Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 7 - MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Division 10 - Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission › Chapter 17 - Supplemental Guide Sign Program › Section 7 CSR 10-17.060 - Traffic Generators

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment makes editorial changes and
				  adds additional language for clarity.
(1) A traffic generator is eligible to have
				signs up to the third connection; however, signing cannot extend beyond the
				first interchange encountered regardless if the interchange is the first,
				second, or third connection.
(2)
				Traffic generator signing cannot be erected at an interchange which connects to
				another freeway. No interchange to interchange signing is permitted.
(3) Traffic generator signs cannot be erected
				at an interchange exit where the single exit ramp splits into two (2) or more
				ramps before connecting to the crossroad.
(4) Traffic generator signs cannot be erected
				in an area where there is less than three-quarters (3/4) of a mile between
				interchange gore points when measured in one (1) direction or as otherwise
				approved by the department.
(5)
				Signs may be provided on each freeway located within twenty (20) miles of the
				traffic generator in a rural area or within five (5) miles in an urban area.
				Distances shall be measured along the path from the interchange/intersection to
				the traffic generator beginning at the intersecting centerlines of the
				interchange/intersection and the crossroad and ending at the nearest edge of
				the traffic generator projected at a right angle to the roadway
				centerline.
(6) The qualified entity
				is responsible for working with the local jurisdiction to install any
				additional trailblazer signs that may be needed off of the state system before
				the signs are installed on the state highway.
(7) Tourist Oriented Traffic Generator. To be
				considered eligible as a tourist oriented traffic generator, a qualified entity
				must meet the definition of a tourist oriented attraction in this rule as well
				as having a minimum annual attendance of two hundred thousand (200,000) in
				rural areas, two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) in urban areas, and three
				hundred thousand (300,000) in the St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan
				areas.
(8) College Generator. To
				qualify for college generator signs, a qualified school shall meet all the
				definitions of this rule as well as the following criteria:
(A) Be a traditional college/university
				campus;
(B) The school site and the
				courses taught at the school are accredited by an organization recognized by
				the U.S. Department of Education or by the Council for Higher Education. The
				department will determine the eligibility of each school;
(C) Offer a minimum of a two- (2-) year
				associates degree and/or a four- (4-) year bachelor's degree or a master's
				degree;
(D) Be the primary campus
				for the college/university;
(E)
				Face-to-face classroom settings between students and faculty will be the
				primary source of education. Web-based or telecommunication centers do not meet
				this requirement;
(F) Be the primary
				school campus. Individual schools on or off campus (i.e. school of engineering,
				nursing, etc.), research parks, or research farms do not qualify for
				signs;
(G) Qualifying schools may
				choose to participate in college emblem signing in lieu of college generator
				signing;
(H) If third connection
				does not reach an interchange, the signing will begin at the third connection
				and the signing will consist of college generator trailblazer signs
				only;
(I) Have a minimum of five
				hundred (500) registered students attending face-to-face classes on campus. The
				department may acquire the three- (3-) year average attendance from the
				Department of Higher Education or the school may provide a notarized letter
				attesting to their average face-to-face enrollment for the specific site being
				signed for; and
(J) No qualified
				school may participate in more than one (1) type of college signing program off
				of a given state highway. College Generator mainline signs display the name of
				the school and the school logo, subsequent ramp and trailblazer signs only
				display the school name.