NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 899

SENATE BILL 546

AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A STATE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 136 of the North Carolina General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section to be numbered G.S. 136-76 and to read as follows:

"§ 136-76(a).  The Board of Transportation is hereby directed to replace all bridges on the State highway system containing long through truss spans over 125 feet long with less than a 12 feet clear roadway width. The board shall initiate a bridge replacement program as soon as possible and shall complete the replacement program of all such bridges by June 30, 1980. All such bridges now on the State highway system shall be replaced except those on roads where the traffic volume is low and the elimination of the bridge would be a minimum inconvenience to the public and the replacement cannot be justified. Such bridges not replaced shall be removed and taken off the State highway system.

(b)        The Environment Policy Act contained in Article 1 of Chapter 113A shall not apply to the bridge replacement program provided for by this section."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1975.