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State Road System

W. Va. Code § 17-4-1— Classification of state roads; control over state roads; control by county courts of roads, bridges and landings; roads in state parks, forests and public hunting and fishing areas made part of state road system
W. Va. Code § 17-4-2— Definitions of roads comprising state road system
W. Va. Code § 17-4-3— Classification of roads in state road system; reclassification
W. Va. Code § 17-4-4— Interstate and international highway planning
W. Va. Code § 17-4-5— Right of eminent domain
W. Va. Code § 17-4-6— Cost of acquiring rights-of-way
W. Va. Code § 17-4-7— Information to be filed with clerk of county court
W. Va. Code § 17-4-8— Use of roadbed by railroad, telephone company, etc
W. Va. Code § 17-4-8a— Road paving and utility work coordination
W. Va. Code § 17-4-9— Separation, elimination or avoidance of railway-highway grade crossings -- When commissioner may require
W. Va. Code § 17-4-10— Same -- Commissioner's order to eliminate, etc., crossing; amendment to order
W. Va. Code § 17-4-11— Same -- Protest against order; hearing; appeal
W. Va. Code § 17-4-12— Same -- Railroad to file plans, etc., for separation with commissioner
W. Va. Code § 17-4-13— Same -- Bidding upon approval of plans; work to be let to lowest responsible bidder
W. Va. Code § 17-4-14— Same -- Distribution of cost between railroad and state
W. Va. Code § 17-4-15— Same -- Rejection of bids; new bids; performance of work by state or railroad
W. Va. Code § 17-4-16— Same -- Payment of state's share of cost; commissioner may furnish engineer
W. Va. Code § 17-4-17— Same -- Maintenance of work
W. Va. Code § 17-4-17a— Same -- Relocation or reconstruction of existing grade separation structures
W. Va. Code § 17-4-17b— Relocation of public utility lines on highway construction projects
W. Va. Code § 17-4-17c
W. Va. Code § 17-4-17d— Relocation of public utility lines and public service districts utility lines on state highway construction projects
W. Va. Code § 17-4-17e— Utility relocation on state highway construction projects financed by proceeds of bonds or notes issued before July 1, 2021
W. Va. Code § 17-4-18— Approved types of paving to be determined and advertised
W. Va. Code § 17-4-19— Contracts for construction, materials, etc.; work by prison labor, etc.; bidding procedure
W. Va. Code § 17-4-20— Bidder’s bond required; return or forfeiture of bond
W. Va. Code § 17-4-21— Form and signing of deeds and contracts made by commissioner
W. Va. Code § 17-4-22— Combination in restraint of trade; persons limiting competition in bidding
W. Va. Code § 17-4-23— Certificate showing constituents of materials; false certificates
W. Va. Code § 17-4-24— Testing and approval of materials or supplies
W. Va. Code § 17-4-24a— Guardrail construction
W. Va. Code § 17-4-25— Acquisition, establishment and operation of quarries, cement and other plants
W. Va. Code § 17-4-26— Municipal streets and bridges and free bridges designated as connecting part of state road system -- Authorized
W. Va. Code § 17-4-27— Same -- Control of connecting parts of state road system within municipalities
W. Va. Code § 17-4-28— Same -- Notice and laying of necessary pipes, etc., before reconstruction within municipality
W. Va. Code § 17-4-29— Same -- Taking over streets not to affect franchise
W. Va. Code § 17-4-30— Same -- Taking over streets not to affect existing contracts
W. Va. Code § 17-4-31— Same -- Rules and regulations of commissioner to govern streets taken as connecting parts of state road system
W. Va. Code § 17-4-32
W. Va. Code § 17-4-33— Inspection, condemnation, etc., of unsafe bridges
W. Va. Code § 17-4-34— Contracts for interstate bridges; report to Governor
W. Va. Code § 17-4-35— Diversion of nonnavigable stream
W. Va. Code § 17-4-36— Construction and removal of sidewalks along state roads; injury to, failure to repair, etc., sidewalks
W. Va. Code § 17-4-37— State not to be made defendant in action for damages
W. Va. Code § 17-4-38— Violations of article; penalty
W. Va. Code § 17-4-39— Controlled-access facilities -- Defined
W. Va. Code § 17-4-40— Same -- Authority to establish, maintain, regulate, etc
W. Va. Code § 17-4-41— Same -- Design of controlled-access facilities
W. Va. Code § 17-4-42— Same -- Acquisition of property and property rights
W. Va. Code § 17-4-43— Same -- New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations; consent to connect
W. Va. Code § 17-4-44— Same -- Authority to contract with other governmental agencies
W. Va. Code § 17-4-45— Same -- Local service roads and streets
W. Va. Code § 17-4-46— Same -- Certain commercial enterprises prohibited; commercial enterprises on service roads; turnpikes excluded from provisions of section
W. Va. Code § 17-4-47— Access from commercial, etc., property and subdivisions to highways -- Purposes of regulation; right of access; provisions inapplicable to controlled-access facilities; removal of unauthorized access; bond for access
W. Va. Code § 17-4-48— Same -- Regulations by commissioner
W. Va. Code § 17-4-49— Same -- Points of commercial, etc.; access to comply; plans, objections and procedures for new points; review of and changes in existing points; commissioner's preliminary determination; requiring notice
W. Va. Code § 17-4-50— Same -- Commissioner's authority as to subdivisions abutting state highway; notice of proposal to subdivide; filing, approval or disapproval of subdivision plans
W. Va. Code § 17-4-51— Same -- Amendment or withdrawal of objections or preliminary determinations by commissioner; delegation of authority by commissioner
W. Va. Code § 17-4-52— Same -- Requirements for objections, preliminary determinations and notices
W. Va. Code § 17-4-53— Same -- Appeals from and judicial review of determinations and final orders of commissioner
W. Va. Code § 17-4-54— Location of trash and garbage collection containers by counties and municipalities
W. Va. Code § 17-4-55— Rest area, welcome center, road, and vehicle commercial sponsorship program