Highways and Highway Transportation

by George R. Chatburn

Fig. 4.—Map Showing Position of Barricade and Detour Signs.

ROAD
CLOSED

BY ORDER OF—

CLIFFORD OLDER, CHIEF HIGHWAY ENGINEER
VIOLATORS SUBJECT TO ARREST
PENALTY: FINE, IMPRISONMENT OR BOTH
OPEN ONLY TO RESIDENT AND CONTRACTOR’S TRAFFIC FOLLOW MARKED DETOUR

Engineer in Charge Will Indicate Exact Routing of Detour Giving Mileage and Direction

SLOW
BARRICADE — 400FT

DETOUR FOR ROUTE

Warning and Direction Signs Used in the State of Illinois

Marks, Signs and Guides.

—Whether or not the Government will take over the numbering of through roads the states and volunteer associations will no doubt continue marking. The marks are very comforting to a person traveling on an unknown road, and few there are who do not at sometime travel unknown paths. Not only does it keep him going along the right way but signs giving mileage to the next town are always watched for anxiously.