136-97. Responsibility of counties for upkeep, etc., terminated.
(a) The board of county commissioners or other road-governing bodies of the various counties in the State are hereby relieved of all responsibility or liability for the upkeep or maintenance of any of the roads or bridges thereon constituting the State highway system, after the same shall have been taken over, and the control thereof assumed by the Department of Transportation.
(b) The Department of Transportation, as part of maintaining the highways, bridges, and watercourses of this State, may haul all debris removed from on, under, or around a bridge to an appropriate disposal site for solid waste, where the debris shall be disposed of in accordance with law. (1921, c. 2, s. 50; C.S., s. 3846(dd); 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, ss. 5, 20; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1989, c. 752, s. 102; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1066, s. 139; 1991, c. 689, s. 209.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
§ 136-90 - Obstructing highways and roads misdemeanor.
§ 136-91 - Placing glass, etc., or injurious obstructions in road.
§ 136-92 - Obstructing highway drains prohibited.
§ 136-92.1 - Exemption from temporary driveway permitting for forestry operations.
§ 136-93 - Openings, structures, pipes, trees, and issuance of permits.
§ 136-93.01 - Electronic submission of permits authorized.
§ 136-93.02 - Uniform Process for Issuing Permits; Report.
§ 136-93.1 - Express permit review program.
§ 136-93.1A - Time frame for reviewing and making a decision on traffic impact analyses.
§ 136-93.2 - Monetary value of trees.
§ 136-94 - Gates projecting over rights-of-way forbidden.
§ 136-95 - Water must be diverted from public road by ditch or drain.
§ 136-96.1 - Special proceeding to declare a right-of-way dedicated to public use.
§ 136-96.2 - Withdrawal of public use dedication by property owners associations.
§ 136-97 - Responsibility of counties for upkeep, etc., terminated.
§ 136-102.1 - Blue Star Memorial and American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway.
§ 136-102.4 - Penalty for violation of G.S136-102.2 and G.S136-102.3.
§ 136-102.5 - Signs on fishing bridges.
§ 136-102.7 - Hurricane evacuation standard.
§ 136-102.8 - Subdivision streets; traffic calming devices.
§ 136-102.9 - Use of aircraft managed by the Department of Transportation.