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There's a few problems with deeded right-of-ways. I saw one case where someone had access to their property essentially blocked off when their neighbour decided to build a shop that was partally blocking where the deeded access was. The person tried to fight it and lost.
In another case, a person had a right-of-way on one side of someones land. This was already abit of a low area with minor flooding in the spring and fall. The owner of the property got about 500 loads of fill brought in making most of his property higher. This had the effect of turning the right-of-way area into a driveway that was under 6 inches of water most of the time.
It's also not necessarily any cheaper to go that route of securing a right-of-way and buying the property. If the property was such a bargain, then you would think that one of the owners of adjoining property would've bought it.