Divided Highway Ends Sign: Meaning and What to Do
The reversed twin of the divided highway sign: the median ends ahead, and opposing traffic returns to shared pavement with only markings between you. The one-way comfort of the divided section is about to expire.
Divided Highway Ends Sign
Its practical warning is the habit reset: after miles of median protection, drivers forget oncoming traffic. The first minutes past the merge are when a drifting pass or a wide left turn meets a car that was not possible before.
What to do when you see the divided highway ends sign
Keep right as the roadways join, recalibrate for oncoming traffic in the left lane, and treat any pass from here on as an oncoming-lane maneuver under the yellow-line rules. Expect a Two-Way Traffic diamond confirming the new condition.
The signs it is confused with
Tested against Divided Highway begins, the arrows converge instead of splitting, and alongside Two-Way Traffic, which often follows it. The pair of signs bracket the divided section like opening and closing marks.
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What does the divided highway ends sign mean?
The median ahead ends and opposing traffic returns to your pavement, separated only by markings. Keep right and expect oncoming cars.
What should change in my driving after the merge?
Passing discipline: the left side belongs to oncoming traffic again, so passes follow the yellow-line rules and need clear sighted road.
Which sign often follows this one?
The Two-Way Traffic diamond, restating the condition. Together they reset one-way habits formed on the divided stretch.
How do I tell the begins and ends versions apart?
Arrow direction around the island symbol: splitting apart means the median begins; converging together means it ends.
How is it tested?
As the begins/ends pair and in scenarios about the first pass or left turn after the median ends.