Lateral placement
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Lateral clearance is the horizontal distance between the edge of the roadway and the nearest edge of the sign or sign assembly.
(b)On highways other than expressways, the lateral clearance shall be as follows:
(1)Not less than 6 feet nor more than 12 feet.
(2)The distance between an unmountable curb face, guide rail, or the edge of the usable shoulder and the nearest edge of a sign should be at least two feet. In urban districts the distance from the face of the curb should not be less than one foot and generally not more than three feet.
(c)The lateral clearance to the snowmobile route marker shall be three feet to the right of the nearest edge of the permitted path of travel.