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Section 24:

Information signs

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In this section

Advance direction signs
Direction signs (at junctions)
Tourist information signs

This section includes road signs showing directions and the location of services or other places of interest to tourists.

Advance direction signs

Blue motorway advance direction sign for Dublin M7 and R415 Kildare, Nurney — Motorway

Green national road advance direction sign for Dublin N4 and R407 Maynooth, Clane — National road

National road

White regional road advance direction sign showing a roundabout with Santry, Dublin and Dublin Airport — Regional road

Green lane destination sign for Dublin N2 and Derry N2 — Lane destination sign

White sign: Dublin Port Tunnel 4.5km — Dublin Port Tunnel ahead

Direction signs (at junctions)

Blue motorway direction sign for Dublin M7 — Motorway direction sign

Green national road direction signs for Galway, Roscommon, Lackagh and Mountbellew — National road direction signs

White regional road direction sign: Ballyforan 11 km — Regional road direction sign

White regional road direction sign: Athlone R363 — Regional road direction sign

White local road direction sign: Curraghboy 12 km, L2012 — Local road direction sign

Green destination distance sign: N8 Cork 104 km — Destination distance sign

Green town sign: Donegal — Town or village sign

Two cycle track information signs with bicycle symbols and route numbers — Cycle track information signs with numbers referring to mapped cycle routes

Slow lane sign with lane arrows and 200m plate — Slow lane sign

Cul-de-sac sign with a red bar on a white T — Cul-de-sac

Black factory roof industrial estate symbol — Industrial estate symbol

P sign with wheelchair symbol — Disabled persons parking bay

Arrow ahead with aeroplane symbol — Airport symbol

Ferry carrying a car and a lorry — Ferry symbol

Black sign with a high vehicle and an arrow — Alternative route for high vehicles

Blue P sign with 100m — Lay-by ahead sign

Blue H sign with 100m — Hospital ahead sign

Blue P sign — Lay-by sign

Blue H sign — Hospital sign

Direction sign with P and wheelchair symbols — Car park with facilities for disabled persons

SOS sign with fire extinguisher and telephone symbols above a lay-by symbol — SOS lay-by

Speed camera symbol with 100m — Speed camera

60 km/h speed limit sign with 1000m — Speed limit change ahead

Restricted bridge number signs with telephone number, in yellow and in white — Advance information sign for low clearance

Low bridges at Port Laoise signs in English and Irish showing clearance heights — Advance information sign for low clearance

Black sign with a lorry, 7.5t and an arrow pointing left — Alternative route for heavy vehicles

Clondalkin traffic calming sign with 30 km/h limit — Traffic calming sign

Macroom traffic calming sign with 50 km/h limit — Traffic calming sign

Supplementary plate: Traffic calming — Supplementary plate

Plate: Ramps — Ramps on road

Tourist information signs

Brown sign with parking, toilets, information, picnic, telephone and viewpoint symbols, 3 km — Advance sign for facilities in lay-by

Brown sign with P and i symbols, 1 km — Advance sign for lay-by with tourism information

Brown sign: Youth Hostel 1 km — Sign for Óige youth hostels

Brown sign for Naas with symbols for local services — Advance direction to local services

Brown sign: Tourist Information — Signing to approved tourist information

Brown alternative route sign listing towns and services — Alternative route off the motorway

Tourist advanced direction sign

Brown direction sign: Bird Sanctuary 2 km — Tourist attraction direction sign

Brown pedestrian sign: Museum — Pedestrian sign to a tourist attraction

Brown pedestrian sign with P symbol — Pedestrian sign to a car park

Brown direction sign: Tourist Information — Sign to approved tourist information points

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