Section 11-49-41
Vacation of street where bridge, tunnel, etc., to be constructed to be provided for.
No viaduct, bridge, or tunnel shall be constructed under this article unless said governing body shall have provided for a vacation of the street upon completion of said viaduct, bridge, or tunnel throughout that portion thereof over, along, or under which the said public improvement is proposed to be constructed. The fee of the street, nevertheless, shall remain in the city.
(Code 1907, §1297; Code 1923, §2071; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 37, §652.)