RSA 237:17 Authority Granted.

The commissioner of transportation, with the approval of the governor and council, shall locate and construct a continuous highway from a point on the Massachusetts-New Hampshire boundary in the town of Seabrook to a point on the New Hampshire-Maine boundary in the city of Portsmouth, and from the Portsmouth traffic circle in the city of Portsmouth to a point in the vicinity of the town of Milton, and shall operate and maintain said highway as a toll road as hereinafter provided.
I. Determine the location of the aforesaid toll road and fix the width of its right-of-way.
II. Acquire in the name of the state by purchase or by exercise of the right of condemnation as provided by statute such lands, property, rights, easements and interests as may be deemed necessary for car