Indiana § 8-23-4-4 Municipal arterial street systems; selection criteria; addition,
relocation, and deletion; municipal local highway systems

Indiana Statutes

§ 8-23-4-4 — Municipal arterial street systems; selection criteria; addition, relocation, and deletion; municipal local highway systems

Indiana § 8-23-4-4

Art. 23INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF

Ch. 4General Highway, Road, and Street Provisions

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Ind. Code § 8-23-4-4 (2026).

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(a)The agency responsible for highways in each municipality with a population of at least five thousand (5,000) shall select a system of arterial streets for the municipality. The system shall be selected on the basis of the greatest general importance to the municipality after an evaluation of each highway in the municipality. The system may not include highways that are part of the state highway system. The system of arterial streets must connect focal points of traffic interest, provide communication with other communities and outlying areas and provide for the continuity of the county arterial highway system into or through the municipality. The agency shall use engineering standards in selecting the streets.

(b)The agency responsible for highways in each municipality with a populati

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(a) The agency responsible for highways in each
municipality with a population of at least five thousand (5,000) shall
select a system of arterial streets for the municipality. The system shall
be selected on the basis of the greatest general importance to the
municipality after an evaluation of each highway in the municipality.
The system may not include highways that are part of the state highway
system. The system of arterial streets must connect focal points of
traffic interest, provide communication with other communities and
outlying areas and provide for the continuity of the county arterial
highway system into or through the municipality. The agency shall use
engineering standards in selecting the streets.
(b) The agency responsible for highways in each municipality with
a population of less than five thousand (5,000) may limit streets
selected for the arterial street system to extensions of the county arterial
street system or the municipal arterial street system of adjoining
municipalities into or through the municipality.
(c) The system of arterial streets selected by an agency under
subsection (a) or (b) constitutes the municipal arterial street system of
that municipality.
(d) The agency responsible for highways in a municipality may from
time to time add, relocate, or delete highways from the municipal
arterial highway system by following the procedure provided in
subsection (a) or (b).
(e) If a highway or a segment of a highway is deleted from the
municipal arterial highway system under subsection (d), it may:
(1) become a part of the municipal local highway system; or
(2) be abandoned.
(f) All roads under the jurisdiction of the agency responsible for the
municipal highways of each municipality not included in a municipal
arterial highway system constitute the municipal local highway systems
of that municipality.