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Jul 1, 2000 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING MANUAL E.rpressways and High Speed Two Lane Two-Wur Highways -Use of right-of-way should not be allowed. However, use may be allowed in those cases where there is a limited impact on traffic, subject to the criteria covered under "Low Speed Roads" below. Low Speed Roads -Use of right-of--way may be allowed subject to the following criteria: 1. If the right-of-way is located within a city, requests should be made through the offices of or by the city. 2. No advertisements should be permitted on the right-of-way. 3. The use of the right-of-way shall not interfere with motorists' safe operation of their vehicles., 4. The use of the right-of-way shall not obstruct sight distance and shall not detract from motorists' view of traffic control devices. 5. Adequate law enforcement personnel protection shall be arranged by the requestor, as necessary. 6. Use of the right-of-way shall not exceed 30 days and similar use should not recur within ten months. 13-3.06.04. Signs, Banners, and Decorations Freeways -Signs, banners and decorations should not be' allowed on the right-of-way. E.rpressways, High Speed Two Lane. Tn~o-Wad' Higlr»~ays and Low Speed Roacls -Directional signs may be allowed at the intersection of the local road leading to the event. Non-directional signs, banners and overhead decorations will be allowed only on low speed roads subject to the following criteria: 1. If the signs, banners or decorations are to be located within a city, the requests should be made through the offices of or by the city. 2. Directional and non-directional signing are the responsibility of the requestor. If,.. upon request, Mn/DOT provrdes assistance in the form of signs and tabor, the requestor should be billed for the actual costs to the Department. 3. The requestor for directional signing will be advised that signing must conform to the MN MUTCD or as directed by the Division/District Office. 4. Directional signing shall contain only directional information for the event. 5. Non-directional signs or banners shall not appear to represent or conflict with an official traffic control device in shape, form, color or legend; they should be of a neutral color. 6. Non-directional signs or banners should display only the name of the event and the scheduled time. 7. Signs, banners and decorations shall not obstruct sight distance or detract from motorists' view of traffic control devices. 8. No changeable message signs of the type used for temporary or Aermanent traffic control shall be permitted for event advertising purposes. 9. The minimum clearance for all signs, banners and decorations spanning a highway should be 22 feet above the roadway and shoulder. 10. Adequate traffic control shall be provided when overhead signs, banners, and decorations are being installed and removed. 11. Non-directional signs, banners, and decorations pertaining to an event shall not be in place longer than two weeks prior to the event and shall be removed within three. days after the last day of the event. 13-4.00 ROUTE NUMBERING AND REFERENCE POINT. SYSTEM 13-4.01 General Each highway in Minnesota is part of a dual system of numbering. The first part of ~ the system is a Constitutional or Legislative -route .number and the second part is.a route signing number (i.e.. U.S. route number, Interstate route number or a Minnesota Trunk Highway number). The total numbering system -must be kept in logical order and great care must be exercised in changing or revising any portion of the system. There are certain rules which must be followed and certain committees, both locally and nationally, that must be involved to make the system workable. 13-4.02 Constitutional Routes The Constitutional amendment adopted in .1920 establishing the Minnesota highway system listed 70 routes that by their very description connected various cities and areas in the state into a highway system. These first 70 routes are known as Constitutional Routes and are numbered 1-70. These routes are described in Minnesota Statutes 161.114 and, because of the constitutional nature of their establishment, should be considered unchangeable. 13-4.03 Legislative Routes Since the original 70 routes were established, many additional routes have been added to the Trunk Highway system through action of the Legislature. These routes, currently numbering over three hundred, are known as Legislative Routes. These routes are modified. revised, changed and added to from time to time by the Legislature, usually on the recommendation of the Department. These routes are described in Minnesota Statutes 161.115. Any changes proposed by the Districts/Division in these routes should be coordinated through the Department's Control Section and Route Numbering Committees as established by Department Directives 2-015A and 2-02A, respectively. 13-10