2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 13b-269. (Formerly Sec. 16-99). Bridge over railroad.

      Sec. 13b-269. (Formerly Sec. 16-99). Bridge over railroad. When a highway is laid out or ordered to be laid out across a railroad and the Commissioner of Transportation directs such highway to be carried over the railroad, he shall determine the length, width and material of the bridge over the railroad before the damages occasioned to any person by the taking of land for such highway are finally assessed; and said commissioner may require such bridge to extend beyond the railroad crossed by it. No structure shall be constructed or reconstructed over and across any railroad until the commissioner has determined the length, width, material and plan of such structure and its height above the roadbed of such railroad and the necessity for such construction or reconstruction.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5488; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.)

      History: P.A. 75-486 substituted "public utilities control authority" for "commission", i.e. public utilities commission, and "authority" for "commission" thereafter, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted "commissioner of transportation" for "public utilities control authority" and "commissioner" for "authority" where appearing, effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-99 transferred to Sec. 13b-269.

      Annotations to former section 16-99:

      Held inapplicable to case pending at its passage. 71 C. 43. Cited. 150 C. 371, 383.