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.