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TN Code § 54-5-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 2 - Municipal Streets|§ 54-5-203. Maintenance by Municipality — Reimbursement

 Where a municipality is organized for the care of its own streets, the construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance may be done by the municipality, which shall be reimbursed by the state; provided, that all expenditures shall be subject to the approval of the department.
TN Code § 54-5-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 2 - Municipal Streets|§ 54-5-204. Maintenance of Highway by State

 Where a municipality is not organized to care for its own streets and roads, the construction or maintenance shall be done by the state, either by contract or state forces.
TN Code § 54-5-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 2 - Municipal Streets|§ 54-5-205. Streets for Highways Designated by Department

 The department shall have sole jurisdiction over the selection of the streets through which traffic shall be routed.
TN Code § 54-5-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 2 - Municipal Streets|§ 54-5-206. Interstate Highways Routed Through Municipalities — Maintenance by Department

 The department is authorized to maintain the rights-of-way, pavement, and structures of streets over which interstate highway traffic is routed within municipalities and designated by the commissioner as part of the interstate and defense system of highways as defined by the Federal Highway Act of 1956; provided, that the department shall have no authority to maintain or operate lighting systems for or on the streets, but cities and municipalities may maintain and operate the systems in accordance with standards prescribed by the commissioner; and provided, further, that they shall be maintained and operated at the expense of the cities and municipalities.   Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9 § 3; Acts 1961, ch. 15, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-552; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
TN Code § 54-5-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 2 - Municipal Streets|§ 54-5-207. Authority of Commissioner Upon Failure of Municipality to Enter Into or Abide by Agreement Concerning Acquisition and Use of Lands for Streets

 In the event any municipality fails or refuses to enter into an agreement within thirty (30) days after the agreement has been submitted by the commissioner to the governing body of the municipal corporation, or fails or refuses to abide by or perform an agreement concerning the acquisition and use of lands for streets needed for the interstate and national defense highway system, and the commissioner decides that the highway and street program is being delayed, impaired, obstructed, or impeded in any manner, the commissioner is authorized and empowered to:   Lay out, locate and construct streets, controlled streets and access or connecting streets within the municipality to become a part of the interstate and national defense system of highways by designation of the commissioner;   Designate lands already dedicated to the use of the traveling public as a part of the interstate and national defense highway system; and    Acquire interests in lands occupied by publicly and privately owned utilities;   Require the adjustment or relocation of the utility facilities;   Enter into contracts relating to the utilities; and   Maintain actions or suits in the courts when necessary so as to lay out, locate or construct streets designated as portions of the interstate and national defense system of highways.  Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1961, ch. 230, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-553; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 2013, ch. 308, § 8.
TN Code § 54-5-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 2 - Municipal Streets|§ 54-5-208. Eminent Domain Within Municipalities

 In the event it becomes necessary for the commissioner to proceed under this section and §§ 54-5-207, 54-5-209 and 54-5-210, the state, acting through the commissioner, is authorized and empowered to exercise the power of eminent domain within municipalities for streets designated as part of the interstate and national defense system of highways.   Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1961, ch. 230, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-554; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
TN Code § 54-5-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 2 - Municipal Streets|§ 54-5-209. Acts of Municipality That Would Cause Loss of Federal Funds Prohibited

 No municipality has the authority to enact any ordinance or do any other act that will cause the state to lose federal aid funds for such streets.
TN Code § 54-5-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 2 - Municipal Streets|§ 54-5-210. Legal Status of Streets Unchanged

 Nothing in this section and §§ 54-5-207 — 54-5-209 shall be construed as otherwise changing the character or legal status of city streets in any way and the distinctions made in this code between streets and highways are continued in full force and effect.
TN Code § 54-5-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 2 - Municipal Streets|§ 54-5-211. Designation of Bicycle Routes

 The responsible authority in each municipality may designate and appropriately mark on appropriate municipal streets, or portions of municipal streets, routes for the use of bicycles.
TN Code § 54-5-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 3 - Entrances Onto Highways|§ 54-5-301. Regulations Governing Construction of Entrances — Penalty for Illegal Entrances

  In order to prevent the obstruction or restriction of the flow of water along, across or under any highway on the state highway system, the impounding of water upon or within the highway, the damaging in any way or manner of the highway, or the interference with or creation of any damage or hazard to public travel, the commissioner is authorized and directed to make reasonable and proper rules and regulations governing the construction of entrances into highways in the state on the state highway system.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the construction of an unauthorized entrance onto a highway in the state highway system is an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine only of five hundred dollars ($500). If the entrance violates any rule or regulation of the department, the owner of the entrance shall have thirty (30) days to comply with all applicable rules and regulations. The department may impose a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for failure to comply with all applicable rules and regulations within thirty (30) days. Each day an entrance is in violation of this subsection (b) after the thirty-day period shall be considered a separate offense. The owner of an unauthorized entrance shall be civilly liable for any injuries proximately caused by the entrance.
TN Code § 54-5-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 3 - Entrances Onto Highways|§ 54-5-302. Agreement Prior to Construction Mandatory

 No person, firm, corporation or municipality shall construct any entrance into a highway in the state highway system without first having agreed to construct the highway in accordance with rules and regulations of the commissioner.
TN Code § 54-5-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 4 - State Industrial Access Act|§ 54-5-401. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “State Industrial Access Act.”
TN Code § 54-5-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 4 - State Industrial Access Act|§ 54-5-402. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Department” means the department of transportation;   “Industrial highway” means any extension of, or connection with the highway system, including state and federal highways, rural roads, and municipal streets, constructed under this part;   “Industry” or “industrial” means facilities for the manufacture of goods or for the production or processing of commodities; ports or other distribution centers for the storage and shipment of goods; corporate or administrative headquarters of business firms; and any facility of a business which the department of economic and community development has determined to be eligible for a FastTrack industrial infrastructure and industrial site preparation grant or loan pursuant to §§ 4-3-715 — 4-3-717; and   “Municipality” means any county, incorporated city or town, or any public port authority or transportation authority in this state.
TN Code § 54-5-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 4 - State Industrial Access Act|§ 54-5-403. Industrial Highways Authorized

  To facilitate the development and expansion of industry and to provide access to industrial areas, the department is authorized to use any powers granted to it under current law and this part to develop and construct industrial highways when there is a finding made jointly by the department and the department of economic and community development that the industrial highways are an appropriate and cost-effective means to secure the development of an industrial site or park.   Municipalities are authorized to use any powers granted to them under current law and this part to participate in the construction and maintenance of the industrial highways.   Each municipality shall be responsible for the maintenance of any industrial highway within the area of its ownership or control.   Any industrial highway constructed under this part may be designated as a controlled-access highway under chapter 16 of this title.
TN Code § 54-5-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 4 - State Industrial Access Act|§ 54-5-404. State-Local Agreements

 The department is authorized to enter into agreements with municipalities regarding the acquisition of rights-of-way adequate for present and foreseeable needs and the proportion of preliminary engineering, design, and construction costs to be paid by the state and by the municipality.
TN Code § 54-5-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 4 - State Industrial Access Act|§ 54-5-405. Limitation on State

  The state shall not share in the cost of constructing any part of an industrial highway within an industrial site or park or privately owned tract of land, unless the part of the industrial highway is a link in a highway serving areas beyond the industrial site or park or privately owned tract of land, in which case the rights-of-way or easements shall be conveyed to the state or municipality, as in the case of other highways.   It is the intent of this part to provide access to industrial areas where other means are inadequate and not to contribute to the internal development of any site, part or tract of land.
TN Code § 54-5-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 4 - State Industrial Access Act|§ 54-5-406. Funds to Be Used

  In effectuating the purposes of this part, the department is authorized to use highway funds not specifically allotted by legislative action to other categories of highway construction and maintenance.   Notwithstanding § 54-5-405, cities and counties within this state may and are expressly authorized to use any funds available to them for the construction and maintenance of industrial highways, roads, and streets within their boundaries or within, or adjacent to, or in close proximity to any industrial sites or parks owned or partially owned by them, or lands owned or held by them for industrial use, when, in the opinion of a majority of the members of the governing body of any city or county within this state, they will facilitate industrial development and expansion.
TN Code § 54-5-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 5 - Local Interstate and Fully Controlled Access Highway Connector Act|§ 54-5-501. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Local Interstate and Fully Controlled Access Highway Connector Act.”
TN Code § 54-5-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 5 - Local Interstate and Fully Controlled Access Highway Connector Act|§ 54-5-502. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Department” means the department of transportation;   “Local agency” means any county or incorporated city or town in this state;   “Local interstate or fully controlled access highway connecting route” or “connector” means a roadway, or segment of a roadway, that will provide, or facilitate, appropriate ingress and egress, between an interstate highway or fully controlled access highway facility and a roadway that is of important benefit to a populous locality;   “Major thoroughfare system” means the system of arterial and collector streets serving an urban-like developed area; and   “Project” includes all of the phases of work required to produce a completed connector, including location, design, acquisition of rights-of-way, relocation of utility facilities, the cost of which is not the legal obligation of the owners thereof, and the construction or reconstruction of the connector.  Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1965, ch. 159, § 2; 1968, ch. 577, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., 54-570; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 1999, ch. 249, § 2.
TN Code § 54-5-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 5 - Local Interstate and Fully Controlled Access Highway Connector Act|§ 54-5-503. Interstate Connecting Routes Authorized

 In order for the citizens of the state to get the greatest possible use from the interstate highway system or fully controlled access highways, the department is authorized to use any powers granted under any general law to establish a system of connectors so located and spaced as to furnish adequate access to the interstate highway system or fully controlled access highways from the existing road and street networks along the interstate system or fully controlled access highways.   Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1965, ch. 159, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-571; Acts 1999, ch. 249, § 3.
TN Code § 54-5-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 5 - Local Interstate and Fully Controlled Access Highway Connector Act|§ 54-5-504. Length of Connectors

 The connectors shall be limited in length from their respective intersections with a segment of the interstate highway or fully controlled access highway to a connection with the first existing adequate facility or to a connection with the street system of the first population center on the route. In the case of an urban connection, the length shall be limited to an adequate connection with the major thoroughfare system.
TN Code § 54-5-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 5 - Local Interstate and Fully Controlled Access Highway Connector Act|§ 54-5-505. Existing Routes — Determination of Adequacy

 Tolerable standards for establishing adequacy of existing routes shall be those of the department used in highway planning, based on estimated traffic in 1975, and adequacy shall be determined by the department.   Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1965, ch. 159, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-573; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
TN Code § 54-5-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 5 - Local Interstate and Fully Controlled Access Highway Connector Act|§ 54-5-506. Administration and Specifications

 The department has the responsibility for administering each project and establishing the specifications that are appropriate for each contemplated connector.   Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1965, ch. 159, § 6; 1968, ch. 577, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-574; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
TN Code § 54-5-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 5 - Local Interstate and Fully Controlled Access Highway Connector Act|§ 54-5-508. Funds to Be Used

 In effectuating the purposes of this part, the department is authorized to use funds appropriated to the department for this purpose.   Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1965, ch. 159, § 8; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-576; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
TN Code § 54-5-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 6 - Signal Lights|§ 54-5-601. Maintenance of Signal Light on State Highway Without Commissioner's Approval — Misdemeanor

 Any person who installs or maintains a signal light on a state highway without having secured prior written approval of the commissioner commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1961, ch. 21, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-559; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 54-5-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 6 - Signal Lights|§ 54-5-602. Signal Light Declared Public Nuisance

 A signal light installed and maintained on a state highway without the authority of the commissioner is declared a public nuisance that may be abated by the employees of the department at the direction of the commissioner or, upon the commissioner's request, by any peace officer, or by civil actions or suits brought in the circuit or chancery courts as provided by the general law.   Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1961, ch. 21, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-560; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
TN Code § 54-5-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 6 - Signal Lights|§ 54-5-603. Inapplicable Within Boundaries of Municipal Corporation

 This part shall not apply within the boundaries of municipal corporations.
TN Code § 54-5-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 7 - Directional Signs|§ 54-5-703. Signs Not to Be Erected Along Highways Designated as Main Traveled Roads

 No person not of the department shall erect a sign of any character upon the right-of-way of any street, road, or highway, outside of incorporated municipalities, designated by the department as a main traveled road and included in the general highway plan of the state.
TN Code § 54-5-704 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 7 - Directional Signs|§ 54-5-704. Directional Signs on Interstate Highways Denoting Historic Sites

 The department is directed to expand its interstate highway marking program by erecting and maintaining signs denoting Tennessee-owned historic sites, the signs to indicate the exit providing the closest and most direct access to the facility.
TN Code § 54-5-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 7 - Directional Signs|§ 54-5-705. Historic Sites Eligible

 Tennessee-owned historic sites not currently marked are or will become eligible for interstate directional signs only if they are located within ten (10) miles of an interstate highway and if they are open to the public on a year-round basis.
TN Code § 54-5-706 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 7 - Directional Signs|§ 54-5-706. Erection and Placement of Directional Signs

 The department is directed to mark the appropriate exit to eligible facilities by erecting two (2) identifying signs of a size and color suitable for ready observation by the motorist on the interstate highway. The first of these signs shall be placed a proper distance before the exit and the second shall be placed at the exit and may be incorporated into the directional sign normally erected to indicate the city or connector route served by the exit. The signs shall be erected facing both directions of travel on the interstate route.
TN Code § 54-5-707 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 7 - Directional Signs|§ 54-5-707. Advice of Departments of Education, and Environment and Conservation, and Historical Commission

 The departments of education, and environment and conservation, and the Tennessee historical commission are directed to cooperate with and to assist the department of transportation by advising the department concerning those historic sites that are or shall become eligible for interstate directional signs.
TN Code § 54-5-708 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 7 - Directional Signs|§ 54-5-708. Directional Signs Denoting Certain Educational Institutions

 It may be the duty of the department to implement a directional signing program for all institutions of higher learning, state colleges of applied technology, and state-operated special schools throughout the state, as follows:   Institutions that are located within ten (10) miles of an interchange on the federal-aid interstate system of highways shall be signed on the interstate highway system; provided, that all state community colleges may be signed on the highway system if the colleges are within nineteen (19) miles of an interchange on the highway system. Each institution meeting this criterion shall be signed at only one (1) interchange and shall be signed at the closest location, except where more than two (2) destinations are required to be signed at the same interchange. When this condition occurs, the two (2) closest institutions to the interchange shall be signed, with the remaining institution or institutions being signed at the second closest interchange;   Institutions that are not signed on the federal-aid interstate system of highways shall be signed at the road entering the state highway system nearest the institution; and   All signing shall meet federal highway administration requirements regarding the number of lines of sign legend, sign location and spacing.
TN Code § 54-5-709 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 5 - State Highways|Part 7 - Directional Signs|§ 54-5-709. Directional Signs Denoting Wildlife Management Areas, Wildlife Refuges and State Lakes

  Notwithstanding any other law or rule and regulation to the contrary, the department of transportation is directed to implement a directional signing program on the state's state and federal highways denoting wildlife management areas, wildlife refuges and state lakes, established and operated pursuant to title 70.   The department shall promulgate necessary rules and regulations to accomplish the effect and intent of this section. The regulations shall provide for the department to charge fees to cover the cost of signing.