Sec. 13a-120. Traffic authority to maintain warning signs.
Sec. 13a-120. Traffic authority to maintain warning signs. The traffic authority
of any city, town or borough shall erect and maintain suitable warning signs on highways
under the jurisdiction of such traffic authority, legible from a distance of one hundred
feet and located at a reasonable distance in each direction from schoolhouses or at a
reasonable distance from the ends of hard surfaced highways, which signs shall designate
the proximity of such schoolhouses or the ends of such hard surfaced highways; and
such traffic authority shall erect and maintain similar warning signs in respect to bridges,
dangerous curves and intersecting highways. All new and replacement signs, signals or
markings erected in accordance with the requirements of this section shall conform to
the specifications of the manual on uniform traffic control devices as approved and
revised by the State Traffic Commission.
(1949 Rev., S. 2137; 1958 Rev., S. 13-21; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 120; 337.)
History: 1963 acts added mandatory requirement of maintenance of signs in re bridges, curves and intersections required
that new and replacement signs, signals, etc. conform to specifications in manual on uniform traffic control devices and
restated previous provisions: See title history.
Cited. 225 C. 217.