Warning signs · W2-4
T-Intersection sign
Archive file: W02-04 Intersection Warning - T-Intersection/W02-04 Intersection Warning - T-Intersection 30x30.svg
FHWA public-use information
What it means
A T-shaped junction is ahead.
Source: FHWA MUTCD — MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2C.41, paragraph 01, PDF page 220.
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Meaning
T-Intersection warns that your road meets another road and does not continue straight beyond it. Alabama explains that you must choose a left or right turn. The warning identifies the junction’s shape; other traffic controls determine when you may enter it.
What to do
Look ahead for the junction, prepare to reduce speed and plan the turn. Pennsylvania’s intersection guidance calls for extra attention to other vehicles and how the roads meet.
Where it is used
The advance warning is before the intersection. It gives time to recognize that straight-ahead travel ends before reaching the junction itself.
A sign to tell apart
Side Road shows a branch joining a continuing road. A T-Intersection requires a direction change at the junction because your route does not continue through. The diagrams help you tell a joining-road conflict from a turning decision.
Practice with explanations
These are original learning questions based on the cited handbooks. Read each answer and its explanation below.
1. At the Alabama T-intersection pictured by this warning, which movement is unavailable?
- Turning right.
- Continuing straight through.
- Turning left.
Answer: B. Continuing straight through.
Your road meets the crossroad and ends there, leaving a left or right turn.
2. A T-Intersection warning gives advance notice in Pennsylvania. What is an appropriate preparation?
- Assume entering traffic must always stop for you.
- Wait until the end of the road to choose a direction.
- Search the junction and prepare to slow for a turn.
Answer: C. Search the junction and prepare to slow for a turn.
The warning helps you recognize the road arrangement and anticipate other vehicles before arrival.
State source coverage
Handbook coverage and sample questions do not prove that a sign will appear on your exam. Even a published test scope cannot guarantee an individual exam question.
Pennsylvania
Handbook coverage
PennDOT includes the T-Intersection in its warning-sign illustrations. This documents handbook coverage, without promising selection on an individual exam.
Pennsylvania permit sources · Practice with Pennsylvania questions
State variations
State-specific variations have not been independently established for this study.
Verified question coverage
These free state-bank questions were independently verified. This does not establish complete state-bank readiness, app availability or what will appear on your permit exam.
No currently verified state-bank question is available for this sign.
The linked 20-question permit quizzes do not currently include this sign.
This meaning is a federal MUTCD reference. Check your state's handbook for its rules and sign coverage; this page does not establish what appears on a state permit exam.
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