Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads
Section 24-8-25. - Bringing new bridges into state system.

§ 24-8-25. Bringing new bridges into state system.
Any bridge lying in any highway or highways which have been constructed by or upon which work has been done by the state under the supervision of the director of transportation, which shall not be constructed, repaired, or reconstructed by the director of transportation before the making of the director’s next annual report, may be included in the director’s next or any subsequent annual report and recommended for construction, reparation, or reconstruction, and the general assembly may appropriate money for the construction, reparation, or reconstruction. And whenever hereafter the director of transportation shall recommend the relocating, regrading, or improving of any highway which shall include any bridge, the bridge shall come under the supervision of the director of transportation, and the legislature shall, upon appropriating money for the relocating, regrading, or improving of the highway, also make a specific appropriation for the construction, reparation, or reconstruction of the bridge according to the recommendations of the director of transportation, except that each public utility using any of the bridges shall repay to the state the portion of the cost of construction, reparation, or reconstruction of the bridges to be determined in such manner as is provided by § 24-8-23. The bridges when so constructed, repaired, or reconstructed shall thereupon become a part of the state highway system, and shall henceforth be maintained by the state, except those bridges which are used by any public utility which shall pay a part of the cost of maintenance of the bridges in the manner provided by § 24-8-23.
History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 846, § 7; P.L. 1919, ch. 1765, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 97, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 74, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 24-8-25.

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Rhode Island General Laws

Title 24 - Highways

Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads

Section 24-8-1. - Annual report and recommendations — Roads on which expenditures made — Contracts.

Section 24-8-1.1. - Rhode Island highway system — Purpose.

Section 24-8-1.2. - Rhode Island highway system — Establishment.

Section 24-8-1.3. - Definitions.

Section 24-8-1.4. - Annual report and recommendations — Roads on which expenditures made — Contracts.

Section 24-8-1.5. - Turnback implementation plan.

Section 24-8-1.6. - Review.

Section 24-8-1.7. - Rules and regulations.

Section 24-8-2, 24-8-3. - Repealed.

Section 24-8-4. - Improvement, reconstruction, or widening of roads — Widening at town expense.

Section 24-8-4.1. - Highway workers.

Section 24-8-4.2. - Use of truck mounted attenuator.

Section 24-8-5. - Repealed.

Section 24-8-6. - Authority for sidewalks and curbs.

Section 24-8-7. - Specifications for curbs and sidewalks.

Section 24-8-8. - Space between curb and traveled highway.

Section 24-8-9. - Regulations of sidewalks and curbs.

Section 24-8-10. - Improvement or reconstruction of railroad crossings.

Section 24-8-11. - Beautification.

Section 24-8-12. - Contracts — Advertising for bids.

Section 24-8-13. - Contractors’ bond — Forfeiture.

Section 24-8-14. - Repealed.

Section 24-8-15. - Snow and ice removal — Notice of defects.

Section 24-8-16. - Repealed.

Section 24-8-17. - Determination and payment of appropriations to the state, cities, and towns.

Section 24-8-18. - Use of sums appropriated — Annual report.

Section 24-8-19. - Designation and maintenance of detours.

Section 24-8-20. - Location of fuel pumps adjacent to highway.

Section 24-8-21. - Jurisdiction of bridges on state highways.

Section 24-8-22. - Examination and repair or construction of bridges.

Section 24-8-23. - Cost of construction or repair of bridges used by public utilities.

Section 24-8-24. - Bridges incorporated into state system — Responsibility for maintenance.

Section 24-8-25. - Bringing new bridges into state system.

Section 24-8-26. - Removal of snow and ice from bridges — Notice of defects.

Section 24-8-27. - “Bridge” defined — Responsibility for smaller structures.

Section 24-8-28. - Repealed.

Section 24-8-29. - Succession of director to stone bridge commissioner.

Section 24-8-30. - Red Bridge exempt.

Section 24-8-31. - Federal aid rights preserved.

Section 24-8-32. - Drainage of surface water.

Section 24-8-33. - Connection into drainage system.

Section 24-8-34. - Regulation of access.

Section 24-8-35. - Damage caused by potholes — Claims against the state.

Section 24-8-36. - Right to administrative appeal.

Section 24-8-37. - Penalties.

Section 24-8-38. - Bristol road striping.

Section 24-8-39. - Exit ramp control devices for divided highways.

Section 24-8-40. - Woonsocket Lincoln Industrial Highway.

Section 24-8-41. - David Spicer Bridge.

Section 24-8-42. - Emergency management — Lane clearance.

Section 24-8-43. - Alteration of roadways.

Section 24-8-44. - Gainer Dam bridge and roadway.

Section 24-8-45. - Steel plate use.