Title 54, Highways, Bridges And Ferries

(a) Any county legislative body, a majority of the members assenting, may elect or appoint three (3) commissioners authorized to employ engineers and other necessary and expert service to survey, inspect, and classify all roads that have already been laid off or accepted by the c…

The commission shall make a full report of its acts and recommendations to the county legislative body quarterly, attaching to the report maps, charts, plans, and specifications, itemized and showing in detail the estimated costs of the proposed improvements.

When the report of the commission is submitted to the county legislative body, the county legislative body shall take a vote on the report, and, if a majority of the members vote for adopting the report of the commissioners, the vote shall be entered of record and the report spre…

The county legislative body of each county may designate and appropriately mark on appropriate county roads, or portions of county roads, routes for the use of bicycles.

(a) The possession of a municipal or county traffic control sign erected upon any municipal or county street, road or highway by any person who is not an employee of a municipal or county highway department, or who has not entered into a contract with a municipality or county for…

(a) The possession of a municipal or county street, road or highway sign erected upon any municipal or county street, road or highway by any person who is not an employee of a municipal or county highway department, or who has not entered into a contract with a municipality or co…

All applications to open, change, or close a road shall be made by written petition, signed by the applicant, to the commissioner of the district through which the road runs or is asked to be located, specifying in particular the changes or action asked; or, if the road extends i…

No road shall be opened, changed, or closed, without giving at least five-days' notice to all interested parties of the time the road or roads are to be opened, changed, or closed, and a surveyor or civil engineer may be employed, if necessary, to locate the interested parties. L…

If any owner of the land affected by the opening, changing, or closing of a public highway is a nonresident, then notice to the owner's agent or attorney, if the owner's agent or attorney resides in the county, shall be sufficient. If there is no such agent or attorney, then the …

(a) Where the opening, changing, or closing of a public highway only affects one (1) commissioner's district, the commissioner shall associate with two (2) other freeholders of the district with whom the commissioner has never consulted on the question involved, and who shall be …

The jury of view has the power of condemnation and to assess damages, which shall be paid out of the general funds raised for county purposes, upon the order of the commissioner on the county mayor, who shall issue a warrant if the county mayor approves the order.

(a) Any person aggrieved by the action of the jury of view may appeal to the court of general sessions, and from there to the circuit and appellate courts. (b) In case of an appeal, the jury of view shall forward all the papers in the case, with its action on the case, to the cou…

(a) All costs accruing in the suit shall be paid by the appellant, if the action of the jury of view is sustained by the court giving final decision, unless for good reason it should otherwise order. (b) Should the case be decided against the action of the jury of view, then all …

If the action of the jury of view be affirmed, the commissioner or commissioners shall then proceed as if no appeal had been taken; if otherwise, the order of the court shall be carried out.

All persons appealing from the decision of a jury of view to any court having jurisdiction of the matter shall execute a bond for the costs of the suit.

In case of an appeal, the district attorney general shall attend to the case for the county in the circuit court, and shall be paid the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for each case attended to, to accrue to the state, and the attorney general and reporter shall represent the county …

The jury of view each shall receive two dollars ($2.00) per day for services, which, with other costs and damages accruing on the opening, changing or closing of roads, shall be paid out of the general county funds, upon the order of the commissioner upon the county mayor, upon w…

When landowners and those controlling land touched by the highway proposed to be opened, changed or closed waive, in writing, any claim for damages sustained by the opening, changing or closing, then the commissioner or commissioners shall proceed, independently of a jury of view…

The commissioner may, without petition or application, proceed to open, change, close and construct any public highway that the commissioner deems necessary for the public interest.

(a) Where any two (2) road districts are involved in any question requiring a jury of view, the two (2) commissioners and one (1) freeholder shall constitute the jury. (b) Where three (3) or more districts are involved, then the commissioners of all the districts interested shall…

The court in which any suit or controversy for establishing a ferry or laying out a road is pending shall hear and determine it at the first term after it is docketed.

(a) Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, a county legislative body, by resolution adopted by a two-thirds (⅔) majority vote, may adopt this subsection (a) as an alternative procedure for the opening, changing, and closing of public roads in the county that are not maintaine…