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55-8-127. Restrictions on use of controlled-access roadway.

(a)  The department of transportation and local authorities may, with respect to any controlled-access roadway under their respective jurisdictions, prohibit the use of that roadway by pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by any person operating a motor-driven cycle.

(b)  The department or the local authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall erect and maintain official signs on the controlled-access roadway on which the regulations are applicable, and when the signs are erected, a person who disobeys the restrictions stated on the signs commits a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 26; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 59-827; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]  

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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-55 > Chapter-8 > 55-8-127

55-8-127. Restrictions on use of controlled-access roadway.

(a)  The department of transportation and local authorities may, with respect to any controlled-access roadway under their respective jurisdictions, prohibit the use of that roadway by pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by any person operating a motor-driven cycle.

(b)  The department or the local authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall erect and maintain official signs on the controlled-access roadway on which the regulations are applicable, and when the signs are erected, a person who disobeys the restrictions stated on the signs commits a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 26; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 59-827; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]  


State Codes and Statutes

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Statutes > Tennessee > Title-55 > Chapter-8 > 55-8-127

55-8-127. Restrictions on use of controlled-access roadway.

(a)  The department of transportation and local authorities may, with respect to any controlled-access roadway under their respective jurisdictions, prohibit the use of that roadway by pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by any person operating a motor-driven cycle.

(b)  The department or the local authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall erect and maintain official signs on the controlled-access roadway on which the regulations are applicable, and when the signs are erected, a person who disobeys the restrictions stated on the signs commits a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 26; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 59-827; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]