Legislative route

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Bogert's Bridge, a bridge that is part of a legislative route outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania Bogert's Bridge Northern Approach.JPG
Bogert's Bridge, a bridge that is part of a legislative route outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania

In the United States, a legislative route (LR) or legislative highway is a highway defined by laws passed in a state legislature. [1] The numbering of such highways may or may not correspond to the numbers familiar to the public as part of the state, U.S. highway, and Interstate highway systems. [2] Legislative routes may be composed of several such roads, and conversely, state, U.S., and Interstate highways may be made up of several legislative routes. Minnesota also had highways defined in an amendment to the Minnesota State Constitution in 1920, and those roads are known as constitutional routes. [3]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">California State Route 16</span> State highway in California, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Legislative route (Minnesota)</span>

In the U.S. state of Minnesota, a legislative route is a highway number defined by the Minnesota State Legislature. The routes from 1 to 70 are constitutional routes, defined as part of the Babcock Amendment to the Minnesota State Constitution, passed November 2, 1920. All of them were listed in the constitution until a 1974 rewrite. Though they are now listed separately in §161.114 of the Minnesota Statutes, the definitions are legally considered to be part of the constitution, and cannot be altered or removed without an amendment. Legislative routes with numbers greater than 70 can be added or deleted by the legislature.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">U.S. Route 63 in Minnesota</span>

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References

  1. "ARTICLE 3. The State Highway Routes [300 - 635]". California Legislative Information. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  2. "The Great Renumbering: California State Highways Before 1965". California Highways. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  3. "161.114 Constitutional trunk highways". Minnesota Legislature. Retrieved January 16, 2021.