A GUIDE FOR ACCOMMODATING UTILITIES ON HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY

THESE GUIDES ARE PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF DEVELOPING AND PRESERVING SAFE ROADSIDES AND OF MINIMIZING POSSIBLE INTERFERENCE AND IMPAIRMENT TO THE HIGHWAY, ITS STRUCTURES, APPEARANCE, SAFE OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE. THEY SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AND APPLIED TO THE EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAWS WHICH GIVE UTILITIES THE RIGHT TO USE OR OCCUPY HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY. THESE GUIDELINES APPLY TO ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UTILITIES, INCLUDING ELECTRIC POWER, TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, WATER, GAS, OIL, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, STEAM, CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, DRAINAGE, IRRIGATION, AND SIMILAR LINES THAT ARE TO BE LOCATED, ADJUSTED, OR RELOCATED WITHIN THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF HIGHWAYS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS. SUCH UTILITIES MAY INVOLVE UNDERGROUND, SURFACE, OR OVERHEAD FACILITIES, EITHER SINGULARLY OR IN COMBINATION. THESE GUIDES SUPPLEMENT, BUT DO NOT ALTER THE PROVISIONS OF THE AASHO "A POLICY ON THE ACCOMMODATION OF UTILITIES ON FREEWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY."

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 29 Pp, 3 FiG
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association of State Highway Officials

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Publication Date: 1969-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Guidelines; Guides to information; Highways; Private enterprise; Public utilities; Right of way (Land); Underground structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Utilities
• Old TRIS Terms: Guides; Underground
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218590
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 13 1970 12:00AM