(a) If construction on a part of the state highway system causes the closing of a road to traffic, the department shall select, improve, and maintain an all-weather detour road for the convenience of the public.(b) A detour road shall be used and controlled under the same conditions and authority as that exercised over the state highway system. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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