The board of supervisors of one or more counties, acting individually or jointly by agreement with the private owner or owners, may purchase and maintain toll-free one or more toll bridges in one or more counties. However, this section and 65-21-17 shall not apply to any interstate bridge, nor the bridge across the Pascagoula River at Pascagoula, Mississippi, nor to any bridge on any designated state highway maintained in whole or in part by the state highway department.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 21 - Bridges; General Provisions
§ 65-21-1. Width of bridges and culverts
§ 65-21-5. Illumination of bridges
§ 65-21-7. Toll bridges and ferries
§ 65-21-9. Bond of toll bridge and ferry keepers
§ 65-21-11. Board of supervisors may purchase privately owned bridges
§ 65-21-13. Damages for taking private bridges
§ 65-21-15. Purchase of toll bridge for free operation
§ 65-21-17. Bonds to maintain toll-free bridge
§ 65-21-19. Bridges connecting districts
§ 65-21-21. Bond issue for bridges connecting districts
§ 65-21-23. Bridges over rivers at county boundaries
§ 65-21-25. Bridges at intersection of river flowing from one county to another
§ 65-21-27. Bridges within municipalities