Texas Transportation Code

§ 251.007 — CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTY ROADS

TN § 251.007Title 6. ROADWAYS · Part C. COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES · Ch. 251. GENERAL COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO ROADS AND BRIDGES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The commissioners court of each county shall classify each public road in the county as a first-class, second-class, or third-class road.

(b)A county may not reduce a first-class or second-class road to a lower class.

(c)A first-class road must be not less than 40 feet wide or more than 100 feet wide. The causeway on a first-class road must be at least 16 feet wide.

(d)A second-class road and a causeway on a second-class road must meet the requirements applicable to a first-class road.

(e)A third-class road must meet the requirements applicable to a first-class road, except that:

(1)a third-class road may be less than 40 but not less than 20 feet wide; and

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.