Title 24 — Highways, Bridges, and Ferries

Electric transmission, telephone or telegraph lines, pole lines, railways, ditches, sewers, water, heat, or pipelines, gas mains, flumes, or other structures outside of the limits of any municipality which under the laws of this state, may be constructed, placed, or maintained ac…

The director may grant to any person, who is a resident of this state, or to any corporation organized under the law of this state, or licensed to do business within this state, the right of way for the erection of a telephone line or electric line over or upon any state highway …

1. Whenever the director determines and orders that any utility facility which now is, or hereafter may be, located in, over, along, or under the national system of interstate and defense highways, or urban extension thereof, qualifying for federal aid should be changed, removed,…

The legislative assembly assents that highway relocation assistance payments, as provided in the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 [Pub. L. 91-646; 84 Stat. 1894; 42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.], and such changes or amendments thereo…

1. Whenever a political subdivision determines and orders that any utility facility that is or may be located in, over, along, or under a road right of way under its authority, qualifying for federal aid, should be changed, removed, or relocated to accommodate the construction of…

No person, firm, or association may construct any electrical supply or communication line, gas, oil, or water, or other pipeline parallel to and within one hundred feet [30.48 meters] of the centerline of any state highway right of way or within seventy-five feet [22.86 meters] o…

Any utility or transmission line hereinafter constructed contrary to the provisions of section 24-01-42 must be removed at the expense of the utility, when such removal is required for purposes of highway expansion.

Whenever highway improvements require the relocation of utility facilities, and it is deemed to be in the best interest of the state, the director or the board of county commissioners may acquire such right of way as may be required for such relocation, in the manner they are aut…

No automotive service station or other commercial establishment for serving motor vehicle users may 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 controlled-access facility.

Any political subdivision, department, or agency of the state, holding an interest of record in any part of the right of way for any highway on the state highway system, shall upon application of the director, cause such interest to be conveyed to the state of North Dakota for th…

It is the intent of the legislative assembly that the director have sufficiently broad authority to provide, within means available, and with cooperation from political subdivisions, for an integrated highway system, including reasonable access from the interstate highways to the…

Whenever the construction of an interstate, controlled-access highway, results in the removal from the state highway system, a highway which passes through or approaches within one mile [1.61 kilometers] of any incorporated municipality, the director may if conditions warrant, ex…

The department, in consultation with the game and fish department, shall negotiate with the United States fish and wildlife service and any other appropriate federal agency for the purposes of substituting the no-mow acres contained in the rights of way of United States highway 2…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person owning land adjacent to an area within the right of way of a highway which is designated as a no-mow or managed-mow area may hay the no-mow or managed-mow area after July fifteenth without any payment or penalty.

The director of the department of transportation shall include, as part of the department's project development process, a four-lane alternate when it develops the environmental document for the next major reconstruction project for United States highway 52 from reference point 5…

Notwithstanding any previous designation, the department shall designate United States highway 85 from the South Dakota border to the junction of United States highway 2 and United States highway 2 from the Montana border to the junction of United States highway 85 as the Theodor…

The department shall designate United States highway 12 from the South Dakota border to the Montana border as the Yellowstone trail and at a minimum shall place signs along the highway designating that name and may use appropriate signs donated to the department.

The department shall designate state highway 22 from the South Dakota border to the junction of state highway 22 and state highway 23 as the veterans memorial highway and shall place signs along the highway designating that name. The department may accept any appropriate signs or…

The department shall designate the bridge on state highway 18 between island place and park street east in Cavalier as the veterans memorial bridge and shall place signs along the highway designating that name. The department may accept any appropriate signs or funds donated to t…