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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 4 - INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 54-5-401 — 54-5-406) › Section 54-5-401 - Short title

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "State Industrial Access Act."
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 546,s 1, eff. 3/17/2014.
Acts 1959, ch. 264, § 1; T.C.A., § 54-546.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 4 - INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 54-5-401 — 54-5-406) › Section 54-5-402 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Department" means the department of transportation;
(2)
"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;
(3)
"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
(4)
"Municipality" means any county, incorporated city or town, or any public port authority or transportation authority in this state.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 546,s 2, eff. 3/17/2014.
Acts 1959, ch. 264, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-547; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 4 - INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 54-5-401 — 54-5-406) › Section 54-5-403 - Industrial highways authorized

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
Each municipality shall be responsible for the maintenance of any industrial highway within the area of its ownership or control.
(d)
Any industrial highway constructed under this part may be designated as a controlled-access highway under chapter 16 of this title.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 546,s 3, eff. 3/17/2014.
Acts 1959, ch. 264, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-548; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 4 - INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 54-5-401 — 54-5-406) › Section 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.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 546, s 4, eff. 3/17/2014.
Acts 1959, ch. 264, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A, § 54-549.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 4 - INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 54-5-401 — 54-5-406) › Section 54-5-405 - Limitation on state

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 546,s 5, eff. 3/17/2014.
Acts 1959, ch. 264, § 5; T.C.A., § 54-550.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 4 - INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY ACT (§§ 54-5-401 — 54-5-406) › Section 54-5-406 - Funds to be used

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 546,s 6, eff. 3/17/2014.
Acts 1959, ch. 264, § 6; 1969, ch. 308, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-551; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 5 - LOCAL INTERSTATE AND FULLY CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY CONNECTOR ACT (§§ 54-5-501 — 54-5-508) › Section 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."
Acts 1965, ch. 159, § 1; T.C.A., § 54-569; Acts 1999, ch. 249, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 5 - LOCAL INTERSTATE AND FULLY CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY CONNECTOR ACT (§§ 54-5-501 — 54-5-508) › Section 54-5-502 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Department" means the department of transportation;
(2)
"Local agency" means any county or incorporated city or town in this state;
(3)
"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;
(4)
"Major thoroughfare system" means the system of arterial and collector streets serving an urban-like developed area; and
(5)
"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.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 5 - LOCAL INTERSTATE AND FULLY CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY CONNECTOR ACT (§§ 54-5-501 — 54-5-508) › Section 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.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 5 - LOCAL INTERSTATE AND FULLY CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY CONNECTOR ACT (§§ 54-5-501 — 54-5-508) › Section 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.
Acts 1965, ch. 159, § 4; T.C.A., § 54-572; Acts 1999, ch. 249, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 5 - LOCAL INTERSTATE AND FULLY CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY CONNECTOR ACT (§§ 54-5-501 — 54-5-508) › Section 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.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 5 - LOCAL INTERSTATE AND FULLY CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY CONNECTOR ACT (§§ 54-5-501 — 54-5-508) › Section 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.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 5 - LOCAL INTERSTATE AND FULLY CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY CONNECTOR ACT (§§ 54-5-501 — 54-5-508) › Section 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.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 6 - SIGNAL LIGHTS (§§ 54-5-601 — 54-5-603) › Section 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.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 6 - SIGNAL LIGHTS (§§ 54-5-601 — 54-5-603) › Section 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.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 6 - SIGNAL LIGHTS (§§ 54-5-601 — 54-5-603) › Section 54-5-603 - Inapplicable within boundaries of municipal corporation

This part shall not apply within the boundaries of municipal corporations.
Acts 1961, ch. 21, § 3; T.C.A., § 54-561.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 54-5-701 - Reserved

Repealed by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 472, s 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1953, ch. 31, § 1 (Williams, § 2799.1); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-536; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 54-5-702 - Reserved

Repealed by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 472, s 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1953, ch. 31, § 2 (Williams, § 2799.2); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-537.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 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.
Acts 1925, ch. 87, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 1673a1; mod. Code 1932, § 2800; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-538; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 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.
Acts 1974, ch. 560, § 1; T.C.A., § 54-580.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 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.
Acts 1974, ch. 560, § 2; T.C.A., § 54-581.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 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.
Acts 1974, ch. 560, § 3; T.C.A., § 54-582.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 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.
Acts 1974, ch. 560, § 4; T.C.A., § 54-583.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 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:
(1)
(A)
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;
(B)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any state community colleges that are within the service area of Roane State Community College, located in any county having a population of not less than forty thousand seven hundred (40,700) nor more than forty thousand eight hundred (40,800), according to the 2010 federal census, or any subsequent federal census, and located within five (5) miles of Interstate 75, must be signed pursuant to subdivision (1)(A) regardless of the number of students enrolled in the colleges;
(2)
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
(3)
All signing shall meet federal highway administration requirements regarding the number of lines of sign legend, sign location and spacing.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 438, s 1, eff. 5/13/2021.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 473, s 25, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1974, ch. 766, § 1; 1977, ch. 266, § 1; 1979, ch. 393, § 1; T.C.A., § 54-584.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 54-5-709 - Directional signs denoting wildlife management areas, wildlife refuges and state lakes

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
Acts 1997, ch. 24, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 7 - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (§§ 54-5-701 — 54-5-710) › Section 54-5-710 - Directional signs denoting certain airports

The department is directed to implement a directional signing program on the state's section of the national system of interstate and defense highways denoting airports located not more than ten (10) miles from the highway as follows:
(1)
All such airports providing service to five thousand (5,000) commercial passengers per day if the airport is located in a county having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census;
(2)
All such airports providing service to three thousand (3,000) commercial passengers per day if the airport is located in a county having a population of less than one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census; and
(3)
All such airports that are regional airports:
(A)
Having at least a six thousand foot (6,000') runway with at least two thousand three hundred feet (2,300') of approach lead in strobe lights;
(B)
Having at least fifty-eight (58) hangars;
(C)
Complying with all federal design/safety standards;
(D)
Having an instrument landing system with distance measuring equipment (ILS/DME);
(E)
Serving as the prime staging area for regional disaster preparedness and relief; and
(F)
Providing full-time trauma hospital flight access service.
Acts 2008 , ch. 1170, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-802 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Betterment" means any upgrading of the facility being relocated that is not attributable to the highway construction and is made solely for the benefit of, and at the election of, the utility;
(2)
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation;
(3)
"Cost of relocation" means the entire amount paid by or on behalf of the utility properly attributable to the relocation after deducting from that amount any betterment of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility. The cost of relocation may include, but is not limited to, engineering, removal, and installation costs, but shall not include inspection costs or the cost of any betterment to the utility's facilities;
(4)
"Department" means the department of transportation;
(5)
"Public highway" means any highway included on the state highway system or interstate system and any highway, road or street that is owned, maintained, or owned and maintained by a county or municipality, including the right-of-way for the highway, road or street;
(6)
"Relocation" means the adjustment of a utility facility as the commissioner determines is necessary or appropriate in connection with the construction or reconstruction of a public highway. Relocation includes:
(A)
Removing and reinstalling the utility facility, including necessary temporary facilities;
(B)
Moving, rearranging or changing the type of existing facilities;
(C)
Taking any necessary safety and protective measures; and
(D)
The construction of a replacement facility that is both functionally equivalent to, but not a betterment of, the existing facility and necessary for continuous operation of the utility service, the project economy or sequence of highway construction;
(7)
"Salvage value" means the amount received from the sale of utility property that has been removed or, if retained for reuse, the amount at which the recovered material is charged to the utility's accounts; and
(8)
"Utility" means a privately, publicly or cooperatively owned line, facility or system used, available for use or formerly used to transmit or distribute communications, electricity, gas, liquids, steam, sewerage, or other materials to the public.
Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 368, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-563; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 2003, ch. 86, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-803 - Relocation of utility facilities authorized - Obligations of utility - Agreements for relocation and cost

(a)
The commissioner may by order, after notice and hearing, provide for the relocation of utility facilities within a public highway, including, if required, the entire removal from the public highway of certain facilities except as necessary to serve abutting premises or as necessary to cross the highway, and may require any utility as defined in §
54-5-802
to make or suffer the specified relocation, upon a finding that the action provided for is necessitated by highway improvement determined by the commissioner as a matter of policy relating to the design, construction, location and maintenance of public highways. The commissioner shall direct and control the reasonable manner and time of effecting the relocation so as to promote the public interest in the highway improvement without undue cost or risk and without impairment of utility service, whether the commissioner undertakes the relocation on behalf of the state or requires the utility to perform the relocation. If undertaken by the commissioner, the commissioner may contract the relocation work.
(b)
The obligations of the utility, as defined in §
54-5-802
, shall be to make or suffer relocation required by the commissioner, and to relocate cooperatively and in the reasonable manner and time as prescribed by the commissioner, and to advance and pay all costs incurred in effecting relocation that the state is not authorized to pay under this part or otherwise by law. It shall not be grounds for delay in relocation that a dispute exists over the cost of relocation or the method of paying or sharing the cost.
(c)
The commissioner is authorized to enter into an agreement with a utility as defined in §
54-5-802
with respect to any relocation, the time and manner of its accomplishment and the payment and sharing of the cost incurred in effecting relocation, all upon reasonable terms and conditions that the commissioner approves as necessary or appropriate in the interest of a public highway program in this state. No notice, hearing or other proceeding under this part shall be required.
Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 368, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-564.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-805 - Hearing - Notice - Rules and regulations promulgated by commissioner - Appeals

(a)
All hearings held under this part shall be public and upon not less than a fifteen-day written notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing to each utility whose services or facilities may be affected, and to each municipality in which any part of the proposed highway improvement is to be located. Hearings may be held before the commissioner, or any representative designated by the commissioner, and at a place designated in the notice.
(b)
A record of the testimony shall be taken at the hearing and a transcript of the hearing furnished to anyone upon request and payment of the cost of the transcript.
(c)
The findings and orders shall be in writing and a copy of the findings and orders served upon the parties to the proceedings.
(d)
The commissioner may promulgate rules to govern proceedings under this part.
(e)
Any party aggrieved by any order may appeal to the chancery court of Davidson County within thirty (30) days of the entry of the order by filing a petition for review of the order. Upon receiving notice of the order, it shall be the duty of the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent to prepare and transmit a transcript of the record of the hearing, including all testimony, findings and orders, which shall be the record in the cause. If it is made to appear to the court that the order appealed from is unreasonable or unlawful, the order shall be vacated and annulled and the entire matter remanded to the commissioner for further proceeding consistent with the decision of the court; provided, that the appeal shall not operate as a stay of any order of the commissioner unless the court so orders.
(f)
Any party aggrieved by the order or decision of the chancery court may appeal from the order or decision to the supreme court in accordance with the rules for appeals in civil cases.
Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 368, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-566; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-806 - Applicability of this part

(a)
The policy, principles and reimbursement provisions of this part shall apply equally to all other utilities, whether public, private or cooperatively owned, that furnish utility service including, but not limited to, water, electric power, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, steam, fuel gas and telephone or telegraph service through a system of pipes, conduits, cables, or wires devoted to public utility service.
(b)
The policy, principles, and reimbursement provisions of this part shall apply to any and all highway projects that have not been completed on April 1, 1963, even though prior to April 1, 1963, the commissioner has required agreements with the affected utilities concerning the relocation work. The commissioner is authorized and directed to amend any and all existing agreements so as to conform to this part.
Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 368, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-567; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-807 - Nonapplicability of part

This part shall not apply to:
(1)
Any taking or damaging of property for which the utility is entitled to compensation pursuant to the constitution of this state or the United States or pursuant to any binding agreement inuring to the utility's benefit; and
(2)
Any relocation of utility facilities located outside the boundaries of public streets, roads or highways.
Acts 1963, ch. 368, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-568.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-851 - Purpose of Sections 54-5-852 - 54-5-856

The general assembly declares that it is the purpose of this section and §§
54-5-852
- 54-5-856 to regulate the removal, relocation, or adjustment of utility facilities occupying rights-of-way of highways when construction by the department makes removal, relocation, or adjustment necessary.
Acts 1988, ch. 517, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-852 - Definitions for Sections 54-5-851 - 54-5-856

As used in §
54-5-851
, this section and §§
54-5-853
- 54-5-856, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Approximate vertical and horizontal locations of underground utility facilities" means the depth below the existing ground line in accordance with the best information available to the owner, and the location on a strip of land at least four feet (4') wide but not wider than the width of the utility facility plus two feet (2') on either side of the utility facility;
(2)
"Calendar days" means all days shown on the calendar;
(3)
"Complete project plans" means the plans, including existing topography and proposed grades, that have been developed by the department for use in acquiring rights-of-way and/or negotiating with owners for installation, relocation or adjustment of utility facilities relative to construction. Additions or changes to the plans shall be given to the utilities as soon as they are available;
(4)
"Construction" means the work required to construct or reconstruct a highway in accordance with the plans and specifications;
(5)
"Department" means the Tennessee department of transportation;
(6)
"Highway" means a highway, road, or street that will be the subject of construction pursuant to a contract to be entered into between the department and a contractor;
(7)
"Owner" means the owner, operator, user or joint user of utility facilities; and
(8)
"Utility facility" means lines, pipes or other systems used, available for use, or formerly used to transmit or distribute communications, electricity, gas, liquids, steam, sewerage, or other materials.
Acts 1988, ch. 517, § 2; 1999, ch. 452, §§ 8, 9.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-853 - Notification of owners - Response - Failure to reply

(a)
Before beginning construction, the department shall identify and notify the owners of utility facilities that occupy or may occupy the rights-of-way of all highways described in the notice on which construction is proposed to be performed either by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by electronic transmission of a digital copy in the format, and subject to such restrictions on use, as the department may specify, addressed to the designated representative of the owners. The department shall make every reasonable effort to identify the current and correct mailing address for each such owner in order to give actual notice to the appropriate personnel responsible for planning the relocation or adjustment of utility facilities of each owner.
(b)
Within sixty (60) days following the receipt of notice from the department, the owner shall inform the department, in care of the person sending the notice at the address listed in the notice, whether or not it is the owner of the utility facilities and if so, the type of utility service, description and general location of each facility.
(c)
For each owner to whom a notice is sent and for whom no response is received by the department within sixty (60) days as to whether or not the owner has utility facilities at the highway location described in the notice, the department shall provide a second notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by electronic transmission of a digital copy.
(d)
Within ten (10) days following the receipt of the second notice from the department, any owner so notified shall inform the department, in care of the person sending the second notice at the address listed in the notice, whether or not it is the owner of the utility facilities and if so, the type of utility service, description and general location of each facility.
(e)
The failure of an owner to comply with this section shall create a presumption that it is not such an owner, and the department and its contractor may then undertake construction without liability to the owner for damages to the owner's utility facilities, and in addition, the owner shall be liable to the department's contractor for damages resulting from the failure.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 221, s 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 221, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Acts 1988, ch. 517, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-855 - Revised cost estimate - Reimbursement of engineering costs

(a)
In the event the department does not notify the owner by certified mail of the approved plan and schedule of calendar days and date for beginning installation, relocation or adjustment within six (6) months after their submission, then the owner shall be allowed to submit a revised cost estimate, when applicable, which shall be incorporated into the utility relocation contract.
(b)
In the event the department does not undertake the proposed project within one (1) year after the final approval of the utility relocation plan, the department shall reimburse the owner for all costs of engineering.
Acts 1988, ch. 517, § 5; 1999, ch. 452, § 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 8 - RELOCATION OF UTILITIES (§§ 54-5-801 — 54-5-856) › Section 54-5-856 - Liaison between owner and contractor

The department's resident engineer shall act as liaison between the owner and the department's contractor on any project to which §§
54-5-851
- 54-5-855 and this section are applicable.
Acts 1988, ch. 517, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 10 - MEMORIAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-1001 — 54-5-1003) › Section 54-5-1001 - Blue Star Memorial Highways designated

(a)
Those portions of interstate and defense highways I-24, I-75, and I-81 within Tennessee and that portion of State Highway 40 (United States Highway 64) from Chattanooga to the Tennessee-North Carolina state line are designated Blue Star Memorial Highways.
(b)
That portion of State Highway 57 (United States Highway 72 - Poplar Avenue) lying within Shelby County is also designated as a Blue Star Memorial Highway, and in addition to any signs erected in accordance with §
54-5-1002
, the department shall consult with organizations and institutions located on the highway, including veterans' hospitals, concerning appropriate signs along the highway.
(c)
That portion of United States Highway 45 West from the Madison-Gibson County line to the Gibson-Obion County line is also designated as a Blue Star Memorial Highway, and in addition to any signs erected in accordance with §
54-5-1002
, the department shall consult with organizations and institutions located on the highway, including veterans' hospitals, concerning appropriate signs along the highway.
(d)
That portion of United States Highway 25 West lying within Cove Lake State Park in Campbell County is also designated as a Blue Star Memorial Highway.
(e)
That segment of United States Highway 641 within Henry County, from the Tennessee-Kentucky state boundary to the Henry County-Benton County boundary, is also designated as a Blue Star Memorial Highway.
(f)
That segment of State Route 14 within Shelby County, from the Tipton County-Shelby County boundary to that route's intersection with Interstate 240, is also designated as a Blue Star Memorial Highway.
Acts 1981, ch. 71, § 1; 1989, ch. 33, § 1; 1990, ch. 952, § 1; 1991, ch. 95, § 1; 1995, ch. 34, § 1; 1997, ch. 3, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 10 - MEMORIAL HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-1001 — 54-5-1003) › Section 54-5-1002 - Signing and marking of Blue Star Memorial Highways

The department is authorized to cooperate with concerned public and private groups to develop and implement a program for signing and marking the highways designated in §
54-5-1001
.
Acts 1981, ch. 71, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 11 - SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGNS (§§ 54-5-1101 — 54-5-1111) › Section 54-5-1101 - System authorized - Guidelines - State Route 840

(a)
There is authorized to be established a system of specific service signs within the rights-of-way of highways on the interstate system and on adjoining public roads in the vicinity of the highways for the purpose of advising the traveling public of specific business establishments within certain eligible categories. Multi-lane, fully controlled-access roads are permitted to participate in the specific service sign system in accordance with the guidelines established for the program, and the commissioner of transportation is directed to add the roads to the system. If space is available, a specific business establishment shall not be excluded from participating in the specific service sign program because the establishment does not serve breakfast. The establishment may occupy any available space on a specific service sign if doing so would not exclude a business establishment that does serve breakfast.
(b)
The specific service signs shall be within the guidelines prescribed by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(c)
As portions of State Route 840 are opened, these portions shall be included in the specific service sign program provided for in this part; provided, that eligibility of interchanges and businesses for participation in this program shall be determined in accordance with regulations that the commissioner has promulgated pursuant to this part.
(d)
(1)
Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, the commissioner of transportation is authorized, subject to the approval of the federal highway administration, to erect specific service signs at Exit 1 (United States Highway 41) on Interstate Highway 75 in Hamilton County; provided, however, that, due to safety considerations, no more than one (1) sign panel may be erected on either approach to the exit and the categories of specific service signs available shall be limited to food and lodging.
(2)
Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, the commissioner of transportation is authorized to erect specific service signs at Exit 1 (United States Highway 41) on Interstate 24 and 75 in Hamilton County to provide one (1) sign panel for the categories of gas and camping.
Acts 1988, ch. 696, § 2; 1991, ch. 282, § 1; 1995, ch. 350, § 1; 1996, ch. 653, § 1; 1999, ch. 359, § 1; 2003, ch. 65, § 1; 2004, ch. 495, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 11 - SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGNS (§§ 54-5-1101 — 54-5-1111) › Section 54-5-1102 - Powers of department - Construction contracts

(a)
The department has the authority to provide for the construction and administration of specific service signs.
(b)
The department may enter into contracts for construction of specific service signs, the contracts to be subject to §§
54-5-113
- 54-5-127.
Acts 1988, ch. 696, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 11 - SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGNS (§§ 54-5-1101 — 54-5-1111) › Section 54-5-1103 - Administrative service contracts - Bidding lease payments

(a)
(1)
Except as provided in this section, the department shall enter into contracts for the administration of specific service signs. The department may, however, carry out the administration of specific service signs to provide continuity of the program in the case of default of an administrative contractor, or in the interim period between administrative contracts, and to fulfill statutory or regulatory changes made to the program during an existing administrative contract where the administrative contractor is unwilling to provide for statutory or regulatory additions to the program under the terms of the existing contract, and other terms that the department deems appropriate.
(2)
Contracts for administrative services include the marketing, management, and maintenance of specific service signs. Any administrative services contract awarded must include provisions requiring an appropriate corporate surety performance bond, security or cash.
(b)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the commissioner from determining whether provision of administrative services for the entire state should be the basis for bids, or whether the provision of the services for segments of the state should be the basis for bids.
(c)
Notwithstanding §
12-3-102(a)(8)
, any contract to perform administrative services shall be awarded to the contractor whose proposal offers the best value for the state rather than the least cost to the retail user of the signs. In determining the best value for the state, the department may consider:
(1)
The quality of service offered;
(2)
The contractor's overall qualifications to partner with the department. This includes determining fair market value of advertising space and establishing a fee structure that provides a combination of revenue to the department and fair pricing to the advertisers;
(3)
The contractor's financial resources and ability to perform;
(4)
The percentage of revenue sharing provided to the department by the contractor; and
(5)
Any other factor the department considers relevant.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 471,Secs.s1, s5 eff. 5/20/2013.
Acts 1988, ch. 696, §§ 4, 6; 1991, ch. 282, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 11 - SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGNS (§§ 54-5-1101 — 54-5-1111) › Section 54-5-1104 - Display of additional sign panels of same specific service type

(a)
This section only applies to businesses that have participated in the specific service sign program for ten (10) years or more.
(b)
Where more than six (6) businesses of a specific service type are eligible for sign panels at the same interchange or intersection approach, the department may display additional sign panels of that same specific service type in accordance with Section 2J.04 and other applicable guidelines in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The additional sign panels may be displayed by placing more than one (1) specific service type on the same sign.
(c)
If the department places more than one (1) specific service type on the same sign pursuant to subsection (b), then the department shall not display more than three (3) types of services on the sign. If three (3) types of services are displayed on a single sign, then the sign panels must be limited to two (2) for each service type. If the department displays two (2) types of services on a single sign, then the sign panels must be limited to either three (3) for each service type, or four (4) for one (1) service type and two (2) for the other service type.
Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 584,s 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 11 - SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGNS (§§ 54-5-1101 — 54-5-1111) › Section 54-5-1105 - Award of contracts to Tennessee based enterprises

Notwithstanding any law or this part to the contrary, all contracts entered into by the state pursuant to this part shall be awarded to Tennessee-based business enterprises.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 308, s 27, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1988, ch. 696, §§ 12, 15.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 54 - HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES (§§ 54-1-101 — 54-22-105) › Chapter 5 - STATE HIGHWAYS (§§ 54-5-101 — 54-5-1402) › Part 11 - SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGNS (§§ 54-5-1101 — 54-5-1111) › Section 54-5-1106 - Nonconforming billboards

No lease payments, royalty payments, or funds of any type received by the state pursuant to this part shall be used for the purchase of nonconforming billboards or used as payment for the taking or removal of nonconforming billboards.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 471,s 3, eff. 5/20/2013.
Acts 1988, ch. 696, § 13.