Tex. Transp. Code § 251.007 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTY ROADS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court of each county shall classify each public road in the county as a first-class, second-class, or third-class road.
(b) A county may not reduce a first-class or second-class road to a lower class.
(c) A first-class road must be not less than 40 feet wide or more than 100 feet wide. The causeway on a first-class road must be at least 16 feet wide.
(d) A second-class road and a causeway on a second-class road must meet the requirements applicable to a first-class road.
(e) A third-class road must meet the requirements applicable to a first-class road, except that:
(1) a third-class road may be less than 40 but not less than 20 feet wide; and
(2) the causeway on a third-class road may be less than 16 but not less than 12 feet wide.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.251.htm
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