28-7041. State highways and routes defined A. The state highways, to be known as state routes, consist of the highways declared before August 12, 1927 to be state highways, under authority of law, that the board, after receipt of a recommendation from the director, may add to, abandon or change. If the board proceeds contrary […]
28-7042. Width of public highways; exception A. Highways that were constructed, laid out, opened or established before August 12, 1927 as public highways by the territory or state or by a board of supervisors or political subdivision of this state and that have been used continuously by the public as thoroughfares for free travel and […]
28-7043. Designation of state route as state highway A. At least two weeks before the designation and acceptance by the transportation board of a state route or portion of a state route as a state highway, the transportation board shall give notice to the board of supervisors of the county in which the proposed highway […]
28-7044. Signs The director shall: 1. Prescribe standard board and road signs or other devices and provide a uniform system of marking and signaling on state routes and state highways that correlate with and as far as possible conform to the system approved by the American association of state highway officials. 2. Regulate the use […]
28-7045. Director; state highway and route use; rules The director shall exercise complete and exclusive operational control and jurisdiction over the use of state highways and routes and adopt rules regarding the use as the director deems necessary to prevent the abuse and unauthorized use of these highways and routes.
28-7046. Opening, altering or vacating highway; review of order A. If the director or the board desires to establish, open, relocate, alter, vacate or abandon a state highway or a portion of a state highway, the director shall make and deliver a written report to the board describing the highway or portion of the highway […]
28-7047. Mountain preserve; limitation; definition A. This state or a political subdivision of this state shall not construct, lay out, open or establish a street, road or highway through a designated mountain preserve unless the construction of the street, road or highway is approved by a majority of the electors of a charter city voting […]
28-7048. Lease of areas above and below highways; exceptions A. The director may lease to any public agency, as defined in section 11-951, or to a private person or entity the use of areas above or below state highways, subject to reservations, restrictions and conditions the director deems necessary to assure adequate protection of the […]
28-7049. Classification of streets that connect highways and routes A. If the streets of an incorporated city or town form necessary or convenient links for the connection of sections of state highways or state routes, or for carrying the state highways or state routes through the city or town, the director and the governing body […]
28-7050. Federal aid secondary highways; definition A. On petition of the board of supervisors of a county and if the board decides that the public convenience is served and the designation will not interfere with the completion and upkeep of the present county highway system, the board may request that the federal highway administration place […]
28-7051. Roadside parks; historical markers A. The department may construct, maintain and operate roadside parks on highway property for the use and benefit of the public. B. The department may construct and erect signs and plaques marking points of historical importance on highway property. The signs and plaques shall not be erected unless they have […]
28-7052. Action concerning lands taken or damaged in construction of highway or airport; statute of limitations An action brought to recover possession of or to clear title to real property claimed by this state or by a political subdivision of this state as a public highway or airport or an action brought to recover compensation […]
28-7053. Misuse of public highway or airport; violation; classification; injunction; definition A. A person who commits or causes to be committed any of the following acts is guilty of a petty offense: 1. Places or maintains an encroachment or obstruction on, makes any use of or otherwise occupies a public highway or airport of this […]
28-7054. Highway or airport encroachments; additional remedies A. If an encroachment is a fixed advertising device or a movable object, notice for the removal of the encroachment may be given to the occupant or owner of the reversionary interest of the land or person causing or owning the encroachment by personal service or by registered […]
28-7055. Leaving gate open on fenced land; classification A. A person traveling on a road or highway that is open for use and used by the public, that passes into or over any part of an enclosed field or pasture of another person and that has a gate or bars across the road or highway […]
28-7056. Dumping trash on highways or airports; classification A. A person who dumps, deposits, places, throws or leaves refuse, rubbish, debris, filthy or odoriferous objects, substances or other trash on a state or county highway, road, public thoroughfare, public airport, the right-of-way to a state or county highway, road, public thoroughfare or public airport or […]
28-7057. Publication of law relating to dumping trash on highways The director shall cause to be printed and distributed with each license plate and each original or renewal of a driver license material relating to section 28-7056 as the director deems advisable.
28-7058. Privatization of rest areas; state certified rest area program; definitions A. The department may: 1. Privatize any rest area constructed on or adjacent to state highways in this state on or after September 26, 2008. Any agreement between the department and a person for privatization under this section shall include a provision that: (a) […]
28-7059. Rest area sponsorship sign program; revenue sharing agreement A. The department may establish a rest area sponsorship sign program. Notwithstanding sections 28-648, 28-7048 and 28-7053, the department may contract with a third party to install, maintain and replace rest area sponsorship signs at rest areas located in the public right-of-way of the interstate or […]
