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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.2


                      [Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond,
                       McCowan & Jarman, LLP letterhead]



                               November 19, 1996

Lamar Advertising Company
5551 Corporate Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808

         We are furnishing this opinion in connection with the Registration
Statement of Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") filed on October 24, 1996 by Lamar
Advertising Company (the "Company") and certain subsidiaries of the Company
listed as Additional Registrants in the Registration Statement (the "Subsidiary
Guarantors") relating to $225,000,000 aggregate principle amount of Senior
Subordinated Notes (the "Notes") to be issued and sold by the Company and
guaranteed (the "Guarantees") by the Subsidiary Guarantors.  The Notes are to
be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the "Indenture") between the Company and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"), the proposed
form of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

         We have acted as corporate counsel in connection with the Registration
Statement and are familiar with the proceedings taken by the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale
of the Notes and the Guarantees.  We have made such examination as we consider
necessary to render this opinion.

             Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

         1.      Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its Guarantee.

         2.      The Guarantees have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, and no consent or approval of
any court or governmental agency or body is required for such execution and
delivery except consents or approvals as may be required under federal
securities laws or under state securities or Blue Sky laws.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as a part of the
Registration Statement and to the reference to our Firm under the caption
"Certain Legal Matters" in the Prospectus filed as part thereof.

                                           Very truly yours,

                                           KEAN, MILLER, HAWTHORNE,
                                           D'ARMOND, McCOWAN & JARMAN, L.L.P

                                           By: /s/ Ben R. Miller, Jr.     
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                                           Ben R. Miller, Jr.