Tp-12 Ramp Closing with Detour
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CONES AS REQUIRED, 20 FT ON CENTER 2 MILES +/- SEE NOTE 4 4' X 8 FLASHING 500 FT 500 FT MIN ARROW BOARD CAUTION MODE 500 FT MIN 100 FT MIN 10 CONES S M V S S S C S C S C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C SECOND CONES AS REQUIRED, 20 FT O.C. EXIT VMS FIRST CLOSED EXIT EXIT DETOUR DETOUR DETOUR SEE NOTE 6 VMS CLOSED CLOSED 500 FT AHEAD SEE NOTE 5 OR OR SEE NOTES 7 THROUGH 9 LONG-TERM OVERNIGHT FIRST MESSAGE SECOND MESSAGE FIRST MESSAGE SECOND MESSAGE NOTES: SIX DAYS EXIT XXX STARTING EXIT XXX **DAY** **TIME** IN ADVANCE TO **DAY** TO CLOSE TO 1. SIGN LOCATIONS MAY BE ADJUSTED IN THE FIELD A MAXIMUM OF 50 FEET IN EITHER DIRECTION. CLOSE **TIME** OVERNITE **DAY** **TIME** 2. LEFT EXIT CLOSINGS SIMILAR. FIRST MESSAGE SECOND MESSAGE FIRST MESSAGE SECOND MESSAGE DURING EXIT XXX FOLLOW EXIT XXX FOLLOW 3. SEE STANDARD DRAWING TP-18 FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON PORTABLE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNING AND MPT REQUIREMENTS. SCHEDULED WORK CLOSED DETOUR CLOSED DETOUR 4. THE CLOSING IS TO EXTEND INTO THE UPSTREAM SHOULDER. 2 MI 2 MI 5. THE FIRST VMS MAY BE OMITTED IF ITS ENVIRONMENT IN A DUALIZED ROADWAY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE A CONFLICTING MESSAGE TO PORTABLE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN LEGENDS THE ROADWAY WHOSE RAMP WILL NOT BE CLOSED. 6. IN ADDITION TO THE PORTABLE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN UNIT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE RAMP CLOSING, A LEGEND: SECOND PORTABLE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN UNIT SHALL BE PLACED AT THE EXIT RAMP FOR USE 6 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED WORK. BOTH SIGN UNITS DISSEMINATE THE SAME MESSAGES 6 DAYS IN ADVANCE. UPON COMMENCEMENT OF THE RAMP CLOSING THE SECOND S TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGN 0 1/2 1 2 3 4 PORTABLE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN UNIT IS TO BE REMOVED. CONE 7. GROUND MOUNTED DETOUR SIGNING SHALL BE PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE EXTENT AND DURATION OF THE DETOUR AND SHALL ORIGINAL SIZE IN INCHES CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS PRESENTED IN THE MOST RECENT EDITIONS OF THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES FOR STREETS DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND HIGHWAYS AND THE STANDARD HIGHWAY SIGNS BOOK AUTHORED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. VMS PORTABLE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN 8. EXAMPLES OF DETOURED ROUTE SIGNING ILLUSTRATED. IF NECESSARY, THE INTERSTATE SHIELD FOR INTERSTATE 95 OR INTERSTATE 78 MAY BE ADDED TO THE ASSEMBLY BUT SHALL BE INSTALLED ABOVE THE TURNPIKE TRAILBLAZER. WHEN THIS BECOMES THE CASE, THE CARDINAL ARROW BOARD STANDARD DRAWINGS DIRECTIONS AND THE AUXILIARY ARROWS SHALL MATCH THE COLOR SCHEMES OF THE INTERSTATE SHIELD. IN THE ABSENCE OF A NUMBERED TRUCK WITH MOUNTED ATTENUATOR HIGHWAY ROUTE, A SIGN WITH A WORD-ONLY LEGEND FOR THE INTERSECTING HIGHWAY IS TO BE APPLIED. 9. THE PENTAGONAL COUNTY ROUTE SHIELD IS ONLY ALLOWED FOR 500 SERIES ROUTES WHEN APPLICABLE. 1-DIGIT, 2-DIGIT, 600 SERIES, 700 RAMP CLOSING WITH DETOUR SERIES AND 800 SERIES COUNTY ROUTES ARE NOT ACCOMMODATED WITH THE PENTAGONAL COUNTY ROUTE SIGN. FOR THE ROUTES, A SIGN WITH A WORD-ONLY LEGEND FOR THE INTERSECTING HIGHWAY IS TO BE APPLIED. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY STANDARD DRAWING WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY 0 REISSUED DRAWING 12/16 TP-12 REV. DESCRIPTION DATE CONTRACT NO. SHEET NO. OF.