Who has ROW at point SNAKE?

Who has ROW at point SNAKE?

• A. The power lines have ROW over HWY 197/A
• B. HWY 197/A has ROW over power lines
• C. Echo to Hughes heading
• D. SNAKE point has ROW over all roads

Answer: (A)

Right-of-way at a navigation point refers to which obstacle or feature takes precedence in the airspace around that fix. At SNAKE, the chart indicates that the overhead power lines occupy the space above the ground feature HWY 197/A, so the power lines have priority over the highway. In practice, that means the elevated obstacle (the power lines) must be considered first when planning clearance, and the road beneath does not override or dominate that space. The heading from Echo to Hughes isn’t about obstacle priority, and saying that SNAKE has ROW over all roads would misstate how the vertical hierarchy is depicted at that fix.

Right-of-way at a navigation point refers to which obstacle or feature takes precedence in the airspace around that fix. At SNAKE, the chart indicates that the overhead power lines occupy the space above the ground feature HWY 197/A, so the power lines have priority over the highway. In practice, that means the elevated obstacle (the power lines) must be considered first when planning clearance, and the road beneath does not override or dominate that space. The heading from Echo to Hughes isn’t about obstacle priority, and saying that SNAKE has ROW over all roads would misstate how the vertical hierarchy is depicted at that fix.