§ 27-68-101. Intent
The General Assembly of the State of Arkansas finds, determines, and declares that this chapter is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety and for the promotion of the general welfare.
§ 27-68-102. Definition
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “controlled-access facility” means a highway or street especially designed for through traffic over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement, or only a controlled right of easement of access, light, air, or view, by […]
§ 27-68-103. Penalties
(a) It is unlawful for any person: (1) To drive a vehicle over, upon, or across any curb, central dividing section, or other separation or dividing line on controlled-access facilities; (2) To make a left turn or a semicircular or U-turn except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb section, separation, […]
§ 27-68-104. Powers of highway authorities generally
Acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, the highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, and villages are authorized to: (1) Plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain, and […]
§ 27-68-105. Design and regulation of access
(a) The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, and villages are authorized to so design any controlled-access facility and to so regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. (b) In this connection, highway authorities are authorized to divide and separate the controlled-access facilities […]
§ 27-68-106. Designation and establishment of facilities
(a) The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, or villages may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a controlled-access facility. (b) The state or any of its subdivisions shall have authority to provide for the elimination […]
§ 27-68-107. Regulation of use
The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, villages, and towns may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the use of controlled-access facilities by the various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with § 27-68-102.
§ 27-68-108. Acquisition of property
(a) The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, towns, or villages may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light. The property and property rights may be acquired by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as the […]
§ 27-68-109. Agreements with other highway authorities and federal government
The highway authorities of the state, cities, counties, towns, or villages are authorized to enter into agreements with each other or with the federal government respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in their respective jurisdictions, to facilitate the purposes of this chapter.
§ 27-68-110. Jurisdiction over service roads
(a) In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility, the state, county, city, town, or village highway authorities are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or to designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street and to exercise jurisdiction […]
§ 27-68-111. Service stations and commercial establishments prohibited
No automotive service station or other commercial establishment for serving motor vehicle users shall be constructed or located within the right-of-way of or on publicly owned or publicly leased land acquired or used for or in connection with a controlled-access highway facility.