Tennessee § 54-5-101 - System of state highways — Designation by department for construction, repair or maintenance.
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§ 54-5-101. System of state highways — Designation by department for construction, repair or maintenance.
The department of transportation has full power, and it is made its duty, through its highway engineers or otherwise, to designate a system of state highways, to designate the road or roads to be constructed, repaired, or maintained by the use of the funds mentioned in chapter 2 of this title, and to lay out and locate all such roads. Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 5; Shan., § 1720a29b16 (p. 6549); Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b47; Code 1932, § 3205; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-501; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12. Cross-References. Designation of parkway system, § 54-17-207 . Rules and regulations as to highway use, moving vehicles to conform, § 55-7-101 . Law Reviews. Rulemaking Under the New Tennessee Uniform Administrative Procedures Act (Shelley I. Stiles), 6 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 171. Comparative Legislation. State highways: Ala. Code § 23-1-1 et seq. Ark. Code § 27-67-101 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 32-4-20 et seq. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 177.010 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. § 65-3-1 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.010 et seq. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-45 et seq. Va. Code § 33.1-25 et seq. Cited: Fritts v. Leech, 201 Tenn. 18, 296 S.W.2d 834, 1956 Tenn. LEXIS 458 (1956); United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Thompson & Green Machinery Co., 568 S.W.2d 821, 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 613 (Tenn. 1978). Collateral References. Constitutionality and construction of statute relating to location or relocation of highways. 63 A.L.R. 516 . Power and duty of highway officers as regards location or route of road to be constructed or improved. 91 A.L.R. 242 . Prohibition to control action of administrative officers in establishment of highway. 115 A.L.R. 23 , 159 A.L.R. 627 . Highways 97.1 et seq.
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