{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-251.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 251.007","heading":"CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTY ROADS.","body":"(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.\n(b) A county may not reduce a first-class or second-class road to a lower class.\n(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.\n(d) A second-class road and a causeway on a second-class road must meet the requirements applicable to a first-class road.\n(e) A third-class road must meet the requirements applicable to a first-class road, except that:\n(1) a third-class road may be less than 40 but not less than 20 feet wide; and\n(2) the causeway on a third-class road may be less than 16 but not less than 12 feet wide.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE C. COUNTY ROADS AND BRIDGES","CHAPTER 251. GENERAL COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO ROADS AND BRIDGES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.251.htm#251.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"857c1d8a21e7a12375857adede7768da6dc88a829f833b5fe4db6472f189cdca","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-251.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-251.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}