Andersen v. State

The State built a new road parallel to an old one. To afford access from the old to the new road the State built a short connecting link where the roads came close together. The State retained control over the connecting link and over the area in the old road where the link was joined, but it did not keep control of the rest of the old road.

Claimants are husband and wife. Both were injured when a car driven by the husband in the old road and attempting to make the turn into the connecting link to the new road, ran into a barricade on the old road beyond the turn. The wife has had judgment in…