Indiana Code 8-16-3.1-1. “Eligible county”
(1) a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000); and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-16-3.1-1
- Highway: includes county bridges and state and county roads, unless otherwise expressly provided. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- major obstruction: means a physical barrier to the passage of motor vehicle traffic that inhibits the use of the customary highway construction techniques to bridge the barrier without use of a grade separation structure. See Indiana Code 8-16-3.1-1
- Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
A major obstruction which is a part of a county boundary or a state boundary does not qualify for the purpose of this chapter.
(b) As used in this chapter, “major bridge” means the following:
(1) A structure that is two hundred (200) or more feet in length and that is erected over a depression or an obstruction for the purpose of carrying motor vehicular traffic or other moving loads. However, the structure shall be one hundred (100) or more feet in length in a city having any of the following populations:
(A) More than sixty-five thousand (65,000) and less than seventy thousand (70,000).
(B) More than sixty thousand (60,000) and less than sixty-five thousand (65,000).
(C) More than thirty-one thousand (31,000) and less than thirty-one thousand five hundred (31,500).
(2) An underpass of any length that is designed to carry motor vehicle traffic or other moving loads.
(c) As used in this chapter, “major obstruction” means a physical barrier to the passage of motor vehicle traffic that inhibits the use of the customary highway construction techniques to bridge the barrier without use of a grade separation structure.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.96, SEC.1. Amended by Acts 1982, P.L.1, SEC.28; P.L.86-1988, SEC.21; P.L.12-1992, SEC.65; P.L.61-1992, SEC.1; P.L.1-1993, SEC.50; P.L.170-2002, SEC.67; P.L.119-2012, SEC.96; P.L.11-2023, SEC.38.