Sec. 4. (a) The department or the
highway authority of a county or municipality may designate and establish limited access facilities as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a limited access facility.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-23-8-4
- Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(b) The department, county, or municipality may provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of limited access facilities with existing state and county roads and municipal streets by:
(1) grade separation or service road; or
(2) closing off the roads and streets at the right-of-way boundary line of the limited access facility.
(c) After the establishment of a limited access facility, a highway or street that is not part of the facility may not intersect the facility at grade.
(d) A municipal street, a county or state highway, or other public way may not be opened into or connected with a limited access facility without the prior consent of the authority having jurisdiction over the facility. Consent under this subsection may be given only if the public interest is served.
As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.217.