NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-54 (2026)

Power to make changes

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The Board of Transportation shall be authorized, when in its judgment the public good requires it, to change, alter, add to, or abandon and substitute new sections for, any portion of the State highway system. (1927, c. 46, s. 1; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1965, c. 538, s. 2; 1967, c. 1128, s. 1; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 23.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1964–1985 · leading case: Guyton v. North Carolina Bd. of Transp., 226 S.E.2d 175 (N.C. Ct. App. 1976).

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Guyton v. North Carolina Bd. of Transp., 226 S.E.2d 175 (N.C. Ct. App. 1976). “The statutory authority for the Board’s action in this case is provided in G.S. 136-54 which reads as follows: “Subject to the provisions of G.”

Snow v. North Carolina State High. Comm'n, 136 S.E.2d 678 (N.C. 1964). “The Highway Commission is authorized to regulate, abandon and close grade crossings and intersections.”

Town of Morehead City v. North Carolina Dep't of Transp., 327 S.E.2d 602 (N.C. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “General Statute 136-54 states: The Board of Transportation shall be authorized, when in its judgment the public good requires it, to change, alter, add to, or abandon and substitute new sections for, any portion of State Highway System.”

S. Ry. Co. v. City of Winston-Salem, 165 S.E.2d 751 (N.C. Ct. App. 1969). “G.S. 136-54, G.S. 136-58, G.S. 136-59. In the case of city streets, G.”

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