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86.21 – Interstate toll bridges.

86.21 Interstate toll bridges. (1) Any county or town, or any village or city however organized, bordering upon any navigable waters which form the boundary line between this and another state, may construct, maintain and operate a foot and vehicular toll bridge over and across such river or waters, commencing at a point within or […]

86.17 – Taking water from highway streams.

86.17 Taking water from highway streams. (1) The general public shall have the right to use and take water from any spring, creek or running water that may be found running in or across the limits of any public highway, provided that this section shall not interfere with the tunneling or piping of water for […]

86.18 – Milwaukee County highways; location, alteration, maintenance.

86.18 Milwaukee County highways; location, alteration, maintenance. (1) The county board of any county having a population of 250,000 or more may acquire, establish, lay out, relocate, widen, enlarge, extend, pave, repave, improve and maintain county trunk highways therein, and when requested by resolution adopted by the governing body of any municipality situated therein, any […]

86.185 – Populous counties; power over county trunk highways.

86.185 Populous counties; power over county trunk highways. Counties having a population of at least 150,000 may exercise any corresponding power over county trunk highways that is conferred upon cities in the widening or improving and maintaining of state trunk or county trunk highways, the constructing or laying of water pipes, sewers and all other […]

86.19 – Highway signs, regulation, prohibition.

86.19 Highway signs, regulation, prohibition. (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), (1n), or (1o) or s. 84.01 (30) (g), no sign shall be placed within the limits of any street or highway except such as are necessary for the guidance or warning of traffic or as provided by ss. 60.23 (17m) and 66.0429. The […]

86.191 – Advertising in highways prohibited, where.

86.191 Advertising in highways prohibited, where. (1) No person shall erect, or cause to be erected, any advertising, direction, guide, warning or other sign or marker within any public highway within a distance of 1,000 feet from the intersection of any 2 or more highways, when such intersection is beyond the corporate limits of any […]

86.192 – Penalty for injuring guide board, markers, etc.

86.192 Penalty for injuring guide board, markers, etc. (1) No person may injure, deface or remove any sign, guide board, mile post, signal or marker erected by the state or by any municipality thereof for the warning, instruction or information of the public. The following warning shall be affixed to the front of each such […]

86.13 – Railroads to maintain highway crossings.

86.13 Railroads to maintain highway crossings. (1) When any street or highway crosses any railroad track at grade, the company owning or operating the railroad shall grade, construct and maintain in good and safe condition for public travel the portion of such street or highway extending across said track. When such street or highway shall […]

86.135 – Railroad highway crossings; traffic control.

86.135 Railroad highway crossings; traffic control. All railroad companies, and their officers, agents, and employees, constructing, maintaining, or repairing railroad highway crossings shall comply with the traffic control provisions directed to the safe and expeditious movement of traffic through construction and maintenance zones and to the safety of the work force performing these operations contained […]

86.14 – Strength of bridges.

86.14 Strength of bridges. (1) After July 1, 1943, no bridge or culvert shall be constructed in any highway unless it shall be designed to have sufficient strength to carry at least 15 ton truck loading in accordance with standard specifications covering design for structures as adopted by the department and in force at the […]