The department of transportation through its commissioner or the commissioner's designee has the power to eliminate grade crossings of any railroad or interurban railway track on any of the main traveled roads designated by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee as included in the general highway plan of the state, whenever, in the discretion of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, the elimination of any such grade crossing is necessary for the protection of persons traveling on any such highway or any such railroad.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 11 - Highway Crossings
§ 65-11-102. Noncompliance With § 65-11-101 — Penalty
§ 65-11-103. Construction, Maintenance and Repair
§ 65-11-104. Noncompliance With § 65-11-103 — Misdemeanor
§ 65-11-105. Form of Railroad Crossing Sign
§ 65-11-106. Liability for Blocking Street Crossing
§ 65-11-107. Elimination of Grade Crossings Over Public Highways
§ 65-11-108. Location and Character of Substituted Crossing
§ 65-11-109. Compliance With Order to Eliminate Grade Crossing
§ 65-11-110. Apportionment of Work in Constructing Underpass or Overpass
§ 65-11-111. Apportionment of Cost of Eliminating Grade Crossing