27 CAR § 91-206. Medians and frontage roads

(a)(1) No utility work shall be performed in the median of any highway without prior approval of the Arkansas Department of Transportation. (2) All work must be accomplished in accordance with any special conditions required by the District Engineer. (b) Longitudinal utility installations will not be allowed in medians. (c)(1) Longitudinal installations of underground utilities will not normally be allowed in the area between the frontage road and main lanes. (2) Exceptions may be considered upon recommendation of the District Engineer based on extenuating circumstances and where a frontage road is widely separated from the main lanes, provided there is sufficient clear zone width from the edges of both traveled ways. (d)(1) Poles, guys, or other related facilities shall not be located in a highway median or between the main lanes and frontage roads. (2) Exceptions may be considered upon the recommendation of the District Engineer for crossings of wide medians and where a frontage road is widely separated from the main lanes, provided there is sufficient clear zone width from the edges of both traveled ways.