Title 24 — Highways, Bridges, and Ferries
18 chapters · 331 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-01 Preparation and adoption of standard plans and specifications
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The director shall prepare and adopt uniform standard plans and specifications for the establishment, construction, and maintenance of the state highways and bridges within this state. Such plans and specifications may be amended, from time to time, as the director deems advisabl…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-02 Authority to construct and maintain state highway system
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The director has the authority, and is responsible for the construction, maintenance, protection, and control of the highways which comprise the state highway system. The director shall patrol and keep said system in good and safe condition for general public use.
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-03 Construction program
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Repealed by S.L. 1999, ch. 245, § 4.
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-04 Force accounts in emergencies
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In case of great emergency requiring immediate action, and if delay would cause a public injury, the work may be done by the department by force account.
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-05 Closing of roads - Penalty for passing over road or removing barricade
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Whenever, during the construction work on any state highway or at any other time, it may be necessary to prevent traffic from passing over any portion of such highway, the department may close such portion of the highway to all traffic by causing to be posted in a conspicuous man…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-06 Method of construction of highway ditches
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All highways constructed or reconstructed by the department, board of county commissioners, board of township supervisors, their contractors, subcontractors, or agents, or by any individual firm, corporation, or limited liability company must be so designed as to permit the water…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-07 Drains across state highways
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The director, when notified by the board of drain commissioners of any drainage district that it is necessary to run a drain across any state or federal-aid highway, shall make the necessary opening through such highway and shall build and keep in repair suitable culverts or brid…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-09 Warning signs of road construction
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Whenever the department or any county or township enters into a contract for the construction and improvement of any road or culvert, or bridge thereon, it, as a condition of such contract, shall provide therein that the contractor shall place warning signs and devices which are …
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-10 Public officers - Warning sign placement duty
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Whenever a township, county, or the department shall construct, improve, or repair any road, culvert, or bridge, or shall gravel any road, and such work renders travel on such road, culvert, or bridge unsafe or dangerous, the board of supervisors of any such township, the board o…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-11 Penalty for failure to erect warning signs
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Any person in charge of any work or repairs on any public road, culvert, or bridge who fails or neglects to erect and maintain suitable warning signs as provided in sections 24-03-09 and 24-03-10 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-12 Authority to acquire equipment
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The office of management and budget, acting as a central purchasing agency of the state, has authority to purchase, lease, or acquire all road material, road machinery, tools, equipment, and supplies necessary for use in constructing, maintaining, controlling, and administering t…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-13 Equipment and materials may be purchased without advertising for bids
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The office of management and budget or the director, when the authority to purchase is delegated to the director, may purchase equipment, materials, supplies, or other personal property useful to the department, from the United States government, or any of its officers, agents, a…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-14 Authority to acquire buildings for equipment
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The director has authority to construct, rent, or purchase for the state the necessary land and buildings for the storage and housing of road materials, road machinery, equipment, and tools.
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-15 Sale of obsolescent highway equipment
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The director is authorized to sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all obsolescent road machinery, equipment, and material no longer needed, required, or useful for highway purposes. All such obsolescent road machinery, equipment, and material offered for sale to political sub…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-16 Inspection and testing of materials
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The director has the authority to inspect and test all materials, supplies, equipment, and machinery used by the department and to develop methods and procedures for this purpose.
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-17 Testing laboratory
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The director has the authority to maintain and develop a testing laboratory to carry out the requirements of section 24-03-16. The department may, upon request of any division or agency of government, make available the services and facilities of said testing laboratory, and make…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-18 Preparation of manuals of methods and procedures
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The director shall, to the extent practicable, prepare, print, and distribute manuals of standard and uniform methods for any of the activities, divisions, or work of the department, or for general road and bridge construction, design, land acquisition, traffic control, maintenan…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-19 Research on highway development
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The director has the authority to gather, investigate, and compile information concerning the use, construction, and maintenance of highways, the practices and methods of efficient highway organization, financing, and such other information, data, and statistics of this state or …
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-20 Traffic surveys
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The director has the authority to collect, analyze, and interpret all physical and economic data needed to measure existing and estimated future street and highway traffic characteristics, such as, origin and destination, volumes, speeds, accidents, congestion, parking, pedestria…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-21 Preparation of road maps - Publication of tourist information
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The commissioner shall prepare for general distribution road maps of the state highway system and other roads as the commissioner determines necessary. Any tourist-oriented material printed on road maps must be prepared by the department of commerce division of tourism at no cost…
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-22 Highway maintenance radio net
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The department is hereby authorized to purchase, install, and maintain a department of transportation radio communications network out of funds now and hereinafter designated as state highway maintenance funds. The department is further authorized to enter into an agreement with …
N.D.C.C. § 24-03-23 Encroachments on state highways
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No part of the right of way for state highways may be encroached upon by erection thereon of any structure, or placing thereon any personal property, other than a temporary parking of a motor vehicle, without a written permit from the director. Any encroachment may be caused to b…