# Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.51: Limited access highways; definition

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.51

## Section

- **Citation:** Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.51
- **Heading:** Limited access highways; definition
- **Jurisdiction:** Michigan
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-205-of-1941 / Section 252.51

## Text

Sec. 1.

For the purposes of this act, limited access highways are defined as highways specially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land have no easement or right of light, air or access by reason of such abuttal. Such highways may be parkways, with or without landscaped roadsides, from which trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles are excluded; or they may be motorways open to use by all common forms of highway traffic.

History: 1941, Act 205, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 252.51

## Nearby sections

- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.51 Limited access highways; definition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.51.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.52 Limited access highways; establishing, opening, discontinuing, vacating, closing, altering, improving, maintaining, and providing for public use; vending machines; other commercial enterprises prohibited; liability insurance; monitoring compliance; use of facilities for sale of articles for export; operation of customs brokering facilities; lease; distribution of travel-related information; disposition of revenue; electronic devices; logo signage; exit signs indicating hospital.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.52.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.53 Authority to acquire property; purchase, gift, devise or condemnation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.53.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.54 Limited access highways; authority to acquire entire lot, block or plat of land.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.54.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.55 Limited access highways; intersections; elimination; establishment in future prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.55.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.56 Limited access highways; plans for construction or improvement; estimate of cost, approval.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.56.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.57 Limited access highways; contracts for construction or improvement; allocation of cost, approval.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.57.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.58 Limited access highways; contributions and pledges of funds; payment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.58.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.59 Limited access highways; county, city, or village contributions, payment procedure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.59.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.60 Limited access highways; federal aid.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.60.md)
- [Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.64 Scope of act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MI_C252_AAct-205-of-1941_S252.64.md)

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