SB 26

Under current law, the maximum speed limit on any freeway or expressway in

this state is 65 miles per hour. A "freeway" is defined as any state trunk highway

with four or more lanes of traffic separated by a barrier or median (a paved or

landscaped strip between opposing traffic) that gives preference to through traffic

by limiting access to only interchanges. An "expressway" is also defined as any state

trunk highway, but only a state trunk highway that the Department of

Transportation (DOT) determines has four or more lanes of traffic separated by a

barrier or median that gives preference to through traffic by use of interchanges or

by limiting at-grade access to selected public roads and driveways.

This bill increases the maximum speed limit on freeways and expressways from

65 miles per hour to 70 miles per hour. This speed limit of 70 miles per hour does not

take effect until DOT posts the limit by official traffic signs.