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Wash. Rev. Code § 47.52.011 (2026)

"Existing highway" defined

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For the purposes of this chapter, the term "existing highway" shall include all highways, roads and streets duly established, constructed, and in use. It shall not include new highways, roads or streets, or relocated highways, roads or streets, or portions of existing highways, roads or streets which are relocated.
[ 1961 c 13 s 47.52.011. Prior: 1951 c 167 s 3.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1957–1965 · leading case: State v. Calkins, 314 P.2d 449 (Wash. 1957).
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State v. Calkins, 314 P.2d 449 (Wash. 1957). · cites it 3× “An existing highway has been defined as follows: *722 "RCW 47.52.011 `Existing highway' defined.”
State Ex Rel. Sternoff v. SUP'R CT. FOR KING CTY., 325 P.2d 300 (Wash. 1958). · cites it 3× “” “Existing highway” is defined by RCW 47.52.011 as follows: “For the purposes of this chapter, the term ‘existing highway’ shall include all highways, roads and streets duly established, constructed, and in use.”
Deaconess Hosp. v. Washington State High. Comm'n, 403 P.2d 54 (Wash. 1965). · cites it 2× “" RCW 47.52.011. [6] The state submitted additional evidence that all noise is not necessarily bad or distracting, but frequently is useful and beneficial in preventing distraction or damage from other kinds and types of disturbing sounds.”
McMoran v. State, 345 P.2d 598 (Wash. 1959). · cites it 2× “" RCW 47.52.011. In 1955, the legislature amended the law relating to the right of access of abutting owners to existing highways as follows: "No existing public highway, road or street shall be constructed as a limited access facility except upon the waiver, purchase, or…”
State v. Fox, 332 P.2d 943 (Wash. 1958). “' The statutory process, by which an existing highway (RCW 47.52.011) becomes a limited-access facility, is a combination of the exercise of eminent domain and the police power.”
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