Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 177.230 (2026)

Establishment of limited access facilities -- Regulation of use

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The highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, and towns, acting alone or in cooperation, with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, are hereby authorized to plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain, and provide limited access facilities for public use wherever such authority or authorities are of the opinion that traffic conditions, present or future, will justify such special facilities: provided, that within cities such authority shall be subject to such municipal consent as may be provided by law. Said highway authorities of the state, counties, cities, and towns, in addition to the specific powers granted in KRS 177.220 to 177.310, shall also have and may exercise, relative to limited access facilities, any and all additional authority now or hereafter vested in them relative to highways or streets within their respective jurisdictions. Said units may regulate, restrict, or prohibit the use of such limited access facilities by the various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with KRS 177.220. Effective: June 27, 2019 History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 25, effective June 27, 2019. -- Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 225, sec. 3.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2025 · leading case: Sturgill v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Highways, 384 S.W.2d 89 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964).

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Sturgill v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Highways, 384 S.W.2d 89 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). “In any event, it is conceded by the Commonwealth that appellants’ property could not be taken for a private purpose and that the right to condemn this particular tract exists only if it is taken for a “public use”.”

Guthrie v. Curlin, 263 S.W.2d 240 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953). “* * * ” KRS 177.230, which is one of the sections of the limited-access statute referred to in KRS 177.”

Ndayishimye Tito v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2025). “4 KRS 177.230 authorizes state and local authorities to designate limited access facilities and regulate access.”

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