33 U.S.C. § 532 : US Code - Section 532: Eminent domain

Search 33 U.S.C. § 532 : US Code - Section 532: Eminent domain

There are conferred upon any individual, his heirs, legal
representatives, or assigns, any firm or corporation, its
successors or assigns, or any State, political subdivision, or
municipality authorized in accordance with the provisions of this
subchapter to build a bridge between two or more States, all such
rights and powers to enter upon lands and acquire, condemn, occupy,
possess, and use real estate and other property in the respective
States needed for the location, construction, operation, and
maintenance of such bridge and its approaches, as are possessed by
railroad corporations for railroad purposes or by bridge
corporations for bridge purposes in the State in which such real
estate or other property is situated, upon making just compensation
therefor to be ascertained and paid according to the laws of such
State, and the proceedings therefor shall be the same as in the
condemnation or expropriation of property for public purposes in
such State.