W034 – Compact Junction Three Lane

CE Certified Road sign manufactured in Knocktopher, Kilkenny. CE certification is a required standard for Road Signs in the EU since 2013. National Roads- Unlit Area: RA1 if AADT<3500, RA2 if AADT is >3500. Lit Area: RA2. Regional Roads- Unlit Area:RA1. Lit Area: RA2. Local Roads- Unlit and Lit Area: RA1. Roadworks- Unlit and Lit Area: RA2. Signs W 030, W 031 and W 034 are available for indicating merging traffic. They should be used where two physically separated streams of traffic proceeding in the same direction join the same undivided section of carriageway. Sign W 030 should be used on the main carriageway where a stream of traffic merges from the left. Sign W 031 should be used on the minor stream (such as a motorway slip road) where the traffic has to merge with a stream of traffic on its right. At compact junctions Sign W 034 should be provided in advance of the diverge slip-road to indicate the tighter nature of the diverge / merge and their relative proximity to one another.