2016 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 11 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters
Subchapter I - General Provisions
Sec. 496 - Time for commencement and completion of bridge

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 496 (2016)
Section Name §496. Time for commencement and completion of bridge
Section Text

Whenever Congress shall after March 23, 1906, by law authorize the construction of any bridge over or across any of the navigable waters of the United States, and no time for the commencement and completion of such bridge is named in said Act, the authority thereby granted shall cease and be null and void unless the actual construction of the bridge authorized in such Act be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of such Act.

Source Credit

(Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130, §6, 34 Stat. 86.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 11 - BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 496 - Time for commencement and completion of bridge
Contains section 496
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 34 Stat. 86
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