{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-366.177","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 366.177","heading":"ACTIONS AFFECTING EXISTING ROADS.","body":"(a) An authority may impose a toll for transit over an existing free road, street, or public highway transferred to the authority under this chapter.\n(b) An authority may construct a grade separation at an intersection of a turnpike project with a railroad or highway and change the line or grade of a highway to accommodate the design of the grade separation. The action may not affect a segment of the state highway system without the department's consent. The authority shall pay the cost of a grade separation and any damage incurred in changing a line or grade of a railroad or highway as part of the cost of the turnpike project.\n(c) If feasible, an authority shall provide access to properties previously abutting a county or other public road that is taken for a turnpike project and shall pay abutting property owners the expenses or any resulting damages for a denial of access to the road.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 7.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE G. TURNPIKES AND TOLL PROJECTS","CHAPTER 366. REGIONAL TOLLWAY AUTHORITIES","SUBCHAPTER E. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF TURNPIKE PROJECTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.366.htm#366.177","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"8d396a65096972b3e578f2cd515390b2ea2a17996576583a80dc80267617e99c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-366.176","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-366.178"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}