Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73not60
§313 Width of Rights-of-way
Title 25 › Chapter 8— RIGHTS-OF-WAY THROUGH INDIAN LANDS › § 313
Summary
Road land must be no more than 50 feet each side of the center line, or 100 feet each side where heavy cuts and fills are needed; station grounds (depots, machine shops, sidetracks, turn-outs, and water stations) may be added up to 200 feet wide by 3,000 feet long, and only one such station is allowed in any continuous 10-mile stretch.
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Title 25, §313
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Such right of way shall not exceed fifty feet in width on each side of the center line of the road, except where there are heavy cuts and fills, when it shall not exceed one hundred feet in width on each side of the road, and may include grounds adjacent thereto for station buildings, depots, machine shops, sidetracks, turn-outs, and water stations, not to exceed two hundred feet in width by a length of three thousand feet, and not more than one station to be located within any one continuous length of ten miles of road.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 313
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60