290-RICR-30-00-1. Control and Restriction of Billboards, Signs and Other Advertising Devices (version Amendment, 03/25/2007 to 11/28/2018)

RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES AND REGULATIONS STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES AND REGULATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER DECLARATION OF POLICY 1 JURISDICTION 1 SECTION I PURPOSE 1 SECTION II APPLICATION 2 SECTION III DEFINITIONS 2 SECTION IV SIGNS OUTSIDE URBAN AREAS 7 SECTION V GENERAL REGULATIONS 7 SECTION VI CRITERIA FOR A LEGAL CONFORMING SIGN 8 SECTION VII LEGAL NON-CONFORMING SIGNS 12 SECTION VIII MAINTENANCE OF NON-CONFORMING SIGNS 13 SECTION IX ILLEGAL SIGNS 14 SECTION X ON-PREMISE ADVERTISING SIGNS 15 SECTION XI DIRECTIONAL, REGULATORY, WARNING AND AGRICULTURAL SIGNS 17 SECTION XII RECLASSIFICATION OF SIGNS 17 SECTION XIII PERMIT PROCESS 17 SECTION XIV ADOPT-A-SPOT, ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY, AND SPONSOR-A- HIGHWAY PROGRAMS 19 SECTION XV VEGETATION CONTROL 19 SECTION XVI SEVERABILITY 19 SECTION XVII EFFECTIVE DATE 20 CERTIFICATION OF DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION 21 EXHIBIT A LIST OF CONTROLLED ROUTES EXHIBIT A1 LIST OF INTERSTATE SYSTEMS OR HIGHWAYS BUILT TO NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INTERSTATE OR DEFENSE HIGHWAY STANDARDS EXHIBIT B MAP OF URBAN/RURAL AREAS & PRIMARY/NHS RTES. EXHIBIT C BONUS ACTS EXHIBIT D APPLICABLE STATE STATUTE[S] RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 1 of 21 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES AND REGULATIONS DECLARATION OF POLICY In order to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of motor vehicles, to prevent confusion with respect to compliance with traffic lights, signs, signals and regulations, to promote safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel upon highways within this State and to protect the public investment therein, to preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or aesthetic features of the highways and adjacent areas, and in the general welfare of the people of this State, the general assembly declared it to be the policy of this State that the erection and maintenances of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of the interstate, primary, secondary road systems within the State shall be regulated in accordance with the terms of the RIGL 24-10.1 “et al” and the regulations promulgated by the Director of Transportation pursuant thereto and finds that all outdoor advertising which does not conform to the requirements of the RIGL and these Rules and Regulations is a public nuisance. Note: No new outdoor advertising structures may be erected except as provided in the state statute [RIGL 24-10.1] JURISDICTION The Rhode Island Department of Transportation shall have the legal jurisdiction to enforce the Federal Law, State Law, and the Rules and Regulations for Outdoor Advertising upon the identified state-ways [See Exhibit A and Exhibit A1]. Furthermore any future routes or additions thereto, added to the highway system inventory will also come under the Department’s jurisdiction. I. PURPOSE The purpose of these Rules and Regulations is to control the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs in accordance with the following Statutory and Regulatory empowerments: • The United States Constitution • The Rhode Island Constitution • 23 United States Code (23 USC 131) • 23 Code of Federal Regulations 750 (23 CFR 750) • General Laws of Rhode Island, 1956, as amended, included but not limited to Chapter 24-10.1 • Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-381 the Bonus Act) • Agreement for Carrying Out the National Policy Relative to Advertising Adjacent to the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (1963) (Bonus Act) • Amended Agreement for Carrying Out the National Policy Relative to Control of Advertising in Areas Adjacent to the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and the Federal-Aid Primary System (1972) (Bonus Act) • Highway Beautification Act of 1965, as amended (P.L. 89-285) • Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-240) • National Environmental Policy Act • National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 • RIDOT Rules Regarding the Use of Highways, Freeways, Bridges and Structures • RIDOT Rules and Regulations for Accommodating Utility Facilities Within Railroad Rights-of-Way RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 2 of 21 • RIDOT Rules and Regulations for Accommodating Utility Facilities Within Freeway Rights-of-Way • RIDOT Rules and Regulations Relating to Highways and Outdoor Advertising • Telecommunication Act of 1996 • Transportation Equity Act of 1998 II. APPLICATION These Rules and Regulations are applicable to all areas visible from the state-way in the State, as designated by the General Assembly. These provisions apply regardless of whether Federal funds participated in the cost of such state-ways. Nothing contained in these Rules and Regulations shall prohibit a municipality from establishing regulations imposing stricter limitations. Where a sign is erected with the purpose of its message being read from two or more highways, one or more of which is a controlled highway, the more stringent of applicable control requirements will apply. III. DEFINITIONS [All italicized terms or words throughout this document refer to definitions found in this Section] 1. Billboard means a panel designed to carry outdoor advertising. Billboards are considered to be personal property by the Department and all municipal governments in the State of Rhode Island. 2. Commercial or industrial activities, for the purposes of the unzoned area definition, mean those activities generally recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities in this State, except that none of the following shall be considered commercial or industrial: 1. Agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming, and related activities, including, but not limited to wayside fresh produce stands. 2. Transient or temporary activities. 3. Activities not visible from the state-way. 4. Activities more than 300 feet from the nearest edge of the state-way. 5. Railroad tracks and minor sidings 6. Activities normally and regularly in operation less than 5 months per year. 7. Activities conducted in a building principally used as a residence. 3. Commercial or industrial zone means areas, which were zoned industrial or commercial, under authority of the law as of September 21, 1959, and any newly developed commercial or industrial areas set forth by City or Town Planning Authorities. 4. Controlled area means: 1. In an urban area, those areas adjacent to, and within 660 feet of, the edge of the right-of-way of the state-way. RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 3 of 21 2. Outside an urban area, those areas adjacent to the edge of the right-of-way of the Interstate and Federal-Aid primary and secondary highway systems and visible from the state-way. 5. Controlled Routes means: The Federal-aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any highway which is not on such a system, but which is on the National Highway System. 6. Department means the Department of Transportation of the State of Rhode Island. 7. Designated Scenic Roadways are any State Roadways that have been designated a “Rhode Island Scenic Roadway” by the Rhode Island Scenic Roadway Board, under the current Rhode Island legislation for Scenic Roadways. 8. Directional and official signs and notices include only official signs and notices, public utility signs, service clubs and religious notices, public service signs, agricultural signs, and directional signs. 9. Directional Signs means signs containing directional information about public places owned or operated by Federal, State, or Local governments or their agencies; publicly or privately owned natural phenomena, historic, agricultural, cultural, scientific, educational, and religious sites: and areas of natural scenic beauty or naturally suited for outdoor recreation, including bicycle paths, and state-owned railroad corridors deemed to be in the interest of the public. 10. Double Panel Signs means two [2] signs side by side facing the same direction no more than five [5] feet apart. 11. Erect means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into being or establish, but it shall not include any of the foregoing activities when performed as an incident to the change of advertising message or customary maintenance or repair of a sign or sign structure. 12. Erected with the purpose of its message being read means any sign that is visible from the state- way. 13. Freeway means a way especially designed for through traffic over which abutters have no easement or right of light, air, or access by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon the way. 14. Illegal sign means a sign erected or maintained in violation of the Federal Law, State Law, State Rules and Regulations, local law or ordinance. 15. Immediate vicinity means the area bounded by the buildings, driveways and parking areas where the sign is located, in which the principal activity is conducted and is within 50 feet of the activity. 16. Information center means an area or site established and maintained as safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing such other information as the Director of Transportation may consider desirable. RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 4 of 21 17. Interchange means a system of interconnecting roadways in conjunction with one or more grade separations that provides for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways or highways on different levels. Interchanges may be of various types or a combination of types as set forth in “A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets” 1984, published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, as may be amended, which is incorporated by reference. 18. Interstate System means that a portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this State, or highways built to interstate or defense highway standards [See Exhibit A1], as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the Director of Transportation, and approved pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code, Highways. 19. Maintain means to allow to exist, or keep in repair. 20. Major official guide sign means a sign with a total area of not less than 12 square feet, erected and authorized by the State or Federal Government to designate route numbers or route names, distances and directions to certain localities or municipalities. 21. Municipality means a city or town in the State of Rhode Island. 22. Non-Conforming signs [grandfathered] are those signs which were lawfully erected, but which do not comply with the provisions of subsequent State law or rules and regulations or which later fail to comply with State law or rules and regulations due to changed conditions. 23. Official signs and notices means signs and notices erected and maintained by public officers or public agencies within their territorial or zoning jurisdiction and pursuant to and in accordance with direction or authorizations contained in Federal, State, or local law for the purposes of carrying out an official duty or responsibility. Historical markers authorized by State law and erected by State or local government or nonprofit historical societies may be considered official signs. 24. On-Premise Advertising Sign means a sign at a business location advertising a business or businesses that are conducted on the property [the principal activity], or signs advertising the sale or lease of the real property upon which they are located, subject to the requirements of Section VII. 25. Outdoor Advertising Sign means advertising signs, displays, and devises in adjacent areas consistent with the terms of these Rules and Regulations, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958 [P.L. 85-381], and the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, as amended [P.L. 85-381], and any and all subsequent amendments and laws. Any outdoor sign, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, notices, placard, poster, billboard, billboard structure, monopole structure, letter board, or other thing which is designed, including lighting, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or informative contents of which is visible from any place on the state-way or the Interstate, Primary or Secondary Systems. 26. Panel means a flat piece of material, usually rectangular, made to form part of a sunken or raised surface set in a frame for the sole purpose of advertising, or any other shaped surface and/or structure [i.e., Digital Display, Trivision, other type of Commercial Electronic Changeable Message Sign (CEVMS), etc.] approved by the Department. RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 5 of 21 27. Permit means a revocable certificate issuing permission by the Department authorizing the erection and maintenance of a sign at the location described thereon for a twelve [12] month period beginning from the date of issuance. The issuance of an outdoor advertising permit does not supersede municipal or other agency sign requirements or restrictions. Permits are not chattel. 28. Permit Holder means any person holding a valid and unrevoked outdoor advertising permit. Permit holders must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department that they have legal control of the real property [i.e., footprint] where the sign is located and legal control of the sign. 29. Person means any individual, group, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, any public entity, as the context may require, or combination thereof. 30. Primary means that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the Director of Transportation, and approved by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code entitled, “Highways.” 31. Public Service signs means signs located on bus stop shelters, which sign: 1. Identify the donor, sponsor, or contributor of said shelters; 2. Contain safety slogans or messages, which shall occupy not less than fifty percent [50%] of the area of the sign; 3. Contain no other message; 4. Are located on bus shelters which are authorized or approved by city, county, or State law, regulation, or ordinance, and at places approved by the city, county or State agency controlling the state-way involved; and must be located on a designated, active transit system. 5. May not exceed 32 square feet in area. Not more than one sign on each shelter shall face in any one direction 32. Public utility signs means warning signs, informational signs, notices, or markers, which are customarily erected and maintained by publicly or privately owned public utilities, as essential to their operations. 33. Replacement Costs are based on a mixture of signs in each category with different components such as backbracing, aprons, scaffolds, and differing heights above ground level. The basic structure cost figure will thus apply whether or not the sign being valued has any (or all) of the above-mentioned features. Additives for such items as incandescent lighting, mercury vapor lights, quartz floodlights, unusual features, or differing heights above ground level over eleven (11) feet, should be made when appropriate and the costs are verified by the Department’s Appraisal Unit. 34. Right-of-Way means the easement in or property acquired by the public through the Department of Transportation, for the purposes of highway construction, safety rest areas, landscaping or any other purpose incidental to highway travel or highway use. 35. Rules and Regulations means the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Rhode Island Department of Transportation, Outdoor Advertising Rules and Regulations. RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 6 of 21 36. Safety Rest Area means an area or site established and maintained within or adjacent to the right- of-way by or under public supervision or control, for the convenience of the traveling public. No advertising of any form will be allowed and is strictly prohibited within Safety Rest Areas unless previously reviewed and approved by the Director of the Department of Transportation. 37. State-way: for the purpose of this document when the term “State-way” appears it means the following: an interstate, a road, highway, route, traveled way, interchange, primary, Federal-aid primary or secondary system, designated scenic roadway and arterials [see Exhibits A and A1]. 38. Secondary Systems means that portion of state maintained roads that are neither interstate nor primary roads. 39. Service club and religious notices means signs and notices, whose erection is authorized by law, relating to meetings of nonprofit service clubs or charitable associations, or religious services, which signs do not exceed 8 square feet in area. 40. Sign for the purpose of this document, when the term “sign” or “signs” appears it means the following: a display as a lettered board, a posted command, warning, or direction, including messages utilizing new technologies such as Trivision or equivalent technologies such as CMS, Digital LED, Video LED, Price Pack [changed by satellite or other], Lottery [changed by satellite or other], Electronic Water Art, Holographic, Projectorized, Gas Plasma, or other changeable messages as approved by the Department of Transportation, and if and when necessary the Federal Highway Administration, any outdoor advertising sign, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, notices, placard, poster, billboard, billboard structure, monopole structure, letter board, or other thing which is designed, including lighting, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or informative contents of which is visible from any place on the state-way of the Interstate or primary system, or secondary system. 41. Structure: means any device, engineered or not which provides support for panels that provide an advertising message, including but not limited to monopoles, multipoles, or any other thing used to provide support. 42. Unzoned commercial or industrial area means those areas not zoned by State or local law, regulation or ordinance, which are occupied by one or more industrial or commercial activities, other than outdoor advertising signs, and the lands along the state-way for a distance of 500 consecutive feet immediately adjacent to the activities. All measurements shall be from the outer edges of the regularly used buildings, parking lots, storage or processing areas of the activities, not from the property lines of the activities, and shall be along or parallel to the edge of pavement of the state-way. Measurements shall not be from the property lines of the activities unless said property lines coincide with the limits of the activities. Unzoned industrial or commercial areas shall not include land predominately used for residential purposes, or land adjacent to Interstate or primary highway constructed on right-of-way, the entire width of which was acquired subsequent to the Federal Aid Highway Act of July 1, 1956. In addition, “spot or strip zoning,” will not be considered as a commercial or an industrial area. 43. Urban Area means an urbanized area or an urban place as designated by the Bureau of the Census having a population of five thousand or more and not within any urbanized area, which boundaries to be fixed by the Office of Statewide Planning, subject to approval by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Such boundaries shall be as a minimum, encompass the entire urban place designated by the Bureau of the Census. Urbanized area means an area so RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 7 of 21 designated by the Bureau of the Census, within boundaries to be fixed by the Office of Statewide Planning, subject to approval by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Such boundaries shall, as a minimum, encompass the entire urbanized area within the State as designated by the Bureau of the Census. 44. Visible means capable of being seen, discovered, or perceived [whether or not legible] without visual aid by a person of normal visual acuity. IV SIGNS OUTSIDE URBAN AREAS The following signs shall be allowed outside urban areas. Outside urban areas means those areas outside the definition of “Urban Area” in “Section III – Definitions” of these Rules and Regulations, and depicted on “Exhibit C” attached. A. Directional and other official signs. B. Signs in areas, which were zoned commercial or industrial under authority of law as of the institution of the Bonus Act [see “Exhibit A"] on September 21, 1959. However, signs that are more than 660 feet from the edge of the right-of-way, and erected with the purpose of their message being read from the main-traveled way are prohibited. C. Signs located in unzoned commercial or industrial areas as defined in Section III. However signs, which are more than 660 feet from the edge of the right-of-way, and erected with the purpose of their message being read from the main-traveled way are prohibited. D. Signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965 [the institution of the Highway Beautification Act], determined by the Director of the Department, subject to the concurrence of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, to be landmark signs, including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces, of historic or artistic significance the preservation of which would be consistent with the purposes of these regulations. There exist no landmark signs outside urban areas in the State of Rhode Island. E. Any and all types of signs not listed above are hereby prohibited outside urban areas. V. GENERAL REGULATIONS The following Rules and Regulations shall apply to all legally conforming and legally non-conforming signs: A. Signs shall not be erected or maintained or altered in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise physically interfere with an official traffic sign, signal or device, or to obstruct or physically interfere with the driver’s view of approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic. B. Signs shall not be erected or maintained which imitate or resemble official traffic signs, signals or devices, or are erected or maintained upon trees or painted or drawn upon rocks or natural features, or which are structurally unsafe or in disrepair. RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 8 of 21 C. Nothing in these Rules and Regulations shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter. VI. CRITERIA FOR A LEGAL CONFORMING SIGN For a sign to be designated legal conforming, it must comply with the following location, size, spacing, and lighting criteria, pursuant to RIGL 24-10.1-3. Existing Conforming Signs – Conforming signs are signs that are lawfully erected and maintained and comply entirely with all provisions of the law. Conforming signs may remain or be erected adjacent to controlled highway systems after the effective date of the State law, which is May 6, 1966, and any subsequent amendments thereto. A. Location 1. Signs must be located in a zoned commercial or industrial area or a non-urban area that is unzoned commercial or industrial. 2. All signs shall be set back at least 25’ feet from the nearest edge of right-of-way except in areas zoned by authority of law either industrial or commercial where the setback established by such authority will be observed. 3. No sign shall be erected in any area regardless of zoning or other considerations in areas either of natural or manmade scenic beauty or historical significance, including designated scenic roadways and bicycle paths, designated as such by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation. B. Size No sign panel shall exceed the following limits: 1. For signs panel which are located within 150 from the nearest edge of the right-of-way, maximum area – 675 square feet, maximum height –20 feet, maximum length – 50 feet. Dimensions include border trim, cutouts, extensions, but exclude bases and supports. 2. For signs which are located 150 feet or more from the nearest edge of the right-of-way, maximum area – 1200 square feet, maximum length – 60 feet, maximum height – 25 feet. Dimensions include border, trim, cutouts and extensions but exclude bases and supports. 3. Cutouts and extensions are not to exceed the following limits: [a] Five [5] feet from the top of trim. [b] One and one-half feet from either vertical side of trim. [c] Two [2] feet from bottom of trim. [d] No one cutout shall exceed more than ten percent [10%] of the total copy area or no combination of cutouts shall exceed thirty percent [30%] of the total copy area. Prior to the installation of any and all cutouts, a permit holder must submit to the Department a written explanation providing the RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 9 of 21 exact design, dimensions, panel number, and specifications of the proposed cutout. The permit holder must make this request no less than ten [10] business days prior to the anticipated installation of the cutout, and must strictly adhere to the restrictions listed above. No erection of a cutout will be permitted without first submitting a schematic of the proposed cutout for review, and receiving prior written approval of the Department. 4. Signs may be double faced [abutting and facing the same direction] provided that the total dimensions and area of double faced signs on the structure do not exceed the stipulations of a [1], a [2], and a [3] above. 5. Back-to-back signs shall be considered as two signs. 6. V-type signs shall be considered as two signs, but must be erected so that only one face is visible to traffic proceeding in any one direction on any Interstate or Primary System. C. Spacing If a sign is located on and/or adjacent to an Interstate or Primary Highways or Secondary Roads the followings applies: 1. Signs shall not be located within 750 feet of items [a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f] or [g] listed below, which are adjacent to the highway right-of-way regardless of whether there is direct access from the state-way, including but not limited to those areas being designated and maintained as such by public governmental agencies as follows: [a] Recreational Public Parks [b] Public Forests [c] Public Playgrounds [d] Scenic Overlooks or Designated Scenic Roadways [e] Bicycle Paths [f] Schools [g] Safety Rest Areas In connection with sub-paragraph [1] above, the 750 foot limitation, which will be measured from the property lines of recreational public parks, schools, public forests, safety rest areas, public playgrounds, and bicycle paths will not be interpreted to extend beyond the opposite side of said highway right-of-way. In the case of scenic overlooks, which are constructed so as to utilize the view across said state-way, no sign shall be allowed which obscures the intended view. If there is an existing structure or building other than outdoor advertising within the 750 foot zone, a sign may be erected within said area provided that such sign does not otherwise obstruct the view of the area designated. RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 10 of 21 2. If an entity with a sign exists within an unzoned area, and said entity ceases to exist or operate for a minimum period of 90 calendar days, said signs would then be considered non-conforming. If the same area becomes zoned, in any designation but commercial or industrial, the sign will still remain non-conforming under Chapter 24-10.1 of the General Laws of the State of Rhode Island. 3. Signs that are located in zoned and unzoned commercial and industrial areas and were legally erected in accordance with the laws and regulations in effect at the time of their erection, but do not comply with the criteria contained in Section VI “A” of these Rules and Regulations may continue to be maintained. All such signs shall be classified as grandfathered non-conforming and must comply with the requirements of Section VIII. When highways are added to the Interstate and Primary System, standards contained in Section VI “A” shall apply only to signs erected in commercial or industrial zones and areas adjacent thereto subsequent to the date that such state-ways are added to the system 4. The minimum distances between signs of 250 feet and 750 feet shall be measured along the nearest edge of the pavement between points directly opposite the signs. 5. On-premise signs and other signs authorized and defined by Section 24-10.1-3 [a] [b] [c] of the General Laws of Rhode Island shall not be considered for purposes of measurement. Alleys, undeveloped rights-of-way, private roads and driveways are not intersections, and will not be utilized for measurement purposes. 6. No signs may be located on the same side of the state-way within 250 feet of a major official guide sign. C(i) Spacing of Legal Conforming Signs Adjacent to Interstate Highways and Freeways On the Primary System or Secondary Systems A. Zoned industrial or commercial area [does not apply to secondary systems] – spacing between signs along each side of the highway shall be a minimum of 750 feet from the sign structure to sign structure. Back-to-back and V-type signs may be erected at single locations. No structure may be located adjacent to or within 500 feet of an Interchange, exit or entrance ramp, intersection at grade, or a safety rest area. Said 500 feet to be measured along the edge of pavement along the Interchange, ramp, intersection at grade, or a safety rest area or state-way from the beginning or ending of the pavement widening at the entrance to and exist from the state-way. Said distance limitation shall be measured separately for each direction of travel. B. Unzoned industrial or commercial area [applies to all systems including secondary systems] – spacing between signs along each side of the state-way shall be a minimum of 1500 feet. back-to-back and V-type signs may be erected at a single location. No structure may be located adjacent to or within 1000 feet of an Interchange, exit or entrance ramp, intersection at grade, or a safety rest area. Said 1000 feet to be measured along the state- way from the beginning or ending of pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the state-way. RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 11 of 21 C(ii) Spacing of Legal Conforming Signs Adjacent to Secondary Systems Zoned Industrial /Commercial A. The location of signs shall conform to the following minimum criteria to be applied separately to each side of the secondary system. [1] Spacing between signs along each side of the secondary system shall be a minimum of 250 feet. V-type or back-to-back signs may be erected at a single location, but any such signs shall be at least 500 feet from any other sign the same side of the secondary system. [2] No sign may be located within 100 feet of an intersection [unless there is an existing building or structure other than an outdoor advertising structure in said area]. One sign shall be permitted within said area if it does not obstruct the existing view of the intersection to approaching traffic and meets all other rules and regulations herein contained. [Distance shall be measured as under Interstate Highways and Freeways on Primary Systems above]. D. Lighting 1. No sign may be erected or maintained which contains, includes or is illuminated by any flashing, intermittent or moving light or lights, except in the use of public information devices which indicate the correct time and temperature, or other changeable LED message signs or billboards with changeable messages. 2. No lighting may be used in any way in connection with any sign unless it so effectively shielded as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the state-way, or is of such low intensity or brilliance as not to cause glare or to impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle, or to otherwise interfere with any driver’s operation of a motor vehicle. 3. The Department has the right to require adjustments to lighting. E. New Technologies Adjacent to the state-way, no legally conforming signs advertising copy may be converted to Trivision or equivalent technologies unless approved by the Department, and if and when necessary, the Federal Highway Administration [non-conforming signs do not qualify for conversion and no video shall be allowed]. The Department will not allow the conversion of signs utilizing LED technology pending its study of safety issues. If a signs advertisement copy is converted to a type of new technology, the Department may require a percentage of the advertisement copy be dedicated to public service (e.g. Amber Alert) However, in accordance with Title 24 “Highways,” Chapter 24-10.1-2, for each sign using such technology, two [2] valid permits for signs or billboards of equivalent size shall be required. Provided, further, however, that in the event that a person, firm or corporation does not hold more than one permit, only one permit for signs of equivalent size shall be required. RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 12 of 21 F. Timing of Messages A sign that is converted to Trivision or equivalent technologies, or message signs, or any other types of signs with changeable messages, shall display said messages for ten [10] continuous seconds or more without interruption. The Department may adjust the timing of messages based on public safety concerns. VII. LEGAL NON-CONFORMING SIGNS 1 Legal Non-Conforming Signs – A sign is considered to be legal non-conforming if it was lawfully erected prior to the effective date of the Federal and State law but does not conform to the current law’s requirements, and has a current State permit. A legal non- conforming sign must be lawfully maintained in accordance with applicable state law and these Rules and Regulations. Failure to do so may result in the revocation of permit and require the removal of the legal non-conforming sign without compensation. There are several ways in which a legal non-conforming sign permit may be revoked: [a] A legal non-conforming sign that is abandoned or discontinued is a sign that may lose its legal non-conforming status if the sign owner fails to operate the sign 90 calendar days unless receiving prior approval by the Director of the Department of Transportation. Examples are: 1. Obsolete message content on the sign. 2. Blanked-out Signs void of any message content. 3. Signs in need of such substantial repair where replacement costs exceeds 25 percent of the sign’s current fair market value. Repairs must not begin without the prior written approval of the Director of the Department of Transportation. Reasonable repair and maintenance is permitted as prescribed in Section IX, part D of these Rules and Regulations. . [b] Destruction of a Legal Non-Conforming Sign. 1. A legal non-conforming sign that is destroyed by Acts of God, such as high winds, lightening, or floods, whose replacement cost exceeds 25% of its current fair market value, shall not be re-erected and the permit shall be revoked. [c] Vandalism A legal non-conforming sign that is vandalized by criminal or tortuous acts may be re-erected with the prior approval of the Director of the Department of Transportation. [d] Sale, Leasing, Transferring RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 13 of 21 A legal non-conforming sign may be sold, leased, or otherwise transferred without affecting its status. However, the location, size, spacing, lighting, or duration of the message [if applicable], of the sign shall not be changed, and the sign must have been actually in existence at the time the applicable State law or regulations became effective [May 6, 1966]. VIII. MAINTENANCE OF LEGAL NON-CONFORMING SIGNS A. Customary Maintenance – Legal non-conforming signs must remain substantially the same as they were on the date they became nonconforming. Reasonable repair and maintenance are permitted. Changes to the physical structure on the sign, other than a change of message, must be accomplished in accordance with these Rules and Regulations. These requirements include: 1. No change in the size of the legal non-conforming sign or the advertising panel. 2. No change in the type of existing structure, i.e., from a legal non- conforming sign with wooden posts to a monopole. 3. No addition of lighting, either attached or unattached. 4. No repairs exceeding 25% of the replacement cost of the legal non- conforming sign structure subject to these Rules and Regulations. B. The permission to maintain any legal non-conforming sign shall be terminated by: [1] Abandonment of the sign. A legal non-conforming sign shall be deemed to be abandoned if, for a period of 90 calendar days, it ceased to display advertising content or displays obsolete or obliterated advertising content or for which no rent has been paid to the owner for a six [6] month period or more. Obsolete or obliterated advertising content is advertising matter that does not identify a particular product, service or facility that is currently available to the motorist. If for a period of 90 calendar days, an “available for lease” or similar message that concerns the availability of the sign itself, and which does not constitute advertising matter, is left in place, the legal non-conforming sign may be considered abandoned. [2] Increase of any dimension of the legal non-conforming sign from its original dimensions [height, width, length], in existence at the time the applicable Federal and State laws or regulations became effective. [3] Change of any aspect or character or the increase of the lumens of the lighting or the replacement of the legal non-conforming sign. [4] Performing maintenance of legal non-conforming signs from within the right-of-way of access-controlled state-ways without the written permission of the Director of the Department of Transportation. RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 14 of 21 [5] Damage to the legal non-conforming sign from any cause whatsoever, except by willful acts, where the cost of repairing the damage exceeds 25% of the replacement cost of such legal non-conforming sign structure and/or where the legal non-conforming sign is at a minimum, 25% destroyed on the date of damage will not be replaced. Any legal non- conforming sign structure damaged by criminal or deliberate acts may be replaced upon a showing of the legal non-conforming sign owner that the legal non-conforming sign was so destroyed and upon prior written approval from the Director of the Department of Transportation. [6] Deterioration of the legal non-conforming sign where the cost of repairing or maintaining the legal non-conforming sign structure exceeds 25% of the replacement cost of such legal non-conforming sign on the date that the Department determines that the legal non- conforming sign is obsolete. [7] A legal non-conforming sign may be relocated to a legal conforming location with the prior approval of the Department. C. Standards for Normal Maintenance and Minor Repairs [1] Normal maintenance shall include change of message, normal upkeep, and minor repairs. [2] Minor repairs, once determined by the Department that the cost will not exceed 25% of the replacement cost of the legal non-conforming sign shall be completed so as to result in the legal non-conforming sign being in satisfactory condition in the sole judgment of the Department. These repairs must be completed within ninety [90] calendar days from the date of notification to the legal non-conforming sign owner to repair, or the legal non- conforming sign or billboard structure will be removed as an illegal sign. IX. ILLEGAL SIGNS Illegal signs mean a sign erected or maintained in violation of the Federal Law, and/or State Law, and/or State Rules and Regulations, and/or Local Law, and/or ordinances. 1. A sign shall be classified as illegal including but not limited to the following: [a] If erected in a controlled area where signs are not allowed; or [b] If violates size, lighting or spacing requirements; or [c] If fails to have a proper permit. 2. Removal and Penalty of Illegal Signs See RIGL 24-10.1 RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 15 of 21 3. Signs advertising activities that are illegal under State, Federal or Local Laws, or State Regulations in effect at the location of such signs are prohibited X. ON-PREMISE ADVERTISING SIGNS On-Premise advertising signs may not be required to have a permit under Section X, and may be permissible if they conform to the following rules: [1] The on-premise advertising sign shall be located within 50 feet of the immediate vicinity of the principal activity. [2] The on-premise advertising sign shall be located on the same premises as the principal activity or property advertised. Any sign that consist solely of the name of the establishment is an on-premise sign. [3] The on-premise advertising sign shall have as its purpose [a] advertising of the sole and/or principal activity and/or it’s products being sold and/or services rendered, or [b] advertising of the sale or lease of property on which the on-premise advertising sign is located, rather than the purpose of general advertising. An on-premise advertising sign identifying the establishments’ principal and/or accessory products and/or services offered on the premises is an on-premise advertising sign [4] A “For Sale” or “For Lease” advertising sign which advertises a product or a service located upon and related to the business of selling or leasing the land on which the advertising sign is located, is an on-premise advertising sign. [5] If any or all portion of a sign advertises activity or activities not conducted on the premises, and/or products or services not part of the principal activity, it is not an on- premise sign. [6] The on-premise advertising sign owner bears the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the advertised activity is conducted on the premises. The following shall be used for determining whether a on-premise advertising sign is located on the same premises as the activity or property advertised. [a] The premises on which an activity is conducted is determined by physical facts rather than property lines, ownership, recorded plats and lots, etc. Generally, it is defined as the improved land occupied by the buildings or other physical uses that are necessary and customarily incident to the activity on a regular basis including such open spaces as are reasonably arranged and designed to be used in connection with such buildings or uses on a regular basis. On-Premise advertising signs shall be no more than 50 feet from said activity. An on-premise advertising sign shall not be located on: [1] Any land or site, which is not, used as an integral part of the principal activity. This would include, but is not limited to, land which is separated from the activity by a state-way or other obstruction, and not used by the activity, and/or extensive undeveloped state-way frontage contiguous to RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 16 of 21 the land actually used by a commercial facility, even though it might be under the same ownership. [2] Any land or site, which is used for, or devoted to, a separate purpose unrelated to the advertised activity. For example, land adjacent to or adjoining a service station but devoted to raising of crops, residence, or farmstead uses or other commercial or industrial uses having no relationship to the service station activity would not be part of the premises of the service station, even though under the same ownership. [3] Any land or site occupied solely by structures or uses which are only incidental to the principal activity, and which serve no reasonable or integral purpose related to the activity other than to attempt to qualify the land for signing purposes. Generally, these will be inexpensive facilities, such as picnic, playground, or camping areas, dog kennels, golf-driving ranges, common or private roadways or easements, walking paths, bicycle paths, fences, and sign maintenance sheds A. Narrow Strips Where the sign site is located at or near the end of a narrow strip contiguous to the activity, the sign shall not be considered part of the premises on which the activity being advertised is conducted. A narrow strip shall include any configuration of land, which is such that it cannot be put to any reasonable use related to the activity other than for signing purposes. In no event shall a sign site be considered part of the replacement cost premises on which the advertised activity is conducted if it is located upon a narrow strip of land: [a] which is non-buildable land, such as a swampland, marshland, or other wetland, or [b] which is a common or private roadway, or [c] held by easement or other lesser interest than the premises where the advertised activity is located. Exception to the above would be a commercial or industrial complex / park marquee sign. B. On-Premise Advertising Signs Located on Interstate and National Highway System All on-premise signs including but not limited to those located adjacent to those roadways listed in Exhibit A1, are under the jurisdiction of the Department and these Rules and Regulations, and they must be in compliance with the provisions contained herein including the following: [1] No sign panels will exceed a maximum area of 150 square feet [2] Signs with new technologies will not be erected without the express written approval of the Director of the Department of Transportation [3] Lighting will be in conformance with the provisions provided in Section VI – Criteria For A Legal Conforming Sign RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 17 of 21 [4] No sign will block the view of an official directional sign [5] All signs must be a minimum of 50 feet from the state highway line [6] Signs utilizing digital display technology are limited to a continuous 10-second motionless display XI. DIRECTIONAL, REGULATORY, WARNING AND AGRICULTURAL SIGNS Directional, Regulatory and Warning Signs are not under the jurisdiction of these Rules and Regulations. The erection and maintenance of these types of signs will be referred to and are under the jurisdiction of the Department’s Traffic Engineering Section, and are in conformance with the “Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devises” [MUTCD]. No rule or regulation of the Department of Transportation shall be enforced against any agricultural operation to prevent it from placing a seasonal directional sign or display on the state’s right-of-way, on the condition that that sign or display conforms with the local zoning ordinance, and that sign or display is promptly removed by the agricultural operation upon the conclusion of the season for which said sign or display was placed, in accordance with RIGL 2-23. XII. RECLASSIFICATION OF SIGNS The Department reserves the right to reclassify signs which are legally conforming that become legal non-conforming [and vice versa] due to revisions in the Federal Law, State Law, and/or Rules and Regulations, and/or change in business activity, and/or re-zoning by proper authority, and/or change in state-way configuration. XIII. PERMIT PROCESS All signs lawfully erected [which include both conforming and non-conforming signs] require a permit and a panel identification number. Permits are issued to site-specific locations. Applicants requesting a permit must provide proof of legal control of the real property [footprint] and sign. Permits are issued under this application process will expire on December 31st in the year in which they were issued, unless sooner revoked for cause [outlined in these Rules and Regulations] by the Department. No permits shall be transferred or assigned to another entity without the approval of the Department. A. Requirements for a Permit Application [1] A separate application for a permit shall be made for each separate sign as so defined in these Rules and Regulations on a form furnished by the Department; which application shall be signed by the applicant or the applicant’s representative duly authorized in writing, to act for the applicant. The following items shall be required for the permit application process: [a] written proof of legal control through the calendar year, and/or ownership of the real property [footprint of the sign] upon which the sign is located [i.e. lease, rental agreement, deed, etc.]; RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 18 of 21 [b] written proof of legal control through the calendar year and/or ownership of the sign [i.e. lease, rental agreement, bill of sale]; [c] written proof of insurance with language indemnifying and naming the State of Rhode Island as co-insured where applicable [if the sign is located on State- owned property]; [d] name and address of the present legal owner of the real property on which the sign is located; [e] Assessor’s Plat and Lot Number of the real property upon which the sign is located; [f] name and address of the present sign owner. [2] *The Permit Rate Structure shall be as follows: • 72 square foot stagnant signs $200 per panel • 300 and 672 square foot stagnant signs $450 per panel • Changeable Message Sign /Mechanical [any size] $1,300 per panel • Changeable Message Sign /Electronic [any size] $2,000 per panel [Also Includes Any Other New Technology] *RIDOT Reserves the right to examine the above fees on an annual basis. Fee structures will be commensurate with actual costs to administer the Outdoor Advertising Program. NOTE: Fees are charged on a per panel basis, and shall be paid in the form of a non-refundable check made payable to the “General Treasurer, State of Rhode Island.” Applications for a new sign location shall have a non-refundable fee of $100. If the application is approved for a new location, the fee schedule above shall determine the cost of the permit. [3] The Department may respond to a completed application within a reasonable time, not to exceed 60 calendar days. However if it is found that the information in the application is incomplete or incorrect, the Department reserves the right to suspend the 60 calendar day response time until all required information is submitted, reviewed, and found to be complete. Only at that time will the Department be held to the 60 calendar day response time. B. Revocation of Permit: The Department of Transportation shall have the right after thirty [30] calendar days notice in writing to the permit holder, to revoke any permit granted if the sign fails to comply with these Rules and Regulations, Federal or State Laws that pertain to the governing of signs. If within the 30 calendar day period the permit holder amends the sign to conform to these Rules and Regulations, Federal or State Laws that pertain to the governing of signs, the revocation will be suspended. The Department will revoke immediately any permit whose sign message content resembles a traffic, directional or official guide sign or illegal content. C. Identification of Sign: Every sign erected under these Rules and Regulations shall be erected in the exact location described on the permit and shall have a clearly visible permit number; said number to be not less than two [2] inches in height for signs closer than 150 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way, and four [4] inches in height for signs located beyond 150 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way and are to be placed on the furthest left support post, 2 ½ feet from the bottom of the sign; provided; however, that wherever signs are erected on a single post, RIDOT OUTDOOR ADVERTISING RULES & REGULATIONS Page 19 of 21 the number shall be placed on the face of the post under the sign. All signs having been issued a permit shall bear the clearly visible imprint of the permit number. The Department will assign panel numbers for each sign panel. Each panel number shall be clearly visible, and shall not be les than two [2] inches in height for signs closer than 150 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way, and four [4] inches in height for signs located beyond 150 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way and are to be placed on the furthest left support post, 2 ½ feet from the bottom of the sign; provided; however, that wherever signs are erected on a single post, the number shall be placed on the face of the post under the sign. D. Appeal: [1] Any applicant aggrieved by a final written decision of a subordinate official of the Department of Transportation, may within thirty [30] calendar days after receipt of said written decision, appeal in writing to the Director of Transportation. [2] Any applicant aggrieved by a final written decision of the Director, may within thirty [30] calendar days after receipt of said written decision, appeal to the Superior Court in Providence County by filing a complaint pursuant to the Rhode Island General Laws, 42- 35-15, as amended. XIV. ADOPT-A-SPOTS, ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY, AND SPONSOR-A-HIGHWAY PROGRAMS The erection of signage on Department owned and controlled right-of-way and state-ways is governed by several Department Programs. For information about these Programs, please contact: Adopt-A-Spot Program: RIDOT Real Estate Section (401) 222-4501 Adopt-A-Highway Program: RIDOT Maintenance Division (401) 222-2378 Sponsor -A - Highway Program RIDOT Maintenance Division (401) 222-2378 XV. VEGETATION CONTROL Vegetation Control as it relates to these Rules and Regulations shall fall under the jurisdiction of the Department’s Property Management Procedures. Please contact the Property Management Unit for further instruction. XVI. SEVERABILITY A. If any section, clause, or provision of these Rules and Regulations shall be held either unconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other section, clause or provision shall on account thereof be termed invalid or ineffective. EXHIBIT A Page 1 of 41 EXHIBIT A BARRINGTON Barneyville Road Soams Road to the Mass SL County Road (Rte. 103) E. Prov CL to Wampanoag Tr (Rte. 103/114) Wampanoag Tr to Warren TL (Warren Bridge #124) Massasoit Avenue County Road to New Mead Road Metropolitan Park Drive East Providence TL to Haines Memorial Park Road Middle Highway Primrose Hill Road to Nayatt Road Nayatt Road Rumstick Rd. to Washington Rd. New Meadow Road County road to the Mass SL Primrose Hill Road Wampanoag Trail to Middle Highway Rumstick Road Nayatt Road to County Road Sowams Road County Road to New Meadow Road Wampanoag Trail (Rte. 114) East Providence CL to County Road Washington Road From County Road to Nayatt Road Page 2 of 41 BLOCK ISLAND (NEW SHOREHAM Beach Avenue Corn Neck Road to Center Road Center Road West Side Road to Lakeside Drive Chapel Street Water Street to the Square Deal Garage Cooneymus Road West Side Road to Lakeside Drive Corn Neck Road Chapel Street to 0.6 miles South of Brush Hill Dodge Street Corn Neck Road to Water Street High Street Water Street to Payne Road Lakeside Drive Cooneymus Road to Mohegan Trail Mohegan Trail Lakeside Drive to Spring Street (South East Light Road) Ocean Avenue Corn Neck Road to New Harbor Dock Spring Street High Street to Mohegan Trail Water Street Dodge Street to East of Old Harbor Dock West Side Road Ocean Avenue to Cooneymus Road Page 3 of 41 BRISTOL Ferry Road (Rte. 114) Hope Street/Wood Street to Mount Hope Bridge App. Rte. 114 to Bristol Ferry Slip Gooding Avenue Metacom Avenue to Main Street Griswold Avenue Ferry Road to Old Metacom Avenue Hope Street (Rte. 114) Warren TL to Ferry Road/Wood Street Metacom Avenue (Rte. 136) Warren TL to Ferry Road Old Metacom Avenue Metacom Avenue to Griswold Avenue Poppasquash Road Hope Street to the Southeast end of Colt’s Drive Page 4 of 41 BURRILLVILLE Bronco Highway (Rte. 102) Glocester TL to North Smithfield TL Buck Hill Road Wallum Lake road to Connecticut SL Chapel Street (Rte. 107) .11 mile west of Railroad AV to Main Street Church Street (Rte. 100) High Street to Wallum Lake Road Douglas Pike (Rte. 7) Joslin Road to North Smithfield TL East Avenue (Rte. 107) South Main Street to .11 mile west of Railroad Avenue (Rte. 98) School Street to East Avenue High Street Church St. to South Main St. Main Street (Rte. 107) South Main St. to .11 mile west of Railroad Ave. School St. to East Ave. Reservoir Road Glocester TL to South Main Street River Street Chapel Street to Round Top Road Round Top Road (Rte. 96) School Street/Whipple Road Mass SL School Street Sherman Farm Rd. to Round Top Rd. (aka Callahan School Rd.) Sherman Farm Road (Rte. 98) Main Street to Mass SL South Main Street (Rte. 100) Main Street to Glocester TL Steere Farm Road (Rte. 98) East Avenue to Glocester TL Victory Highway (Rte. 102) Glocester TL to North Smithfield TL Wallum Lake Road (Rte. 100) Church Street to Mass SL Page 5 of 41 CENTRAL FALLS Dexter Street Pawtucket CL to Lonsdale Avenue Lonsdale Avenue (Rte. 122) Dexter Street to Walker Street (Lincoln TL) Page 6 of 41 CHARLESTOWN Alton Carolina Road (Rte. 91) Carolina Back Road to Richmond TL Carolina Back Road (Rte. 112) South County Trail to Richmond TL Kenyon Road RR Bridge to South County Trail (aka Sherman Road) Kings Factory Road Richmond TL to .10 miles south of Narragansett Trail Narragansett Trail Kings Factory Road east 3000 feet Old Post Road (US 1) Post Road to South Kingstown TL Post Road (US 1) Westerly TL to South Kingstown TL Ross Hill Road (Rte. 216) Post Road to Westerly TL Shannock Road Rte. 2 to Carolina Back Road South County Trail (Rte. 2) Richmond TL to Carolina Back Road (Rte. 2/112) Carolina Back Road to Old Post Road Page 7 of 41 COVENTRY Coventry Greene Road (117) Plainfield Pike to Victory Highway (aka Summit Greene Road) Fairview Avenue Washington Street to W. Warwick TL Flat River Road (117) South Main Street to Rte. 102 (117) Summit Greene Road to Plainfield Pike (14) Harkney Hill Road (118) Victory Highway to Nooseneck Hill Road Hill Farm Road Harkney Hill Road to Phillips Hill Road Phillips Hill Road Flat River Road to Hill Farm Road Hopkins Hollow Road Summit Greene Road to .03 mile south of Bridge 80 Knotty Oak Road (116) Washington Street to Scituate TL Main Street (117) South Main Street to Knotty Oak Road (115) Cranston CL to W. Warwick TL Nooseneck Hill Road (3) South Main Street to W. Greenwich TL Old Flat River Road Flat River Road to Flat River Road (Coventry Center) Peckham Lane Flat River Road to Old Flat River Road Plainfield Pike (14) Foster TL to Connecticut SL Sandy Bottom Road (33) Washington Street to Tiogue Avenue South main Street Tiogue Avenue to Washington Street/Main Street Summit Green Road (117) Rte. 102 west to Flat River Road Tiogue Road (3) W. Warwick TL to South Main Street Victory Highway (102) Foster TL to W. Greenwich TL Washington Street (117/33) Knotty Oak Road t W. Warwick TL Wood Street South Main to Tiogue Road Page 8 of 41 CRANSTON Atwood Avenue (Rte. 5) Johnston TL to Cranston Street Bald Hill Road (Rte. 2) Warwick TL to Rte. 5/2 Interchange Dean Parkway Oaklawn Avenue to Meshanticut Valley Parkway East Avenue Mayfield Street to Pontiac Avenue Elmwood Avenue (US 1) Warwick CL to Providence CL Fletcher Avenue Plainfield Street to Atwood Avenue Howard Avenue New London Avenue to Pontiac Avenue Interstate 95 Providence CL to Warwick CL Interstate 295 Johnston TL to Warwick CL Mayfield Avenue Oaklawn Avenue to East Street Meshanticut Valley Parkway Dean Parkway to New London Avenue New London Avenue (Rte. 2/33) Reservoir Avenue to W. Warwick TL Oaklawn Avenue (Rte. 5) Atwood Avenue to Warwick CL Pippin Orchard Road Plainfield Pike to Hope Road Plainfield Pike (Rte. 14) Atwood Avenue to Johnston TL Pontiac Avenue East Street to Hershey road Reservoir Avenue (Rte. 2) Providence CL to New London Turnpike Route 10 Providence CL to Providence CL Route 37 Phenix Avenue to Warwick CL Scituate Avenue(Rte. 12) Phenix Avenue to Scituate TL Old Scituate Avenue Wayland Avenue Phenix Avenue to Oaklawn Avenue Warwick Avenue (Rte. 117) Warwick TL to Broad Street Wilbur Avenue (Underpass) Bridge #420 Page 9 of 41 CUMBERLAND Albion Road Lincoln TL (Albion Br) to Mendon Road Angell Road (Rte. 116) Mendon Road to Diamond Hill Road Broad Street Central Falls CL to Mendon Road Chambers Street Broad Street to John Street (one-way west loop) Dexter Street (Rte. 123) Broad Street to Mass SL Diamond Hill Road (Rte. 114) Pine Swamp Road to Hines Road High Street (Rte. 114) Hines Road to Broad Street Interstate 295 Lincoln TL to Mass SL John Street Lincoln TL (Blackstone River) to Broad Street Little Pond County Road Whipple Highway to Scott Road Manville Road (Rte. 120) Lincoln TL to Mendon Road Marshall Avenue Mendon Road to Diamond Hill Road Mendon Road (Rte. 122) Lincoln TL to Woonsocket TL Mill Street Mendon Road to Broad Street (aka Ann-Hope Way) Nate Whipple Highway (Rte. 120) Mendon Road to Mass SL Old Sneech Pond Road Loops at Nate Whipple Highway; 1 mile E of 114 at Arnold Mills Pine Swamp Road (Rte. 114) Woonsocket CL to Diamond Hill Road (aka W Wrentham Road) West Wrentham Road Mendon Road to Pine Swamp Road Wrentham Road (Rte. 121) Pine Swamp Road t Mass SL Page 10 of 41 EAST GREENWICH Carr Pond Road Frenchtown Road to South County Trail Cedar Avenue Division Street to Middle Road Cedar Road Post Road to Middle Road Davisville Road (Rte. 403) Rte. 4/Frenchtown Road to N. Kingstown TL Division Street (Rte. 401) First Avenue to W. Greenwich TL Division Street First Avenue to Post Road First Avenue (Rte. 401) Post Road/Main Street to Division Street Frenchtown Road (Rte. 402) South County Trail to N. Kingstown TL Frenchtown Road South County Trail to Carr Pond Road I-95 Warwick CL to W. Greenwich TL Main Street (US 1) Warwick CL to Forge Road Middle Road Carr Pond Road to Moosehorn Road Middle Road Moosehorn Road to Rte. 2 Middle Road U-Turn Rte. 2 to Middle Road Moosehorn Road Middle Road to Division Street Route 4 Warwick CL to North Kingstown TL Old Post Road (?) Post Road (US 1) Forge Road to N. Kingstown TL South County Trail (Rte. 2) Warwick TL to N. Kingstown TL Page 11 of 41 EAST PROVIDENCE Bishop Avenue Pawtucket Avenue South .07 miles (396’) Bullock’s Point Avenue Pawtucket Avenue to Crescent View Avenue East Shore Expressway I-195/Warren Avenue to Wampanoag Trail Highland Avenue (US 6) Warren Avenue/Skycrest Drive to Mass SL I-195 Providence CL to Mass SL Metropolitan Park Drive Willet Avenue to Barrington TL Mink Road/School Street ` Wampanoag Tr to Mass SL Henderson Bridge/Approaches Providence CL to Broadway Newman Avenue (Rte. 152) Pawtucket Avenue to Mass SL Newport. Avenue (US 1A) Pawtucket CL to Pawtucket Avenue Pawtucket Avenue (Rte. 114) Pawtucket TL to Newport Avenue (Rte. 114/1A) Newport. Avenue to I-195 (Rte. 114/103) I-195 to Wampanoag Trail (Rte. 103) Wampanoag Trail to Willet Avenue Pleasant Street (Rte. 114A) Pawtucket Avenue to Mass SL Taunton Avenue (US 44) N. Broadway to Mass SL Veteran’s Memorial Parkway I-195/Warren Avenue to Pawtucket Avenue Wampanoag Trail (Rte. 114) Pawtucket Avenue to Barrington TL Warren Avenue (US 6/Rte. 103) Broadway to Pawtucket Avenue (US 6) Pawtucket Avenue to Highland Avenue Highland Avenue to Mass SL Waterman Avenue Massasoit Avenue to Warren Avenue Willett Avenue (Rte. 103) Pawtucket Avenue to Barrington TL Page 12 of 41 EXETER Allentown Road Rte. 2 to N. Kingstown TL Arcadia Road Ten Rod Road (165) to Richmond TL Austin Farm Road Black Plain Road to Nooseneck Hill Road Beach Pond Road (Rte. 138) Hopkinton TL to Conn SL Black Plain Road Ten Rod Rd (165) to Austin Farm Road Bridge Road New Road to N. Kingstown TL Cul-de-sac New Road to end Escoheag Hill Road Ten Rod Road (165) to W. Greenwich TL I-95 W. Greenwich TL to Richmond TL Liberty Road New Road to N. Kingstown TL New Road Liberty Road to Yawgoog Valley Road (Connector Rd. Mill Pond Rd, Chipuxet Rd) Nooseneck Hill Rd (Rte. 3) W. Greenwich TL to Richmond TL South Road Ten Rod Rd. to Rte. 2 (aka Slocumville Road) South County Trail (Rte. 2) N. Kingstown TL to S. Kingstown TL Ten Rod Road (Rte. 102) N. Kingstown TL to Victory Highway (Rte. 165) Rte. 3 to Connecticut SL Victory Highway (Rte. 102) Ten Rod Road to W. Greenwich TL Page 13 of 41 FOSTER Anna Wade Road Hartford Pike to Glocester TL Central Pike Foster Center Rd. to Scituate TL Cucumber Hill Road Danielson Pike to Mooseup Valley Road Danielson Pike (US 6) Scituate TL to Conn SL Foster Center Road (Rte. 94) Danielson Pike to Plainfield Pike Hartford Pike (Rte. 101) Scituate TL to Conn SL Mooseup Valley Road Cucumber Hill Rd. to Plainfield Pike Mount Hygeia Road (Rte. 94) Danielson Pike to Glocester TL Old Danielson Pike US-6 to US-6 Loop Plainfield Pike (Rte. 14/102) Scituate TL to Coventry TL Victory Highway (Rte. 102) Plainfield Pike to Coventry TL Page 14 of 41 GLOCESTER Anne Wade Road Snake Hill Rd. to Foster TL Douglas Hook Road Putnam Pike to Whipple Rd (Steeres Farm) Hartford Pike (Rte. 101) Small piece Mt. Hygeia Rd (Rte. 94) Putnam Pike to Hartford Pike (aka Renolds Road) (aka Sheldon Road) Old Putnam Pike At Pine Orchard Road Money Hill Road (Rte. 100) Victory Highway to Burrillville TL (aka Pascoag Road) Putnam Pike (Rte. 44) Smithfield TL to Conn SL Reservoir Road Putnam Pike to Burrillville TL Saw Mill Road Putnam Pike to Scituate TL Snake Hill Road W. Greenville Rd. to Anan Wade Rd. Steere Farm Road (Rte. 98) Money Hill Rd. to Burrillville TL West Greenville Rd (116) Scituate TL to Smithfield TL (2 pieces) Victory Highway (Rte. 102) Scituate TL to Burrillville TL (aka Chompmist Hill Road) Page 15 of 41 HOPKINTON Arcadia Road/Bank Street Exeter TL to Nooseneck Hill Rd Bridge Street Arcadia Rd. to Rte. 3/138 Alton-Bradford Rd. (Rte. 91) Richmond TL to Westerly TL Ashaway-Bradford Rd. (Rte. 216) Main St. to Alton-Bradford Rd. Spring Street (Rte. 138) Nooseneck Hill Rd. to Exeter TL (aka Beach Pond Rd, Rockville Rd.) Clarkes Fall Road Nooseneck Hill Rd. to Connecticut SL Grey Lane Wellstown Rd. to dead end (I-95) High Street Nooseneck Hill Rd. (Main St). to Connecticut SL I-95 Richmond TL to Connecticut SL Laurel Hill Road Westerly TL to High St. Mechanic Street Nooseneck Hill Rd. to Hopkinton TL Nooseneck Hill Rd. (Rte. 3) Richmond TL to Westerly TL (Main Street) Old Nooseneck Hill Road Connecticut SL to Exit 1 I-95 Wellstown Road High St. to Nooseneck Hill Rd. Woodville Road Nooseneck Hill Rd. to Richmond TL Yawgoog Road Spring St. to Camp Yawgoog Wincheck Pond Road Spring St. to Spring St. Page 16 of 41 JAMESTOWN Beavertail Road Southwest Ave. to State Park Entrance Conanicus Avenue East Shore Rd. to Narragansett Ave. East Shore Road Summit Ave. to Eldred Ave. (Rte. 138) Eldred Ave. to Newport Bridge Eldred Avenue (Rte. 138) Jamestown Bridge to East Shore Rd. Hamilton Avenue Beavertail Rd. to Walcott Ave. Jamestown-Verranzano Bridge Narragansett Avenue Conanicus Ave. westerly to end North Road Eldred Ave. to Narragansett Ave. Southwest Avenue Narragansett Ave. to Hamilton/Beavertail Rd. Walcott Avenue Ocean St. to Narragansett Ave. Page 17 of 41 JOHNSTON Atwood Avenue (Rte. 5) Greenville Ave to Cranston CL Borden Avenue Killingly St. to Hartford Ave. Central Avenue Atwood Ave. to Providence CL Cherry Hill Road Atwood Ave. to Greenville Ave. Dean Avenue Putnam Pike to Smithfield TL George Waterman Rd. (Rte. 128) Greenville Ave to Putnam Pike Greenville Avenue Smithfield TL to Spragueville Rd. (Rte. 5) Spragueville Rd. to Atwood Ave. Atwood Ave. to Providence CL Hartford Avenue (US-6A) Providence CL to Scituate TL Hopkins Avenue Hartford Pike to Winsor Ave. I-295 Smithfield TL to Cranston TL Killingly Street (Rte. 128) Greenville Ave. to Providence TL Orchard Avenue Smithfield TL to Winsor Avenue Plainfield Pike (Rte. 14) Providence CL to Scituate TL Putnam Pike (US 44) N. Providence TL to Smithfield TL Simmonsville Road Plainfield Pike to Atwood Ave. Spragueville Road (Rte. 5) Smithfield TL to Greenville Ave. (aka Sanderson Road) US-6 Expressway I-295 to Providence TL Winsor Avenue Greenville Ave. to Scituate TL Page 18 of 41 LINCOLN Albion Road (Rte. 123) Smithfield TL to George Washington Hwy Old River Rd west to end Breakneck Hill Road (Rte. 123) Louisquisset Pike (246) to Great Rd. Front Street (Rte. 123) Breakneck Hill Rd. to Lonsdale Ave. George Washington Hwy (116) Smithfield TL to Mendon Rd. Great Road (Rte. 123) Front Street to Breakneck Hill Rd. Breakneck Hill Rd. to .7 m north of Sherman Ave. Interstate 295 Smithfield TL to Cumberland TL Jenckes Hill Road (Rte. 123) Louisquisset Pike (246) to Smithfield TL John Street (Rte. 123) Lonsdale Ave to Cumberland TL (Blackstone River) Limerock Road Jenckes Hill Road to Smithfield TL Lonsdale Avenue (Rte. 122) Central Falls CL to Cumberland TL Main Street New River Rd. to Cumberland TL (aka Manville Road) New River Road Old River Rd. to School St. (aka Railroad Avenue) (Old) Louisquisset Pike (246) N. Providence TL to Rte. 146 Old River Road (Rte. 126) N. Smithfield TL to River Rd. River Road (Rte. 126) Old River Rd. to Front St. Route 99 Rte. 146 to Cumberland TL Route 146 N. Providence TL to N. Smithfield TL Sayles Hill Road N. Smithfield TL to Old River Rd. (aka Manville Road) School Street Old River Rd. to Cumberland TL (aka Albion Road) Smithfield Avenue (Rte. 126) Pawtucket CL to Front St. Twin River Road Smithfield TL to Olney Rd. – Lincoln Woods Walker Street Smithfield Ave. to Lonsdale Ave. Page 19 of 41 LITTLE COMPTON Adamsville Road Crandall Rd. to Mass SL Bramblewood Crossroad Crandall Rd. to Church Colebrook Road Long Hwy to Stone Church Rd. Little Compton Commons South of Commons Rd. to Meetinghouse Lane Commons Road Crandall Road (Rte. 81) Tiverton TL to Adamsville Rd/Stone Church Rd. East Main Road Peckham Rd. to Simmons Rd. Long Highway Peckham Rd. to Colebrook Rd. Meeting House Lane West Main Rd. to south of Commons Rd. Mullen Hill Road Pottersville Rd. to Mass SL Peckham Road West Main Rd. to Long Hwy. Pottersville Road Long hwy to Mullen Hill Rd. Sakonnet Point Road (Rte. 117) West Main Rd. to end Simmons Road East Main Rd. to south of Commons Rd. Snell R oad East Main Rd. to Long Hwy. South of Commons Road Commons Rd. to Swamp Rd. Stone Church Road (Rte. 179) Tiverton TL to Crandall Rd. Main Street West Main Road (Rte. 77) Tiverton TL to Crandall Rd. Main Street West Main Road (Rte. 77) Tiverton TL to Sakonnet Point Rd. Westport Harbor Road Adamsville Rd. to Mass SL Page 20 of 41 MIDDLETOWN Aquidneck Avenue (Rte. 138A) E. Main Rd. to Newport CL Coddington Highway W. Main Rd. to Newport. CL East Main Road (Rte. 138) Portsmouth TL to W. Main Rd. Gate 17, Naval Access W. Main Rd. to Navy Base Green Lane W. Main Rd. to Navy Base Entrance Sachuest Point Road Paradise Ave. to end at Naval Reservation (aka Hanging Rock Road) Valley Road (Rte. 214) W. Main Rd. to Aquidneck Ave. West Main Road (Rte. 114) Portsmouth TL to E. Main Rd. (Rte. 114/138) Page 21 of 41 NARRANGANSETT Beach Street (US 1A) Boston Neck Rd. to Ocean Rd. Boston Neck Road (US 1A) N. Kingstown TL to Beach St. Bridgetown Road Boston Neck Rd. to S. Kingstown TL Burnside Avenue Pt. Judith Rd. to Ocean Rd. Galilee Connector Road Great Island Rd. to Sand Hill Cove Rd. Galilee Escape Road Pt. Judith Rd. to Great Island Rd. Great Island Road Galilee Escape Rd. to Sand Hill Cove Rd. Kingstown Road (US 1A) Narragansett Ave. to S. Kingstown TL Knowlesway Pt. Judith Rd. to Ocean Ave. Narragansett Avenue (US 1A) Kingstown Rd. to Beach St. (Caswell or Ouida Ave.) Ocean Road Beach St. to Pt. Judith Coast Guard Station Point Judith Road (Rte. 108) Kingstown Rd. to Ocean Rd. Sand Hill Cove Road Great Island Rd. to Point Judith Rd. State Street Great Island Rd. to State Pier Succotash Road S. Kingstown TL to end (State Pier) Towerhill Road (US 1) S. Kingstown TL to S. Kingstown TL (Post Road) Page 22 of 41 NEWPORT Admiral Kalbfus Road (Rte. 138) Third St. to W. Main Rd. (One Mile Corner) America’s Cup Avenue (Rte. 138A) Farewell St. to Memorial Blvd. Farewell Street (Rte. 138) Van Zandt Ave. to America’s Cup Blvd. Goat Island Connector America’s Cup Ave. to Washington St. J. T. Connell Highway Middletown TL to Cul-de-sac Memorial Boulevard (Rte. 138) Thames St. to Middletown TL Newport Bridge Approaches Admiral Kalbfus Rd. to Newport. Bridge Page 23 of 41 NEW SHOREHAM (BLOCK ISLAND) Beach Avenue Corn Neck Rd. to Center Rd. Center Road West Side Road to Lakeside Drive Chapel Street Water Street to the Square Deal Garage Cooneymus Road West Side Road to Lakeside Drive Corn Neck Road Chapel St. to 0.6 miles south of Brush Hill Dodge Street Corn Neck Rd. to Water St. High Street Water St. to Payne Rd. Lakeside Drive Cooneymus Rd. to Mohegan Trail Mohegan Trail Lakeside Dr. to Spring St. (south East Light Rd.) Ocean Avenue Corn Neck Rd. to New Harbor Dock Spring Street High St. to Mohegan Trail Water Street Dodge St. to east of Old Harbor Dock West Side Road Ocean Ave. to Cooneymus Rd Page 24 of 41 NORTH KINGSTOWN Boston Neck Road (US 1A) Phillips St. to Narragansett TL Bridge Road Slocum Rd. to Exeter TL (aka New Road) Brown Road (US 1A) Boston Neck Rd./Phillips Rd. to W. Main Rd. Davisville Road (Rte. 403) E. Greenwich TL to School St. Devil’s Foot Road (Rte. 403) School St. to Post Rd/Roger Williams Way Exeter Road Exeter TL to Layfayette Rd. Ferry Road Boston Neck Rd. east to end (aka Saunderstown Road) Frenchtown Road (Rte. 402) E. Greenwich TL to Post Rd. Liberty Road Exeter TL to Slocum Rd. Namcook Road Devil’s Foot Rd. to Post Rd. (Old Post Road) Phillips Street (Rte. 102) Post Rd. to Boston Neck Rd. Post Road (US 1) E. Greenwich TL to Huling Rd. (south int) Quaker Lane (Rte. 2) E. Greenwich TL to Rte. 102 (aka S. County Trail) Railroad Avenue Exeter Rd. to Liberty Rd. Roger Williams Way Post Rd/Devil’s Foot Rd. to Pier Route 4 E. Greenwich TL to US 1 Route 138 US 1 to Jamestown TL Slocum Road Liberty Rd. to Stony Fort Rd. South County Trail (Rte. 2) Rte. 102 Ten Rod Rd. to Exeter TL Ten Rod Road (Rte. 102) Post Rd. to Rte. 4 (Rte.102/2) Rte. 4 to S. County Tr/Exeter TL Tower Hill Road (US 1) Huling Rd. to Rte. 138 (US 1/Rte.e. 138) Rte. 138 to S. Kingstown TL West Main Street (US 1A) Post Rd. to Brown St. Page 25 of 41 NORTH PROVIDENCE Centredale By-Pass (US 44WB) US 44 to US 44 Charles Street Providence CL to Rte. 146 Douglas Pike (Rte. 7) Providence CL to Smithfield TL High Service Avenue Smith St. to Smithfield Rd. Mineral Spring Avenue (Rte. 15) Centredale Bypass to Pawtucket CL Route 146 Providence CL to Lincoln TL Smith Street (US 44) Providence CL to Johnston TL Smithfield Road Providence CL to Mineral Spring Ave. Waterman Avenue (Rte. 104) Smith St. (EB) to Smithfield TL Woonasquatucket Avenue Smith St. (EB) to Providence CL (Old) Louisquisset Pike (Rte. 246) Rte. 146 to Lincoln TL Page 26 of 41 NORTH SMITHFIELD Central Avenue Great Rd. to Mass SL Douglas Pike (Rte. 7) Smithfield TL to Burrillville TL Farnum Pike (Rte. 104/5) Smithfield TL to Providence Pike (Rte. 104) Providence Pike to Woonsocket CL Great Road (Rte. 146A) Park Ave. to Central St. Ironstone Street (Rte. 146A) Great Rd. to Mass SL Main Street Victory Hwy. To Providence Pike North Main Street Main St. to Great Rd. North Smithfield Industrial Highway Providence Pike to Pound Hill to Rte. 146 Old Louisquisset Pike Loop at Landmark Hospital (off E. Dowling Mem. Hwy.) Providence Pike (Rte. 5) Smithfield TL to Great Rd./Victory Hwy. Railroad Avenue Rte. 146 (aka Louisquisset Pike) Lincoln TL to Rte. 146A (E. Dowling Mem. Hwy) (aka N. Smithfield Exp.) Rte. 146A to Mass SL Rte. 146A (E. Dowling Highway) Rte. 146 to Woonsocket CL Saint Paul Street Great Rd. to south of Mendon Rd. Sayles Hill Road Rte. 146 to Cumberland TL School Street Providence Pike to Great Road (aka Branch River Road) Steele Street N. Smithfield Ind. Hwy. To end Victory Highway (Rte. 102) Burrillville TL to Great Road Page 27 of 41 PAWTUCKET Armistice Boulevard (Rte. 15) York Ave. to Mass SL Central Avenue/Benefit Street Broadway to Mass SL Dexter Street Goff Ave. to Central Falls CL Interstate 95 Providence CL to Mass SL Newport Avenue (US 1A) E. Providence CL to Mass SL Smithfield Avenue (Rte.e.126) Providence CL to Lincoln TL Pawtucket Avenue Hillside Avenue to George Street Page 28 of 41 PORTSMOUTH Boyd’s Lane Bristol Ferry Rd. to Park Ave. Bristol Ferry Road (Rte. 114) Bristol TL to West Main Rd./Turnpike Ave. East Main Road (Rte. 138) Rte. 24 to Middletown TL Hummocks Avenue Rte. 24 to Point Rd. Bridge Middle Road Union Ave. to School House Lane Park Avenue East Main Rd. to Stone Bridge Appr/Point Rd. Point Road Park Ave. to Hummocks Ave. Rte. 24/138 Tiverton TL to Boyd Lane Rte. 24 Boyd Lane to W. Main Rd. School House Lane Middle Rd. to E. Main Rd. Sprague Street Bristol Ferry Rd/Turnpike Ave. to E. Main Rd. Turnpike Road Bristol Ferry Rd./W. Main Rd. to E. Main Rd. Union Street W. Main Rd. to E. Main Rd. West Main Road (Rte. 114) Bristol Ferry Rd./Turnpike Ave. to Middletown TL Page 29 of 41 PROVIDENCE Allens Avenue (US 1A) Cranston CL to Eddy St. Narragansett Avenue Broad Street (US 1) Elmwood Ave. to Weybosset St. (Service Rd.) Elmwood Avenue (US 1) Cranston CL to Broad St. Hartford Avenue (US 6A) US 6 (old Rte. 195) exit ramp outside of Olneyville to Johnston TL I-95 Cranston CL to Pawtucket CL I-195 I-95 to E. Providence CL New Red Bridge E. Providence CL to S. Angell St. (aka Henderson Bridge) Niantic Avenue Cranston St. to Reservoir Ave. North Main Street (US 1) Smith St. to Pawtucket CL Route 10 Cranston TL to US 6 Route 146 I-95 to N. Providence TL Smith Street (US 44) N. Providence TL to N. Main St. South Main Street/N. Main St. Wickenden St./I-195 to Smith St. (US 44) US 6 Johnston TL to I-95/Civic Center Interchange Page 30 of 41 RICHMOND Alton-Carolina Road (Rte. 91) Charlestown TL to Hopkinton TL (aka Church St.) I-95 Exeter TL to Hopkinton TL Kings Factory Road Alton-Carolina Rd. to Charlestown TL Kingstown Road (Rte. 138) S. Kingstown TL to I-95 Main Street (Rte. 138) I-95 to Hopkinton TL New Kings Factory Road Alton-Carolina Rd. to Charlestown TL Nooseneck Hill Road (Rte. 3) Exeter TL to Hopkinton TL Old Switch Road Switch Rd. to dead end Richmond Town House Road (Rte. 112) Kingstown Rd. to Charlestown TL Shannock Road Charlestown to Charlestown Loop South County Trail (Rte. 2) S. Kingstown TL to Charlestown TL Switch Road Alton-Carolina Rd. to Hopkinton TL (aka Hope Valley Road) Old Usquepaug Road (Rte. 138) Loop at Rte. 138/S. Kingstown TL Woodville Road Switch Rd. to Hopkinton TL Page 31 of 41 SCITUATE Battey Meeting House Road Danielson Pike to Central Pike Central Pike Battey Meeting House Rd. to Foster TL Chopmist Hill Road (Rte. 102) Glocester TL to Plainfield Pike/Rockland Rd. (aka Victory Highway) Danielson Pike Hartford Pike (6, 101) to Foster TL East Road (Rte. 116) Hartford Pike to Coventry TL Elmdale Road Saw Mill Rd. to Polebridge Rd. Hartford Pike (US 6/Rte. 101) Johnston TL to US 6 Bypass (Rte. 101) By-pass to Foster TL US 6 (Scituate By-Pass) Hartford Pike to Danielson Pike Old Scituate Avenue Scituate Ave. to Tunk Hill Rd. Loop Plainfield Pike (Rte. 14) Johnston TL to Foster TL Polebridge Road Elmdale Rd. to W. Greenville Rd. Rockland Road Danielson Pike to Victory Highway Sawmill Road Elmdale Rd. to Glocester TL Scituate Avenue (Rte. 12) East Rd. to Cranston TL Tunk Hill Road (Rte. 12) East Rd. to Plainfield Pike West Greenville Road (Rte. 116) Hartford Pike to Glocester TL Winsor Road Johnston TL to W. Greenville Rd. Page 32 of 41 SMITHFIELD Albion Road/Jenckes Hill Road Lincoln TL to Lincoln TL Cedar Swamp Road (Rte. 5) Putnam Pike to Pleasant View Ave. Dean Avenue Johnston TL to Old County Road Douglas Pike (Rte. 7) N. Providence TL to N. Smithfield TL Esmond Road US 44 to Dean Ave. Farnum Pike (Routes 104) Esmond St. to Pleasant View Ave. (Rte. 104/5) Pleasant View Ave. to N. Smithfield TL George Washington Highway (116) Farnum Pike to Lincoln TL Greenville Avenue Johnston TL to Putnam Pike Limerock Road Douglas Pike NE 1.10 miles (Lincoln TL) I-295 Lincoln TL to Johnston TL Old County Road Dean Ave. to Farnum Pike (104) Orchard Avenue Smith Ave (116) to Johnston TL Pleasant View Avenue (Rte. 116) Putnam Pike to Cedar Swamp Road (Rte. 116/5) Cedar Swamp Rd. to Farnum Pike Providence Pike Douglas Pike to N. Smithfield TL Putnam Pike (US 44) Johnston TL to Glocester TL Sanderson Road (Rte. 5) Johnston TL to Putnam Pike Smith Avenue (Rte. 116) Glocester TL to Putnam Pike Twin River Road Douglas Pike to Lincoln TL Waterman Avenue (Rte. 104) N. Providence TL to Esmond St. West Greenville Road Smith Ave. to Putnam Pike (2 pieces) Page 33 of 41 SOUTH KINGSTOWN Bridgetown Road (Rte. 138) Tower Hill Rd. to Narragansett TL High Street Kingstown Rd. (108) to Main St. Kingstown Road (Rte. 138) S. County Trail to Mooresfield Rd. (Rte. 108) Mooresfield Rd. to Post Rd. (US 1) Main Street (Old Post Road) Kingstown Rd. to Old Post Rd. Ministerial Road (Rte. 110) Kingstown Rd. (138) to Post Rd. (US 1) Mooresfield Road (Rte. 138) Kingstown Rd. to Tower Hill Rd. Old Post Road (US 1A Main Street) Main St. to US 1 Post Road US 1 to US 1 (by Rte. 110) US 1 to Charlestown TL Post Road (US 1) Wakefield Exit to Charlestown TL South County Trail (Rte. 2) Exeter TL to Richmond TL Succotash Road Post Rd. (US 1) to Narragansett TL Tower Hill Road (US 1) N. Kingstown TL to Wakefield Exit Old Tower Hill Rd. Wakefield Exit to Kingstown Rd. (Dale Carlia Corner) Usquepaug Road (Rte. 138) S. County Tr. to Richmond TL Old Usquepaug Road Rte. 138 at Richmond TL Page 34 of 41 TIVERTON Bridgeport Road Highland Rd. to Main Rd. Bulgarmarsh Road (Rte. 177) Main Rd. to Mass SL Crandall Road (Rte. 81) Bulgarmarsh Rd. to Little Compton TL East Road (Rte. 179) Main Rd. to Crandall Rd. Evans Avenue Riverside Dr. to Main Rd. Highland Road Main Rd. to Old Main Rd./Bridgeport. Rd. Main Rd. (138) Mass SL to Rte. 24 (77) Rte. 24 to Little Compton TL Nannaquaket Road Main Rd. north to Main Rd./Bridgeport. Rd. Old Main Road Main Rd. to Highland Rd./Bridgeport. Rd. Rhode Island Avenue Stafford Rd. to Mass SL (Canning Blvd.) Riverside Drive Evans Rd. to Main Rd. Route 24 Mass SL to Portsmouth TL Stafford Road (Rte. 81) Mass SL to Bulgarmarsh Rd. Stone Church Road East Rd. to Tiverton TL Page 35 of 41 WARREN Arlington Avenue (Rte. 136S) Kickemuit Rd. to Metacom Ave. Birch Swamp Road Market St. to School House Rd. Child Street (Rte. 103) Main St. to Mass SL Kickemuit Road (Rte. 136) Market St. to Metacom Ave. Main Street (Rte. 103/114) Barrington TL to Child St. (Rte. 114) Child St. to Bristol TL Market Street (Rte. 136) Mass SL to Kickemuit Rd. Kickemuit Rd. to Main St. Metacom Avenue (Rte. 136) Kickemuit Rd. to Bristol TL Old Market Street Market St. to Market St. School House Road Birch Swamp Rd. to Mass SL (Handy Rd. Vernon Street Metacom Ave. to Main St. Page 36 of 41 WARWICK Airport. Connector I-95 to Post Rd. Airport. Road Post Rd. to Warwick Ave. Bald Hill Road (Rte. 2) Cranston CL to Quaker Lane Centerville Road (Rte. 117) Post Rd. to W. Warwick TL East Avenue (Rte. 113) Bald Hill Rd. to Greenwich Ave. Elmwood Avenue (US 1) Post Rd. to Cranston CL Forge Road Post Rd. to Ives Rd. Greenwich Avenue (Rte. 5) I-95 to Centerville Rd. Ives Road Forge Rd. to end I-95 Cranston TL to E. Greenwich TL I-295 Cranston TL to I-95 Lambert Lind Highway (Rte. 5) I-95 to Cranston TL Main Avenue (Rte. 113) Greenwich Ave. to West Shore Rd. Narragansett Parkway Fair St. to Post Rd. Oakland Beach Avenue West Shore Rd. to Warwick Ave. Old Greenwich Avenue Lambert. Lind Hwy to Lambert. Lind Hwy Post Road Narragansett Pkwy to Warwick Ave. (US 1A) Warwick Ave. to Elmwood Ave. (US 1) Elmwood Ave. to E. Greenwich TL Post Road Extension Main Ave. to Post Rd. Quaker Lane (Rte. 2) Centerville Rd. (W. War. TL) to E. Greenwich TL Route 37 Cranston CL to Post Rd. Route 4 I-95 to E. Greenwich TL Page 37 of 41 WARWICK CONT’D Veteran’s Memorial Highway (Rte.1, 117) Post Rd. to Greenwich Ave. Warwick Avenue (Rte. 117) Cranston CL to Airport. Rd. (Rte. 117A) Airport. Rd. to West Shore Rd. Warwick Industrial Drive Main Ave. north .57 miles West Natick Road Bald Hill Rd. to Lambert. Lind Highway West Shore Road (Rte. 117) Warwick Ave/Airport. Rd. to Post Rd. Page 38 of 41 WESTERLY Airport. Road Post Rd. to Winnapaug Rd. Beach Street (US 1A) Clarke St. to Watch Hill Rd./East Ave. Broad Street (US 1) Conn. SL to Elm St. Dunn’s Corner-Bradford Road Post Rd. to Westerly-Bradford Rd. (91) East Avenue Watch Hill Rd. to Franklin St./Post Rd. Franklin Street (US 1) Airport. Rd. to East Ave. Granite Street (US 1) East Ave. to Elm St. Grove Street (Rte. 3) Granite St. to Oak St. High Street (Rte. 3) Oak St. to Nooseneck Hill Rd. Langworthy Road Post Rd. to Shore Rd. Main Street (Rte. 91, 216) Westerly-Bradford Rd./Church St. to Riverside Dr. Nooseneck Hill Rd. (Rte. 3) Hopkinton TL to High St./Upper High St. (aka Ash away Rd.) Post Road (US 1) Charlestown TL to Airport. Rd. Potter Hill Road Upper High St. to Hopkinton TL Riverside Drive Westerly-Bradford Rd./Main St. to Hopkinton TL Ross Hill Road./Church Street (Rte. 216) Charlestown TL to Westerly-Bradford Rd/Main St. Route 78 Post Rd. to Conn SL Shore Road (US 1A Watch Hill Rd. to Post Rd. Tower Street (Rte. 91) Oak St. to Granite St. Upper High Street Nooseneck Hill Rd. to Potter Hill Rd. Watch Hill Road (US 1A) East Ave. to Watch Hill (Ninigret Ave.) Westerly-Bradford Road (Rte. 91) Main St./Church St. to Tower St./Oak St. Winnapaug Road Watch Hill Rd. to Shore Rd. Page 39 of 41 WEST GREENWICH Division Road (Rte. 410) E. Greenwich TL to Nooseneck Hill Rd. Escoheag Hill Road Exeter TL to Picnic Area Parking Lot I-95 E. Greenwich TL to Exeter TL Lake Shore Drive Lake Dr. to Maccue Point Rd. Nooseneck Hill Road (Rte. 3) Coventry TL to Exeter TL Town Hall Road Loop at Rte. 3 Victory Highway (Rte. 102) Coventry TL to Exeter TL Weaver Hill Road/ Rte. 3 to end Big River Access Road Page 40 of 41 WEST WARWICK Cowesett Avenue (Rte. 3) Warwick TL to Main St. East Main Street Main St. to Providence St. Fairview Avenue Coventry TL to Main St. (115) Legion Way Roberts St/Main St. to Providence St./Main St. Legris Avenue (Rte.117) Warwick CL to Veteran’s Square Main Street (Rte. 115) Coventry TL to E. Main St. E. Main St. to Providence St. Main Street (Rte. 33) Providence St. to Washington St./Main St. Main Street (Rte. 3) Cowesett Rd. to Tiogue Rd./New London Turnpike Pike Street E. Main St. to Main St. Providence Street (Rte. 33) Cranston CL to Tollgate Rd. (Rte. 115, 33) Tollgate Rd. to E. Main St. (Rte. 33) E. Main St. to Main St. Roberts Street Washington St. to Main St. (non-state) Tiogue Avenue (Rte. 3) Main St./New London Turnpike to Coventry TL Veteran’s Square (Rte. 117) Legris Ave. to W. Warwick Ave. Washington Street (Rte. 33) Main St. to Coventry TL West Warwick Avenue (Rte. 117) Veteran’s Square to Washington St. Page 41 of 41 WOONSOCKET Cumberland Hill Rd. (Rte. 122) Mendon Rd. to Hamlet Ave. Diamond Hill Road (Rte. 114) Cumberland TL to Mass SL Manville Road N. Smithfield TL to Hamlet Ave. Mendon Road (Rte. 122) Cumberland TL to Cumberland Hill Rd. 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USQ U E PA UGH R D. KINGST O WN RD. KING S TOWN R D . H I G H ST. POST RD. M A I N ST. OLD P O ST R D. OCE AN R D . OC E A N RD . PO I NT JUDI T H RD. KING S T OW N R D . ELDRED AVE. RD. BEAVE R T A IL R D. E AST SHO RE R D. MEM O R IAL BLVD. VALL E Y R D . CODDI N G TON HWY. EAST AQUIDN E CK AV E . WEST RD. MAIN SAC H UEST P O INT UNIO N ST . MI D D LE RD. B OY D LN. BRIST O L FERRY RD. W. MAIN R D . P ARK AV E . RD. RD. EAST MA I N W EST MAI N RD . MAI N R D . HIGHLA N D RD. M A I N B U L GARM ARSH RD. STA FFORD R D. CRAN DA L L RD . RD. EAST S T ONE CH U R CH B R OOK R D . PECKHAM RD. E. MAIN R D. WE S T P ORT HAR B O R RD. COMM O NS RD. N A Y AT T R D . MEADOW RD. SOW A M S RD. C H ILD SCH O OL H OUSE M ETACOM ST. MAI N HOPE ST. MAIN ST. WATER MAN RD. AVE. DR. LAK E S I DE MOHEGAN TR. S PR IN G ST A V E. B EA CH OCE A N A V. CE N T E R RD. C O O N E Y M U S RD. W ES T S IDE RD. CORN NECK RD. OCEAN AV. H I GH S T. P I L O T HILL RD. PINE SWAMP C O N LEY A V E. PO S T QUAKER COUNTY GREEN LN. RD. S L O CUM RD . T OWER RD. GALILEE RD. SAND CO V E R D . H I L L SU C C O T A SH SOU TH O L D P O ST RD. GREAT PI K E A L BION R D . DEXTE R PAWT. G. WA T E RMA N C H E R RY AVE. AV E . O R CHARD RD. W E S TGR E ENVILLE W I NDSOR AVE. GREE N V ILLE C E DAR S W AMP RD. PI KE V ICT O R Y RD. SUM M IT PLA IN FIE L D NOOSENE CK COWESETT P H ENIX AVE. WAPANOAG TRAIL AV E. BU L L OCKS POINT WA SHING T ON RD. HWY. MI DDLE C O U N T Y R D. M AR KET N EW B I R C H S WAMP ST. GOODING AVE. AVE POPPAS Q U ASH RD. NORTH E A ST AVE. SH O R E H A M N E W FOSTER SCITUATE COVENTRY WEST GREENWICH EXETER WESTERLY CHARLESTOWN EXETER HOPKINTON RICHMOND HOPKINTON RICHMOND WOONSOCKET CUMBERLAND NORTH SMITHFIELD SMITHFIELD LINCOLN NORTH P RO V. PROVIDENCE EAST JOHNSTON CRANSTON CRANSTON BARRINGTON WARREN BRISTOL WARWICK WEST WARWICK EAST GREENWICH NORTH KINGST O WN PORTSM OU TH PRUDENCE IS LAN D MIDDLETO WN JAMESTOWN NEWPORT LITTLE COMPTON TIVERTON NARRAGANSETT SOUTH KING S TOWN SOUTH KINGSTOWN BURRILLVILLE BU RRILL VILLE GLOCESTER GLOCESTER PR O V . C O . KE N T C O . BRIS. CO. KENT CO . BRISTOL C O. C O. BRI S T O L BRIST O L CO . NEW P O R T CO. WASHINGTO N CO. NEWPORT CO. PROV. CO. BLOCK ISLAND S OU ND RH OD E IS L A N D SOU N D PAWTUCKE T M A S S A C H U S E T T S MASSACHUSETTS C O N N E C T I C U T Block Island CENTRAL FALLS PROVIDENCE State of Rhode Island 2005 - 2015 Highway Functional Classification Interstate Highways Major and Urban Collectors Principal Arterials Minor Arterials (Rural and Urban) Minor Collectors Other Freeways & Expressways Urban Area Boundaries City and Town Boundaries Interstate Highways (Proposed) Other Freeways and Expressways (Proposed) As approved by the Technical Committee of the State Planning Council On June 12, 2003 0 1 2 3 4 5 0.5 Miles ² 0 1 2 3 4 5 0.5 Miles EXHIBIT B EXHIBIT D TITLE 24! Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1 Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-1 § 24-10.1-1 Declaration of policy. – In order to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of motor vehicles, to prevent confusion with respect to compliance with traffic lights, signs, signals and regulations, to promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel upon highways within this state and to protect the public investment therein, to preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or aesthetic features of the highways and adjacent areas, and in the general welfare of the people of this state, the general assembly declares it to be the policy of this state that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of the interstate, primary, secondary road systems within this state shall be regulated in accordance with the terms of this chapter and the regulations promulgated by the director of transportation pursuant thereto and finds that all outdoor advertising which does not conform to the requirements of this chapter is a public nuisance. It is the intention of the general assembly in this chapter to provide a statutory basis for regulation of outdoor advertising consistent with the public policy relating to areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems as declared by congress in title 23 of the United States Code, Highways. Further, the general assembly declares the policy also to regulate other roads within the state. TITLE 24! Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1 !Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-2 § 24-10.1-2 Definitions. – As used in this chapter: (1) "Information center" means an area or site established and maintained as safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing such other information as the director of transportation may consider desirable. (2) "Interstate system" means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the director of transportation, and approved pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United States Code, Highways. (3) "Maintenance" means the normal repair of outdoor advertising due to wear and tear. Maintenance shall not include the relocation nor the increase of advertisement size nor height. Maintenance shall not permit any alterations such as the addition of face lighting nor lit panels, moving parts, sparkling surfaces, cutouts nor temporary extensions of advertising space. (ii) Maintenance shall permit the change in the advertisement copy by means of trivision technology or other equivalent technology approved by the department of transportation and, if necessary, the federal highway administration; provided, however, for each sign using such technology two (2) valid permits for signs of equivalent size shall be required. Provided, further, however, that in the event that a person, firm or corporation does not hold more than one permit, only one permit for signs of equivalent size shall be required. (4) "Outdoor advertising" means an outdoor sign, display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, structure, or other thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or information contents of which is visible from any place on the main-traveled way of the interstate, primary, or secondary systems. (5) "Primary systems" means that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the director of transportation, pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United States Code, Highways. (6) "Safety rest area" means an area or site established and maintained within or adjacent to the right-of-way by or under public supervision or control, for the convenience of the traveling public. (7) "Secondary systems" means that portion of state maintained roads that are neither interstate nor primary roads. TITLE 24 !Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1 !Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-3 § 24-10.1-3 Limitations of outdoor advertising devices. – No outdoor advertising shall be erected in this state except the following: (1) Directional and other official signs and notices erected, maintained, or authorized by a public agency or body, which signs and notices shall include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders and scenic and historic attractions, as authorized or required by law. (2) Signs, displays, and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located, subject, however, to the national standards as promulgated pursuant to the federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965. (3) Signs, displays, and devices advertising activities conducted on the property upon which they are located, subject, however, to the national standards as promulgated pursuant to the federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965 including spacing requirements of the Rhode Island department of transportation rules and regulations governing outdoor advertising, except for signs that are allowed to be relocated as permitted in subsection (5). (4) Bus shelters erected under the authority of the state department of transportation or Rhode Island public transit authority which shall be permitted no more than one two (2) sided sign. Each sign face shall be no more than twenty-four (24) square feet in size. (5) Lawfully permitted signs, displays, and devices already in existence may be relocated to other permitted locations with the approval of the appropriate governmental agency(s), provided that the relocated outdoor advertising remains the same or smaller in size, and that such outdoor advertising conforms and is consistent with the municipal comprehensive plan and related zoning requirements. (6) This chapter shall not preclude the maintenance of existing outdoor advertising. TITLE 24! Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1 !Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-4 § 24-10.1-4 Regulation of advertising. – The director of transportation is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations governing the issuance of permits for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising coming within the exceptions contained in subsections (1), (4) and (5) of § 24- 10.1-3 consistent with the safety and welfare of the traveling public, and as may be necessary to carry out the policy of the state declared in this chapter, and consistent with the national standards promulgated by the secretary of commerce pursuant to title 23, United States Code. All permit fees collected pursuant to regulations promulgated under this section shall be deposited in the intermodal surface transportation fund. TITLE 24 !Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1! Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-5 § 24-10.1-5 Removal of nonconforming advertising. – Any sign, display, or device lawfully in existence along the interstate system or the primary system on May 6, 1966 and which is not in conformity with the provisions contained in this chapter shall not be required to be removed until July 1, 1970. Any other sign, display, or device lawfully erected which does not conform to this chapter shall not be required to be removed until the end of the fifth year after it becomes nonconforming. TITLE 24! Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1! Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-6 § 24-10.1-6 Compensation for removal of advertising. – (a) Any person, firm, association, or corporation having any property interest either in any real property upon which is located any prohibited advertising sign, display, or device, or having any property interest in any prohibited advertising sign, display, or device, or having any property interest in both, shall be justly compensated by the director of transportation for any damages sustained by reason of the removal of the following prohibited advertising signs, displays, and devices: (1) Those lawfully in existence as of May 6, 1966. (2) Those lawfully on any highway made a part of the interstate or primary system on or after May 6, 1966 and before January 1, 1968. (3) Those lawfully erected on or after January 1, 1968. (b) Compensation is authorized to be paid only for the following: (1) The taking, by virtue of the enactment of this chapter, from the owner of a prohibited sign, display or device of all right, title, leasehold, and interest in the sign, display or device; and (2) The taking, by virtue of the enactment of this chapter, from the owner of the real property on which the prohibited sign, display, or device is located, of the right to erect and maintain such signs, displays, and devices thereon. (c) Any person or party so entitled to compensation who cannot agree with the director of transportation as to the amount of just compensation to which he or she is so entitled, by virtue of the enactment of this chapter, may within one year from the time that the removal of such advertising is required apply for the damages to the superior court in accordance with the procedures of §§ 37-6-18 through 37-6-23. TITLE 24! Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1 !Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-7 § 24-10.1-7 Unlawful advertising. – Any advertising device which violates the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. The director of transportation shall give thirty (30) days' notice, by certified mail, postage prepaid, to the owner of the land on which the advertising device is located to remove the device if it is a prohibited device or cause it to conform to regulations if it is an authorized device. If the owner of the property fails to act within thirty (30) days as required in the notice, the director of transportation, or any of the director's authorized subordinates, may enter upon the real property where the outdoor advertising is located and abate and remove it. TITLE 24! Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1! Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-8 § 24-10.1-8 Penalty. – Any person, firm, corporation, or association who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500). TITLE 24! Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1! Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-9 § 24-10.1-9 Interpretation. – (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted in any way to show a preference for commercial copy over any other lawful noncommercial message. TITLE 24 !Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1 !Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-10 § 24-10.1-10 Advertising in safety rest areas. – In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the director of transportation is hereby authorized to maintain maps and to permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas, and to establish information centers at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing such other information as may be considered desirable. TITLE 24! Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1! Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-11 § 24-10.1-11 Agreements with the United States authorized. – The director of transportation is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States secretary of commerce as provided by title 23, United States Code, relating to the control of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems, including the establishment of information centers at safety rest areas, and to take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of such an agreement. TITLE 24 !Highways CHAPTER 24-10.1! Outdoor Advertising SECTION 24-10.1-12 § 24-10.1-12 Severability. – If any section, clause, or provision of this chapter shall be held either unconstitutional or ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other section, clause or provision shall on account thereof be termed invalid or ineffective.