Sec. 13a-120. Traffic authority to maintain warning signs. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 13a-120. Traffic authority to maintain warning signs. The traffic authority of any city, town or borough shall erect and maintain suitable warning signs on highways under the jurisdiction of such traffic authority, legible from a distance of one hundred feet and located at a reasonable distance in each direction from schoolhouses or at a reasonable distance from the ends of hard surfaced highways, which signs shall designate the proximity of such schoolhouses or the ends of such hard surfaced highways; and such traffic authority shall erect and maintain similar warning signs in respect to bridges, dangerous curves and intersecting highways. All new and replacement signs, signals or markings erected in accordance with the requirements of this section shall conform to the specifications of the manual on uniform traffic control devices as approved and revised by the State Traffic Commission.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2137; 1958 Rev., S. 13-21; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 120; 337.)

      History: 1963 acts added mandatory requirement of maintenance of signs in re bridges, curves and intersections required that new and replacement signs, signals, etc. conform to specifications in manual on uniform traffic control devices and restated previous provisions: See title history.

      Cited. 225 C. 217.