Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
177.020
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
177.020 authorizes the Department of Highways
to establish, construct, reconstruct and maintain public roads as a part of the
State Primary Road System as defined by
KRS
177.020(1). This
administrative regulation is adopted to establish and classify the State
Primary Road System.
Section 1. As
authorized by
KRS
177.020 the following classification of roads
is established as the State Primary Road System:
(1) State primary system.
(a) Interstate highways: those routes
designated as interstate routes.
(b) Parkways (tollroads): those routes
designated as parkways on which toll is paid.
(c) Other state primary highways: those
routes which are considered to be long distance, high volume intrastate routes
that are of statewide significance. The routes have mobility as their prime
function and are distinguished by high traffic-carrying capacity. These routes
link major urban centers within the state and/or serve as major interregional
corridors.
(2) State
secondary system. These highways are shorter distance routes of regional
significance with both access to land use activity and mobility as their
functions. They generally have less traffic-carrying capacity and a more
impeded traffic flow than the state primary system highways. These routes serve
the smaller cities and county seats within a region and link important traffic
generators to most of the developed areas within the region.
(3) Rural secondary system. These roads are
routes of subregional significance with access to land use activity as their
prime function. These routes link locally important traffic generators with
their service areas, are usually considered to be farm-to-market roads, urban
arterial streets and other collector facilities.
(4) Supplemental roads. These roads are
routes and unnumbered roadways which are being maintained by the Transportation
Cabinet and which are not included in one (1) of the higher system
classifications because they fail to meet the functional classification
criteria of that system. These routes and roadways are generally of short
distance and may begin and end without regard to road junctions.
Section 2. All roads or city
streets or segments thereof adopted as a part of the state primary road system
and all eliminations of such roads or city streets from said system shall be
indicated by an official order which shall, upon being signed by the
Commissioner, Department of Highways, or his designated representative, be kept
on file in the Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways, Frankfort,
Kentucky 40622.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
177.020
