Tennessee § 54-5-202 - Width and character of highways in municipalities.
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§ 54-5-202. Width and character of highways in municipalities.
The streets constructed, reconstructed, improved and maintained by the state shall be of a width and type that the department deems proper, but the width so constructed, reconstructed, improved and maintained shall not be less than eighteen feet (18'); and, in the case of resurfacing and maintenance, from curb to curb where curbs exist, or the full width of the roadway where no curbs exist. Acts 1929, ch. 42, § 2; Code 1932, § 3243; Acts 1947, ch. 123, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 3243; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-532; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12. Cited: McDonald v. Scott County, 169 Tenn. 374, 87 S.W.2d 1019, 1935 Tenn. LEXIS 58 (1935).
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