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DIVISION 1. STATE HIGHWAYS 50-897›CHAPTER 3. The Care and Protection of State Highways 660-759.3›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions 660-661

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California Streets and Highways Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

As used in this chapter:

(a) “Highway” includes all, or any part, of the entire width of the right-of-way of a state highway, whether or not the entire area is actually used for highway purposes.

(b) “Encroachment” includes any tower, pole, pole line, pipe, pipe line, fence, billboard, stand or building, or any structure, object of any kind or character not particularly mentioned in this section, or special event, which is in, under, or over any portion of the highway. “Special event” means any street festival, sidewalk sale, community-sponsored activity, or community-approved activity.

(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 236, Sec. 1. Effective July 23, 1987.)

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