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Mississippi Statutes, Title 65

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Title 65, Highways, Bridges and Ferries

26 chapters · 1,181 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 651,181 Ch 3, State Highway System499 Ch 1, Transportation Department140 Ch 7, Public Roads and Streets; Private Way72 Ch 19, Separate Road Districts45 Ch 23, Bridges; Boundary and Other Waters42 Ch 25, Mississippi River Bridges41 Ch 33, Sea Walls36 Ch 11, County Highway Aid31 Ch 43, Toll Roads and Toll Bridges31 Ch 13, Highway and Street Revenue Bond Auth…28 Ch 4, Economic Development Highway Act23 Ch 41, Mississippi Scenic Byways21 Ch 39, Gaming Counties Bond Sinking Fund20 Ch 9, State Aid Roads in Counties19

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 65✕Ch 5✕

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-1 Declaration of policy
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The legislature hereby finds, determines, and declares that this chapter is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, and for the promotion of the general welfare.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-11 Preference of condemnation cases
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Court proceedings necessary to acquire property or property rights for purposes of this chapter shall take precedence over all other causes not involving the public interest in all courts, to the end that the provisions of controlled-access facilities may be expedited.
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-13 Grade-crossing eliminations
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The highway authority of the state, county, city, town, or village may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a controlled-access facility. The state or an…
Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-15 Authority of local units to consent
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The highway authorities of the state, city, county, town, or village are authorized to enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of controlled-ac…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-17 Local service roads

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In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility, the state, county, city, town, or village highway authorities are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or to designate as…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-19 Penalties for unlawful use

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It is unlawful for any person (1) to drive a vehicle over, upon, or across any curb, central dividing section, or other separation or dividing line on controlled-access facilities; (2) to make a left turn or a semicircular or U-turn except through an opening provided for that pur…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-21 Automotive service stations prohibited within right of way

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No automotive service station or other commercial enterprise for serving motor vehicle users 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 facility or a control…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-23 Legislative intent

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It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter provide additional and supplemental means of designating, establishing, altering, improving, and maintaining controlled-access facilities, and it is not intended to repeal nor in any way change any other provision of statute a…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-3 Definitions

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(a) For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases as used herein, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:(a) “Controlled-access facility”–A highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and …

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-5 Authority to establish

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The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, and villages, acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, are hereby a…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-7 Design

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The highway authorities of the state, county, city, town, and village are authorized to so design any controlled-access facility and to so regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. In this connection such highway auth…

Miss. Code Ann. § 65-5-9 Acquisition of property and property rights

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For the purposes of this chapter, the highway authorities of the state, county, city, town, or village may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise,…