§ 42-4-1104 — Speed limits on elevated structures

(1) No person shall drive a
vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway
at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with
safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is signposted as provided in
this section.

(2) The department of transportation upon request from any local authority
shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct an investigation of any bridge or other
elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and, if it finds that such
structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed
otherwise permissible under sections 42-4-1101 to 42-4-1104, said department shall
determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such structure can
withstand and shall cause or permit suitable standard signs stating such maximum
speed to be erected and maintained before each end of such structure in
conformity with the state traffic control manual.

(3) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this section, proof
of said determination of the maximum speed by said department and the existence
of said signs shall constitute conclusive evidence of the maximum speed which can
be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure.

(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A
traffic infraction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2368, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.