Chapter 39 — HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
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Transferred to section 39-669.25.
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Repealed. Laws 1974, LB 593, § 9.
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Repealed. Laws 1973, LB 45, § 125.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-8 Interstate bridges; acquisition of property; responsibilities.
Repealed. Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 75.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-802 County special emergency bridge levy; collection; disbursement.
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The funds arising from the special emergency bridge levy shall be collected in the same manner as the funds arising from the county general levy. The county treasurer shall keep a separate account of such funds and shall deposit them the same as county general funds are required …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-803 City or village bridge; vehicle exceeding maximum weight; claim or damages not allowed.
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Any person owning, operating, or traveling in any vehicle which exceeds the maximum weight carrying capacity or load limit conspicuously posted or attached to any bridge within the jurisdiction or under the administration or control of any city or village shall not have a claim a…
Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 678, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 678, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 678, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 678, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 678, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 678, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-804 Bridges in cities and villages; construction and repair by counties.
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The county board may, in its discretion, whenever there is sufficient money on hand in the county road fund, build or repair any bridge or bridges within the limits of any incorporated city or village in its county.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-805 Bridge over irrigation or drainage ditch; construction and maintenance; cost; how paid.
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Whenever any public highway within this state shall cross or be crossed by any ditch or channel of any public drainage or irrigation district, it shall be the duty of the governing board of the drainage or irrigation district and the governing board of the county or municipal cor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-806 Destroying bridge or landmark; penalty.
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If any person shall knowingly, willfully, and maliciously demolish, cut down or destroy any private, public or toll bridge, cut, fell, deface, alter, remove or destroy any landmark, corner or bearing tree, witness trench and pits or witness pits, properly established, the person …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-807 Signs or advertising on bridges or culverts; when unlawful.
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It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons whether for himself, herself, or themselves or as the agent, servant, or employee of any firm, association, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company to post, paste, paint, tack, fasten or otherwise secure to a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-808 Signs or advertising on bridges or culverts; violation; penalty.
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If any person or persons, whether for himself, herself, or themselves or as the agent, servant, or employee of any firm, association, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company violates section 39-807, such person or persons shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-809 Bridge, culvert, or highway construction; flood damages; liability of county or township; limitation.
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If any special damage happens to the property of any person, firm or corporation from the accumulation of water due to the construction or repair of any bridge, culvert or highway, which the county or township is liable to construct or keep in repair, through the fault, neglect o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-810 Bridges; culverts; construction and repair; road improvements; contracts; letting; procedures.
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(1)(a) The county board of each county may erect and repair all bridges and approaches thereto and build all culverts and make improvements on roads, including the purchase of gravel for roads, and stockpile any materials to be used for such purposes, the cost and expense of whic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-811 Bridges; construction and repair; materials used; itemized statement; bridge record.
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The records of each county board pertaining to such improvements shall be kept in a separate book provided for that purpose. The book shall be kept indexed up to date. A complete record of each bridge repaired or constructed by the county shall be kept in the book as hereinafter …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-812 Bridge construction; yearly contracts; when made; when authorized; terms.
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The county board of each county in the state shall have power and is hereby authorized to make annual contracts, which contracts may be made after July 1 of any year and cover the fiscal year of the county, for the construction and erection of the superstructure, the substructure…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-813 Bridge construction; yearly contracts; concrete substructures; terms.
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In the event the substructure of such bridges or approaches is built wholly or in part of stone, brick, cement or concrete, the contract for the portion of the substructure to be built of such material shall be let at a specified sum per cubic foot in place.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-814 Bridge construction; yearly contracts; metal substructures; terms.
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In the event the substructure of such bridges or approaches is wholly or in part of iron, steel or other metal, the contract for the portion of the substructure to be built of iron, steel or other metal shall be let at a specified sum per lineal foot for tubing, and at a specifie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-815 Bridge repairs; yearly contracts; terms.
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The county board shall have the power and is hereby authorized to make yearly contracts for repairing all bridges and approaches to bridges which are required to be built, repaired, and maintained by the county, at a specified sum per unit quantity in place.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-816 Superstructure, substructure, unit quantity in place, defined.
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The word superstructure as used in sections 39-812 to 39-815 and 39-820, is hereby defined to mean all that part of a bridge or an approach thereto directly above and resting upon the stone or concrete abutments or piers, iron tubings, pile caps or other similar supports. The wor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-817 Bridge construction contracts; advertisement for bids; contents; bids; certified checks or cash deposits required.
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Before any contract shall be let as aforesaid, the county board shall cause to be published three consecutive weeks, in a newspaper printed and of general circulation in the county or, if there is no newspaper printed in the county, in a newspaper of general circulation in the co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-818 Bridge construction contracts; bidding blanks; infringement on patent rights; bids; acceptance or rejection; construction by county.
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The county board shall require bidders to bid upon plans and specifications on bidding blanks prepared by the Director-State Engineer or such other officer who may have charge of such matters in this state, to be furnished by Director-State Engineer free of charge, which shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-819 Bridge construction contracts; plans and specifications; uniformity required; contents; inspection of work by Director-State Engineer.
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The county board shall not let or enter into any contract or contracts for the erection of any bridge, the estimated cost of which bridge shall exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, except upon uniform plans and specifications and bidding blanks prepared by the Director-State E…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-820 Bridge and culvert construction contracts; separate bids required on each type; yearly contracts; letting; conditions.
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All bidders for the erection and repair of bridges and approaches thereto and for the building of culverts and improvements on roads, when the cost of such erection, repair, building, or improvement shall exceed one hundred dollars, shall be required to bid separately on each dif…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-821 Bridge and culvert construction contracts; plans, specifications, and estimates; preparation; approval; printed copies furnished to counties.
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The Director-State Engineer, or such other officer who may have charge of such matters in this state, shall prepare plans, specifications, and estimates of the cost of construction, which shall be uniform throughout the state, and strain sheets and estimates of cost of all such s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-822 Bridge and culvert construction contracts; plans, specifications, and estimates furnished to bidders; statement of construction done.
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The county board shall keep in the office of the county clerk of the county a sufficient supply of the prints of the plans and the printed copies of the specifications and estimates of the cost of construction mentioned in section 39-821, to be furnished by the Director-State Eng…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-823 Bridge and culvert construction; plans and specifications; duplicate copies; filing with county clerk.
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The county board shall also file duplicate copies of all plans and specifications adopted by them under the provisions of sections 39-810 to 39-826, in the office of the county clerk, who shall keep the same with the records of his office, to be turned over to his successor in of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-824 Bridge construction; cost; limitation on expenditures.
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Bridges shall not be built if the aggregate cost thereof shall exceed a sum greater than the amount of money on hand in the bridge fund derived from the levy of previous years, plus eighty-five percent of the levy of the current year, together with the amount of money in the dist…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-825 Bridge construction; contract; bond or other surety.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every bidder, before entering on work pursuant to contract, shall give bond to the county with at least two good and sufficient sureties, who shall be residents of the state, and one of whom shall be a resident of the coun…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-826 Bridges and culverts; emergency repairs.
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If any bridge, bridges, approach, approaches, culvert or culverts, may need immediate repairs on account of the same having broken down, or on account of high water, or fire, or if for other cause an emergency shall exist, the county board shall have the power to declare that the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-826.01 Proposed bridge or culvert; dam in lieu of; how determined.
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The Department of Transportation or the county board shall, prior to the design or construction of a new bridge or culvert in a new or existing highway or road within its jurisdiction, notify in writing, by first-class mail, the natural resources district in which such bridge or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-826.02 Proposed bridge or culvert; natural resources district; dam; feasibility study.
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If a natural resources district shall receive notice of a proposed bridge or culvert pursuant to section 39-826.01, the district shall make a study to determine whether it would be practicable to construct a dam at or near the proposed site which could be used to support a highwa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-827 Bridges in or near two or more counties; construction and repair; cost; division.
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Bridges over streams which divide counties, bridges over streams on roads on county lines, and bridges over streams near county lines, in which both counties are equally interested, shall be built and repaired at the equal expense of such counties.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-828 Bridges in or near two or more counties; joint contracts for construction or repair; failure of county to join; separate maintenance of bridges.
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For the purpose of building or keeping in repair such bridge or bridges, it shall be lawful for the county boards of such adjoining counties to enter into joint contracts. Such contracts may be enforced in law or equity against them jointly, the same as if entered into by individ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-829 Bridges in or near two or more counties; joint contracts; enforcement; procedure.
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If the county board of either of such counties, after reasonable notice in writing from the county board of any other such county, shall neglect or refuse to build or repair any such bridge, when any contract or agreement has been made in regard to the same, it shall be lawful fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-830 Bridges in or near two or more counties; joint contracts; judgment; board members individually liable, when.
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Any judgment so recovered against the county board of either of such counties shall be a charge on such county, unless the jury shall in their verdict certify that the neglect or refusal of such board was willful or malicious, in which case only the members of such board shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-831 Defective bridge; notice to county board.
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Whenever any highway or bridge in any county shall be out of repair, or unsafe for travel, any three citizens or taxpayers of the state may notify the member of the county board of the district within which such road or bridge is situated, in writing, setting forth a description …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-832 Defective bridge; repairs; when made.
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It shall then be the duty of such member of the county board, within twenty-four hours after service of such notice, to commence to make suitable repairs to such highway or bridge, and to place it in a safe condition for travel.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-833 Defective bridge on county or township line; notice; procedure.
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If the road or bridge shall be on the line between two counties, then the members of the county boards of the respective districts, within which such road or bridge is located, of the respective counties, shall be served with such notice, or if it be on the line between two towns…
Transferred to section 23-2410.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-835 Boundary bridge; construction bonds authorized.
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Any county, township, precinct, city or village in the State of Nebraska may issue bonds to construct or to aid in the construction of a highway bridge across any boundary river of the state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-836 Boundary bridge; bonds; election; limitation on amount.
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The question of issuing bonds shall first be submitted to the qualified electors of the county, township, precinct, city, or village either at a special election called for that purpose or at a general election as provided in sections 39-837 to 39-841. If a majority of the votes …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-837 Boundary bridge; bonds; petition for special election; bond for expenses.
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Whenever a petition, setting forth the amount of bonds asked to be voted, when the same shall become due, the rate of interest the bonds shall bear, whether payable annually or semiannually, and if to aid in the construction of a bridge, the name of the person, firm or corporatio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-838 Boundary bridge; bonds; special election; notice; conduct.
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The notice required by section 39-837 shall contain the conditions upon which bonds are to be issued and which are required by section 39-837 to be set forth in the petition, and shall be published for at least thirty days prior to such election in some newspaper published in suc…