1997 Minnesota Statutes

   160.18 Access to roads; approaches.  

    Subdivision 1.    Culvert on existing highways.  Except 
 when the easement of access has been acquired, the road 
 authorities, other than town boards and county boards, as to 
 highways already established and constructed shall furnish one 
 substantial culvert to an abutting owner in cases where the 
 culvert is necessary for suitable approach to such highway.  A 
 town board shall furnish one substantial culvert to an abutting 
 owner in cases where the culvert is necessary for suitable 
 approach to a town road, provided that at any annual town 
 meeting the electors of any town may by resolution authorize the 
 town board to require that all or part of the costs of the 
 furnishing of all culverts on the town roads of such town be 
 paid by the abutting owner.  A county board, by resolution, 
 shall, before furnishing any culverts after August 1, 1975, 
 establish a policy for the furnishing of a culvert to an 
 abutting owner when a culvert is necessary for suitable approach 
 to a county and state-aid road, and such policy may include 
 provisions for the payment of all or part of the costs of 
 furnishing such culverts by the abutting landowner.  

    Subd. 2.    Approaches to new highways.  Except when 
 the easement of access has been acquired, the road authorities 
 in laying out and constructing a new highway or in relocating or 
 reconstructing an old highway shall construct suitable 
 approaches thereto within the limits of the right-of-way where 
 the approaches are reasonably necessary and practicable, so as 
 to provide abutting owners a reasonable means of access to such 
 highway.  

    Subd. 3.    Approaches for particular uses.  The owner 
 or occupant of property abutting upon a public highway, having a 
 right of direct private access thereto, may provide such other 
 or additional means of ingress from and egress to the highway as 
 will facilitate the efficient use of the property for a 
 particular lawful purpose, subject to reasonable regulation by 
 and permit from the road authority as is necessary to prevent 
 interference with the construction, maintenance and safe use of 
 the highway and its appurtenances and the public use thereof.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 1 s 18; 1975 c 24 s 1