§17-16-9. Private Driveways or Approaches to Roads; Obstruction of Ditches
The owner or tenant of land fronting on any state road shall construct and keep in repair all approaches or driveways to and from the same, under the direction of the state road commission, and, likewise, the owner or tenant of land fronting on any county- district road shall construct and keep in repair all […]
§17-16-6. Permit by Commission or County Court for Openings in or Structures on Public Roads; Franchises and Easements of Oil, etc., Transportation Companies
No opening shall be made in any state or county-district road or highway, nor shall any structure be placed therein or thereover, nor shall any structure, which has been so placed, be changed or removed, except in accordance with a permit from the state road commission or county court, as the case may be. No […]
§17-16-8. Duty of Railroad Company to Keep State or County- District Road in Good Condition
Every railroad company heretofore or hereafter incorporated which has, by the building of its road, or otherwise, obstructed, or shall hereafter obstruct, any state or county-district road, shall, as far as possible, put the road so obstructed in as good condition as it was in before the obstruction. Every railroad company which has changed, or […]
§17-16-3. Removal of Obstructions by State Road Commission or County; Expense to Be Charged Against Owner, etc.
If such obstructions, poles, wires or pipelines are not removed, or such poles with wires reset, or such excavations are not properly filled and maintained, or such pipelines are not relaid or removed, within ten days after the service of a notice, by the state road commission, or its engineer in charge of the road […]
§17-16-4. Assessment and Collection of Costs of Removing Obstructions
The state road commission by its engineer or engineers in charge, as to state roads, and the county road engineer or supervisor, as to county-district roads, shall assess the cost of removing obstructions from state or county-district roads and removing and resetting poles and wires or the relaying or removing of pipelines pursuant to sections […]
§17-16-5. Liability for Failure to Remove Obstructions
If any obstruction, such as is mentioned in section one of this article, be not removed by the person who, by himself or agent, caused the same, within ten days after written notice so to do, given on behalf of the state road commission or county court, by the engineer or person in charge of […]
§17-16-1. “Obstructions” Defined; Obstructions Declared Nuisance; Nuisance Exception; Abatement of Nuisance by Injunction
Obstructions, within the meaning of this chapter, shall include trees which have been cut or have fallen either on adjacent land or within the bounds of a public road in such a manner as to interfere with travel thereon; limbs of trees which have fallen within a public road or branches of trees overhanging the […]
§17-16-2. Duty of Landowner, Occupant and Public Utility to Remove Obstructions and Fill Excavations
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of land situated along any state or county-district road to remove all obstructions within the bounds of the road which have been placed there by himself or with his consent. It shall be the duty of all telephone, telegraph, electric railway or other electrical companies […]