S-230a
What does the S-230a sign mean?
Advance notice, on panels over the carriageway, on a conventional or multi-lane road towards a conventional or multi-lane road, with the road's own direction.
Meaning
On a conventional or multi-lane road, gives the direction of the road you are on and the destinations of the exit at the junction ahead where it leads to a conventional or multi-lane road, and how far away that exit is.
Sign details
- Official code
- S-230a
- Group
- Advance direction signs
- Catalogue section
- 3.11
- How to recognise it
- A rectangular board showing the junction layout with the destinations written on it.
Source: Reglamento General de Circulación — Anexo I, apartado 5: Catálogo oficial de señales de la circulación y marcas viales (Catálogo de señales verticales, tomo I) · Anexo I, apartado 5 (Catálogo de señales verticales de circulación, tomo I)
S-230 variants
These share the same base code and are easy to mix up — the difference is in the detail of the symbol.
Other signs in this group
S-200Advance notice of a roundaboutGives the directions of the exits from the roundabout ahead. Any wording on a blue ground means that exit leads to a motorway or dual carriageway.
S-201Advance notice of a split roundabout, from the main carriagewayGives the directions of the exits from a junction shaped like a roundabout in which the main carriageway — the one you are on in this case — runs straight through. Any wording on a blue ground means that exit leads to a motorway or dual carriageway.
S-202Advance notice of a split roundabout, from the side carriagewaysGives the directions of the exits from a junction shaped like a roundabout in which the main carriageway — not the one you are on in this case — runs straight through. Any wording on a blue ground means that exit leads to a motorway or dual carriageway.
S-203Advance notice of a roundabout with lane selection by movement.Gives the directions of the exits from the roundabout ahead and the lane that reaches each one.
S-220Advance notice, on a side panel, on a conventional or multi-lane road towards a conventional or multi-lane roadOn a conventional or multi-lane road, gives the destinations of the exits at the junction ahead where they lead to a conventional or multi-lane road, and how far away those exits are.
S-220aAdvance notice, on a side panel, on a conventional or multi-lane road towards a conventional or multi-lane road, with the road's own directionOn a conventional or multi-lane road, gives the direction of the road you are on and the destinations of the exits at the junction ahead where they lead to a conventional or multi-lane road, and how far away those exits are.
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