§ 54-16-110. Interstate Route 440 Designated Parkway
Interstate Route 440 in Davidson County is designated as a parkway.
§ 54-16-111. Rest Area Mileage Information Signs
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of transportation is directed to include as a part of all signage at interstate rest areas in the state information that indicates the mileage to the next closest interstate rest area as a means of assistance to the tourists who travel our great state. […]
§ 54-16-112. Underground Fiber Optic Cable Facilities — Intelligent Transportation System and Radio Communications Facilities — Rules and Regulations — Setting Rate of Compensation — Creation of Advisory Board — Construction and Application of Section — Restrictions on Use of Underground Fiber Optic Cable Lines and Related Facilities
The department of transportation may issue non-exclusive permits, on a competitively neutral and non-discriminatory basis, allowing the longitudinal installation of underground fiber optic cable lines and related facilities within the rights-of-way of controlled-access highways on the state highway system or federal interstate highway system, or both, subject to reasonable and appropriate regulations to protect the […]
§ 54-16-102. Authorization — State and Local Powers Granted
The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, and towns, 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, are authorized to plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain, and provide controlled-access […]
§ 54-14-112. Report Confirmed, or Set Aside and Another Writ Awarded
Any party may file objections to the report; provided, that, if an objection is filed by the owner or owners of land selected by the jury of view, the objection must be served upon all parties to the action. Further, the person making the objection must prepare a plat that contains an alternative route to […]
§ 54-14-113. Report Modified, and Easement of Way Granted, Upon Payment of Damages, Costs, And, if Awarded, Attorney’s Fees
The report may be modified by the court and the easement or right-of-way may be granted or decreed to the petitioners as the court may deem proper upon the payment to the defendant, or to the clerk of the court for the defendant’s use, of the damages assessed, with costs and, if awarded pursuant to […]
§ 54-14-114. Appeal From Jury of View — New Trial Before a Jury Summoned in Usual Way — Exclusive Remedy
Within thirty (30) days, either party may appeal to the court from the finding of the jury of view, and demand a trial by a jury and, upon giving security for costs, may have a new trial before a jury of twelve (12) persons to be summoned and impaneled by the court in the usual […]
§ 54-14-115. Verdict Affirming Jury of View or More Unfavorable to Appellant — Costs
If the verdict of the jury upon the trial affirms the finding of the jury of view, or is more unfavorable to the appellant than the finding of the jury, the costs shall be adjudged against the appellant; otherwise, the court may award costs as in chancery cases.
§ 54-14-116. Writ of Possession to Petitioners
Upon the hearing of the case by the court or upon the judgment being pronounced on the verdict of the jury, the court may order a writ of possession to issue to place the petitioners in possession of the easement or right-of-way awarded to them.
§ 54-14-117. Easement Belongs to Owners of Lands Benefited — Reversion When Not Used
The easement or right-of-way shall belong to the owners of the lands benefited by the easement or right-of-way, and continue as long as the easement or right-of-way is used and maintained by them, their heirs or assigns, but upon the easement or right-of-way falling into nonuse or when the easement or right-of-way is not maintained […]