§ 8-16-3.1-1 — "Eligible county"

Indiana § 8-16-3.1-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 16: BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
• Ch. 3.1: Major Bridge Fund

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(a) As used in this chapter, "eligible county"
means a county that has:
(1) a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000)
and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000); and
(2) a major obstruction between commercial or population centers
which is capable of causing an economic hardship because of
excess travel required to conduct a normal level of commerce
between the two (2) centers.
A major obstruction which is a part of a county boundary or a state
boundary does not qualify for the purpose of this chapter.
(b) As used in this chapter, "major bridge" means the following:
(1) A structure that is two hundred (200) or more feet in length
and that is erected over a depression or an obstruction for the
purpose of carrying motor vehicular traffic or other moving loads.
However, the structure shall be one hundred (100) or more feet in
length in a city having any of the following populations:
(A) More than sixty-five thousand (65,000) and less than
seventy thousand (70,000).
(B) More than sixty thousand (60,000) and less than sixty-five
thousand (65,000).
(C) More than thirty-one thousand (31,000) and less than
thirty-one thousand five hundred (31,500).
(2) An underpass of any length that is designed to carry motor
vehicle traffic or other moving loads.
(c) As used in this chapter, "major obstruction" means a physical
barrier to the passage of motor vehicle traffic that inhibits the use of the
customary highway construction techniques to bridge the barrier
without use of a grade separation structure.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.96, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1982,
P.L.1, SEC.28; P.L.86-1988, SEC.21; P.L.12-1992, SEC.65;
P.L.61-1992, SEC.1; P.L.1-1993, SEC.50; P.L.170-2002, SEC.67;
P.L.119-2012, SEC.96; P.L.11-2023, SEC.38.