Title 13a, Title 13a: Highways and Bridges

Sec. 13a-142a. Acquisition of land adjacent to highway for environmental protection purposes. The Commissioner of Transportation may acquire by purchase but not by condemnation, in the same manner and with like powers as said commissioner possesses in purchasing real property for…

Sec. 13a-142b. Development of linear parks along state highways. If requested by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of Transportation may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, in the same manner and with like powers as authorized and e…

Sec. 13a-142c. Authority of Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall have the authority to: (1) Accept, receive and administer, on behalf of the state, any grants, loans or other funds made available to the sta…

Sec. 13a-142d. Route 11 linear park. (a) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is authorized to establish, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation, a linear park along Route 11, utilizing both the highway right-of-way and other adjoining lands acquire…

Sec. 13a-142e. Route 11 Greenway Authority Commission. Transfer of real property to Commissioner of Transportation. (a) The towns of East Lyme, Montville, Salem and Waterford may, by ordinance consistent with the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, establish a …

Sec. 13a-143. Commercial establishments along limited access highways. No commercial establishment shall be constructed or located within the right-of-way of, or on publicly owned or publicly leased land acquired or used for or in connection with, a limited access state highway, …

Sec. 13a-143a. Driveway permits. No person shall construct a new driveway or relocate an existing driveway leading onto a state highway without first obtaining a permit from the Commissioner of Transportation. In determining the advisability of issuing such permit, the commission…

Sec. 13a-143b. Car-wash installation to correct icy highway conditions. Any person who operates a car-wash installation shall provide means, including but not limited to sanding, to correct any hazardous icy condition on the street or highway adjacent to such place of business ar…

Sec. 13a-143c. Regulations establishing minimum requirements re traffic safety for car wash facilities. Not later than February 1, 1996, the Commissioner of Transportation shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish minimum requirements re…

Sec. 13a-143d. Floodlights intended for private property illumination located within the state right-of-way on state highways. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Fixture” means the assembly that holds a lamp and may include an assembly housing, a mounting bracket or pole …

Sec. 13a-144. Damages for injuries sustained on state highways or sidewalks. Any person injured in person or property through the neglect or default of the state or any of its employees by means of any defective highway, bridge or sidewalk which it is the duty of the Commissioner…

Sec. 13a-145. Use of closed highway at user's risk. Any person using a state highway or bridge which has been designated as closed or restricted under the provisions of section 13a-115 shall do so at his own risk except with respect to any injury or loss not traceable to a defect…

Sec. 13a-146. Closing of municipal highway or bridge during expressway construction. Liability for injury. During the time that any highway or bridge is closed for the construction of an expressway under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 13a-115, the provisions of secti…

Sec. 13a-147. Detours to be restored. Any highway or bridge which has been injured by traffic detoured by the commissioner from a state highway or bridge, while such state highway or bridge is being constructed, repaired or reconstructed, shall be restored by the commissioner to …

Sec. 13a-148. Damage to municipal highway or bridge in state highway construction. Where any highway or bridge required to be maintained in repair by any municipality is damaged by the operation thereon of equipment used in the construction of any state highway, or portion thereo…

Sec. 13a-149. Damages for injuries by means of defective roads and bridges. Any person injured in person or property by means of a defective road or bridge may recover damages from the party bound to keep it in repair. No action for any such injury sustained on or after October 1…

Sec. 13a-150. Obligations of towns. The obligations for highways constructed under the provisions of part II of chapter 240, imposed under the provisions of sections 13a-144 and 13a-149 upon towns and upon the state, shall be assumed by the towns which accept an allocation of fun…

Sec. 13a-151. Violation of load capacity of bridge. Liability for damages to vehicle not in violation. (a) The owner of a motor vehicle that crosses or attempts to cross any bridge posted with a maximum weight limit notice, as required by section 13a-121, when such vehicle has a …

Sec. 13a-152. Damages for failure to maintain railing or fence. Any person who suffers damage in his person or property by reason of the want of any railing or fence required by section 13a-111 may recover damages from the party required to erect and maintain the same, but no act…

Sec. 13a-153. State liability for bridle paths, pedestrian walks and bicycle paths and injuries thereon. (a) No person, firm or corporation performing or engaged in performing work under the provisions of section 13a-141 or contributing any labor, services, supplies or materials …

Secs. 13a-153a to 13a-153e. Reserved for future use. PART XI USER ACCOMMODATIONS ANDFACILITIES

Sec. 13a-153f. Accomodations and provision of facilities for all users. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Department” means the Department of Transportation; (2) “Funds” means any funds from the Special Transportation Fund, bond allocations and any other source that is a…

Sec. 13a-153g. Design standards for roads. Not later than July 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Transportation shall update design standards for roads in the state. Such design standards shall include, as appropriate, the standards contained within the National Association of City Tr…

Sec. 13a-36. Milestones to be reset. The commissioner shall reset any milestone found in the course of the construction by him of any highway which follows approximately the route of an ancient turnpike or highway. (1949 Rev., S. 2249; 1958 Rev., S. 13-136; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 37.…

Sec. 13a-37. Determination of boundaries. If, in the opinion of the commissioner, the boundary lines or limits of any state highway have become lost or uncertain, he may cause a map or maps of such highway to be made and may reestablish such boundary lines or limits as, in his op…

Sec. 13a-38. Entry on private property to determine boundary. The commissioner or his agent may enter upon private property for the purpose of surveying or examining such property for the determination of the boundary line of any highway under his control. He shall use care so th…

Sec. 13a-39. Selectmen to define bounds of highway. Whenever the boundaries of any highway have been lost or become uncertain, the selectmen of any town in which such highway is located, upon the written application of any of the proprietors of land adjoining such highway, may ca…

Sec. 13a-40. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by such decision may appeal to the superior court for the judicial district where such highway is situated within ten days after notice of such decision has been given, which appeal shall be in writing, containing a brief statement of the…

Sec. 13a-41. Bounds of new highways to be marked and recorded. Whenever a new highway has been laid out by authority of any town or city, such highway shall be marked or defined in the following manner: At the beginning and termination by stone, steel or iron bounds on each side,…

Sec. 13a-42. Taking of roads into state system. The commissioner may take into the state highway system any highway, section of highway or appurtenances thereto when said commissioner finds that it is in the best interest of the state to do so, and such highway, section of highwa…

Sec. 13a-43. Abandonment of state highway. The commissioner may, in connection with a new highway constructed in a town, abandon any highway, or section or appurtenance thereof, in the state highway system no longer conforming with the definitions set out in section 13a-14 or no …

Sec. 13a-44. Transfer of state highway to town. The commissioner may transfer any highway, or section or appurtenance thereof, in the state highway system to the town or towns through which such highway, or section or appurtenance thereof, runs when it does not conform with the d…

Sec. 13a-45. Effective date of transfers and abandonments. Transfers or abandonments under section 13a-42, 13a-43 or 13a-44 shall be effective sixty days after notice thereof has been given by the commissioner to the selectmen of the town involved, provided notice of any such tra…

Sec. 13a-46. Transfers of rights in lands on transfer of roads. The commissioner shall transfer all right, title and interest vested in the state with the transfer of any highway, or portion or appurtenance thereof, to a town and shall assume all right, title and interest in or t…

Sec. 13a-47. Powers of commissioner unaffected. Nothing in sections 13a-42 to 13a-46, inclusive, shall be construed to limit, restrict or derogate from any power, right or authority of the commissioner contained in any other statute. (1961, P.A. 603, S. 11; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 47a…

Sec. 13a-48. Acceptance of highways by municipalities. Any municipality whose duty it is to maintain the highways within its limits may, at any annual or special meeting held for that purpose, accept as a public highway any proposed highway situated in such municipality, provided…

Sec. 13a-49. Discontinuance of highways or private ways. (a)(1) The selectmen of any town may, subject to approval by a majority vote at any regular or special town meeting, as applicable, by a writing signed by them, discontinue any highway or private way, or land dedicated as s…

Sec. 13a-50. Discontinuance of highway by Superior Court. The Superior Court, on the application of any person, may discontinue any highway in the judicial district where it is held, which cannot be discontinued by the selectmen; but all questions arising as to the convenience or…

Sec. 13a-51. Discontinued turnpikes remain highways. All discontinued turnpikes and parts of turnpikes shall remain public highways in the town or towns where situated; but any town may discontinue the whole or any portion of such road within such town in the manner provided in s…

Sec. 13a-52. No assessed damages collected if unopened highway discontinued. When any highway duly laid out is legally discontinued before being opened and worked, no action shall be brought to recover damages assessed therefor, but the owner of the lands over which it is laid ou…

Sec. 13a-53. Discontinuance of highway crossing railroad. That part of any highway which crosses a railroad, the use of which crossing has been abandoned for a period of at least fifteen years, shall be deemed discontinued. (1949 Rev., S. 2165; 1958 Rev., S. 13-48; 1963, P.A. 226…

Sec. 13a-54. Abandonment of highway for construction of dam. Any person or corporation engaged in constructing, raising or operating a dam for milling, manufacturing or power purposes, which dam will flood or cause to be flooded any highway, may abandon so much of such highway as…

Sec. 13a-55. Right-of-way of property owners bounding a discontinued or abandoned highway or a highway any portion of which is discontinued or abandoned. Property owners bounding a discontinued or abandoned highway, or a highway any portion of which has been discontinued or aband…

Sec. 13a-56. Relocation to straighten or remove dangerous location. The commissioner may relocate any section of any state highway for the purpose of straightening or removing any dangerous location thereon. (1949 Rev., S. 2231; 1953, S. 1198d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-111; 1961, P.A. 60…

Sec. 13a-57. Layout of state highway. The commissioner may lay out any road as a state highway either by using existing highways or by acquiring by purchase or condemnation new rights-of-way. The layout shall be made in the following manner: The commissioner shall develop a map o…

Sec. 13a-57a. Consultation with municipal officers in planning of highway within municipality. Whenever the Commissioner of Transportation is engaged in the planning of any limited access highway, interchange or connector to be located within the limits of any town, city or borou…