§ 24-8-27. "Bridgeâ€� defined — Responsibility for structures.
(a) The word "bridge� as used in this chapter shall be a structure including supports
erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway, or railway, and
having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having
an opening measured along the center of the roadway of eight feet (8′) or more between
under copings of abutments, spring lines of arches, or the extreme ends of openings
for multiple boxes; it also includes single or multiple pipes where the clear distance
between openings of multiple pipes is less than half of the smaller co
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§ 24-8-27. "Bridgeâ€� defined — Responsibility for structures.
(a) The word "bridge� as used in this chapter shall be a structure including supports
erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway, or railway, and
having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having
an opening measured along the center of the roadway of eight feet (8′) or more between
under copings of abutments, spring lines of arches, or the extreme ends of openings
for multiple boxes; it also includes single or multiple pipes where the clear distance
between openings of multiple pipes is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening.
(b) The state will be responsible for the following related to bridges, as defined above:
(1) Reporting of inspection and load rating findings for National Bridge Inventory (NBI)
bridges on all roadways;
(2) Construction and maintenance costs of:
(i) Bridges on state-owned roads;
(ii) Structures less than eight feet (8′) on state roads; and
(ii) Other state-owned structures unless otherwise agreed upon.
(c) The state is not responsible for construction or maintenance costs for bridges or
smaller structures it does not own.
(d) Performing inspections or load ratings on any bridge or structures less than eight
feet (8′) by the state for public safety does not constitute ownership or responsibility
of the structure.