Wash. Admin. Code § 468-58-030 - Limited access highways - Policies on commercial approaches, common carrier and school bus stops, mail box locations and pedestrian crossings
(1)
Fully
controlled limited access highways:
(a)
No commercial approaches shall be permitted direct access to main roadway but
only to frontage roads when these are provided in the access plan or to the
crossroads of interchanges outside the limits of full access control.
(b) No common carrier bus stops other than
required by law shall be permitted except at locations provided by the state on
the interchanges or, in exceptional cases, along the main roadway where
pedestrian separation is available.
(c) School bus stops shall not be permitted
except as in subparagraph (b) of this subsection.
(d) No mail boxes shall be permitted except
on frontage roads.
(e) Pedestrian
crossings shall not be permitted at grade.
(2)
Partially controlled limited access
highways:
(a) No commercial approaches
shall be permitted except on frontage roads provided in the access plan or at
intersections.
(b) Bus stops for
both common carriers and school buses shall not be permitted other than as
required by law on either two or four lane highways, except as follows:
(i) At locations of intersections, with
necessary lanes to be constructed by the state;
(ii) Where shoulder widening has been
provided for mail delivery service;
(iii) For a designated school bus loading
zone on the traveled lane or adjacent thereto which has been approved by the
department of transportation.
(c) Pedestrian grade crossings will be
permitted only where a grade crossing is provided, except that pedestrian
crossings will be permitted on two lane highways at mail box locations or at
points designated for school children to cross as provided in subparagraph (d)
of this subsection.
(d) Pedestrian
crossings are prohibited in the immediate vicinity of school bus loading zones
which are located adjacent to the traveled way. Pedestrian crossings may be
permitted:
(i) On two lane highways not less
than one hundred feet from a school bus loading zone adjacent to the traveled
lane, if school district and department of transportation personnel determine
that stopping in the traveled lane is hazardous.
(ii) On two lane highways at the school bus
when stopped on the traveled lane to load or unload passengers and the proper
sign and signal lights displayed.
(e) School bus loading zones on partially
controlled access highways shall be posted with school bus loading zone signs,
in accordance with the latest edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices.
(f) The list of designated
school bus loading zones approved by the department of transportation will be
kept on file and maintained by the headquarters traffic engineer.
(g) Mail boxes shall be located on frontage
roads or at intersections, with the following exceptions for properties which
are served by Type A or B approaches:
(i) Mail
boxes for Type A or B approaches on a four lane highway shall be located only
on the side of the highway on which the approach is provided;
(ii) Mail boxes for Type A or B approaches on
a two lane highway shall all be located on that side of the highway which is on
the right in the direction of the mail delivery.
(3)
Modified control limited
access highways:
(a) Commercial
approaches to modified controlled limited access highways may be permitted only
where and in the manner specifically authorized at the time the plan is
established and access rights are obtained.
(b) Bus stops and pedestrian crossings may be
permitted as follows:
(i) In rural areas, bus
stops and pedestrian crossings shall be subject to the same restrictions as on
partial controlled limited access highways.
(ii) In urban areas bus stops for both
commercial carriers and school buses may be permitted without restrictions
other than those required by law.
(c) Mail boxes may be located adjacent to or
opposite all authorized approaches as follows:
(i) Mail boxes on a four-lane highway shall
be located only on the side of the highway on which the approach is
provided.
(ii) Mail boxes on a
two-lane highway shall all be located on that side of the highway which is on
the right in the direction of the mail delivery.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 47.52.020. 79-08-061 (Order 34), § 468-58-030, filed 7/23/79. Statutory Authority: RCW 47.36.050. 79-08-060 (Order 33), § 468-58-030, filed 7/23/79. Statutory Authority: 1977 ex.s. c 151. 79-01-033 (DOT Order 10 and Comm. Order 1, Resolution No. 13), § 468-58-030, filed 12/20/78. Formerly WAC 252-20-030.
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