La. Admin. Code tit. 70 § III-134

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-134 - Spacing of Signs

A. Interstate, Federal-Aid Primary Highways and National Highway System signs may not be located in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise physically interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign, signal or device, or obstruct or physically interfere with the driver's view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic.

B. Interstate Highways and Freeways on the Federal-Aid Primary System and National Highway System (Control of Access Routes)

1. No two structures shall be spaced less than 1000 feet apart.

2. Outside of incorporated villages, towns and cities, no structure may be located adjacent to or within 500 feet of an interchange, intersection at grade, or safety rest area.

C. Freeways on the Federal-Aid Primary System or National Highway System (Control of Access Routes)

1. Outside of incorporated villages, towns and cities, no two structures shall be spaced less than 500 feet apart.

2. Outside of incorporated villages, towns and cities, no structure may be located adjacent to or within 500 feet of an interchange, intersection, intersection at grade or safety rest area.

D. Non-Freeway Federal-Aid Primary highways or National Highway System

1. Outside of incorporated villages, towns and cities, no two structures shall be spaced less than 300 feet apart.

2. Within incorporated villages, towns and cities, no two structures shall be less than 100 feet apart.

E. The above provisions applying to the spacing between structures do not apply to structures separated by buildings or other obstructions in such a manner that only one sign facing located within the above spacing distance is visible from the highway at any one time. This exception does not apply to vegetation.

F. Official and "on-premise" signs, as defined in §139, and structures that are not lawfully maintained shall not be counted nor shall measurements be made from them for purposes of determining compliance with spacing requirements.

La. Admin. Code tit. 70, § III-134

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Highways/Engineering, LR 28:872 (April 2002), amended LR 33:530 (March 2007), LR 37:916 (March 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 48:461.