The commissioner may, without petition or application, proceed to open, change, close and construct any public highway that the commissioner deems necessary for the public interest.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-10-213
Commissioner may act without petition
Acts 1891, ch. 1, § 14; Shan., § 1632; Code 1932, § 2742; T.C.A
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