33 U.S.C. § 523 : US Code - Section 523: Relocation of bridges

Search 33 U.S.C. § 523 : US Code - Section 523: Relocation of bridges

If the owner of any bridge and the Secretary shall agree that in
order to remove an obstruction to navigation, or for any other
purpose, a relocation of such bridge or the construction of a new
bridge upon a new location would be preferable to an alteration of
the existing bridge, such relocation or new construction may be
carried out at such new site and upon such terms as may be
acceptable to the bridge owner and the Secretary, and the cost of
such relocation or new construction, including also any expense of
changes in and additions to rights-of-way, stations, tracks, spurs,
sidings, switches, signals, and other railroad facilities and
property, and relocation of shippers required for railroad
connection with the bridge at the new site, shall be apportioned as
between the bridge owner and the United States in the manner which
is provided for in section 516 of this title in the case of an
alteration and the share of the United States paid from the
appropriation authorized in section 518 of this title: Provided,
That nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the
United States to pay any part of the expense of building any bridge
across a navigable stream which the Secretary of Transportation
shall not find to be, in fact, a relocation of an existing bridge.