Alaska Administrative Code
Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities
Chapter 15 - Utility and Railroad Permits
Article 2 - Utility Standards and Requirements
17 AAC 15.151 - Overhead crossings on controlled-access highways

(a) An existing overhead facility may not cross a controlled-access highway if it interferes with the design requirements of the highway, or if it can be maintained or serviced only from within the controlled-access limits.

(b) New or relocated overhead utility facilities or overhead utility facilities located within the right-of-way of an intersecting roadway which crosses a controlled-access highway may not be maintained or serviced from within the controlled-access limits.

(c) New or relocated overhead facility crossings of controlled-access highways must be designed and constructed as double dead-end structures where the transmission voltage is 33,000 volts or more. Where the transmission voltage is less than 33,000 volts, design and construction standards must equal or exceed standards of the National Electrical Safety Codeas adopted by reference under AS 18.60.580-18.60.600 and 8 AAC 70.025 as the minimum electrical safety standards of the state.