Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3573

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 3573. Railroad bridges; repairs and construction

When a railroad corporation has constructed a railroad across a public highway by passing over the traveled path thereof, the corporation shall keep in good and sufficient repair and rebuild when necessary its bridges and abutments; however, construction of new bridges and abutments and rebuilding and reconstruction of existing bridges and abutments made necessary by reason of highway improvement incident to increased load, usage, or speed of motor vehicular traffic shall be made by the railroad at State expense. (Added 1969, No. 76, § 4.)