public road
Defined in 3 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
United States Code
23 U.S.C. § 101 — in this title (7 versions over time)
The term “public road” means any road or street under the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority and open to public travel.
23 U.S.C. § 402 — in this section (3 versions over time)
In this paragraph, the term “public road” means any road that is—
(i) subject to the jurisdiction of, and maintained by, a public authority; and
(ii) held open to public travel.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A road dedicated to, and kept up by the public, as contradistinguished from private ways or neighborhood roads, which are not so kept up. 20 Ala. 88.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A highway; a road or way established and adopted (or accepted as a dedication) by the proper authorities for the use of the general public, and over which every person has a right to pass and to use it for all purposes of travel or transportation to which it is adapted and devoted. Cincinnati R. Co., v. Com., 80 Ky. 138; Shelby Co.unty v. Castetter, 7 Ind. App. 309, 33 N. B.986; Abbott v.Duiuth (C. Ct) 104 Fed. 837; Heninger v. Peery, 102 Va. 896, 47 S. E. 1013.
Defined under Road in Black's Law Dictionary.