Tennessee § 54-5-205 - Streets for highways designated by department.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 54-5-205 — Streets for highways designated by department., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 54-5-205. Streets for highways designated by department.
The department shall have sole jurisdiction over the selection of the streets through which traffic shall be routed. Acts 1929, ch. 42, § 5; Code 1932, § 3246; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-535; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 23 Tenn. Juris., Streets and Highways, § 23. Cited: State ex rel. Morgan County v. Gouge, 194 Tenn. 484, 253 S.W.2d 721, 1952 Tenn. LEXIS 409 (1952).
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