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The word ONLY in bold white uppercase letters on dark gray pavement. The letters fill the height of the frame, and the O at the left edge and the Y at the right edge are slightly cut off by the sides of the image.
MUTCD
3B.21
Position
word
Color
white
Type
symbolic
National · Pavement Markings

ONLY Pavement Legend

This lane is restricted to one movement; paired with an arrow to show which movement.

The word ONLY is a white legend painted in the travel lane, almost always paired with a lane-use arrow. It marks a lane reserved for a single movement, such as a left turn, a right turn, or a class of vehicle like buses, and it is never applied to a lane that serves more than one movement. If your lane is marked ONLY, you must make the movement the arrow indicates. Read the legend well ahead of the intersection so you can change lanes early if you need a different route.

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The word STOP in large white block letters painted on dark pavement, oriented to be read by an approaching driver.
STOP Pavement Legend
The word YIELD in white uppercase block letters, centered on a dark gray background.
YIELD Pavement Word Marking
The word SCHOOL painted in large white block capital letters on dark roadway pavement, oriented to be read by an approaching driver.
SCHOOL Pavement Word Marking
The word SCHOOL on an upper line and XING on a lower line, painted as bold white block letters on dark gray pavement. The letters are large and fill the frame, with the outer edges of each word running to the image border.
SCHOOL XING Pavement Legend
White block letters on dark pavement, reading PED on the upper line and XING on the lower line, forming a two-line pavement word marking.
PED XING Pavement Legend
Source

AI-generated SVG, Federal MUTCD 11th Edition (2023) Part 3 reference (original)

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