"LEFT/RIGHT TURN LANE" written on the pavement

[blawp]

I see this a lot in the San Gabriel Valley where on the pavement, in the lane, it is written:

LANE

TURN

LEFT (or RIGHT)

Does any place else do this? Most areas use symbols now. I wonder what the standard is for using words vs symbols.

[bulkyorled]

If the lane is long enough that its needed Burbank will do it. There's one on Glenoaks turning left onto west bound Alameda. Its rather new though. I know there's another somewhere but I can't recall what street it is. Perhaps Victory turning left onto east bound Alameda, where most traffic will turn left and there are 2 left turn lanes. You kind of have to swerve right if youre going forward since its a bit of a surprise lane.

[roadfro]

I've never seen this before. Nevada tends to use arrows (or arrows alternating with "ONLY" legend).

[blawp]

Here's a Google 45 degree satellite image view of what I am talking about.

http://goo.gl/maps/45WY

[DaBigE]

The words still exist in WisDOT's CADD cells, but I have yet to see a current standard detail drawing that uses them. I've never seen them used in any of my travels either.

[roadfro]

Here's a Google 45 degree satellite image view of what I am talking about.

http://goo.gl/maps/45WY

Yeah, not sure why words would be used here instead of arrows on pavement. The arrow pretty much means "left turn lane", so that is much more succinct than two or three words spelling it out.