MUTCD W19-1 · Warning signs
Freeway ends at specified distance ahead
What it means
Warns that freeway ends at specified distance ahead.
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 W19-1.)
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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.
- W16-20P Supplemental plaque indicating 'Except Bicycles'
- W16-21P Supplemental plaque indicating '2-Way Bicycle Cross Traffic'
- W17-1 Speed hump ahead on the roadway
- W18-1 There are no traffic control signs ahead at intersection
- W19-2 Expressway ends at specified distance ahead
- W19-3 Freeway ends ahead
