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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-4-503

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-4-502
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The general assembly finds and declares it to be in the vital interest of the state that a highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program be established to enable the local governments to replace or rehabilitate certain bridges within their respective jurisdictions when the commissioner finds that a bridge is structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.