Sec. 19.10.090. Erection and maintenance of guard rails.
The department may erect and maintain guard rails, stretch wires, and other devices on highways.
Sec. 19.10.095. Signs promoting the use of safety belts and child safety devices.
The department may erect and maintain signs encouraging the use of safety belts and child safety devices at the site of a motor vehicle accident where a fatality occurred as the result of a person’s failing to use a safety belt or child safety device. This section does not limit the authority of the department […]
Sec. 19.10.100. Closing highways.
When it is necessary to exclude traffic from any portion of a highway, the department may close that portion of the highway by posting in a conspicuous manner, at each end of the portion closed, suitable signs warning the public that the road is closed under authority of law, and by erecting suitable obstructions.
Sec. 19.10.010. Dedication of land for public highways.
A tract 100 feet wide between each section of land owned by the state, or acquired from the state, and a tract four rods wide between all other sections in the state, is dedicated for use as public highways. The section line is the center of the dedicated right-of-way. If the highway is vacated, title […]
Sec. 19.10.015. Establishment of highway widths.
(a) It is declared that all officially proposed and existing highways on public land not reserved for public uses are 100 feet wide. This section does not apply to highways that are specifically designated to be wider than 100 feet. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a municipality may designate the width of a road […]
Sec. 19.10.020. Designation of state highway system.
The department may designate, locate, create, and determine what highways constitute the state highway system. In designating, locating, creating, and determining the several routes of the state highway system, the department shall strive to attain the purposes and objectives set out in AS 19.05.125.
Sec. 19.10.030. Responsibility for system.
The department is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the state highway system.
Sec. 19.10.040. Uniform system of marking and posting.
The department shall classify, designate, and mark highways under its jurisdiction and shall provide a uniform system of marking and posting these highways. The system of marking and posting must correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of the Manual on Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the American Association of […]
Sec. 19.10.050. Traffic control signals.
The department shall prescribe types of traffic control signals to regulate traffic on highways. These signals must correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials. The department shall adopt uniform regulations for the placing […]
Sec. 19.10.060. Size, weight, and load provisions; restriction on use of highways; regulations.
(a) The department, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may (1) establish limitations on weight, size, and load of vehicles, except as otherwise provided in AS 19.10.065; (2) prohibit the operation or impose restrictions on vehicular use of highways during certain seasons of the year. (b) The department shall operate motor vehicle weighing stations, […]