The department may abandon as a part of the state highway system any section of highway which may be relocated, and every such section so abandoned as a part of the state highway system shall revert to the jurisdiction of the respective appropriate local authorities involved or be abandoned as a public way. But the department, in its discretion, may retain in the system any such relocated section when it serves as a needed connection to the new section or when it serves as a proper part of the state highway system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-120
Abandonment of section of relocated highway
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case K & a Acquisition Group, LLC v. Island Pointe, LLC (2009)
Most recently applied in K & a Acquisition Group, LLC v. Island Pointe, LLC (August 2009)
1962 Code SECTION 33-110; 1952 Code SECTION 33-110; 1951 (47) 457; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1509.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.