The MINIMUM MAINTENANCE ROAD (NYW4-16) sign may be used to warn that a lower than normal level of maintenance is being provided on a highway, or highway section.
Support
The Local Roads Research and Coordination Council’s publication, Guidelines for Rural Town and County Roads, contains standards for the maintenance of such roads.
Guidance
The MINIMUM MAINTENANCE ROAD sign should be used only where all of the following conditions exist:
The road is in a rural area;The average traffic volume is 50 vehicles per day or less;The road's principal or exclusive function is to provide access to farm and/or reactional lands; andThe road does not provide the only highway access to any business, residence, or center of farm operation.
Where the minimum maintenance road (or road section) is long, and the distance between successive MINIMUM MAINTENANCE ROAD signs is more than two miles, additional signs should be placed so that motorists will encounter a sign at least once every two miles.
Additional MINIMUM MAINTENANCE ROAD signs should be placed on the minimum maintenance road immediately after intersecting roads.
Option
The MINIMUM MAINTENANCE ROAD sign may be supplemented with a Distance plaque where the minimum maintenance road (or road section) is 1000 feet long or longer.
