Section 234:19 – Maintenance.
234:19 Maintenance. – All bridges constructed or reconstructed with bridge aid funds and which are located on class II highways shall be maintained by the state. Source. 1921, 155:7. PL 85:13. 1935, 26:5. 1937, 122:2. RL 101:13. 1945, 188:1, part 14:18. RSA 242:18. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 78:9, eff. July 9, 1985.
Section 234:20 – Town Bridge Maintenance.
234:20 Town Bridge Maintenance. – All bridges constructed or reconstructed with bridge aid funds and which are located on class V highways shall be maintained and repaired to the satisfaction of the commissioner of transportation by the towns in which such bridges are located. In case any city, town or unincorporated place whose duty […]
Section 234:21 – Policy.
234:21 Policy. – It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that bridges on regularly maintained highways be inspected as herein provided. Source. RSA 242-A:1. 1969, 222:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.
Section 234:22 – Bridges on Class I, II and III Highways.
234:22 Bridges on Class I, II and III Highways. – The commissioner of transportation shall make a biennial inspection of bridges on class I, II and III highways. Records of said inspections shall be kept by the department of transportation. The commissioner of transportation may employ such assistants, engineers or consulting services as may […]
Section 234:23 – Bridges on Class IV and V Highways and Municipally Maintained Bridges on Class II Highways.
234:23 Bridges on Class IV and V Highways and Municipally Maintained Bridges on Class II Highways. – The town or city official in charge of highways, or the selectmen of a town, shall make a biennial inspection of bridges on class IV or V highways and town or city maintained bridges on class II […]
Section 234:24 – Inspection and Report.
234:24 Inspection and Report. – As a further prerequisite to application for state bridge aid funds an inspection and report shall be made by, or under the supervision of, a registered professional engineer experienced in bridge design and acceptable to the commissioner of transportation. Source. RSA 242-A:3-a. 1973, 554:2. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(5).
Section 234:25 – Assistance to Towns and Cities.
234:25 Assistance to Towns and Cities. – The commissioner of transportation shall, upon request of any town or city, inspect a bridge or bridges in said town or city and supply a copy of the record of said inspection at no expense to the town or city, provided that sufficient qualified personnel are available […]
Section 234:25-a – Red List Bridges.
234:25-a Red List Bridges. – I. The commissioner of transportation shall establish and maintain a list of highway bridges that are found, after inspection by the department, to be structurally deficient, which shall be known as red list bridges. This list shall also include structurally deficient state-owned railroad bridges over highways. II. Separate red […]
Section 234:25-b – Inspection of Red List Bridges; Report.
234:25-b Inspection of Red List Bridges; Report. – I. The department of transportation shall inspect every red list state-owned bridge on the red list biannually and every red list municipal bridge annually as a minimum. II. The department of transportation shall annually provide a complete list of state-owned and municipally-owned red list bridges to […]
Section 234:13 – Interstate Bridges.
234:13 Interstate Bridges. – Any city or town may contract with any adjoining state or with a political subdivision thereof for the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of any bridge crossing the boundary line between New Hampshire and such adjoining state on a class IV or class V highway and for the proportion which the […]