[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR470.109]

[Page 121]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 470--HIGHWAY SYSTEMS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A--Federal-aid Highway Systems
 
Sec. 470.109  System procedures--General.

    (a) The State transportation agency, in consultation with 
responsible local officials, shall have the responsibility for proposing 
to the Federal Highway Administration all official actions regarding the 
designation, or revision, of the Federal-aid highway systems.
    (b) The routes of the Federal-aid highway systems shall be proposed 
by coordinated action of the State transportation agencies where the 
routes involve State-line connections.
    (c) The designation of routes on the Federal-aid highway systems 
shall be in accordance with the planning process required, pursuant to 
the provisions at 23 U.S.C. 135, and, in urbanized areas, the provisions 
at 23 U.S.C. 134(a). The State shall cooperate with local and regional 
officials. In urbanized areas, the local officials shall act through the 
metropolitan planning organizations designated for such areas under 23 
U.S.C. 134.
    (d) In areas under Federal jurisdiction, the designation of routes 
on the Federal-aid highway systems shall be coordinated with the 
appropriate Federal agency.