Ky. Rev. Stat. § 177.010 (2026)

As used in KRS 177.010 to 177.890, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means Department of Highways of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; (2) "Construct" includes reconstruct and improve; (3) "Roads" includes rural roads; highways; bridges and bridge approaches; city streets, viaducts, and bridges; (4) "Rural and secondary roads" includes: (a) A county road as defined in KRS 178.010(1)(b); (b) A publicly-owned road other than a state or federal highway, that is outside a city, town, or urban area having a population of twenty-five hundred (2,500) or more; (c) A road that is classified as part of the rural secondary road system by the Department of Highways; (5) "Public grade crossing" means the at-grade intersection of a railroad track or tracks and a road or highway that has been dedicated to public use and incorporated into either the state primary road system or the highway or road system of a county or municipality; (6) "Cabinet" means the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet; and (7) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 238, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 8, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4356t-17-2e.