§8–319.

    Property may be acquired under this part for a State highway only if the highway has:

        (1)    Each of its termini within an area in this State that the Administration recognizes as a principal traffic generating center;

        (2)    Each of its termini at or near a public highway in this State;

        (3)    One terminus within an area in this State that the Administration recognizes as a principal traffic generating center and the other terminus at or near a public highway in this State; or

        (4)    One terminus within an area in this State that the Administration recognizes as a principal traffic generating center or at or near a public highway in this State and the other terminus at the boundary of another state connecting with a highway recognized by the Administration as a principal traffic distribution, collection, or dispersal artery.