Sec. 1. When a county highway has been taken over by the Indiana department of transportation and incorporated in the state highway system and is subsequently abandoned as a state highway, the executive of the county where the highway is located may establish a highway over the route of the abandoned highway. The right-of-way of the highway has the same boundaries as the boundaries of the highway when it was abandoned as a state highway. The executive may acquire the land necessary for the right-of-way by donation, purchase, or through the exercise of eminent domain. The executive may remove any obstructions placed on the highway since its abandonment. Formerly: Acts 1935, c.238, s.1. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.74, SEC.307; P.L.86-1988, SEC.219; P.L.18-1990, SEC.153. IC 8-20-8 Chapter 8. Temporary Closing of County Roads 8-20-8-1 Time limit; joint action; petition to relocate or permanently close road 8-20-8-2 Petition to close road 8-20-8-3 Requisites of petition 8-20-8-4 Findings and proceedings meriting temporary closure or relocation; permanent closure or relocation 8-20-8-5 Authority supplementary to vacation; powers of board 8-20-8-6 Copy of petition to contiguous landowners 8-20-8-7 Chapter not applicable to obstructions or closings before September 1, 1979
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