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TENNESSEE STATUTES AND CODES
54-1-126 - Responsibility for maintenance of public roads, streets, highways or bridges.
54-1-126. Responsibility for maintenance of public roads, streets, highways or bridges.
(a) The department of transportation is responsible for the maintenance of only those public roads, streets, highways or bridges and similar structures that are designated by the department as being on the state system of highways or the state system of interstate highways.
(b) The department shall enter into a written contract with each city, county, or metropolitan government before undertaking any work or providing any funds for work with respect to public roads, streets, highways or bridges and similar structures within their boundaries, other than those designated by the department as being on the state system of highways or the state interstate system of highways. These contracts shall include a provision that the city, county or metropolitan government is solely responsible for all maintenance of the completed work. The contract shall not be valid in the absence of the maintenance provision.
[Acts 1991, ch. 133, §§ 1, 2.]