2017 New York Laws
HAY - Highway
Article 9 - Bridges
252 - Maintenance of Bridge.
252. Maintenance of bridge. When a toll bridge shall have been acquired by the state under the provisions of this article it shall be maintained as a free bridge and the expense thereof shall be a charge upon the town or towns or city or cities within which it is situated. Upon the acquisition of any toll bridge as provided in this article, the board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties in which said toll bridge is located shall upon notice of such acquisition from the comptroller, accept and maintain the same as a part of the highway system of said county or counties and such acceptance shall be deemed to have been formerly taken at the expiration of twenty days from the notice of said acquisition by the state comptroller.
