Section 412-2-007 - Lateral Distance to Mailbox Support007.01 Rural Locations: 007.01A Highway with a Non-Surfaced Shoulder: When installing a new Mailbox on a highway with a non-surfaced shoulder, a Mailbox Owner should install the Mailbox Support no closer than approximately seven feet from the outside edge of the pavement surfacing, or at the outside of the edge of the non-surfaced shoulder, whichever is further from the highway centerline (See Figure 1). For highways that include an eight-foot non-surfaced shoulder at the new Mailbox location, the Mailbox Support should be installed one foot outside of the nonsurfaced shoulder (See Figure 2). For gravel surfaced state highways, the Mailbox should be placed one foot outside of the shoulder (See Figure 3). Figure 1
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Figure 2
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Figure 3
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007.01B Highway with a Surfaced Shoulder: When installing a new Mailbox on a highway with a surfaced shoulder, a Mailbox Owner should install the Mailbox Support no closer than approximately five feet from the outside edge of the surfaced shoulder, however, the placement location need not exceed approximately twenty-one feet from the inside edge of the outside lane.007.01C A Mailbox Owner need not meet the lateral location provisions of i or ii above for a new Mailbox when a Mailbox Owner is installing a Mailbox next to an existing Mailbox or a series of Mailboxes.007.01D In the event that a new Mailbox installation does not meet the dimensions set out above but the approximate distance from the outside edge of the traveled lane to the face of the Mailbox exceeds six feet, such installation shall not be considered nonconforming. 007.02 Urban Area Locations: When installing a new Mailbox on a highway in an Urban Area Location, the Mailbox Owner should install the Mailbox Support a within approximately six inches behind the highway curb at a location where a curb is present or b one foot outside of the existing shoulder, whichever is applicable.007.03 Construction Tolerances: The measurement of features along the roadside environment cannot be completed with the accuracy that may be implied from these Mailbox lateral location provisions because of Mailbox installation methods, highway paint striping operations, and inconsistency in measurement methods. Absent bad faith, a nominal failure to meet these standards should not be viewed as improper, as a violation of these standards, or as evidence of negligence, in and of itself. These standards should not be interpreted as requiring strict compliance at any particular Mailbox location because such precision was not intended.412 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 2, § 007
Adopted effective7/12/2021