Key:
The following types of sheets are routinely included in a typical plans set for sign replacement:
L = layout sheets (roadway plan with sign locations)
D = sign detail sheets (dimensioned drawings of signs)
E = elevation sheets (driver's-eye views of overhead gantries and, on occasion, ground-mounted signs)
S = summary sheets with sign sketches (not including summary sheets without sketches; summary sheets of one type or the other are invariably provided)
Format is typically as follows for most (not necessarily all) sign replacement plans issued by the agency:
p = pattern-accurate (signing sheets show signs with the typefaces that are actually to be used for fabrication)
n = not pattern-accurate (generic CAD plotting fonts used instead)
This list includes state DOTs only--I am not tackling turnpike authorities at this stage. "N/A" means I don't have information for a given agency. Unless otherwise noted, a given classification takes into account drawing availability both in the plans set and the proposal book. (For example, AK is generally L only in plans, with D in the proposal book.) For some states which rarely do structural work as part of sign replacement contracts, "E" is a conjecture based on signing plans for turnkey jobs.
HI N/A
AK LDSp
WA LDp
OR LDp
CA LDEp
NV LDEp
ID LDp
MT Ln
WY Lp
CO LEp
NM LDp
AZ LDEp
UT LDEp
TX LDESp
OK LDEp
KS LDESp
NE LDp
SD LDESp
ND LDEp
MN LDESp
IA LDEp
MO LDEp
AR LDEp
TN Ln
KY LDSp
IL LDEp
IN LDESp
OH LDEn
MI LDEp
WI LDp
LA Ln
MS LDEp
AL LDEp
GA LDEp
FL LDEp
SC LDEp
NC LDEp (LEp until about four years ago)
WV LDp
VA LDESp
MD LESp
PA LDEp
NJ LDp
NY LESp (LDESp if signface layouts, not included in the plans set or proposal but a standard part of the construction document distribution, are considered)
MA LSp
CT LDEp
RI LDEp
VT DSp
NH LSp
ME LDEp