{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-13a-99a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13a-99a","heading":"Town roads lying within, intersecting or crossing state highway rights-of-way.","body":"(a) Whenever a town road or a portion thereof lies within the limits of a state highway right-of-way or passes over or under a state highway right-of-way, such road or portion thereof shall be state highway property subject to an easement to the town for travel. The local traffic authority, as defined in section 14-297, shall have the jurisdiction over any portion of a town road within an easement created by this subsection.\n(b) Any portion of a town road lying within the limits of a state highway right-of-way, which town road is no longer maintained or used by such town, shall be deemed legally abandoned as a public highway and title to such portion of such town road shall vest in the state.\n(c) When a town road crosses or intersects a state highway right-of-way at grade level, the responsibility for maintenance of that portion of the town road from the edge of the state highway right-of-way to the edge of the traveled portion of the state highway shall remain with the town; and any liability for neglect or default of maintenance of such portion of the town road shall be in accordance with section 13a-149. When a town road passes over or under a state highway right-of-way, the responsibility for maintenance of the road shall remain with the town; and any liability for neglect or default of such maintenance shall be in accordance with section 13a-149.","path":["TITLE 13a. HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES","CHAPTER 238. HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE","PART V. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_238.htm#sec_13a-99a","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:00Z","sha256":"a7670bb99a60ce5bd5a3d3018b6fd55bd58cc69ff11cfeef3555642283960db6","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-13a-99","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-13a-100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}