Roadworks

<h2 id="health-effects">Health effects</h2>

<p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/Health_effects_of_concrete/K6whGVNx">Health effects of concrete</a> and <a href="/facts/Construction_dust/8mbn7BNf">Construction dust</a></p>
<h3>Mitigation</h3>

<h2 id="signage">Signage</h2>

<p>Typically, roadworks signs are indicated by an orange diamond in most MUTCD-influenced countries.
</p><p>The 1948<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> edition of the <i><a href="/facts/Manual_of_Uniform_Traffic_Control_Devices/F2LFStwe">Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices</a></i> specified the legend <i>MEN WORKING</i> to indicate roadworks. For most European countries, the roadworks sign includes a red-bordered triangular sign with a symbol of roadworks.
</p><p>The <a href="/facts/Federal_Highway_Administration/NlxY1qzR">Federal Highway Administration</a> (since 1990) and the <a href="/facts/Vienna_Convention_on_Road_Signs_and_Signals/VLh7vjAl">Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals</a> (since 1968) prohibit the use of the "MEN WORKING" legend, replacing with the legend "ROAD WORK" and the symbolic roadworks sign (typically using a gender-neutral silhouette) respectively.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
</p><p>The worded legend of the warning sign upcoming roadworks, which is prohibited by the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals because UN-compliant signs must make use of more pictograms, is allowed in the United States by the 2009 MUTCD.
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<h2 id="lane-markings">Lane markings</h2>
<p>In some countries, where lanes must be altered so as to accommodate roadworks, the new lanes (or interim lanes) are marked with a different colour and take precedence over the previous lanes. In Germany, Poland and many other European countries, it is yellow; in Switzerland and in Ireland, it is orange.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Concrete_pavement_restoration/3e3lNELK">Concrete pavement restoration</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/IGGA/FEJVFo8B">IGGA</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Road_traffic_control/zFE3zW2I">Road traffic control</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Roadblock/Jh9JcoEz">Roadblock</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Smart_work_zone/D7EfnSol">Smart work zone</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Maintenance_of_traffic/KWRxxk1v">Maintenance of traffic</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Roadworks.org". Retrieved 19 April 2012. <a href="http://www.roadworks.org/" target="_blank">http://www.roadworks.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (3rd ed.). Public Roads Administration. 1948. p. 48. <a href="/wiki/Public_Roads_Administration" target="_blank">/wiki/Public_Roads_Administration</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Romero, Frances (23 August 2008). "No 'Men Working' Please". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 27 August 2023. <a href="http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1830974,00.html" target="_blank">http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1830974,00.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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