Warning signs · W6-1
Divided Highway sign
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FHWA public-use information
What it means
A median or barrier will separate opposing traffic ahead.
Source: FHWA MUTCD — MUTCD 11th Edition with Revision 1 (December 2025), Section 2C.20, paragraph 01, PDF page 211.
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Meaning
Divided Highway warns that opposing traffic will be separated by a median or physical divider. The road changes from an undivided layout to separate roadways for the two directions. It does not mean that your current road is ending or that the divider is about to disappear.
What to do
Pennsylvania guidance directs you to the right of the median or divider. Anticipate the separation before reaching its end. Identify the roadway carrying your direction rather than treating both sides of the median as alternatives you can choose between.
Where it is used
The federal manual recommends this warning on the approach to a physically divided highway section. It is not the sign used to announce a junction with a divided road. At the actual end of a median island, Keep Right can identify the required side to pass.
A sign to tell apart
Divided Highway Ends warns of the opposite change: the physical separation finishes and you continue on a road carrying traffic both ways. Look at whether the symbol introduces a divider or removes one. In Pennsylvania, the ending requires attention to approaching traffic across the centerline.
Practice with explanations
These are original learning questions based on the cited handbooks. Read each answer and its explanation below.
1. What change does Divided Highway warn a Pennsylvania driver about?
- A median or divider will separate the opposing directions.
- The roadway will become a single lane shared by both directions.
- The physical divider is ending.
Answer: A. A median or divider will separate the opposing directions.
The warning introduces physically separated opposing roadways. Divided Highway Ends describes the reverse transition.
2. Which side of the divider should you use in PennDOT’s Divided Highway Begins example?
- Either side if the road is empty.
- The left side of the divider.
- The right side of the divider.
Answer: C. The right side of the divider.
Keep right of the median or divider to follow the roadway intended for your direction.
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 explains this sign in its Pennsylvania Driver’s Manual. This is handbook coverage; it does not establish that this particular sign will appear on your Knowledge Test.
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.
California
1 free question uses this sign in Steerlet's verified question data.
California permit sources · General California permit practice (does not include this sign)
The linked 20-question permit quizzes do not currently include this sign.
Practice this sign in the federal 20-sign quiz. That tool uses MUTCD questions and is separate from the state-bank questions listed here.
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.
Try the free road sign quiz or find your state's handbook.
