Maine Law Review Volume 48 Number 2 Article 3 April 2018 Maine Roads and Easements Knud E. Hermansen Donald R. Richards Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr Part of the Land Use Law Commons, and the Property Law and Real Estate Commons Recommended Citation Knud E. Hermansen & Donald R. Richards, Maine Roads and Easements, 48 Me. L. Rev. 197 (2018). Available at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol48/iss2/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Law Review by an authorized editor of University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. MAINE ROADS AND EASEMENTS Knud E. Hermansen & Donald R. Richards I. INTRODUCTION ........................................ 200 II. EASEMENT TERMS AND CLASSIFICATIONS ............. 202 A. Appurtenant Easements and Easements in Gross .. 203 B. Public Easements and Private Easements .......... 204 III. EASEMENT STATUS AND USES ........................ 205 A. Easement or Fee Simple Title ...................... 205 1. Operative Records ............................. 206 2. Common Law ................................. 206 3. Range-Ways and Range-Roads ................. 207 B. Title Within the Easement ......................... 209 C. Multiple Uses/Easements .......................... 210 D. CorrelativeRights and Appurtenances ............. 211 1. Express or Clearly Intended ................... 211 2. Implied Rights and Limitations ................ 212 a. Utilities in Private Road Easements ........ 217 b. Utilities in Public Roads .................. 217 c. Obstructions .............................. 218 d. PrescriptiveEasements .................... 218 e. Exclude the Obvious ...................... 220 f Increased Traffic Not Speed ............... 220 g. Subdivision of the Appurtenant Parcel..... 220 h. Accessing Non-Appurtenant Parcels ......