72-4-104 - Disposition of portion of highways realigned.
72-4-104. Disposition of portion of highways realigned.
(1) The department may make changes in the alignment of state highways to provide forgreater highway safety or more economical highway operation and maintenance.
(2) When a state highway is realigned, the former portion of it may be:
(a) returned or relinquished to the county or municipality in which it is situated to bemaintained as a highway; or
(b) abandoned by the department if it no longer serves the purpose of a highway.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session