City of Ellisville v. State Highway Commission

U. S. Highway No. 11 passes through the City of Ellis-ville — which has a population of 2,100 — in a northerly and southerly direction. In doing so it occupies what was before, and is now, one of the streets of that municipality. This street was originally 66 feet wide, but when it was paved by the highway commission an additional strip of 14 feet was procured along the east side of the original street, thus making the present street 80 feet wide.

We say the present street is 80 feet wide, thereby including the additional 14 feet, because a street is defined in the law to be a road or highway…