Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter:

(1) “Bridge” means any structure designed to carry vehicular traffic over or under an obstacle to the normal flow of traffic and including any grade separation, culvert, or approach to a bridge.

(2) “Approach” means any part of a road or street which is required to make a bridge a viable part of a county road or city street system but which does not extend more than five hundred (500) feet from the bridge.

(3) “Construction” means both construction and reconstruction to a degree that new, supplementary, or substantially improved traffic service is provided and significant geometric or structural improvements are affected.

(4) “Cost” means all expenditures required to construct, maintain, or repair a bridge, including engineering, equipment, land acquisition, materials, contracts, and bond interest.

(5) “Municipal corporation” means a city or town.

As added by Acts 1977, P.L.113, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.8-1989, SEC.54; P.L.104-1993, SEC.1.

   Sec. 5. An appropriation from the major bridge fund in Allen County may be made without the approval of the department of local government finance if:

(1) the county executive adopts a resolution finding that the county does not need to continue accumulating money in the fund for the construction of a major bridge;

(2) the county executive requests the appropriation; and

(3) the appropriation is for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or repairing bridges, approaches, or grade separations with respect to structures other than major bridges.

As added by P.L.182-2009(ss), SEC.266.