The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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CROSSING HIGHWAYS
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 3572)
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§ 3572. Highway bridges on State highways
(a) When it next becomes necessary to rebuild or reconstruct, in whole or in part, any
existing bridge on a State highway that carries a public highway over railroad tracks,
the State shall rebuild the bridge and pay one-half the cost thereof and the railroad
corporation whose track travels under the bridge shall pay one-half the cost thereof;
thereafter the State shall maintain, rebuild, and repair the bridge at its expense.
If the rebuilding or reconstruction is made at the request of and for the benefit
of the railroad, the railroad shall pay the entire cost. Maintenance, repair, and
reconstruction or rebuilding, in whole or in part, required on bridges that were reconstructed
or rebuilt in whole or in part for existing legal loads for State highways, subsequent
to January 1, 1963, shall be made by the State at its expense.
(b) Construction of new bridges carrying public highways over railroad tracks and rebuilding
and reconstruction of existing bridges, when made necessary by reason of highway improvement
incident to increased load, usage, or speed of motor vehicular traffic, shall be made
by the State at its expense, except that to the extent any additions or improvements
are made at the request of and for the benefit of the railroad, the added cost shall
be paid by the railroad. (Added 1969, No. 76, § 3.)