MUTCD W2-3R · Warning signs
Side road entering from the right at an acute angle
What it means
Warns of a side road entering from the right at an acute angle.
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 W2-3R.)
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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.
- W2-2R Side road entering from the right
- W2-3aL Side road entering from the left at an obtuse angle
- W2-3aR Side road entering from the right at an obtuse angle
- W2-3L Side road entering from the left at an acute angle
- W2-4 T-intersection ahead where the road ends
- W2-5 Y-intersection where the road splits into two branches