Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices. Topic 57-08. Siting Electric Transmission Lines in Rights-of-Way

A growing population increases electricity demand and requires reliability. However, expanding the electric grid’s capacity to meet additional energy demand requires installation of new transmission lines to deliver electricity to end-users. Key steps in this expansion include land permitting to host the electric transmission lines and right-of-way (ROW) acquisition for energy stakeholders to address additional ROW needs. Federal agencies have encouraged state departments of transportation (DOTs) to consider accommodating energy transmission lines within highway ROWs through utility accommodation policies or as alternative use provisions under 23 CFR 710. The objective of this synthesis is to document practices for siting electric transmission lines in the state DOT–owned ROW. This synthesis will encompass emerging practices and policies for co-locating electric transmission lines in the highway ROW.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5985
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $65,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-05, Topic 57-08

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Larson, Sandra

• Start Date: 20260216
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Location; Right of way (Land); State departments of transportation; Transmission lines
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01972942
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-05, Topic 57-08
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 26 2025 5:21PM