The commission shall, when requested, advise towns, villages and counties with regard to the construction and maintenance of any road or bridge, and shall select, lay out and construct a system of prospective state highways. History: Laws 1912, ch. 54, § 3; Code 1915, § 2633; C.S. 1929, § 64-327; 1941 Comp., § 58-210; 1953 Comp., § 55-2-10. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For establishment of department of transportation, see 67-3-6 NMSA 1978. No authority to designate city underpass as state highway. — The commission is not authorized by this section, 67-2-4, 67-3-16 or 67-3-41 NMSA 1978 to designate as a state highway an underpass in a city not part of or intended to be part of a state highway. Springer Transfer Co. v. City of Albuquerque, 1940-NMSC-039, 44 N.M. 407, 103 P.2d 129.
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