§ 24-03-05 — Closing of roads - Penalty for passing over road or removing barricade

Whenever, during the construction work on any state highway or at any other time, it may
be necessary to prevent traffic from passing over any portion of such highway, the department
may close such portion of the highway to all traffic by causing to be posted in a conspicuous
manner, at the ends of the portion of the highway so closed, suitable signs warning the public
that such road is closed under authority of law, and by the erection of suitable barricades,
fences, or other obstructions. The driver, or owner, or both, of any vehicle, self-propelling or
otherwise, passing through, over, or around any such barricade, fence, or other obstruction so
placed, or any person opening, removing, or defacing any such barricade, fence, or other
obstruction, or any such warning sign, without written permission from the engineer in charge of
the work, or in charge of such highway, or any person willfully causing any damage to the work
under construction, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.