2005 Minnesota Statutes - 169.16 — Speed on bridge.

     169.16 Speed on bridge.  


    (a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or 
 other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a 
 speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be 
 maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when such 
 structure is signposted as provided in this section.  


    (b) The commissioner, upon request from any local 
 authority, shall, or, upon the commissioner's own initiative, 
 may, conduct an investigation of any bridge or other elevated 
 structure constituting a part of a highway, and on finding that 
 such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles 
 traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this chapter, 
 the commissioner shall determine and declare the maximum speed 
 of vehicles which such structure can withstand and cause or 
 permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected 
 and maintained at a distance of 100 feet before each end of such 
 structure.  


    (c) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation 
 of this section, proof of the determination of the maximum speed 
 by the commissioner and the existence of the signs shall 
 constitute conclusive evidence of the maximum speed which can be 
 maintained with safety to such bridge or structure.  


    HIST: (2720-180) 1937 c 464 s 30; 1986 c 444