Distribution Restrictions - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Balance of permitted transfers to parent company	$ 2,834,543	$ 2,702,633
Description of provisions on senior credit facility transfers to Lamar Advertising not subject to additional restrictions	(i) the total debt ratio less than 6.5 to 1 and (ii) the secured debt ratio does not exceed 3.0 to 1.
Debt ratio	6.5
Debt ratio related to actual position on senior credit facility	6.5
Available cumulative credit	$ 1,666,430
Secured Debt [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt ratio	3.0
LAMAR MEDIA CORP [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Secured debt ratio	3.0

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Amount of additional cumulative credit available for transfers to parent company under the terms of Lamar Media Corp.'s senior credit facility.

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Balance of permitted transfers to parent company allowed under the terms of Lamar Media Corp.'s senior subordinated and senior notes.

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- Definition

Description of Provisions On senior credit facility transfers to Parent Company subject to additional restrictions.

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- Definition

Maximum actual holdings debt ratio.

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- Definition

Maximum holding debt ratio for applicability of restriction on transfer.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Indebtedness divided by net capital.

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