Table of Abbreviations

Authorized Abbreviations

Listed below are all of the authorized abbreviations that can be used on all CMS boards, in case of limited space. If a abbreviation is not listed here then it shall not be used, unless authorized by a member of the leadership-team. Where shown, prompt words should be used for clarification.

WORD ABBREVIATION POTENTIAL

PROMPT WORD

Access ...................................................ACCS ..................................... ROAD

Afternoon/Evening ...............................PM

Ahead ....................................................AHD........................................ACCIDENT

Alternate ................................................ALT .........................................ROUTE

Avenue ..................................................AVE, AV

Bicycle ...................................................BIKE

Blocked ..................................................BLKD, BLOCKD....................... LANE

Boulevard ..............................................BLVD, BL

Bridge.....................................................BRDG ..................................... (Name) Canyon..................................................CYN

Center ....................................................CNTR

Chemical ...............................................CHEM.....................................SPILL

Circle ......................................................CIR

Closed ....................................................CLSD, CLOSD ........................LANE

Condition ...............................................COND ....................................TRAFFIC

Congested ............................................CONG....................................TRAFFIC

Construction. .........................................CONST ................................... AHEAD

Crossing (other than highway-rail) ....XING

Do Not....................................................DONT

Downtown............................................. DWNTN ...................................TRAFFIC

Drive.......................................................DR

East......................................................... E.............................................. (Route #)

Emergency ............................................EMER

Entrance, Enter ..................................... ENT

Exit ..........................................................EX, EXT....................................NEXT

Express ...................................................EXP ......................................... LANE

Expressway ............................................EXPWY

Feet ........................................................FT

FM Radio................................................FM

Freeway.................................................FWY, FRWY

Friday .....................................................FRI

Frontage................................................ FRNTG .................................... ROAD

Hazardous .............................................HAZ.........................................CONDITIONS

Hazardous Material .............................. HAZMAT

Highway.................................................HWY

Hour(s)....................................................HR

Information ............................................ INFO

Interstate................................................ I- ............................................. (Route #)

Junction/Intersection ...........................JCT

Lane .......................................................LN

Lanes ......................................................LNS

Left ......................................................... LFT ** ...................................... LANE

Local ......................................................LOC........................................TRAFFIC

Lower .....................................................LWR ........................................LEVEL

Maintenance ........................................ MAINT

Major...................................................... MAJ ........................................ACCIDENT

Mile .........................................................MI

Miles Per Hour........................................MPH

Minor ...................................................... MNR .......................................ACCIDENT

Minute(s) ................................................MIN......................................... (Number)

Monday .................................................MON

Morning/After Midnight........................ AM

Nights .....................................................NITES

Normal ................................................... NORM

North ...................................................... N ............................................. (Route #)

Oversized ...............................................OVRSZ .................................... LOAD

Parking...................................................PRKNG

Parkway .................................................PKWY

Pavement ..............................................PVMT ......................................ROUGH

Pedestrian..............................................PED

Prepare..................................................PREP ....................................... TO STOP

Required ................................................REQ ........................................CHAINS

Right .......................................................RT............................................ LANE

Road ......................................................RD

Roadwork ..............................................RDWK ..................................... (Distance)

Route......................................................RTE.......................................... (Route #)

Saturday ................................................ SAT

Service ...................................................SERV

Shoulder .................................................SHLDR

South...................................................... S .............................................. (Route #)

Speed ....................................................SPD

Street ......................................................ST

Sunday...................................................SUN

Telephone .............................................PHONE

Temporary .............................................TEMP

Thursday.................................................THUR

Traffic ..................................................... TRAF

Tuesday..................................................TUE

Two-Way Intersection........................... 2-WAY

Two-Wheeled Vehicles.........................CYCLES

Upper .....................................................UPR.........................................LEVEL

US Numbered Route.............................US ........................................... (Route #)

Vehicle(s) ...............................................VEH.........................................ALL

Visibility ...................................................VISB ........................................REDUCED

Warning ................................................. WARN

Wednesday ........................................... WED

West ....................................................... W ............................................ (Route #)

Will Not....................................................WONT