MUTCD/Puerto Rico/W

Series W of the Manual de Rotulación para las Vías Públicas de Puerto Rico is for warning signs. The following tables display only the signs specific to the sign manual in Puerto Rico; consult MUTCD/W for warning signs in the national standard.

Temporary warning signs

This series includes warning signs for temporary traffic control zones, i.e., construction zones, as well as for incident management areas. Whereas a regulatory sign appears the same inside and outside a construction zone, a temporary warning sign has an orange background instead of the usual yellow, and an incident management warning sign has a fluorescent pink background. Incident management area signs are not to be confused with the emergency management signs of Series EM.

• W3-4
• MUTCD-PR W3-4.svg

  Normal

• MUTCD-PR CW3-4.svg

  Construction zone

• MUTCD-PR IM W3-4.svg

  Incident management area

In general, OpenStreetMap only maps long-term closures and construction sites. For routing purposes, short-term construction is more reliably and efficiently tracked in incident management systems along with real-time traffic congestion data. However, if a temporary warning sign happens to be posted on a long-term basis for some reason, you can map it as you would map a permanent warning sign. If you map the temporary traffic sign as a node, use a W code but add colour=orange or pink to the node.

W1: Curves and Turns‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W1-1(I)	Turn	hazard=turn
	W1-1(D)
	W1-1a(I)	Combination Horizontal Alignment/Advisory Speed	hazard=turn maxspeed:advisory=25 mph
	W1-1a(D)
	W1-2(I)	Curve	hazard=curve
	W1-2(D)
	W1-2a(I)	Combination Horizontal Alignment/Advisory Speed	hazard=curve maxspeed:advisory=35 mph
	W1-2a(D)
	W1-3(I)	Reverse Turn	hazard=turns
	W1-3(D)
	W1-4(I)	Reverse Curve	hazard=curves curves=serpentine
	W1-4(D)
W1-4b(I)	W1-4b(I)	Reverse Curve (2 lanes)	hazard=curves curves=serpentine change=no lanes=2	Speculative
W1-4b(D)	W1-4b(D)
W1-4c(I)	W1-4c(I)	Reverse Curve (3 lanes)	hazard=curves curves=serpentine change=no lanes=3	Speculative
W1-4c(D)	W1-4c(D)
	W1-5	Winding Road	hazard=curves curves=extended
	W1-6(I)	One-Direction Large Arrow	hazard=turn
	W1-6(D)
	W1-7	Two-Direction Large Arrow	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W1-8(I)	Chevron Alignment	hazard=curve
	W1-8(D)
	W1-10	Combination Horizontal Alignment/Intersection	hazard=curve;dangerous_junction
	W1-11	Hairpin Curve	hazard=curve curve=hairpin
	W1-13	Truck Rollover	hazard:hgv=rollover	Speculative
	W1-15	270-degree Loop	hazard=curve curve=loop

W2: Intersections‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W2-1	Intersection Warning	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-2	Intersection Warning	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-3	Intersection Warning	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-4	T-intersection	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-5	Intersection Warning	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-6	Circular Intersection	hazard=roundabout junction=roundabout

W3: Advance Traffic Control‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W3-1	Stop Ahead	hazard=stop highway=stop ahead	Speculative
W3-1a	W3-1a	Stop Ahead (plaque)	hazard=stop highway=stop ahead	Speculative
	W3-2	Yield Ahead	hazard=give_way highway=give_way ahead	Speculative
W3-2a	W3-2a	Yield Ahead (plaque)	hazard=give_way highway=give_way ahead	Speculative
	W3-3	Traffic Signal Ahead	hazard=traffic_signals highway=traffic_signals ahead
W3-3a	W3-3a	Traffic Signal Ahead	hazard=traffic_signals highway=traffic_signals ahead
W3-4 W3-4	W3-4	Prepare to Stop	highway=traffic_signals ahead
W3-5	W3-5	Reduced Speed Limit Ahead	hazard=maxspeed maxspeed=45 mph ahead	Speculative

W4: Lanes and Merges‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W4-1(I)	Merge	hazard=merge	Speculative
	W4-1(D)
W4-2(I)	W4-2(I)	Lane Ends	hazard=merge turn:lanes=merge_to_left change:lanes=yes	Speculative
W4-2(D)	W4-2(D)		hazard=merge turn:lanes=merge_to_right change:lanes=yes
	W4-3(I)	Added Lane	hazard=acceleration_lane lanes=*	Speculative
	W4-3(D)
	W4-3	Added Lane	hazard=acceleration_lane lanes=*	Speculative
	W4-5	Entering Roadway Merge	hazard=merge	Speculative
	W4-6	Entering Roadway Added Lane	hazard=acceleration_lane lanes=*	Speculative

W5: Road Width Restrictions‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
W5-1	W5-1	Road Narrows	hazard=road_narrows narrow=yes ahead
W5-2	W5-2	Narrow Bridge	narrow=yes on bridge
W5-3	W5-3	One Lane Bridge	lanes=1 on bridge
W5-4	W5-4	Ramp Narrows	hazard=road_narrows narrow=yes ahead

W6: Divided Highways‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W6-1	Divided Highway	dual_carriageway=yes
	W6-2	Divided Highway Ends	dual_carriageway=no
	W6-3	Two-Way Traffic	oneway=no

W7: Hills and Grades‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W7-1	Hill	incline=down
W7-3a	W7-3a	Downhill Next XX Kilometers	incline=* for XX kilometers
	W7-3b	Check Brakes	?
W7-3c	W7-3c	Check Brakes	?
	W7-4	Runaway Truck Ramp XX Kilometers Ahead	highway=escape XX kilometers ahead
	W7-4b	Runaway Truck Ramp (with arrow)	highway=escape 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) ahead

W8: Pavement and Roadway Conditions‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
W8-1	W8-1	Bump	traffic_calming=bump hazard=bump
W8-2	W8-2	Dip	traffic_calming=dip hazard=dip
	W8-5	Slippery When Wet	hazard=slippery
W8-6	W8-6	Truck Crossing	hazard=hgv_crossing hgv=designated on cross street	Speculative
W8-6a	W8-6a	Trucks Entering and Exiting	hazard=hgv_crossing hgv=designated on cross street	Speculative
	W8-15p	Motorcycle (plaque)	hazard:motorcycle=*
	W8-16	Metal Bridge Deck	surface=metal hazard=metal_bridge_deck on the bridge	Speculative
W8-17(I)	W8-17(I)	Shoulder Drop Off (symbol)	?
W8-17(D)	W8-17(D)
	W8-17p	Shoulder Drop-Off (plaque)	?
W8-18	W8-18	Road May Flood	hazard=flood
	W8-19	Flood Gauge	man_made=monitoring_station monitoring:water_level=yes display:analog=yes recording:manually=yes
	W8-25	Shoulder Ends	shoulder=no

W9: Lane Transitions‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
W9-3 W9-3	W9-3	Center Lane Closed Ahead	access:lanes=yes|no|yes
W9-3(I) W9-3(I)	W9-3(I)	Left Lane Closed Ahead	access:lanes=no|yes
W9-3(D) W9-3(D)	W9-3(D)	Right Lane Closed Ahead	access:lanes=yes|no
W9-3a W9-3a	W9-3a	Center Lane Closed Ahead	access:lanes=yes|no|yes

W11: Advance Warnings and Crossings‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W11-1	Bicycle	hazard=cyclists crossing=* bicycle=designated
	W11-2	Pedestrian	hazard=pedestrians crossing=* foot=designated
	W11-4	Cow	hazard=animal_crossing hazard:animal=cow
	W11-8	Emergency Vehicle	hazard=emergency_vehicles emergency=designated on cross street
	W11-8p	Fire Station (plaque)	amenity=fire_station
	W11-10	Truck	hazard=hgv hgv=designated on cross street
	W11-10p	Truck Crossing (plaque)	hazard=hgv hgv=designated on cross street
	W11-11	Watch for Livestock	hazard=livestock	Speculative
	W11-15	Bicycle / Pedestrian	hazard=cyclists;pedestrians crossing=* bicycle=designated foot=designated

W12: Low Clearance‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W12-1	Double Arrow	N/A	Map each side as a separate way
	W12-2	Low Clearance (with arrows)	maxheight=12'6" ahead
			maxheight=3.8 ahead
	W12-2p	Low Clearance	maxheight=14'4" on the roadway below
			maxheight=4.3 on the roadway below

W13: Advisory Speeds‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W13-1	Advisory Speed (plaque)	maxspeed:advisory=35 mph
	W13-2	Advisory Exit Speed	highway=*_link maxspeed:advisory=25 mph

W14: Dead End Streets and No Passing Zones‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W14-1	No Outlet Street	N/A
	W14-2	No Outlet Road	N/A
	W14-2a	Dead End	N/A
W14-3	W14-3	No Passing Zone (pennant)	overtaking=no

W15: Playground

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W15-1	Playground	hazard=children leisure=playground nearby

W16: Supplemental

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W16-1	Share the Road (plaque)	cycleway=shared_lane bicycle=designated
	W16-2	XXX Meters	distance=150 on the traffic sign
	W16-2a	XXX m	distance=150 on the traffic sign
	W16-5p(I)	Supplemental Arrow (plaque)	N/A
	W16-5p(D)
	W16-6p(I)	Supplemental Arrow (plaque)	N/A
	W16-6p(D)
	W16-7p(I)	Downward Diagonal Arrow (plaque)	N/A
	W16-7p(D)
	W16-9p	Ahead (plaque)	N/A
	W16-19	Bicycle Crossing (plaque)	highway=crossing highway=cycleway cycleway=crossing

W17: Speed Hump‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W17-1	Speed Hump	traffic_calming=hump
	W17-2	Landslide	traffic_calming=hump
	W17-3a,W17-3ap	Grooved Shoulder	shoulder:surface=grooved_asphalt shoulder:hazard=grooves	Speculative
	W17-3b,W17-3b	Grooves in Center	shoulder:surface=grooved_asphalt shoulder:hazard=grooves	Speculative

W20: Work Zones

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
W20-1	W20-1	Road Under Construction	construction=*
W20-2	W20-2	Detour Advance	?
W20-3	W20-3	Road Closed Advance	access=no ahead
W20-3a	W20-3a	Street Closed	access=no
W20-4	W20-4	One Lane Road Advance	lanes=1 ahead
W20-5(D)	W20-5	Lane(s) Closed	access:lanes=|no
W20-5a(D)	W20-5a	Lane(s) Closed	access:lanes=|no|no
W20-6	W20-6	One Lane Advance	lanes=1 ahead
C20-7	W20-7	Flagger (symbol)	supervised=yes
	W20-7a	Flagger	supervised=yes
W20-8	W20-8	Bridge Under Construction	highway=construction construction=* bridge=* ahead construction:man_made=bridge ahead
	W20-8	Slow	N/A	Two distinct signs with the same code

W21: Road Work

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
W21-1a	W21-1a	Workers	hazard=roadworks
W21-3	W21-3	Road Machinery Ahead	N/A
W21-4	W21-4	Road Work	N/A
W21-5	W21-5	Shoulder Work	?
W21-5b(I)	W21-5b(I)	Shoulder Closed	shoulder:left:access=no
W21-5b(D)	W21-5b(D)		shoulder:right:access=no
W21-5d	W21-5d	Bridge Work	N/A

W24: Double Reverse Curves

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W24-1L	Double Reverse Curve (1 lane)	hazard=curves curves=double_reverse lanes=1	Speculative
	W24-1R
	W24-1bL	Double Reverse Curve (3 lanes)	hazard=curves curves=double_reverse lanes=2 change=no	Speculative
	W24-1bR
	W24-1aL	Double Reverse Curve (2 lanes)	hazard=curves curves=double_reverse lanes=2 change=no	Speculative
	W24-1aR

External links

• Manual de Rotulación para las Vías Públicas de Puerto Rico: Rótulos de Precaución
• Manual de Rotulación para las Vías Públicas de Puerto Rico: Rótulos de Bicicletas
• Manual de Rotulación para las Vías Públicas de Puerto Rico: Rótulos de Construcción/Manejo de Incidentes
• Standard Drawings: Warning Signs
• Diagrams of warning road signs of Puerto Rico