ORS 373.030: Construction and maintenance of streets; consent of city for grade change.

(1) The Department of Transportation may construct, reconstruct, pave and improve and shall repair and maintain streets and roads through cities where such streets or roads, or both: (a) Form a link in the highway system of the state or constitute a connection between two such highways; and (b) Have been designated by the department as the streets or roads over which there is routed state highway traffic. (2) The department, however, shall not change or establish any grade of any such street or road without the consent of the governing body of the city.