Connecticut § 13b-295 (Formerly Sec. 16-122). Overhead bridge guards. Penalty.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 13b-295 — (Formerly Sec. 16-122). Overhead bridge guards. Penalty.

Connecticut § 13b-295

Title 13bTransportation

Ch. 245aRailroad Construction and Location

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13b-295 (2026).

Text

Each railroad company shall, if required by the Commissioner of Transportation, erect and thereafter maintain suitable bridge guards at each bridge over its railroad when the overhead structure is less than eighteen feet in height above the track. Such bridge guards shall be approved by the commissioner and be erected and adjusted to his satisfaction. Any company failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit fifty dollars to the state for each month of continuance in such failure.

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Each railroad company shall, if required by the Commissioner of Transportation, erect and thereafter maintain suitable bridge guards at each bridge over its railroad when the overhead structure is less than eighteen feet in height above the track. Such bridge guards shall be approved by the commissioner and be erected and adjusted to his satisfaction. Any company failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit fifty dollars to the state for each month of continuance in such failure.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 5507; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.) History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “public utilities commission” and “authority” for “commission”, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted “commissioner of transportation” for “public utilities control authority” and “commissioner” for “authority”, effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-122 transferred to Sec. 13b-295.