IC 8-20-7
    Chapter 7. Location of County Highways Over Routes ofAbandoned State Highways

IC 8-20-7-1
Authority to locate and establish highway over route of abandonedhighway
    Sec. 1. When a county highway has been taken over by theIndiana department of transportation and incorporated in the statehighway system and is subsequently abandoned as a state highway,the executive of the county where the highway is located mayestablish a highway over the route of the abandoned highway. Theright-of-way of the highway has the same boundaries as theboundaries of the highway when it was abandoned as a statehighway. The executive may acquire the land necessary for theright-of-way by donation, purchase, or through the exercise ofeminent domain. The executive may remove any obstructions placedon the highway since its abandonment.
(Formerly: Acts 1935, c.238, s.1.) As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74,SEC.307; P.L.86-1988, SEC.219; P.L.18-1990, SEC.153.