Chapter 68 — ROADS AND BRIDGES

68-1095. Designation of junction I-70 and US 183 as the CW2 Bryan J. Nichols fallen veterans memorial interchange. The junction of interstate 70 and United States highway 183 is hereby designated as the CW2 Bryan J. Nichols fallen veterans memorial interchange. The secretary of t…

68-1096. Designating bridge no. 060 in Marshall county as the SP4 Michael T. Martin memorial bridge. Bridge no. 060 on United States highway 77 in Marshall county is hereby designated as the SP4 Michael T. Martin memorial bridge. The secretary of transportation shall place suitab…

68-1097. Designating bridge no. 054 in Marshall county as the SGT Joseph A. Zutterman Jr. memorial bridge. Bridge no. 054 on United States highway 36 in Marshall county is hereby designated as the SGT Joseph A. Zutterman Jr. memorial bridge. The secretary of transportation shall …

68-1098. Designation of part of K-79 as Barnes brothers memorial highway. The portion of Kansas highway 79 from the junction of Kansas highway 79 and Kansas highway 16 to the junction of Kansas highway 79 and county road 254 in Jackson county is hereby designated as the Barnes br…

68-1099. Designation of part of K-92 as John Bower memorial highway. That portion of K-92 highway from the junction of K-92 highway and 94th street in Jefferson county then south on K-92 highway until the northern boundary of the city of McLouth is hereby designated as the John B…

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68-1101. Definitions; concrete overflow bridge or ford as bridge. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise the following words shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them wherever they appear in chapter 68 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and acts amendatory thereof or…

68-1102. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 2; L. 1919, ch. 98, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-1102; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Commissioners to determine what bridges to be built and repaired. The State, ex rel., v. Cowley County, 86 K. 201, 208, 119 P. 327. 2. P…

68-1103. County roads, bridges and culverts; construction and repair; costs, financing. (a) Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county shall determine that it is necessary to build or repair any road, bridge or culvert, the board may appropriate an amount equal to i…

68-1104. Construction and maintenance of bridges and culverts on county and township roads; payment of cost. The board of county commissioners shall construct, reconstruct, repair and maintain all county bridges and county culverts located on county roads and township roads and t…

68-1105. Estimates, plans and specifications for bridges and culverts; employment of engineer. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county be of the opinion that it is necessary to construct or repair any county bridge or culvert it shall determine in what manner the…

68-1106. Construction or repair of bridges; resolution authorizing bond issuance; election upon petition; limitation in certain counties. Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county determines that it is necessary to build or repair any bridge, the county's share of …

68-1107. Classification of bridges and culverts. Bridges and culverts located on public roads or highways of this state shall be classified as follows: (a) All bridges located on county or township roads shall be known as "county bridges"; (b) all culverts located on county roads…

68-1108. Standard specifications. That standard specifications for all bridges, culverts and railroad overhead crossings and subways shall be furnished without cost to the counties, townships and railroad companies by the secretary of transportation, and all work shall be done in…

68-1109. Roadway and grade of bridges and culverts on county and township roads and on highways over railroad tracks. (a) Except as otherwise provided, all bridges constructed on county major collector roads or highways and on county minor collector roads or highways shall have a…

68-1110. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 10; R.S. 1923, 68-1110; Repealed, L. 1935, ch. 250, § 1; March 6. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Purpose for which guardrails required on bridges considered and decided. Dent v. Jefferson County Comm'rs, 118 Kan. 519, 521, 235 P. 873; Grier v. Marshall C…

68-1111. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 11; R.S. 1923, 68-1111; L. 1957, ch. 364, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 224, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 144; L. 1979, ch. 212, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 255, § 3; Repealed, L. 2015, ch. 40, § 8; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Right of county to build bridge considered…

68-1112. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 12; R.S. 1923, 68-1112; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 26; L. 1975, ch. 353, § 1; Repealed, L. 1980, ch. 86, § 2; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Bridge and culvert contracts not binding on county unless approved by engineer. Dolman and Clark v. Kingman Coun…

68-1113. Bids for contracts, how made. All bids shall be made on the proposal blanks furnished by the county, signed by the bidder, sealed and presented by the bidder, the bidder's agent or attorney or sent by mail, to the county clerk. The board shall conduct the letting of all …

68-1113a. Consolidation of bridge construction or repair projects; lump sum bids; acceptance. Whenever the board of commissioners of any county is authorized to let contracts for the construction or repair of two or more bridges, the board of commissioners may consolidate any of …

68-1114. Deposit with bid. Each bidder shall be required to deposit with such bidder's proposal a good and sufficient surety bond issued by a company authorized to do business in this state, a certified check or a cashier's check in an amount of not less than 5% of such bid propo…

68-1115. Acceptance and rejection of bids; recording of bids; penalty for premature opening of bids. The bids received shall be opened publicly by the board or the board's designee at the place, date and hour named in the advertising notice, and shall be recorded in detail in the…

68-1116. Day labor system; county engineer's duties; limitation. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the board from buying materials and contracting all or any part of the labor or purchasing or renting equipment to do the work by day labor under the direction of the county engine…

68-1117. Execution of contracts; bond of contractor. Within 21 days after any public letting, the bidder to whom any contract shall be awarded shall enter into contract with the board of county commissioners and shall give bond to the county in a penal sum equal to the amount of …

68-1118. Approval of contracts. It is hereby made the duty of the county attorney or county counselor: (a) To personally examine as to form, the advertisement, proposal, contract, plans, specifications, bond and the minutes of the board's meeting for each bridge or culvert propos…

68-1119. Inspection of work. If the county engineer deems it necessary the county engineer shall appoint, with the approval of the board, a competent inspector to inspect the construction of any bridge or culvert work. The county engineer shall be in direct charge of all construc…

68-1120. Payment on contracts; liability on bond of contractor. The board of county commissioners may make partial payments upon written estimate of their engineer, on any contract for bridge or culvert work under this act as the work progresses, except that at no time shall more…

68-1121. County engineer's accounts and records. It shall be the duty of the county engineer in the several counties of the state to keep separate itemized accounts of all expenditures for the construction and maintenance of each county bridge and culvert in a record prepared for…

68-1122. Bridge or culvert on county or township lines; apportionment of expense; proceedings. If a county bridge or culvert be necessary on any public highway that is on or near to a county line or divides one county from another in this state, the boards of both counties may un…

68-1123. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 23; R.S. 1923, 68-1123, L. 1975, ch. 427, § 149; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session D…

68-1124. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 24; R.S. 1923, 68-1124; Repealed, L. 1995, ch. 114, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School…

68-1125. Township contracts. The township board in letting contracts for the construction or maintenance of township culverts shall follow the plans and specifications of the county engineer. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 25; R.S. 1923, 68-1125; L. 2004, ch. 40, § 11; July 1. Previ…

68-1126. Unsafe bridges or culverts; condemnation; report of condition; repair or reconstruction. Whenever the county engineer deems any bridge or culvert unsafe for traffic, he shall condemn the same and shall cause to be put up at each end of such structure in a substantial man…

68-1127. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 27; R.S. 1923, 68-1127; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Schoo…

68-1128. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 28; R.S. 1923, 68-1128; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30. Source or Prior Law: L. 1874, ch. 108, § 32. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATU…

68-1129. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 29; L. 1919, ch. 99, § 1; R.S. 1923, 68-1129; Repealed, L. 2013, ch. 16, § 1; July 1. Source or Prior Law: L. 1886, ch. 144, §§ 1, 4. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Heavy vehicles; statute applies to horse-drawn wagons. White v. Kansas City, 102 Kan. 495…

68-1130. History: L. 1917, ch. 80, § 30; R.S. 1923, 68-1130; L. 1965, ch. 394, § 3; Repealed, L. 1970, ch. 366, § 22; April 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in determining maximum salary county commissioners may receive. Marshall County Comm'rs v. Cummings, 140 Kan. 256, 259, 36 P.2d…

68-1133. History: L. 1933, ch. 245, § 1; Repealed, L. 1961, ch. 300, § 1; June 30. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

68-1134. History: L. 1935, ch. 252, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 299, § 29; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 150; Repealed, L. 2004, ch. 39, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Sessi…

68-1135. Special bridge fund; tax levy, use of proceeds. The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to make an annual tax levy of not to exceed two mills upon all the taxable tangible property of the county for the purpose of creating and providing a spe…

68-1136. Same; use for construction, reconstruction and approaches. When a sufficient fund has been created by the annual tax levy authorized by K.S.A. 68-1135, and amendments thereto, or at any time after the first levy has been made, the board of county commissioners may make e…

68-1137. Loans or advances by secretary of transportation to counties for certain bridges; limitation. The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized and directed to make noninterest bearing loans and advances to any county to provide such county with funds to pay its share…

68-1138. Same; application by county; conditions; application of tax levy revenues; approval of loan or advance; warrants; use of moneys. Any county desiring to obtain a loan or advance shall make an application therefor to the secretary of transportation. Said application shall …

68-1139. Same; application of tax moneys to loan or advance; duties of county treasurer; withholding of amounts from special city and county highway fund, when; transfer to highway fund. The county treasurer of any county receiving a loan or advance under the provisions of this a…

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68-1211. History: R.S. 1923, 68-1211; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 366, § 1; June 29. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USE…