ยง 189. Highways by use. All lands which shall have been used by the
public as a highway for the period of ten years or more, shall be a
highway, with the same force and effect as if it had been duly laid out
and recorded as a highway, and the town superintendent shall open all
such highways to the width of at least three rods.
Structure New York Laws
170 - Survey for the Laying Out of a Highway.
173 - Petition for Acquisition.
177 - Damages in Certain Cases; How Estimated.
180 - Limitations Upon Laying Out Highways.
181 - Laying Out Highways Through Burying-Grounds.
184 - When Officers of Different Towns Disagree About Highway.
185 - Difference About Improvements.
186 - Highway in Two or More Towns.
188 - Final Determination, How Carried Out.
191 - Highways or Roads Along Division Lines.
193 - Contracts for the Construction of Town Highways.
194 - Construction or Improvement of Town Highways by County and Town.
195 - County Aid for Construction, Improvement and Maintenance of Town Highways.
196 - County Aid for Connecting Highway Through Villages.
197 - Damages for Change of Grade.
198 - Interest on Damages for Change of Grade.
199 - Widening Highways; Petition.
203 - Widening, How Constructed.
204 - Actions to Compel Widening; How Affected by Petition.
205-A - Seasonal Limited Use Highway.
205-B - Qualified Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.
206 - Highways in Lands Acquired by the United States for Fortification Purposes Deemed Abandoned.
207 - Discontinuance of Highway.
208 - Description to Be Recorded.
209 - Damages Caused by Discontinuance.
211-A - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.
211-B - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways in School Districts.
212 - Changing Location of Highways Over Certain Lands Owned and Occupied by the State.
212-A - Abandoning of Parts of Town Highways.
213 - Construction and Repair of Approaches to Private Lands.
214 - Depositing Ashes, Snow, Ice, Stones, Sticks, Et Cetera Upon the Highway.