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California road sign M5-2PR — Advance right turn arrow plaque for 45-degree angle turns

The place names, route numbers and distances shown are the examples used in the federal reference drawing. On the road, this sign carries the local ones.

MUTCD M5-2PR · Route markers and plaques

Advance right turn arrow plaque for 45-degree angle turns

What it means

Advance right turn arrow plaque for 45-degree angle turns.

What to do about it

It is a route marker: it identifies the highway you are on or heading toward, so you can confirm you are on the right road. (MUTCD M5-2PR.)

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Sign designations follow the MUTCD and the California MUTCD published by Caltrans; meanings are checked against the California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025). Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.

Signs in the same family

These sit next to it in the route markers and plaques series — the ones most easily mixed up with it.

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