24 in by 24 in) Massachusetts Route shield, made to the specifications of the [http://166.90.180.162/mhd/downloads/manuals/1996Mconst.pdf 1996 edition of Construction and Traffic Standard Details] (sign M1-5).