CRITERIA FOR SIGNING TRAFFIC GENERATORS ON CONVENTIONAL HIGHWAYS. Type of Traffic Generator Specific Eligibility Criteria Urban Area1 Rural Area1 Airports Must be publicly owned with a minimum 3,000-foot paved runway (Prime Criterion) Maximum Distance from Intersection 5 miles 5 miles (By Road) Universities, Colleges, Must be listed as a public university, Junior public community college, Colleges/Community Tennessee Technology Center, or Colleges, State independent college or university on Technology Centers, Tenn. Higher Educ. Com’n website, State or must be a state-operated special Vocational/Technical school Schools, and state- 4 miles 10miles operated special schools Maximum Distance from Intersection (By Road) Military Bases Minimum Number of Employees & Military Personnel 3,000 1,000 (Prime Criterion) Maximum Distance from Intersection 4 miles 5 miles (By Road) RULES FOR GUIDE SIGNS ON FREEWAYS, EXPRESSWAYS AND CONVENTIONAL HIGHWAYS Arenas/Stadiums Minimum Annual Attendance 100,000 100,0003 Auditoriums (Prime Criterion) Convention Halls Dams, Lakes, and Launching Ramps2 Maximum Distance from Intersection 10 miles 10 miles Major Recreation Sites: (By Road) Fairgrounds, Zoos Amusement Parks State Parks Must be listed on Tenn. Dept. of Environment and Conservation, State Parks website Maximum Distance from Intersection Nearest Nearest (By Road) intersection intersection National Parks, Must be listed on U.S. Dept. of Monuments, Memorials, Interior, National Park Service Historical Parks, website Recreation Areas, Nearest Nearest Parkways, Maximum Distance from Intersection intersection intersection Battlefields/Military (By Road) Parks4 State Veterans’ Must be listed as a State Veterans’ Cemeteries Cemetery on Tenn. Dept. of and National Cemeteries4 Veterans Affairs website or as a National Cemetery on the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs website or the U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Park Service website 10 miles 10 miles Maximum Distance from Intersection (By Road) State and National Must be listed as a State-owned Historic Sites historic site on Tenn. Dept. of Environment and Conservation, Tennessee Historic Commission website or as a National Historic Site on U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Park Service website 10 miles 10 miles Maximum Distance from Intersection (By Road) RULES FOR GUIDE SIGNS ON FREEWAYS, EXPRESSWAYS AND CONVENTIONAL HIGHWAYS State Wildlife Must be open year-round Management Areas, Wildlife Refuges & State Minimum Annual Attendance 6,000 6,000 Lakes5 (Prime Criterion) Maximum Distance from Intersection 10 miles 10 miles (By Road) Cultural Interest Areas: Minimum Annual Attendance 50,000 20,000 Museums, Art Galleries, (Prime Criterion) Historic Sites Must be open to the general public, and the primary purpose of the facility must be as a cultural interest area (museum, art gallery or historic site) Historic sites must be listed on the U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places website 10 miles 10 miles Maximum Distance from Intersection (By Road) Comprehensive Regional Administrator of facility must verify in Pediatric Centers6 writing that the facility is designated as a Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Center under Tenn. Dept. of Health regulations Maximum Distance from Interchange 5 miles 5 miles (By Road) Veterans Administration Must be listed as a VA Medical Medical Centers, Center, Outpatient Clinic or Vet Outpatient Clinics and Center on the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Vet Centers6 Affairs website 5 miles 5 miles Maximum Distance from Intersection (By Road) TABLE B-1 FOOTNOTES 1 Urban Area: Population of 5,000 or greater in most recent federal decennial census. Rural Area: Population of less than 5,000 in most recent federal decennial census. 2 Dams, lakes and launching ramps may be signed at the nearest point of access onto a State highway without regard to annual attendance if the facility is:  Located within 10 miles of the intersection;  Open to the general public; and  Owned and operated by a governmental agency or non-profit organization; and if RULES FOR GUIDE SIGNS ON FREEWAYS, EXPRESSWAYS AND CONVENTIONAL HIGHWAYS  The Department determines, in its engineering judgment, that signing is essential for proper motorist guidance. 3 In rural areas, where traffic generators are not commonly found and there is also greater need for guide signs, attendance requirements may be reduced by 50% if approved by the Department. 4 A National Battlefield/Military Park and National Cemetery at the same location may be signed together on one supplemental guide sign. 5 Pursuant to T.C.A. § 54-5-709(b), the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency shall reimburse the Department of Transportation for the cost of installing such supplemental guide signs. 6 The facility will be signed, if possible, at the nearest state highway intersection as measured in travel time to the facility under average daytime traffic conditions. The local government having jurisdiction over the local streets or roads between the state highway intersection and the facility shall be responsible for installing and maintaining trailblazer signs on those local streets or roads as may be necessary to provide directions to the facility. These local trailblazer signs must be in place prior to the installation of a supplemental guide sign at the state highway intersection.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 54-5-108(b) and 54-5-704 through 54-5-709. Administrative History: Original rule filed January 10, 1992; effective February 24, 1992. Repeal and new rule renumbered from 1680- 03-02-.15 filed April 12, 2002; effective August 28, 2002. Repeal and new rule filed March 11, 2005; effective July 29, 2005.