Current through September 16, 2024
1. Utilities or pipes placed under a state
highway must:
(a) Be jacked or otherwise
forced underneath the pavement without disturbing the pavement.
(b) Not be placed inside culverts used for
drainage.
2. Pavement or
roadway must not be cut unless prior approval from the Department is
obtained.
3. The district engineer
shall authorize trenching across a paved highway if:
(a) The roadway is scheduled for overlay or
reconstruction within 2 years after the trenching is scheduled to
begin;
(b) The roadway is in such
poor condition that a permanent patch of the pavement will not adversely affect
the condition of the surface of the roadway;
(c) The area is so congested with other
underground facilities that boring is impractical; or
(d) The installation has been attempted by
jacking or boring and is impractical because of the conditions below the
ground.
4. Except as
otherwise authorized by the Department:
(a) No
excavation within the right-of-way of a highway may be made which is less than
6 feet (1.8 meters) from the edge of the pavement.
(b) There must be, within the right-of-way of
a highway, at least 36 inches (915 millimeters) of cover over all underground
utilities, pipes or conduits, including at ditch or wash flow lines.
(c) Underground pipes and cables must be
placed at least 12 inches (300 millimeters) below culverts or drainage
boxes.
5. Each trench
must be filled with granular backfill or any other material approved by the
district engineer to the elevation of the bottom of the existing base and
surfacing or subgrade in accordance with the requirements set forth in the
occupancy permit.
6. As used in
this section:
(a) "Base" means the layer of
material of a designated type and thickness which is placed on a subbase or
subgrade to support a surface.
(b)
"Culvert" means any structure which is not a bridge which provides an opening
under a roadway.
Added to NAC by Dep't
of Transportation, eff. 1-6-95; A by R135-98,
10-3-2000
NRS
408.215,
408.423
