Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-5-202

  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The streets constructed, reconstructed, improved and maintained by the state shall be of a width and type that the department deems proper, but the width so constructed, reconstructed, improved and maintained shall not be less than eighteen feet (18′); and, in the case of resurfacing and maintenance, from curb to curb where curbs exist, or the full width of the roadway where no curbs exist.