Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:1258

  • Authority: shall mean the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:1253
  • expressway project: shall mean any limited access express highway, bridge, tunnel, approach or facility thereto constructed or to be constructed under the provisions of this Chapter, including but not limited to bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, traffic circles, interchanges, feeder roads, landscaping, entrance plazas, approaches, toll houses, service areas, communication facilities, such facilities for motor fuel and food as the authority may deem necessary or desirable, and administration, storage and other buildings which the authority may deem necessary for the operation of such project, together with all property, rights, easements and interests which may be acquired by the authority for the construction or the operation of such project. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 48:1253

The state of Louisiana hereby consents to the use of all lands owned by it, including lands lying under water, which are deemed by the authority to be necessary or proper for the construction or operation of any expressway project.  

Acts 1954, No. 232, §8.