§ 31-4-1 — State trunk highway system designated by Legislature--Primary factors to be considered--Limitation on removal from state trunk highway system.

The state trunk highway system shall be as designated by the Legislature in statute. In designating the state trunk highway system, the Legislature shall consider, but not be limited to, the following primary factors: (1) Highways which are functionally classified as arterials as approved by the Federal Highway Administration and which provide farm to market access; (2) Highways providing service to a state or federal recreational access area; (3) The proximity of other state trunk highways and highways providing duplicating or similar service; (4) The cost of construction, maintenance, right - of - way, and the extent of needs on the state system; (5) The traffic volumes and other traffic survey data; and (6) The desirability of providing an integrated system to serve interstate travel, county seats, and cities of four hundred fifty population or greater. An existing highway segment may not be removed from the state trunk highway system unless an agreement for transfer of maintenance responsibility has been executed by the Department of Transportation and the local government unit to which the title and maintenance responsibility would be transferred.

Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 28.0209; SL 1939, ch 107, § 1; SL 1953, ch 139; SL 1999, ch 148, § 1.