§ 234. Public authority, public benefit corporation, commission,\ncounty, town, city or village bridges. 1. a. All public authorities,\npublic benefit corporations, commissions, county superintendents of\nhighways, town superintendents of highways, and legislative bodies of\ncities and villages shall cause an inspection to be made of each bridge\nunder their respective jurisdictions. Such inspection shall be made on a\nfrequency and shall be conducted under standards prescribed by the\ncommissioner pursuant to rules and regulations adopted in accordance\nwith this article. Upon the request of the appropriate public authority,\npublic benefit corporation, commission, county highway superintendent,\ntown highway superintendent or appropriate city or village official, the\ndepartment may make such inspection. If the appropriate public\nauthority, public benefit corporation, commission, county\nsuperintendent, town superintendent or appropriate city or village\nofficial does not request such an inspection and the commissioner\ndetermines after suitable investigation that the appropriate public\nauthority, public benefit corporation, commission, county\nsuperintendent, town superintendent, or city or village official has not\ncomplied with the rules and regulations of the department adopted in\naccordance with this article for the inspection of bridges, and after\ndue notice, the commissioner shall cause such inspection to be made.\nAfter such inspection the bridge shall have the same status with respect\nto maintenance and liability as it had prior to inspection.\n b. The cost of the inspection of any bridge owned by a public\nauthority or a public benefit corporation shall be the responsibility of\nsuch public authority or public benefit corporation. If such public\nauthority or public benefit corporation fails to reimburse the\ndepartment for such reasonable and necessary costs after due notice as\nprovided by rules and regulations, the commissioner is hereby authorized\nand empowered to commence an action in a court of competent jurisdiction\nto collect any money owed by such public authority or public benefit\ncorporation for such inspections.\n c. Once the department has conducted an inspection of any bridge it\nshall continue to make subsequent inspections of such bridge as may be\nrequired; however, if the appropriate public authority, public benefit\ncorporation, commission, county superintendent, town superintendent or\nappropriate city or village official notifies the commissioner that such\npublic authority, public benefit corporation, commission, or local\njurisdiction desires henceforth to make such inspection and demonstrates\nto the commissioner that it has the means to do so in accordance with\nthe provisions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted\npursuant thereto, the appropriate public authority, public benefit\ncorporation, commission, county superintendent, town superintendent, or\ncity or village official shall reassume responsibility for such\ninspection.\n 2. a. If the result of an inspection indicates that a bridge is unsafe\nfor public use and travel with legal weights, or if posted, with such\nposted weights, the appropriate public authority, public benefit\ncorporation, commission, county superintendent, town superintendent or\ncity or village official shall close it to all traffic and shall notify\nthe department of that fact. The appropriate public authority, public\nbenefit corporation, commission, county superintendent, town\nsuperintendent or city or village official shall thereupon cause to be\nposted conspicuous notices on such bridge and also on the approaches\nthereto to the effect that the bridge is closed to all traffic and shall\nat the same time cause to be erected suitable barricades for closing\nsuch bridge, including the necessary lights which shall be visible to\nany one approaching such barricades from one hour after sunset to one\nhour before sunrise. Neither the cou
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