Tennessee § 55-8-127 Restrictions on use of controlled-access roadway

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§ 55-8-127 — Restrictions on use of controlled-access roadway

Tennessee § 55-8-127

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-127 (2026).

Text

(a)The department of transportation and local authorities may, with respect to any controlled-access roadway under their respective jurisdictions, prohibit the use of that roadway by pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by any person operating a motorscooter.

(b)The department or the local authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall erect and maintain official signs on the controlled-access roadway on which the regulations are applicable, and when the signs are erected, a person who disobeys the restrictions stated on the signs commits a Class C misdemeanor.

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(a) The department of transportation and local authorities may, with respect to any controlled-access roadway under their respective jurisdictions, prohibit the use of that roadway by pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by any person operating a motorscooter. (b) The department or the local authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall erect and maintain official signs on the controlled-access roadway on which the regulations are applicable, and when the signs are erected, a person who disobeys the restrictions stated on the signs commits a Class C misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 100, s 3, eff. 7/1/2024. Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 26; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 59-827; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.