Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 19, § 702 (2026)

Width of highways and trails

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Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS

(Cite as: 19 V.S.A. § 702)

§ 702. Width of highways and trails

The right-of-way for each highway and trail shall be three rods wide unless otherwise properly recorded. Any highway that had been designated as a trail prior to July 1, 1967 and later becomes a trail shall retain the same width of right-of-way as a trail as it had as a highway, but not exceeding three rods. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2024 · leading case: Cameron's Run, LLP v. Frohock, 2010 VT 60 (Vt. 2010).

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Cameron's Run, LLP v. Frohock, 2010 VT 60 (Vt. 2010). · cites it 2× “See 19 V.S.A. § 702 (mandating three rod rights-of-way for town highways “unless otherwise properly recorded”) and id.”

Town of South Hero v. Wood, 2006 VT 28 (Vt. 2006). “4 Under 19 V.S.A. § 702, “[t]he right-of-way for each highway and trail shall be three rods wide unless otherwise properly recorded.”

Town of Ludlow v. Watson, 571 A.2d 67 (Vt. 1990). “§ 32 is also consistent with 19 V.S.A. § 702, which states in pertinent part: “The right-of-way for each highway and trail shall be three rods wide unless otherwise properly recorded.”

Morse v. Murphy, 599 A.2d 1367 (Vt. 1991). “If Lyndon were to be conveyed a fifty-foot-wide strip for part of the road it is reasonable to assume that it would receive fifty feet for the other part.”

Doran v. West Haven (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024). · cites it 2× “at 90 (distinguishing Newton on the same grounds and finding acceptance based on general road maintenance work). Accordingly, therefore, Plaintiffs proved at trial that Upper River Road has been established as a public road by common-law dedication and acceptance.”

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