ROAD LAW GUIDE
Auxiliary Service Roads
Bridges
Class VI Roads
Conveyance
Dedication and Acceptance
Definitions
Discontinuance
Discontinued State Highways
Emergency Lane Designation
Failure to Maintain a Class V Road for Five Successive Years
Gates and Bars
Highways to Summer Cottages
How Public Roads are Created
Layout
Legislative Body vs. Governing Body
Municipal Trail Designation
Off Highway Recreation Vehicles
Prescription
Private Roads
RSA 674:41 (Building Permits)
Scenic Roads
Snowmobiles
Types of Roads and Other Designations
Who Owns the Road?
Alfano Law Office Database of Municipal Road Records
How Public Roads are Created
A road can become a highway by four methods: being laid out according to statute (RSA 230 for state highways, RSA 231 for municipal highways), dedication and acceptance, use for public travel for twenty years prior to January 1, 1968 (prescription), and conveyance. RSA 229:1. Once established, only a formal discontinuance can terminate the public’s right to travel on a highway.
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