Rhode Island General Laws 24-8-44. Gainer Dam bridge and roadway
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The department of transportation shall have full charge and control of the maintenance of the Gainer Dam bridge and roadway, a section of route 12 crossing the Gainer Dam and Scituate Reservoir, and the bridge and roadway are hereby made part of the state highway system. The department of transportation shall appoint such attendants and other employees as may be required for the care and maintenance of the bridge and roadway, and exercise full authority. All appropriations for the care, maintenance, and repair of the bridge and roadway shall be expended under the direction of the department of transportation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 87, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 172, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 24-8-44
- bridge: as used in this chapter shall be a structure including supports erected over a depression or an obstruction, such as water, highway, or railway, and having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having an opening measured along the center of the roadway of eight feet (8?) or more between under copings of abutments, spring lines of arches, or the extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes; it also includes single or multiple pipes where the clear distance between openings of multiple pipes is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening. See Rhode Island General Laws 24-8-27