Terms Used In Iowa Code 309.81

  • Bridge: includes any structure including supports, erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, a highway, or railway. See Iowa Code 309.1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Culvert: includes any structure not classified as a bridge which provides an opening under any roadway, except that this term does not include tile crossing the road, or intakes thereto, where the tile are a part of a tile line or system designed to aid subsurface drainage. See Iowa Code 309.1
 Before beginning the construction of a permanent bridge or culvert by day labor or by contract, the county engineer shall file the plans, specifications, estimate of drainage area, estimates of costs, and specific designation of the location of the bridge or culvert in the county engineer’s office.