33 U.S.C. § 492 : US Code - Section 492: Bridge as post route; limitation as to charges against Government; telegraph and telephone lines

Search 33 U.S.C. § 492 : US Code - Section 492: Bridge as post route; limitation as to charges against Government; telegraph and telephone lines

Any bridge built in accordance with the provisions of sections
491 to 498 of this title, shall be a lawful structure and shall be
recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge
shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the
troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate
per mile paid for the transportation over any railroad, street
railway, or public highway leading to said bridge; and the United
States shall have the right to construct, maintain, and repair,
without any charge therefor, telegraph and telephone lines across
and upon said bridge and its approaches; and equal privileges in
the use of said bridge and its approaches shall be granted to all
telegraph and telephone companies.