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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-11-107

  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The department of transportation through its commissioner or the commissioner’s designee has the power to eliminate grade crossings of any railroad or interurban railway track on any of the main traveled roads designated by the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee as included in the general highway plan of the state, whenever, in the discretion of the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee, the elimination of any such grade crossing is necessary for the protection of persons traveling on any such highway or any such railroad.