Tenn. Code § 65-21-101
Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Telegraph and telephone corporations may construct a telegraph or telephone line and erect the necessary fixtures along, or over, or under the line of any public highway, the streets of any village, town, or city, across, or over, or under rivers, or any land belonging to the state, or along, across, or under county roads, and also over the lands of private individuals in pursuance of the general law authorizing the condemnation of the easement of right of way for works of internal improvement as set forth in title 29, chapter 16; provided, that the ordinary use of such public highway, streets, or county road be not thereby obstructed or the navigation of such waters impeded.
T.C.A. § 65-21-101