Section 23-1-1 Contracts and regulations relative to federal assistance. The State Department of Transportation, by and through the director, is hereby authorized to enter into all necessary contracts and agreements with the United States government or any agency or officer thereof in accordance with any act of Congress relating to the construction, maintenance, and beautification […]
Section 23-1-10 “Blue reflective markers” and “fire/water hydrant” defined; purpose and installation of blue reflective markers. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BLUE REFLECTIVE MARKERS. Nonlighted, but reflective devices which are blue in color […]
Section 23-1-2 Bid guaranty. Any other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, bidders for contract projects which contracts are with the State of Alabama, in behalf of the Department of Transportation, to be paid, in whole or in part, from funds allocated to the Department of Transportation from any source whatsoever, or where […]
Section 23-1-3 Closing of public roads to traffic; acquisition of materials. The state, acting through the State Department of Transportation and its duly authorized employees, and the various counties of the state, acting through the county commissions and their duly authorized employees, in the doing of public roads work shall have and exercise the right, […]
Section 23-1-4 Permit required to dig up, etc., roads for utilities, railroads, etc.; restoration of road required upon completion of work; bond, etc., to guarantee restoration. No state-controlled road shall be dug up or used for laying pipelines, pole lines, sewers, railways, or for other similar purposes without the written permit of the State Department […]
Section 23-1-5 Payment of costs of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by construction of highways. (a) Whenever the Director of Transportation shall determine and order that the relocation of any utility facility is necessitated by the construction of any project on the national system of interstate and defense highways, including the extensions thereof within urban […]
Section 23-1-6 Signs, markers, and advertising – On rights-of-way. Signs, markers, and advertising on the rights-of-way of state controlled highways are prohibited except those official signs or markers placed thereon by the State Department of Transportation or under its authority. (Code 1923, §1344; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 23, §36.)
Section 23-1-7 Signs, markers, and advertising – Tourist attractions. (a) Upon the request of the Director of the Bureau of Tourism and Travel, the Director of the State Department of Transportation may cause to be constructed and erected along state highways appropriate directional markers designating major tourist attractions of Alabama. (b) The Director of the […]
Section 23-1-8 Numbers and names of highways. All highways built or maintained by and through federal or state aid shall be designated by numbers and by names, where such highways are known by names, on the directional signs erected along said highways and upon the maps authorized and published by the state. Memorial or other […]
Section 23-1-8.1 Expenditure of state funds for erection and maintenance of signs designating roads, bridges, etc., in honor or memory of individuals. After September 1, 1979, no state funds shall be expended in this state for purposes of erecting and maintaining signs designating roads, bridges, or buildings in honor or in memory of any individual; […]
Section 23-1-9 Elimination of railroad grade crossings. Whenever the funds of the state are being expended for the construction, maintenance, or repair of a public highway, the State Department of Transportation shall have the power and authority to compel all railways operating in this state to construct viaducts, tunnels, underpasses, or bridges to the full […]
