Every county road, bridge, and landing, and every city street and alley heretofore lawfully established and opened and not lawfully discontinued or vacated shall continue as such, until properly discontinued. Every road, street, and alley, used and occupied as a public road, street, or alley, shall be presumed to be a public road, street, or alley, as the case may be. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as interfering with the right of the fiscal court of a county containing a city of the first class or a consolidated local government from detaching a road or a portion thereof from the county through road system.
KRS 178.020
Roads, bridges, and landings continued -- Removal from through road system
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Salyers v. Tackett (1958)
Most recently applied in Fuqua v. United States (April 2012)
Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky
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