MUTCD W10-11a · Warning signs
Specific distance between tracks and highway
What it means
Indicates specific distance between tracks and highway.
What to do about it
It is a warning sign: the yellow diamond warns of a condition ahead so you can slow down and be ready before you reach it. (MUTCD W10-11a.)
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Get the appSign 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 warning signs series — the ones most easily mixed up with it.
- W10-8 Trains may exceed specified speed limit
- W10-9 Trains do not sound horn at crossing
- W10-9P Supplemental plaque for no train horn warning
- W10-11 Storage space between railroad tracks and roadway
- W10-11b Specific distance between highway and tracks behind
- W10-12L Skewed railroad crossing ahead to the left (supplements W10-1)
