§ 233. State bridges and culverts. 1. The commissioner shall cause an\ninspection to be made of any state bridge or culvert which is reported\nto be unsafe for its posted loading by the regional director or the\ncounty superintendent or the town superintendent. If such bridge or\nculvert is found to be unsafe for such posted loading, the commissioner\nmay cause the signs relating to the loading permitted on such bridge or\nculvert to be modified and it shall be the duty of the regional director\nin whose region such bridge or culvert is located to immediately make\nsuch changes in the signs posted on the bridge or culvert as the\ncommissioner may order, and at the same time the regional director shall\nnotify those responsible for the maintenance of the bridge or culvert of\nsuch action. After such inspection, the bridge or culvert shall have the\nsame status with respect to maintenance and liability as it had prior to\nthe inspection. Any inspection of a bridge performed pursuant to this\nsection shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of sections\ntwo hundred thirty-one and two hundred thirty-two of this article.\n 2. The commissioner may, by an official order, close any state bridge\nor culvert and notify the regional director, the county superintendent,\nthe town superintendent and the supervisor of the town of that fact, and\nif such bridge or culvert is located in more than one town or county,\nthe county superintendent, town superintendent and supervisor of each\ntown, respectively, shall have like notice. After the closing of any\nsuch bridge or culvert, the commissioner shall cause to be erected\nconspicuous signs to the effect that the bridge or culvert is closed to\nall traffic, and shall cause to be erected barricades of a type approved\nby the commissioner. Neither the state nor any other public entity\nshall be responsible for any damages which may result to any vehicle or\nto any person entering on or traveling over such bridge or culvert after\nthe erection of such barricades and signs.\n The commissioner may take over, by official order, any bridge or\nculvert located on the state highway system, for the purpose of\nrepairing, altering or reconstructing the structure as provided in this\nsection, and shall thereupon notify the regional director, the county\nsuperintendent of each county or counties and the town superintendent\nand supervisor of each town or towns in which such bridge or culvert is\nlocated by mailing to each of them a copy of said official order. Any\nbridge or culvert, except as hereinafter provided, either closed or\ntaken over by official order as above authorized shall be maintained,\nrepaired, reconstructed, or a bridge or culvert constructed on new\nlocation at the sole expense of the state from the time of such\ncondemnation or taking over, and the commissioner of transportation\nshall supervise such maintenance, repair, reconstruction, or\nconstruction of a new bridge or culvert on a new location, and may pay\nthe cost of same from any funds available for the maintenance, repair,\nreconstruction and construction of state highways and bridges. The\ncommissioner is hereby authorized to make surveys and designs for any\nbridge or culvert located on the state system of highways prior to its\nbeing taken over by official order as authorized in this section, and\nmay pay the cost of same from any funds available for the maintenance,\nrepair, reconstruction and construction of state highways and bridges.\n After the closing or taking over by official order of any bridge or\nculvert located on the state system of highways, such bridge or culvert\nshall be deemed to be a part of the highway on which such bridge or\nculvert is located.\n 3. The commissioner may let contracts for the repairing, altering,\nreconstruction, or constructing on new location, of any bridge or\nculvert provided for by this section in accordance with the general\nprovisions of section thirty-eight of th
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