§ 62. Maintenance by state of certain bridges over the canal system.\nAll highway or pedestrian, lift or movable bridges over the canal system\nother than highway bridges connecting parts of a state highway\nheretofore constructed as a part of the barge canal improvement shall be\nreconstructed, improved, maintained and repaired at the expense of the\nstate, if in the opinion of the commissioner of transportation, the\npublic convenience requires such bridges to be maintained where no\nalternate crossing has been provided. In the event the commissioner of\ntransportation determines that any such bridge is no longer required for\nthe convenience of the public, he shall have power to close, remove or\nrelocate such bridge. The commissioner of transportation shall have the\nsupervision and
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§ 62. Maintenance by state of certain bridges over the canal system.\nAll highway or pedestrian, lift or movable bridges over the canal system\nother than highway bridges connecting parts of a state highway\nheretofore constructed as a part of the barge canal improvement shall be\nreconstructed, improved, maintained and repaired at the expense of the\nstate, if in the opinion of the commissioner of transportation, the\npublic convenience requires such bridges to be maintained where no\nalternate crossing has been provided. In the event the commissioner of\ntransportation determines that any such bridge is no longer required for\nthe convenience of the public, he shall have power to close, remove or\nrelocate such bridge. The commissioner of transportation shall have the\nsupervision and direction of such reconstruction, improvement,\nmaintenance, repair, closing, removing or relocation. All bridges over\nthe canal system other than lift, movable, pedestrian or state highway\nbridges heretofore constructed as part of the barge canal improvement\nshall be reconstructed, improved, maintained and repaired at the expense\nof the state under the supervision and direction of the commissioner of\ntransportation, if, in his opinion, the public convenience requires that\neach such bridge shall be continued as a bridge for highway traffic. In\nthe event the commissioner of transportation is requested by any\nmunicipality to reconstruct or improve any such bridge, he is hereby\nempowered to do so, provided, however, that prior to such reconstruction\nor improvement the municipality enters into a written agreement that\nsuch bridge thereafter shall become a part of the highway system or\nsystems which it may connect and the maintenance, repair, improvement,\nreplacement or closing of any such bridge shall be governed by the\nprovisions of the highway law, except that any such bridges situate in a\ncity shall be maintained, repaired, improved, replaced or closed in the\nsame manner and subject to the provisions of any special law which may\napply or to the same provisions of law as apply to other streets and\nbridges in such city or in the case of such bridges situate in a\nvillage, such bridges shall be maintained, repaired, improved, replaced\nor closed in the same manner and subject to the same provisions of law\nas apply to other streets and bridges in such village. Any bridge over\nthe New York state canal system or abandoned part thereof which joins\nparts of a state highway shall be under the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner of transportation and deemed to be part of the state\nhighway system and such bridges shall be constructed, reconstructed,\nimproved, maintained, repaired, closed or relocated pursuant to the\nprovisions of the highway law and the cost of such work shall be paid\nfrom moneys available for construction, reconstruction, improvement,\nmaintenance or repair of state highways.\n