68-116. Prescribed width of county roads; hedges; increase of width, when. The width of all county roads shall be determined by the viewers at the time of establishing the same, and shall not be more than one hundred and twenty (120) nor less than sixty (60) feet and in cases where a growing hedge or permanent improvement on or near one side of the proposed road precludes the road being laid equally on both sides of the line, the viewers may establish all or any part of said road on the side of the section line not encumbered by such improvement. The board of county commissioners shall have authority to increase the prescribed width of any existing county road or highway in any county where such board of county commissioners deem it necessary for public safety, or proper construction of such road or highway, and shall have authority to lay out, establish and construct new county roads and highways in excess of the width prescribed in the preceding sentence where necessary for public safety, or for the proper construction of such road or highway.
History: L. 1911, ch. 248, § 12; R.S. 1923, 68-116; L. 1933, ch. 96, § 1 (Special Session); L. 1957, ch. 353, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 331, § 1; June 30.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges
Article 1 - General Provisions
68-102 Laying out, altering or vacating roads.
68-104 Viewers; notice of view; duties of county surveyor.
68-105 Notice by petitioner; affidavits of service; filing.
68-109 Road on county or city line; petition; viewers; filing survey and plat.
68-113 State-line roads; establishment; width limitation.
68-114 Proceedings for change in roads; eminent domain.
68-115a Township minimum maintenance roads.
68-116 Prescribed width of county roads; hedges; increase of width, when.
68-117 Access to public highway, when; petition; width of road and plat; payment of expenses.
68-117b Same; benefit district; damages; abandonment of proceedings, when; assessment of benefits.
68-118 Informational signs at intersections on township roads.
68-124 Private roads as public highways, maintenance.
68-126 Fences across public highways; gates; county commissioners' powers and duties.
68-131 Township sidewalks and crossings; petition; special assessments.
68-132 Same; contracts; specifications and bids; publication notice; bond of contractor; inspector.
68-133 Same; time for action to set aside or enjoin.
68-134 Same; penalty for removal or injury.
68-141a Renting or hiring of machinery and equipment prohibited; exceptions.
68-141b Supervision by experienced operator; times for renting; charges.
68-141f Setting aside portions of road and bridge or street funds; definitions.
68-141g Same; resolution of governing body; procedure; retransfer, when.
68-151 Vacating road in Labette county.
68-151h Same; how money expended.
68-151i Same; bond limitations inapplicable.
68-151j Same; federal or state aid.
68-151m Issuance of no-fund warrants for certain purposes by certain counties; definition.
68-151n Same; purposes; amount; conditions; tax levies to pay.
68-161 Authority of county commissioners.
68-164 Same; approval of certain plans and specifications by secretary of transportation.
68-165 Same; secretary of transportation not liable.
68-169 Joint agreements between secretary of transportation and local units and between local units.
68-170 Construction and improvement of roads and bridges on state owned lands; definitions.
68-171 Same; agreements between secretary of transportation and state agencies.
68-172 Same; agencies authorized to use funds.
68-173 Same; disposition of moneys.
68-183 Same; limitations on meaning of term "by purchase."
68-184 Sprinkling irrigation water on highways declared a public nuisance; injunction.