Highway Easement


Definition of "Highway easement"

Melissa Reed
  Keller Wiliams Realty Atlanta Partners

The construction of a highway right way over a privately held parcel of land. Property owners are entitled to compensation for the value of the property usurped by a highway easement. See also eminent domain.


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