Tennessee § 54-5-503 - Interstate connecting routes authorized.
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§ 54-5-503. Interstate connecting routes authorized.
In order for the citizens of the state to get the greatest possible use from the interstate highway system or fully controlled access highways, the department is authorized to use any powers granted under any general law to establish a system of connectors so located and spaced as to furnish adequate access to the interstate highway system or fully controlled access highways from the existing road and street networks along the interstate system or fully controlled access highways. Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1965, ch. 159, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-571; Acts 1999, ch. 249, § 3.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 54-5-503 ("Interstate connecting routes authorized.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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