Title 27, Transportation

(a) All public highways, roads, and streets in Arkansas are designated in accordance with the findings of the functional classification study conducted in 1968 and 1970 and identified by maps on file in the office of the State Highway Commission and the offices of the county road…

The six (6) functional classes by levels of service that are made applicable to the network of public highways, roads, and streets in Arkansas are as follows: (1) Class I Rural Systems: Interstate freeways. Municipal Systems: Interstate freeways. Level of Service: Provide basic i…

(a) The Arkansas study-classification segment of the 1972 National Transportation Needs Study is established on a continuing basis to conform to the congressional directive of Pub. L. No. 89-139. (b) The State Highway Commission shall continue to keep current this vital informati…

Acceptance of the functional classification plan by the responsible local officials will satisfy the transportation requirements of Acts 1937, No. 246 [repealed] for counties and §§ 14-56-401 — 14-56-425 for cities.

(a) (1) When the lands, dwelling house, or plantation of any owner is so situated as to render it necessary to have a road from such lands, dwelling house, or plantation to any public road or navigable watercourse over the lands of any other person and the other person refuses to…

(a) Viewers shall take the same oath and shall be governed in all respects as viewers appointed to public roads are governed under this act. (b) They shall examine the route proposed for the road and any other route which they may deem proper. (c) If a majority of the viewers sta…

(a) (1) If the petitioner has not complied with the court's order under § 27-66-401 and paid into the registry of the county court the estimated sum, the court may dismiss the case without prejudice and provide that the matter may be refiled within one (1) year from dismissal in …

(a) If any person obstructs a road established under the laws of this state by felling any trees across it or by placing an obstruction on the road, he or she shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (b) The person also shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) for every day he o…

A county court may not grant an easement for ingress and egress over, through, or across a railroad right-of-way under this subchapter.

(a) Exclusive of city streets, state highways, or interstates, a county judge may post weight limits on public bridges in his or her jurisdiction in connection with federally mandated bridge inspections. (b) Posted weight limit signs shall be in accordance with state and federal …

The using, driving, or operating upon any improved hard-surfaced public highway of this state of any tractor, truck, automobile, or other vehicle having corrugated, spiked, jointed, or other rough-surfaced metal tires is prohibited without first procuring from the county judge of…

Any person violating § 27-66-502 or, after publication of the notices required above, using, driving, or operating on any road or highway any vehicle, loaded or empty of greater weight than that described or provided for in such order or classification as the State Highway Commis…

(a) In addition to the penalty prescribed in § 27-66-503, the person convicted of violation of §§ 27-66-501 — 27-66-504, or of the orders of classifications of the State Highway Commission shall be liable in a civil action for all damage occasioned or caused by such violation. Ho…

(a) The county court of each county acting through the county judge is given the authority in times of emergency caused by unusually heavy or long-continued rainfalls or by freezes, thaws, snows, and other unusual conditions caused by the elements to prohibit vehicles having a ne…

(a) If, prior to exploration and drilling for oil and gas, it appears that an oil and gas company or an individual who is to explore and drill will be driving heavy equipment on county roads or municipal streets, then the company or individual shall file a reasonable bond with th…

(a) The State Highway Commission shall employ and work as many of the state inmates on the public roads as may not be otherwise employed by the Division of Correction. (b) State inmates working on roads shall be under the care and custody of wardens or other officers named by the…

(a) (1) It shall be lawful to provide in any highway charter for working the male county inmates of any county on the public roads and highways of that county.(2) But if the county inmates are to be worked in any district which is not coextensive with the county from which they c…

Whenever practical, the State Highway Commission may engage such number of state or county inmates as may be available in preparing road materials at quarries or elsewhere, and the expenses of the work shall be charged to the state or the county or district receiving these materi…

It is declared to be the policy of the state to take over, construct, repair, maintain, and control all the public roads in this state comprising state highways as defined in this chapter.

This act shall not be construed as divesting the county court of any of its original jurisdiction over the roads granted by the Arkansas Constitution, but the object of this act is to give aid and assistance in the maintenance and improvement of those parts of the public roads of…

Any person who shall knowingly or willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty either to do or to desist from doing anything which may be required by law relating to roads, highways, or other public improvements in this state shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon co…

(a) State highways are declared to be those primary roads and secondary roads and connecting roads heretofore designated by the State Highway Commission, as shown by a map on file in the office of the commission, entitled “Map of the State of Arkansas Showing State Highway System…

(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to designate and establish truck routes through cities and towns, which routes shall be properly marked by the commission. (b) Any truck route so established shall become a part of the state highway system, and the Arkansas Departmen…

(a) The following highways and designated parts of highways within the State of Arkansas are designated as scenic highways:(1) U.S. 65 from the Louisiana line to the Missouri line;(2) U.S. 71 from the Louisiana line to the Missouri line;(3) U.S. 82 from the Mississippi River to T…

(a) The State Highway Commission shall include as a part of the state highway system the most used vehicular roads located within the geographical boundaries of all existing state parks and the most used roads and highways connecting established state highways with state parks. W…

(1) The State Highway Commission may include as a part of the state highway system the principal vehicular road leading to each municipal airport in this state that is located outside the city limits of a municipality and that:(1) Has one (1) or more hard-surfaced runways at leas…

(a) It shall be the duty of the State Highway Commission to construct the roads in the state highway system which are not now constructed and that the work of construction be pushed as rapidly as funds are available for that purpose. (b) The commission shall begin the work of con…

(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “maintenance” means the constant making of all repairs necessary to preserve a smooth surface on the roads and to keep the bridges and culverts in a safe condition and shall include drainage work, the building of…

The State Highway Commission may purchase materials in quantities for use on the public works and may let contracts by the terms of which the contractors shall be required to use these materials in carrying out their contracts. However, any material purchased shall be bought only…

(a) It is declared to be the policy of the state to encourage, in every way possible, the development of natural resources of the state, which resources are suitable for use in highway construction. (b) Whenever upon investigation the commission shall find that suitable materials…

When the Arkansas Department of Transportation, by lease or by oral or written agreement with the landowner, enters upon the land and severs sand and gravel for the purpose of using the sand and gravel in the repair, maintenance, or construction of state highways, then the depart…

(a) As used in this section, “traffic control device” means a sign, signal, marking, or device placed or erected for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic. (b) If a traffic control device or barricade is placed or erected to close a public highway under the autho…

(a) The State Highway Commission may call upon the county court to change or widen, in the manner provided by § 14-298-121, any state highway in the county where the state highway engineer deems it necessary for the purpose of constructing, improving, or maintaining the road. (b)…

(a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall paint and maintain white stripes not less than four inches (4″) in width on both edges of all hard-surfaced primary and secondary state roads with a pavement width of twenty feet (20′) or more and carrying one thousand (1,000) o…

(a) It shall be the duty of the members of the State Highway Commission and of the state highway engineers, on all trips in the state, to particularly observe crossings of railroads on state highways. (b) It shall be the duty of all railroad companies and the owners of tramroads …

(a) (1) When the Arkansas Department of Transportation has been forced to bar traffic from a flooded section of a state highway by putting up signs directing the traffic from the state highway or by stationing state highway employees on the state highway to direct traffic from th…

The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized to make any necessary repairs to a county road to restore the road to its former condition of repair in those instances where damages to the county road may have been occasioned by the department in connection with the const…

The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall design, erect, and maintain signs at the closest and all other proper exits and intersections of state and federal highways designating exits to any and all institutions of higher education and postsecondary vocational and technical…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to dig up any portion of the state highways or to otherwise disturb them for the purpose of laying pipelines, sewers, poles, wires, ditches, railways, or for any other purpose, except as authorized by an order of the State Highway Commissio…

(a) U.S. 71 from the I-40 intersection to the Missouri line shall be designated as the “John Paul Hammerschmidt Highway” within the State of Arkansas. (b) In addition to that portion of U.S. 71 designated the “John Paul Hammerschmidt Highway” under subsection (a) of this section,…

(a) The route along U.S. 67 and State 7 between Hope and Hot Springs regularly traveled by the Honorable Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, during his childhood, is hereby designated “The Highway of Hope”. (b) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall erect …

(a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized to post signs along the public streets and highways of Arkansas to inform persons who are licensed amateur radio operators of the existence of a high frequency radio repeater within a specific local area, provided such s…

(a) (1) “State police officer” means any employee of the Division of Arkansas State Police who holds the rank of state trooper or higher rank, including the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police.(2) The term “state police officer” does not include any:(A) Civilian emp…

(a) The route along Highway 67 through Jackson County, Lawrence County, Randolph County, and White County regularly traveled by the great legends of early rock ‘n’ roll is hereby designated “Rock ‘n’ Roll Highway 67”. (b) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall erect appr…

(a) (1) To provide more detailed directions on highways, roads, and streets to agritourism vineyards and wineries in the State of Arkansas, the Arkansas Wine Country Trail is established.(2) (A) The Arkansas Wine Country Trail shall include the highways, roads, and streets that l…