MUTCD/Puerto Rico/W

Series W of the Manual de Rotulación para las Vías Públicas de Puerto Rico is for warning signs. The following tables display only the signs specific to the sign manual in Puerto Rico; consult MUTCD/W for warning signs in the national standard.

W1: Curves and Turns‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W1-1(I)	Turn	hazard=turn
	W1-1(D)
	W1-1a(I)	Combination Horizontal Alignment/Advisory Speed	hazard=turn maxspeed:advisory=25 mph
	W1-1a(D)
	W1-2(I)	Curve	hazard=curve
	W1-2(D)
	W1-2a(I)	Combination Horizontal Alignment/Advisory Speed	hazard=curve maxspeed:advisory=35 mph
	W1-2a(D)
	W1-3(I)	Reverse Turn	hazard=turns
	W1-3(D)
	W1-4(I)	Reverse Curve	hazard=curves curves=serpentine
	W1-4(D)
W1-4b(I)	W1-4b(I)	Reverse Curve (2 lanes)	hazard=curves curves=serpentine change=no lanes=2	Speculative
W1-4b(D)	W1-4b(D)
W1-4c(I)	W1-4c(I)	Reverse Curve (3 lanes)	hazard=curves curves=serpentine change=no lanes=3	Speculative
W1-4c(D)	W1-4c(D)
	W1-5	Winding Road	hazard=curves curves=extended
	W1-6(I)	One-Direction Large Arrow	hazard=turn
	W1-6(D)
	W1-7	Two-Direction Large Arrow	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W1-8(I)	Chevron Alignment	hazard=curve
	W1-8(D)
	W1-10	Combination Horizontal Alignment/Intersection	hazard=curve;dangerous_junction
	W1-11	Hairpin Curve	hazard=curve curve=hairpin
	W1-13	Truck Rollover	hazard:hgv=rollover	Speculative
	W1-15	270-degree Loop	hazard=curve curve=loop

W2: Intersections‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W2-1	Intersection Warning	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-2	Intersection Warning	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-3	Intersection Warning	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-4	T-intersection	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-5	Intersection Warning	hazard=dangerous_junction
	W2-6	Circular Intersection	hazard=roundabout junction=roundabout

W3: Advance Traffic Control‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W3-1	Stop Ahead	hazard=stop highway=stop ahead	Speculative
	W3-1a	Stop Ahead (plaque)	hazard=stop highway=stop ahead	Speculative
	W3-2	Yield Ahead	hazard=give_way highway=give_way ahead	Speculative
	W3-2a	Yield Ahead (plaque)	hazard=give_way highway=give_way ahead	Speculative
	W3-3	Traffic Signal Ahead	hazard=traffic_signals highway=traffic_signals ahead
	W3-3a	Traffic Signal Ahead	hazard=traffic_signals highway=traffic_signals ahead
	W3-5	Reduced Speed Limit Ahead	hazard=maxspeed maxspeed=45 mph ahead	Speculative

W4: Lanes and Merges‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W4-1	Merge	hazard=merge	Speculative
	W4-2	Lane Ends	hazard=merge turn:lanes=merge_to_left change:lanes=yes	Speculative
	W4-3	Added Lane	hazard=acceleration_lane lanes=*	Speculative
	W4-5	Entering Roadway Merge	hazard=merge	Speculative
	W4-6	Entering Roadway Added Lane	hazard=acceleration_lane lanes=*	Speculative

W5: Road Width Restrictions‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W5-1	Road Narrows	hazard=road_narrows narrow=yes ahead
	W5-2	Narrow Bridge	narrow=yes on bridge
	W5-3	One Lane Bridge	lanes=1 on bridge
	W5-4	Ramp Narrows	hazard=road_narrows narrow=yes ahead

W6: Divided Highways‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W6-1	Divided Highway	dual_carriageway=yes
	W6-2	Divided Highway Ends	dual_carriageway=no
	W6-3	Two-Way Traffic	oneway=no

W7: Hills and Grades‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W7-1	Hill	incline=down
	W7-3a	Downhill Next XX Kilometers	incline=* for XX kilometers
	W7-3b	Check Brakes	?
	W7-4	Runaway Truck Ramp XX Kilometers Ahead	highway=escape XX kilometers ahead
	W7-4b	Runaway Truck Ramp (with arrow)	highway=escape 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) ahead

W8: Pavement and Roadway Conditions‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W8-1	Bump	traffic_calming=bump hazard=bump
	W8-2	Dip	traffic_calming=dip hazard=dip
	W8-5	Slippery When Wet	hazard=slippery
	W8-6	Truck Crossing	hazard=hgv_crossing hgv=designated on cross street	Speculative
	W8-6a	Trucks Entering and Exiting	hazard=hgv_crossing hgv=designated on cross street	Speculative
	W8-15p	Motorcycle (plaque)	hazard:motorcycle=*
	W8-16	Metal Bridge Deck	surface=metal hazard=metal_bridge_deck on the bridge	Speculative
	W8-17	Shoulder Drop Off (symbol)	?
	W8-17p	Shoulder Drop-Off (plaque)	?
	W8-18	Road May Flood	hazard=flood
	W8-19	Flood Gauge	man_made=monitoring_station monitoring:water_level=yes display:analog=yes recording:manually=yes
	W8-25	Shoulder Ends	shoulder=no

W9: Lane Transitions‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
W9-3a	W9-3a	Center Lane Closed Ahead	access:lanes=yes|no|yes

W11: Advance Warnings and Crossings‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W11-1	Bicycle	hazard=cyclists crossing=* bicycle=designated
	W11-2	Pedestrian	hazard=pedestrians crossing=* foot=designated
	W11-4	Cow	hazard=animal_crossing hazard:animal=cow
	W11-8	Emergency Vehicle	hazard=emergency_vehicles emergency=designated on cross street
	W11-8p	Fire Station (plaque)	amenity=fire_station
	W11-10	Truck	hazard=hgv hgv=designated on cross street
	W11-10p	Truck Crossing (plaque)	hazard=hgv hgv=designated on cross street
	W11-11	Watch for Livestock	hazard=livestock	Speculative
	W11-15	Bicycle / Pedestrian	hazard=cyclists;pedestrians crossing=* bicycle=designated foot=designated

W12: Low Clearance‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W12-1	Double Arrow	N/A	Map each side as a separate way
	W12-2	Low Clearance (with arrows)	maxheight=12'6" or 3.8 ahead
	W12-2p	Low Clearance	maxheight=14'4" or 4.3 on the roadway below

W13: Advisory Speeds‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W13-1	Advisory Speed (plaque)	maxspeed:advisory=35 mph
	W13-2	Advisory Exit Speed	highway=*_link maxspeed:advisory=25 mph

W14: Dead End Streets and No Passing Zones‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W14-1	No Outlet Street	N/A
	W14-2	No Outlet Road	N/A
	W14-2a	Dead End	N/A
	W14-3	No Passing Zone (pennant)	overtaking=no

W15: Playground

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W15-1	Playground	hazard=children leisure=playground nearby

W16: Supplemental

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W16-1	Share the Road (plaque)	cycleway=shared_lane bicycle=designated
	W16-2	XXX Meters	distance=150 on the traffic sign
	W16-2a	XXX m	distance=150 on the traffic sign
	W16-5p(I)	Supplemental Arrow (plaque)	N/A
	W16-5p(D)
	W16-6p(I)	Supplemental Arrow (plaque)	N/A
	W16-6p(D)
	W16-7p(I)	Downward Diagonal Arrow (plaque)	N/A
	W16-7p(D)
	W16-9p	Ahead (plaque)	N/A
	W16-19	Bicycle Crossing (plaque)	highway=crossing highway=cycleway cycleway=crossing

W17: Speed Hump‎

Sign or plaque	Designation	Name	Tags	Notes
	W17-1	Speed Hump	traffic_calming=hump
	W17-2	Landslide	traffic_calming=hump
	W17-3a,W17-3ap	Grooved Shoulder	shoulder:surface=grooved_asphalt shoulder:hazard=grooves	Speculative
	W17-3b,W17-3b	Grooves in Center	shoulder:surface=grooved_asphalt shoulder:hazard=grooves	Speculative

External links

• Manual de Rotulación para las Vías Públicas de Puerto Rico: Rótulos de Precaución
• Manual de Rotulación para las Vías Públicas de Puerto Rico: Rótulos de Bicicletas
• Standard Drawings: Warning Signs
• Diagrams of warning road signs of Puerto Rico