§ 340-b. Construction, improvement and maintenance of state interstate\nhighways. 1. The highway routes and connections set forth and described\nin section three hundred forty-a of the highway law shall be designated\n"interstate highways" and shall be constructed or improved according to\nsuch designs and types as determined by the commissioner of\ntransportation, subject to the provisions of federal aid therefor. Each\ninterstate highway shall ultimately provide for not less than two lanes\nof traffic in each direction. Opposing traffic on every completed\ninterstate highway shall ultimately be separated by a mall generally or\nthe commissioner of transportation may separate such opposing traffic by\nsuch other alignment of respective lanes of traffic which, in his\njudgment, is practicable, because of topographic conditions and is\nbeneficial to the public interest. Access from one traffic direction to\nthe other shall be provided only at such points and in such manner as\nthe commissioner of transportation shall determine. Any state highway,\nfrontage, marginal and service road or portion thereof may be utilized\nand become a part of any interstate highway when authorized by the\ncommissioner of transportation, provided such highway or portion thereof\neither meets the prescribed requirements of an interstate highway or is\nappropriately altered so as to come within such requirements before its\nincorporation into the interstate highway. Access or branch connections\nfrom any such interstate highway or section thereof to any highway that\nis authorized by this chapter shall, in the discretion of the\ncommissioner of transportation, be included in the plans, specifications\nand estimates and shall be constructed according to such design and type\nas the commissioner of transportation shall deem to be suitable for the\npurposes thereof. For any portion or section of an interstate highway\nauthorized within the corporate limits of a city, provision shall be\nmade for access thereto from existing streets at points designated by\nthe commissioner of transportation. After the establishment of any\ninterstate highway no additional points of access to, or exit from, the\nproject shall be made without prior approval by the commissioner of\ntransportation and the federal bureau of public roads. The commissioner\nof transportation may set monuments on the boundaries of such interstate\nhighways, and he may cause fences to be erected along or adjacent to\nsuch boundaries, and he is authorized to install suitable lighting,\ndirectional and protective facilities, devices and appurtenances, if he\ndeems it necessary in the interests of public safety. The maintenance\nand repair of interstate highways shall include the control of snow and\nice and shall be done by forces of the department of transportation or\nby such other method or methods as determined by the commissioner, under\nhis direct supervision and control and any inconsistent provisions of\nthis chapter are superseded insofar as they conflict with this\nprovision. The cost of such maintenance and repair shall be borne wholly\nby the state and be paid for from moneys appropriated therefor by the\nlegislature. The maintenance of any highway, road or street which is\naffected by this section and which in the judgment of the commissioner\nof transportation is not deemed to be a part of the state highway system\nshall be maintained by the municipality or the municipalities in which\nall or part thereof is located.\n 2. The commissioner of transportation is authorized to classify any\npart of an interstate highway as a controlled access highway pursuant to\nthis chapter. Highway and railroad grade crossings shall be separated\ngenerally by structures to be determined by the commissioner of\ntransportation, who is hereby given authority to combine, connect,\nalter, reconstruct, terminate or relocate intersecting highways,\nstreets, or roads to adjust traffic to such grade separation
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