Classification of Roads

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Highways, Bridges and Ferries
  4. Establishment of Public Roads
  5. General Provisions
  6. Classification of Roads

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  1. The county legislative bodies shall classify the public roads in the counties, but shall not divide them into more than four (4) classes of widths, as described in § 54-10-104, and shall specify in each class the width of roadbed between ditches and the distance between fences, which dimensions shall be within § 54-10-104, and which classification shall be entered of record in the office of the county clerk in a book to be kept for that purpose.
  2. Before the county legislative body may classify a road as provided in this section, the chief administrative officer of the county highway department shall submit a listing of all county roads to the county legislative body. The listing shall include a summary of all changes from the road listing submitted previously. The summary shall provide the road name, date the change was approved by the county legislative body and the reason for the change, including, but not limited to, opening, closing, reduction or extension in length, or correction of error. The chief administrative officer of the county highway department shall also include recommendations for classifying the roads.

Code 1858, § 1183; Acts 1891, ch. 1, § 11; integrated in Shan., § 1618; Code 1932, § 2728; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-903; Acts 1987, ch. 16, § 1; 1997, ch. 80, § 1; 2013, ch. 308, §§ 35, 36.

Amendments. The 2013 amendment deleted “at a January session” preceding “, but shall not divide” in (a); and substituted “previously” for “the previous year” at the end of the second sentence in (b).

Effective Dates. Acts 2013, ch. 308, § 46. July 1, 2013.

Cross-References. Width and character of highways in municipalities, §54-5-202.

Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 30.

Attorney General Opinions. County highway superintendent's duties, OAG 99-005 (1/25/99).

A county has no authority to assume control of a state road that lies within the boundaries of a state park or state forest and place it on its list of county roads under T.C.A. §54-10-103, or under any other provision of Title 54 of the Code; such roads are under the control of the state, OAG 00-100 (5/24/00).


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