Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-5-506

  • connector: means a roadway, or segment of a roadway, that will provide, or facilitate, appropriate ingress and egress, between an interstate highway or fully controlled access highway facility and a roadway that is of important benefit to a populous locality. See Tennessee Code 54-5-502
  • Department: means the department of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-502
  • Project: includes all of the phases of work required to produce a completed connector, including location, design, acquisition of rights-of-way, relocation of utility facilities, the cost of which is not the legal obligation of the owners thereof, and the construction or reconstruction of the connector. See Tennessee Code 54-5-502

The department has the responsibility for administering each project and establishing the specifications that are appropriate for each contemplated connector.