Streets and Highways Code section 888

The department shall not construct a state highway as a freeway that will result in the severance or destruction of an existing major route for nonmotorized transportation traffic and light motorcycles, unless it provides a reasonable, safe, and convenient alternate route or such a route exists.

Source: Section 888, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=888. (updated Jan. 1, 1994; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/streets_and_highways_code_section_888

Original Source: Section 888, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=888. (last accessed May 12, 2025).