VA Signage Design Manual
The VA Signage Design Manual is the standard for all signage, including indoor wayfinding signs and outdoor traffic signs and road markings, at facilities maintained by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including the hospitals and clinics of the Veterans Health Administration and the cemeteries of the National Cemetery Administration. The manual is developed by the Facilities Standards Service of the Office of Facilities Planning in the VA's Office of Construction & Facilities Management, complementing the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The latest revision was published on February 19, 2025.
Sign designations
Each standard sign or plaque in the Signage Design Manual is assigned an alphanumeric sign type number designation and organized by series. A sign designation follows this format:
| Category | Family | Sign | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL | - | 12 | . | 08 | A |
| Parking Lot | Post & Panel Parking Identification | Single Post & Panel Permit Parking Stall Designation | Message Layout A |
Signs by series
The following pages contain a correspondence between VA signs and their most likely tagging in OpenStreetMap:
- Series EI – Exterior Illuminated Signs
- Series EN – Exterior Non-Illuminated Signs
- Series IN – Interior/Code & Life Safety/Mandatory VA Policy & Directive Signs
- Series NC – Cemetery Signs
- Series PL – Parking Lot Signs
- Series PS – Parking Structure Signs
- Series SP – Specialty Signs
