Traffic Engineering

Join our committee: Apply to be a consultant member of the Minnesota Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MN MUTCD)

The Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MN MUTCD) establishes statewide standards for the design, placement, and use of traffic control devices—including signs, signals, and pavement markings. It applies to all public roads, as well as pedestrian and bicycle facilities throughout Minnesota. It helps ensure a consistent and predictable experience for everyone using our roads and active transportation networks. The MN MUTCD is based on the national MUTCD but is tailored to fit Minnesota’s needs when possible.

• Minnesota MUTCD entire document (PDF)

MN MUTCD sections

• Front Cover, Cover Letter & Commissioners Order, Table of Contents (PDF)
• Forward, Introductions, and Record of Revisions (PDF)
• Part 1: General Provisions (PDF)
• Part 2: Signs
  • Chapter 2A: General (PDF)
  • Chapter 2B: Regulatory Signs (PDF)
  • Chapter 2C: Warning Signs and Object Markers (PDF)
  • Chapter 2D: Guide Signs - Conventional Roads (PDF)
  • Chapter 2E: Guide Signs - Freeways and Expressways (PDF)
  • Chapter 2F: Toll Road Signs (PDF)
  • Chapter 2G: Preferential and Managed Lane Signs (PDF)
  • Chapter 2H: General Information Signs (PDF)
  • Chapter 2I: General Service Signs (PDF)
  • Chapter 2J: Specific Service (Logo) Signs (PDF)
  • Chapter 2K: Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs (PDF)
  • Chapter 2L: Changeable Message Signs (PDF)
  • Chapter 2M: Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Signs (PDF)
  • Chapter 2N: Emergency Management Signing (PDF)
• Part 3: Markings (PDF)
• Part 4: Highway Traffic Signals (PDF)
• Part 5: Traffic Control Devices for Low Volume Roads (PDF)
• Part 6 (A-J): Temporary Traffic Control (PDF)
  • Chapter 6K: Minnesota Temporary Traffic Control Field Manual
• Part 7: Traffic Controls for School Areas (PDF)
• Part 8: Traffic Control for Railroad and Light Rail Transit Grade Crossings (PDF)
• Part 9: Traffic Controls for Bicycle Facilities (PDF)
• Appendix
  • Appendix A1: Congressional Legislation (PDF)
  • Appendix A2: Metric Conversions (PDF)
  • Appendix A3: Retroreflective Sheeting ID Guide (PDF)
• Subject Index (PDF)

Revisions

These revisions are intended to be printed out and inserted into printed versions of the MN MUTCD to replace existing pages.

• Revision 13: August 2024 (PDF)
• Revision 12: January 2024 (PDF)
• Revision 11: June 2023 (PDF)
• Revision 10: December 2022 (PDF)
• Revision 9: February 2022 (PDF)
• Revision 8: September 2020 (PDF)
• Revision 7: December 2019 (PDF)
• Revision 6: February 2018 (PDF)
• Revision 5: January 2018 (PDF)
• Revision 4: February 2015 (PDF)
• Revision 3: December 2013 (PDF)
• Revision 2: July 2013 (PDF)
• Revision 1: July 2012 (PDF)