Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 70 - TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT › Part III - Outdoor Advertising › Chapter 1 - Outdoor Advertising › Subchapter A - Outdoor Advertising Signs › Section III-105 - Location

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Eligible
				  Highways. Specific information signs shall be allowed only on interstates and
				  other fully controlled access facilities. Signs shall not be installed on
				  elevated roadways and bridges.
B.
				  Rural Areas. Specific information signs are intended for use primarily in rural
				  areas.
C. Urban Areas. Specific
				  information signs may be installed within urban areas where there is sufficient
				  room for the installation of two or more specific services signs. Separate
				  distance criteria have been established for interchanges in urban and rural
				  areas. Increased congestion and travel time dictate the use of shorter distance
				  criteria for interchanges in urban areas. The department shall determine which
				  interchanges are urban based on political boundaries, commercial development,
				  and other appropriate factors.
D.
				  Lateral Location. The specific information signs should be located to take
				  advantage of natural terrain, to have the least impact on the scenic
				  environment, and to avoid visual conflict with other signs within the highway
				  right-of-way. Sign panel supports shall be of a breakaway or yielding
				  design.
E. Relative Location. In
				  the direction of travel, successive specific information signs shall be those
				  for "attractions ," "camping," "lodging ," "food ," and "gas " in that
				  order.
F. Convenient Re-Entry
				  Required. Specific information signs will not be installed at an interchange
				  where the motorist cannot conveniently reenter the highway and continue in the
				  same direction of travel.
G. Number
				  of Signs Permitted. There shall be no more than one specific information sign
				  for each type of service along an approach to an interchange or intersection.
				  There shall be no more than six business signs displayed on a specific
				  information sign.
H. Ramp Signing.
				  Specific information signs with directional and distance information shall be
				  installed along the ramp approaching the crossroad when the business(es) are
				  not visible from that approach. These signs will be similar to the
				  corresponding specific information signs along the main highway but reduced in
				  size.
I. Trailblazing. Trailblazing
				  to a business shall be determined by the department in accordance with the
				  following provisions.
1. Trailblazing shall be
				  done with an assembly (or series of assemblies) consisting of a ramp size
				  business sign, an appropriate white on blue arrow, and if required a mileage
				  plaque. The business shall furnish all business sign(s) required. Preference
				  will always be given to the erection of standard traffic signs (e.g.,
				  regulatory, warning, and guide signs) which may preclude the installation of
				  trailblazers in heavily congested areas.
2. Intersection trailblazers shall be
				  required in advance of all intersections requiring the motorist to turn from
				  one route to another. The intersection trailblazer shall be installed with the
				  appropriate left or right arrows.
3. When the distance between the interchange
				  and the intersection trailblazers is greater than 5 miles verification
				  trailblazers shall be required. The verification trailblazers shall be
				  installed with a straight ahead arrow.
4. When the total distance from the
				  interchange is greater than 5 miles a verification trailblazer shall be
				  installed within 1,000 feet of the interchange. The verification trailblazers
				  shall be installed with a straight ahead arrow and a mileage plaque.