The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
002
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CROSSING HIGHWAYS
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 3573)
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§ 3573. Railroad bridges; repairs and construction
When a railroad corporation has constructed a railroad across a public highway by
passing over the traveled path thereof, the corporation shall keep in good and sufficient
repair and rebuild when necessary its bridges and abutments; however, construction
of new bridges and abutments and rebuilding and reconstruction of existing bridges
and abutments made necessary by reason of highway improvement incident to increased
load, usage, or speed of motor vehicular traffic shall be made by the railroad at
State expense. (Added 1969, No. 76, § 4.)