Indiana § 8-23-8-7 - Local service roads; access roads to service facilities

Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 8-23-8-7 — Local service roads; access roads to service facilities, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 8-23-8-7. Local service roads; access roads to service facilities

Sec. 7. (a) The department, a county, or a municipality may plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets, or designate as local service roads and streets existing roads or streets, and exercise jurisdiction over service roads under this chapter if the department, county, or municipality determines the service roads or streets are necessary or desirable. The local service roads or streets must be:

(1) of appropriate design; and

(2) separated from the limited access facility by all devices designated necessary or desirable by the proper authority.

(b) The department, to permit the establishment of adequate fuel or other service facilities by private owners or lessees for the users of a limited access facility, shall provide for access roads within the state's right-of-way of a limited access facility at points that will best serve the public interest.

As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.217.

Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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