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[[File:Entering Nevada At Crystal Bay.jpg|thumb|An example of state-by-state variations: California (foreground) paints a black line to help drivers see a double yellow line demarcating opposing traffic, while Nevada (background) does not]]

Eighteen states have adopted the national MUTCD as is. Twenty-two states, the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]], [[Puerto Rico]], and the [[United States Department of Defense]] through the [[Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command]] (SDDC) have all adopted supplements to the MUTCD. Ten states have adopted their own editions of the MUTCD "in substantial conformance to" an edition of the national MUTCD, annotated throughout with state-specific modifications and clarifications.<ref>{{cite web |title = MUTCDs & Traffic Control Devices Information by State |work = Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |date = July 14, 2020 |access-date = July 12, 2021 |url = https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/state_info/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title = Manual de Rotulación para las Vías Públicas en Puerto Rico |publisher = [[Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority]] |___location = San Juan, Puerto Rico |date = 2020 |url = https://act.dtop.pr.gov/pdf/transito/Manual_Rotulacion.pdf |language = es }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title = Department of Defense Supplement to the National Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways |publisher = [[Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command]] |___location = Scott Air Force Base, Illinois |date = 2015 |url = https://www.sddc.army.mil/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/TrafficEngineeringBranch/Documents/MUTCD_DOD_Supplement_Revision_20150601.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161023035355/https://www.sddc.army.mil/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/TrafficEngineeringBranch/Documents/MUTCD_DOD_Supplement_Revision_20150601.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-date = October 23, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = MUTCD |publisher = Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency |___location = Scott Air Force Base, Illinois |accessdate = November 30, 2021 |url = https://www.sddc.army.mil/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/TrafficEngineeringBranch/BMTE/calcSigns/SignsAndMarkingsTurtorials/Pages/default.aspx |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150630040802/http://www.sddc.army.mil/sites/TEA/Functions/SpecialAssistant/TrafficEngineeringBranch/BMTE/calcSigns/SignsAndMarkingsTurtorials/Pages/default.aspx |url-status = dead |archive-date = June 30, 2015 }}</ref> The [[Guam Department of Public Works]] has also adopted the MUTCD in some form.<ref>{{cite web |title = List of Approved Requests for Interim Approval |work = Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |date = May 15, 2020 |access-date = January 11, 2021 |url = https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/interim_approval/ialistreq.htm#ia10 }}</ref>

The following state-specific MUTCD editions are currently in effect: