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Indiana Code 8-16-3-1.5. Definitions

   Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter:

(1) “Bridge” means any structure designed to carry vehicular traffic over or under an obstacle to the normal flow of traffic and including any grade separation, culvert, or approach to a bridge.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-16-3-1.5

  • Approach: means any part of a road or street which is required to make a bridge a viable part of a county road or city street system but which does not extend more than five hundred (500) feet from the bridge. See Indiana Code 8-16-3-1.5
  • Bridge: means any structure designed to carry vehicular traffic over or under an obstacle to the normal flow of traffic and including any grade separation, culvert, or approach to a bridge. See Indiana Code 8-16-3-1.5
  • Construction: means both construction and reconstruction to a degree that new, supplementary, or substantially improved traffic service is provided and significant geometric or structural improvements are affected. See Indiana Code 8-16-3-1.5
(2) “Approach” means any part of a road or street which is required to make a bridge a viable part of a county road or city street system but which does not extend more than five hundred (500) feet from the bridge.

(3) “Construction” means both construction and reconstruction to a degree that new, supplementary, or substantially improved traffic service is provided and significant geometric or structural improvements are affected.

(4) “Cost” means all expenditures required to construct, maintain, or repair a bridge, including engineering, equipment, land acquisition, materials, contracts, and bond interest.

(5) “Municipal corporation” means a city or town.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.113, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.8-1989, SEC.54; P.L.104-1993, SEC.1.

Indiana Code 8-16-3.1-5. Appropriations from the Allen County major bridge fund

   Sec. 5. An appropriation from the major bridge fund in Allen County may be made without the approval of the department of local government finance if:

(1) the county executive adopts a resolution finding that the county does not need to continue accumulating money in the fund for the construction of a major bridge;

Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-16-3.1-5

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • major bridge: means the following:

    Indiana Code 8-16-3.1-1

(2) the county executive requests the appropriation; and

(3) the appropriation is for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or repairing bridges, approaches, or grade separations with respect to structures other than major bridges.

As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.266.