GUIDE TO WRITING RIGHT-OF-WAY DESCRIPTIONS

Whether it is for a short rural highway widening section or for a new cross-town expressway, all the necessary parcels must be individually and legally described to be acquired. Right-of-way description for an interstate project can show the length and breadth of such an undertaking. The preliminary phase of acquiring the necessary data (i. e., title searches, highway staking, and monument locating) as well as the subsequent office calculations are as much a part of the acquisition process as the descriptions themselves. In this brief paper, these steps have been analyzed and some brief examples of descriptions have been shown. Also, certain legal principles that apply to boundaries, descriptions, and conveyances have been identified.

  • Corporate Authors:

    American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

    5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 100
    Bethesda, MD  United States  20814
  • Authors:
    • Rasmussen, D
  • Publication Date: 1983-9

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: p. 299-305
  • Serial:

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00384809
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Engineering Index
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM