ยง 216. When town not liable for damages. No town shall be liable for
any damage resulting to persons or property by the reason of the
breaking of any bridge, sluice or culvert, by transportation on the same
of any traction engine, portable piece of machinery, or of any vehicle
or load, together weighing eight tons or over, but any owner thereof or
other persons engaged in transporting or directing the same shall be
liable for all damages resulting therefrom.
Structure New York Laws
170 - Survey for the Laying Out of a Highway.
173 - Petition for Acquisition.
177 - Damages in Certain Cases; How Estimated.
180 - Limitations Upon Laying Out Highways.
181 - Laying Out Highways Through Burying-Grounds.
184 - When Officers of Different Towns Disagree About Highway.
185 - Difference About Improvements.
186 - Highway in Two or More Towns.
188 - Final Determination, How Carried Out.
191 - Highways or Roads Along Division Lines.
193 - Contracts for the Construction of Town Highways.
194 - Construction or Improvement of Town Highways by County and Town.
195 - County Aid for Construction, Improvement and Maintenance of Town Highways.
196 - County Aid for Connecting Highway Through Villages.
197 - Damages for Change of Grade.
198 - Interest on Damages for Change of Grade.
199 - Widening Highways; Petition.
203 - Widening, How Constructed.
204 - Actions to Compel Widening; How Affected by Petition.
205-A - Seasonal Limited Use Highway.
205-B - Qualified Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.
206 - Highways in Lands Acquired by the United States for Fortification Purposes Deemed Abandoned.
207 - Discontinuance of Highway.
208 - Description to Be Recorded.
209 - Damages Caused by Discontinuance.
211-A - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways.
211-B - Abandonment of Certain Town Highways in School Districts.
212 - Changing Location of Highways Over Certain Lands Owned and Occupied by the State.
212-A - Abandoning of Parts of Town Highways.
213 - Construction and Repair of Approaches to Private Lands.
214 - Depositing Ashes, Snow, Ice, Stones, Sticks, Et Cetera Upon the Highway.