14.310 Condemnation; Limited-Access Road; Deprivation of Access Rights

14.310 Condemnation; Limited-Access Road; Deprivation of Access Rights A limited-access highway is a special kind of highway provided for by law. A person ordinarily has the right of access to a public road or highway that goes through the person's property; that is, the right to go on or off the highway from or to the property, which is a property right and for which the person is entitled to be paid if a condemnation takes away that right. These rights do not pertain to limited-access highways, and the owner is not entitled to such payments for the lack or absence of access rights. (The next provision refers to interference with access to an existing road or highway and should be charged only if applicable to the facts.) If the construction of a limited-access highway interferes with the owner's access right, the owner's right of access to an existing road would have to be taken into account, condemned, and included in the owner's compensation for land actually taken.