All culverts hereafter built, rebuilt, or placed in any public road in this state shall be not less than the full width of the crown of the roadway, and shall have guide or warning posts on either side. All bridges hereafter built, rebuilt, or placed in any public road of this state shall be built […]
The boards of supervisors of the respective counties are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase or condemnation proceedings privately owned bridges across rivers or other bodies of water where the said bridges form a link or part of any county, public road, or highway. The boards of supervisors may, in their discretion, contract […]
In event the board of supervisors and the owners of such bridges cannot agree upon the price to be paid therefor, then the board of supervisors may condemn such bridge as a necessary part of the public road or highway of which said bridge connects and forms a part, and the amount to be paid […]
The board of supervisors of one or more counties, acting individually or jointly by agreement with the private owner or owners, may purchase and maintain toll-free one or more toll bridges in one or more counties. However, this section and 65-21-17 shall not apply to any interstate bridge, nor the bridge across the Pascagoula River […]
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Section 65-21-15, the board or boards of supervisors may, in the same manner as set forth in said section, declare it to be their intention to issue bonds not earlier than thirty days and publish the same, stating the amount of contemplated bond issue, in any […]
When a bridge over any stream or other water will connect two or more districts in any county and the districts so connected shall desire to join in defraying the costs and expenses incident to the building and construction of said bridge, or if only one of said districts shall desire to defray said costs […]
Should the result of such election show that it has carried in favor of the issuance of bonds by a majority vote in each district or in the one district, as the case may be, then it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to issue the bonds of such districts or district […]
When a bridge shall be necessary over a stream or any other body of water which divides one county from another, or a bridge over a river or any other body of water flowing from one county into another shall be necessary at the intersection of the river and the line between the counties, (or […]
A bridge built at the intersection of a river flowing from one county into another shall be built at the nearest available site to said intersection. A municipality which, in the judgment of its governing authorities, will be benefited by the construction of such bridge may join such county, or either of them, in building […]
In case any public highway of any county in the state shall cross any river or stream on such highway within the boundaries of any municipality, in whole or in part, and it shall be deemed by the board of supervisors to be to the interest of the public that a free or toll bridge […]
For the purpose of the construction and operation of the bridges mentioned in Section 65-21-27, the board of supervisors of the county, in the construction and management of same shall be vested with all the powers and authority provided by law for bridging streams of the county, including the levy of taxes and the issuance […]
When any governing board of a political subdivision of the state or the governing board of a municipality must physically close a bridge or bridges under its jurisdiction in order for the state, a political subdivision of the state and/or a municipality of the state to receive or continue to receive federal transportation funding, the […]
The several counties of this state bordering on the tide water of the Gulf of Mexico are authorized and empowered, in the discretion of the boards of supervisors of such counties or of any of them, to provide for the proper illumination of all such bridges and other parts of any of the public highways […]
The boards of supervisors may, when the same cannot otherwise be conveniently maintained, establish, license, construct, maintain, and operate a toll bridge or ferry on any part of a public road, and shall fix and regulate the tolls.
The board of supervisors shall require the keeper of every toll bridge or ferry to give bond with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president and clerk of the board in a penalty, to be fixed by the board, of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and not more than […]
