S-235a
What does the S-235a sign mean?
Advance notice, on panels over the carriageway, on a motorway or dual carriageway towards any kind of road, with the road's own direction.
Meaning
On a motorway or dual carriageway, gives the direction of the road you are on and the destinations of the exit at the interchange ahead. It also gives the distance to that exit, its number and, where used, its letter.
Sign details
- Official code
- S-235a
- 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-235 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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