120 FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF ROADWAYS

Type I - ARTERIAL

Arterials connect population centers and. economic activity with each other and the state or municipal road systems, occurring at reasonably regular intervals to collect traffic from roads of lesser importance, and carrying relatively heavy corridor traffic movements, present, or potential.

Arterial classification will be as designated by the County Commission.

Type II - COLLECTOR

Collectors occur at reasonably regular intervals to collect traffic from local roads and channel it onto and off of the arterial road system. These roads serve minor populationt centers not feasibly served by arterial routes. Collectors are the main school bus routes, mail routes, and farm to market routes.

Collector classification will be as designated by the County Commission.

Type III - LOCAL ROAD

Type III roads are through roads whose primary purpose is to serve abutting properties and provide for minor volumes of through traffic.

Type III classification will be as designated by the County Commission.

Type IV - LOCAL ROAD

Type IV roads consist of Cul-de-sac legs and short and/or dead end road sections serving the immediate area.

Type IV classification will be as designated by the County Commission.

Type V - MINIMUM MAINTENANCE ROAD

Minimum Maintenance roads are old county rights-of-way and dead end roads with fewer than three houses, where regular maintenance has previously been discontinued due to lack of use and which may have been subsequently placed into the limited maintenance category by past County Commission actions.

Type V classification will be made by County Commission action upon recommendation by the Road & Bridge Superintendent.

Type VI - PRIVATE ROAD or DEDICATED NON-MAINTAINED ROAD

Private roads are roads that have not been dedicated to the public and/or provide access to property with said roads not maintained by public funds. Dedicated Non-Maintained roads may be old county roadways and/or rights-of-way not falling into the category of minimum maintenance or roads that have been dedicated and constructed out never accepted for maintenance by the County.