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SC Code § 57-5-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-820. Consent of municipality to work on state highways; exception; definitions.

 As used in this section and Section 57-5-830:  "Structurally deficient" means not adequate to handle the vehicle weights authorized on roads leading to them.  "Functionally obsolete" means narrow clearances or sharp roadway approach angles that make passage difficult or hazardous, or with too few lanes for existing traffic needs.  All work to be performed by the Department on state highways within a municipality must be with the consent and approval of the proper municipal authorities, except that work performed or to be performed on a bridge and its approaches, certified by the Department as functionally obsolete or structurally deficient, to remove, replace, or improve such bridge and its approaches shall not require prior consent and approval of a municipal authority if the bridge crosses the intracoastal waterway.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-172; 1952 Code Section 33-172; 1951 (47) 457; 1983 Act No. 39 Section 1.
SC Code § 57-5-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-830. Assent of municipality to plans; exception.

 In every case of a proposed permanent improvement, construction, reconstruction, or alteration by the Department of any highway or highway facility within a municipality, the municipality may review and approve the plans before the work is started; except that a municipality may not have the right to review and approve plans to remove, replace, or improve a bridge and its approaches within its limits where such bridge and its approaches have been certified by the Department to be functionally obsolete or structurally deficient and if the bridge crosses the intracoastal waterway.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-173; 1952 Code Section 33-173; 1951 (47) 457; 1969 (56) 154; 1983 Act No. 39 Section 2.
SC Code § 57-5-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-840. Alterations of state highways by municipalities.

 A municipality may not alter any state highway facility without the prior approval of the department, and any use or restriction made by a municipality of a highway or highway right of way for municipal utilities, parking, or other purposes is subject to prior approval of the department by encroachment permit.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-175; 1952 Code Section 33-175; 1951 (47) 457; 2021 Act No. 89 (S.40), Section 1, eff May 24, 2021.  Effect of Amendment  2021 Act No. 89, Section 1, rewrote the section.
SC Code § 57-5-845 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-845. Parking facilities in beach communities.

 (A) Parking facilities on state highway facilities located in beach communities that are eligible for beach renourishment funds:  (1) must include free public beach parking;  (2) may include paid public beach parking; and  (3) only may be restricted by the department if the department determines that the restrictions are necessary under the circumstances.  (B) Any municipality electing to charge for public beach parking may use the parking revenues for the operation, maintenance, preservation, or funding of:  (1) public beach parking facilities;  (2) beach access, maintenance, and renourishment;  (3) traffic and parking enforcement;  (4) first responders;  (5) sanitation; and  (6) litter control and removal for beaches.  HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 89 (S.40), Section 2, eff May 24, 2021.
SC Code § 57-5-850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-850. Source of funds for system.

 The State highway system shall be built, constructed and maintained from any moneys derived from the automobile license tax, gasoline tax and other special imposts upon highway users, Federal aid and other grants-in-aid and such other moneys as may from time to time be made available.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-176; 1952 Code Section 33-176; 1951 (47) 457.
SC Code § 57-5-860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-860. Construction of facilities for access to public landings; liability to users.

 The Department, in its discretion, may enter into and carry out agreements with the governing body of any county providing that the Department may construct ways, spurs or ramps on any of its rights of way providing access from any State highway to any public landing on any waters whenever such landing has been or shall be constructed and maintained by any county. The costs of any such ways, spurs or ramps shall be borne by the maintenance fund allocated to any such county by the Department. Any persons using the ways, ramps, spurs, landings or facilities shall do so at their own risk, the immunity of the State, the Department and any county involved being expressly retained. The provisions of the Tort Claims Act and any laws waiving such immunity are declared inapplicable hereto.  The Department, in its discretion, may enter into and carry out agreements with the governing body of any county providing that the Department may construct ways, spurs or ramps on any of its rights of way providing access from any State highway to any public landing on any waters whenever such landing has been or shall be constructed and maintained by any county. The costs of any such ways, spurs or ramps shall be borne by the maintenance fund allocated to any such county by the Department. Any persons using the ways, ramps, spurs, landings or facilities shall do so at their own risk, the immunity of the State, the Department and any county involved being expressly retained. The provisions of the Tort Claims Act and any laws waiving such immunity are declared inapplicable hereto.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-177; 1959 (51) 396.
SC Code § 57-5-870 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-870. Construction of access roads and recreation facilities under agreements with Department of Natural Resources.

 The Department of Transportation and the Department of Natural Resources are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements for the construction of access roads and recreation facilities in any county in the State.  The agreements may provide for the Department of Transportation to prepare the necessary plans; provide construction engineering and inspection; and award the necessary construction contracts, subject to the written approval of the Department of Natural Resources. All such contracts shall provide for payments for work performed to be made by the Department of Natural Resources from its funds. Upon completion of the construction work, the Department of Transportation shall reimburse the Department of Natural Resources out of farm-to-market construction funds apportioned to the county in which the work is performed not exceeding the actual cost of constructing any such secondary roads or one half the total cost of the project provided for in the cooperative agreement, whichever is less. The Department of Transportation shall pay from its farm-to-market construction funds apportioned to such county the cost of engineering and inspection. The roads shall become a part of the state highway secondary system upon their completion.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-178; 1964 (53) 2150; 1972 (57) 2431; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1514.
SC Code § 57-5-1010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1010. Definitions.

 When used in this article:  (1) "Controlled-access facility" means a State highway or section of State highway especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which highway owners or occupants of abutting property or others shall have only a controlled right or easement of access;  (2) "Frontage road" means a highway, road or street which is auxiliary to and located on the side of another highway, road or street for service to abutting property and adjacent areas and for the control of access to such other highway, road or street; and  (3) "Department" means the Department of Transportation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-211; 1956 (49) 1594; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1515.
SC Code § 57-5-1020 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1020. Establishment and maintenance of controlled-access facilities.

 The Department may designate, establish, abandon, improve, construct, maintain and regulate controlled-access facilities as a part of the State highway primary system, national system of interstate highways and Federal-aid primary system whenever the Department determines that traffic conditions, present or future, justify such controlled-access facilities.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-212; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1030 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1030. Designation and establishment of new or existing highways as controlled-access facilities.

 The Department may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities, or an existing highway may be designated as a controlled-access facility, or included in a new controlled-access facility.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-213; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1040 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1040. Regulation of access to controlled-access facilities.

 The Department may so design any controlled-access facility and so regulate or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from or across controlled-access facilities to or from abutting property or lands, except at such designated places at which access may be permitted, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time by the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-214; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1050 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1050. Elimination of intersections.

 The Department may provide for the elimination of intersections at grades with existing State or county roads and city or town streets or other public ways, if the public interest shall be served thereby, or may provide for the elimination of intersections at grade by closing off intersecting roads or streets at the right of way boundary line of such controlled-access facilities. No city or town street or other public way shall be opened into or connected with such controlled-access facility without the consent of the Department, and the respective city, town, county or other political subdivision authorities may close local roads and streets in connection with the establishment of controlled-access facilities and make all necessary agreements with the Department to fully perform and fulfill the purposes of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-215; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1060 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1060. Establishment and maintenance of frontage roads.

 The Department, in order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this article, may designate, establish, improve, construct, abandon, maintain and regulate frontage roads and exercise the same jurisdiction thereover as is authorized over controlled-access facilities under this article. Such frontage roads shall be separated from controlled-access facilities as may be deemed proper and necessary by the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-216; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1070 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1070. Acquisition of property for controlled-access facilities; rights of abutting owners.

 The Department may acquire such lands and property, including rights of access, as may be needed for controlled-access facilities, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, in the same manner as now or hereafter authorized by law for acquiring property or property rights in connection with other State highways. Along new highway locations abutting property owners shall not be entitled, as a matter of right, to access to such new locations, and any denial of such rights of access shall not be deemed as grounds for special damages.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-217; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1080 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1080. Permit required to open private driveway or side-road entrance or exit to primary highway.

 On all highways or sections of highways in the State highway primary system not designated as controlled-access facilities, it shall be unlawful for any person to open up, construct or reconstruct any private driveway or side-road entrance or exit thereto which is intended for use by any vehicles in entering or leaving such highway unless a permit for such driveway or side-road entrance or exit shall have been obtained from the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-218; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1090 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1090. Issuance or denial of permits; conditions; providing access or frontage roads.

 The Department may issue permits for driveways and side-road entrances or exits as referred to in Section 57-5-1080, and include in such permits such requirements and restrictions for design and location of the driveways and side-road entrances or exits as may be deemed necessary by the Department to avoid creating a hazard to the traveling public. Such requirements and restrictions may limit the width of such driveways and side-road entrances and exits and restrict their location. The Department may deny any request for any permit for any driveway, side-road entrance or exit which in the judgment of the Department may create a hazard to the traveling public. Reasonable frontage roads or other access roads shall be provided to serve any property for which a permit for a direct entrance thereto or exit therefrom has been denied, and the Department may construct such frontage roads as may be deemed necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-219; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1100. Changing or closing existing private driveways or side-road entrances or exits; providing other access to highway.

 Any such existing driveway or side-road entrance or exit constructed prior to February 16, 1956, and adjudged by the Department to be unsafe for the traveling public may be changed by the Department so as to eliminate any unsafe features or closed or displaced by substitution therefor of another driveway or side-road entrance or exit at such place or of such design as may be deemed safe, but no such existing side road or driveway may be closed unless other reasonable access to the highway is provided by a frontage road or otherwise.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-219.1; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1110. Closing illegal private driveways or side-road entrances or exits.

 The Department may barricade, displace or otherwise close any side-road or driveway entrance or exit constructed or maintained in violation of Sections 57-5-1080 to 57-5-1100 or of any of the provisions of any permit for the construction of such side-road or driveway entrance or exit.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-219.2; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1120. Judicial review of Department's decisions involving private driveways or side-road entrances or exits.

 Any abutting property owner or lessee may file an application within thirty days from a decision of the department in the administration of Sections 57-5-1080 to 57-5-1110 for a hearing in the matter before a circuit judge at chambers or in open court in the judicial circuit in which the property is located, and such court or judge is hereby vested with jurisdiction to set the matter for a hearing upon ten days' written notice to the department of such hearing and thereupon to determine whether the action of the department is in accordance with the provisions of law. The decision of the circuit judge may be appealed in the manner provided by the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules.  Provided, however, that the above procedure shall be an alternative method of relief and shall not abrogate or deny any property owners' rights as to relief under any existing law relating to the condemnation of property.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-219.3; 1956 (49) 1594; 1999 Act No. 55, Section 49.
SC Code § 57-5-1130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1130. Penalties.

 Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-219.4; 1956 (49) 1594.
SC Code § 57-5-1140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1140. Installation of residential rights-of-way entrances and aprons to state highways.

 The department shall construct at its expense with its maintenance forces the portion within the right-of-way of entrances and aprons to state highways at any point necessary to render adequate ingress and egress to the abutting property at locations where the driveways will not constitute hazardous conditions. The driveways must be of access to existing developed property or property that is being developed for the personal use of the owner and not for speculative or resale purposes. An entrance ten feet wide (paved portion) measured at right angles to the centerline of the driveway is the maximum width for one-way traffic. An entrance sixteen feet wide (paved portion) is the maximum width for two-way traffic. If pipe culvert is necessary for drainage, the department shall install the amount necessary for twelve inch, fifteen inch, eighteen inch, twenty-four inch, or thirty inch pipe. Should the driveway installation require pipe larger than thirty inches, the department may install the pipe and charge the homeowner for the difference in cost between thirty inch pipe and larger diameter pipe required. Driveways requiring drainage structures other than pipe must be brought to the attention of the State Maintenance Engineer. The entrances to be constructed as outlined in this section shall include base and surfacing as necessary to provide an all weather driveway entrance. If wider entrances or additional entrances are requested and approved, the construction may be performed by the department at the owner's expense.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 501, Part II Section 48A.
SC Code § 57-5-1310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1310. Statement of purpose and intent.

 This article is intended to provide an additional and an alternative method for the provision of and financing of highways and appurtenant facilities to the end that such highways may be undertaken in such manner as may best be calculated to expedite relief of hazardous and congested traffic conditions on the highways in the State and provide acceptable avenues for commerce and intercommunications by vehicular traffic among the several sections of the State. In effecting this enactment, the General Assembly intends that the indebtedness herein authorized fall within the category permitted by paragraph 9 of Section 13 of Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220.2; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449.
SC Code § 57-5-1320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1320. Definitions.

 Unless the context indicates another meaning or intent:  (1) "Department" means the Department of Transportation;  (2) "Turnpike facility" means any express highway or limited access highway constructed under the provisions of this article by the department, whether or not financed with turnpike bonds, including any bridge, tunnel, overpass, underpass, interchange, entrance plaza, approach, toll house, service station and administration and storage and other buildings and facilities which the department considers necessary or desirable. A turnpike facility constitutes a portion or extension of any existing or proposed highway in the state highway system;  (3) "Bonds or turnpike bonds" means revenue bonds of the State authorized under the provisions of this article and Paragraph (9), Section 13, Article X of the South Carolina Constitution;  (4) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority;  (5) "Turnpike facility revenues" means all revenues resulting from tolls or other charges derived from the operation of a turnpike facility, including revenues derived from concession leases or other concessionaire operated facilities;  (6) "Bond resolution" means the resolution of the state board making provision for the issuance of turnpike revenue bonds;  (7) "General obligation bonds" means state highway bonds issued pursuant to Paragraph (6)(a), Section 13, Article X of the South Carolina Constitution.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-220; 1972 (57) 3013; 1980 Act No. 449; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 84A; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1516; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 92C.
SC Code § 57-5-1335 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highway System|Section 57-5-1335. Department to make feasibility study prior to bridge construction qualifying as turnpike facility.

 The Department of Transportation, before constructing a bridge or replacing an existing bridge which qualifies as a turnpike facility as defined in Section 57-5-1320, shall conduct the feasibility study required by Section 57-5-1330 and shall forward copies of the study to the Chairman of the Transportation and Finance Committees of the Senate and the Education and Public Works and Ways and Means Committees of the House of Representatives within fifteen days of the completion of the study.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 177 Section 18; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1546.