Okla. Stat. tit. 69, § 69-1208: Structures in right-of-way or street prohibited - Public

nuisance.

A. The rights-of-way acquired by the Department of

Transportation or a county shall be held inviolate for state

highway, departmental, or county purposes, and no physical or

functional encroachments or uses shall be permitted within such

rights-of-way.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, maintain

or operate any gasoline pump, driveway canopy, building, sign,

fence, post, or any thing or structure on or overhanging any right-

of-way, or upon or overhanging any street occupied by a designated

state or federal highway, or county roads and the construction or

maintaining of any such thing or structure on or overhanging any

federal or state highway or county roads shall constitute a public

nuisance, which may be summarily abated by the Commission or board

of county commissioners or its officers, agents, servants and

employees in the manner provided in this article.

C. This section shall not apply to the lawful use of such

rights-of-way for the erection and operation of facilities of a

public utility, or companies engaged in the activities defined in

Section 137.1 of Title 52 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

D. This section shall not apply to the placement, by the county

commissioners or the board of directors of a fire protection

district or the designees of either, of signage indicating that

restrictions on outdoor burning are in effect pursuant to Section

901.8 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Such signage may be

placed on the right-of-way, provided such placement is made in

coordination with the Department of Transportation. When

restrictions on outdoor burning are no longer in effect, the signage

shall be removed from the right-of-way by the entity that placed it.