Any owner of lands abutting any highway, street or road, his heirs or assigns may petition the state or any commission, department, bureau, agency or political subdivision thereof, who believes a section of any public road, street or highway is not [no] longer needed for public purposes, [and] may petition the state or any commission, department, bureau, agency or political subdivision thereof for a formal determination of abandonment or vacation. History: 1953 Comp., § 55-1-7, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 192, § 2.