Section 601

Act 615 of 1961, § 601, under COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL STATE HIGHWAY LAW.

Act 615 of 1961, § 601

Section 601. The following specific parts of acts and all specific amendments thereof are repealed absolutely:

(1) Section 2 of the act of June 22, 1931 (P.L.594), entitled "An act establishing certain township roads as State highways; authorizing their construction, maintenance, and improvement under certain conditions and restrictions; limiting the obligation of the Commonwealth in the construction of certain structures located on such highways; conferring certain powers upon the Department of Highways and local authorities, persons, associations and corporations for sharing the cost of the maintenance and construction of such highways; and making an appropriation to carry out the provisions of said act," is repealed insofar as it relates to the following routes:

Route 03158 in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County;

Route 23064 in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County;

Route 30098 in Greene Township, Greene County;

Route 35085 in Moosic Borough, Lackawanna County;

Route 37077 in Neshannock Township, Lawrence County;

Route 42030 in Lafayette and Hamlin Townships, McKean County;

Route 66173 in Peach Bottom Township, York County;

Route 49021 in Little Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County;

Route 49013. Little Mahanoy, West and East Cameron Townships, Northumberland County;

Route 49113. Little Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County.

(2) Section 2 of the act of May 7, 1937 (P.L.589), entitled "An act providing for the taking over by the Commonwealth under certain terms, conditions and limitations, of certain streets in cities of the first class as State highways, and for the improvement, construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, and maintenance by the Commonwealth of said streets; imposing duties on such cities and on public utility companies using such streets; providing that no assessment shall be made upon the Commonwealth in the elimination or reconstruction of any grade crossing thereon; authorizing cities, persons, associations, or corporations to enter into agreements with the Commonwealth to bear a portion of the cost of construction; regulating the replacement of certain facilities of public utility companies; prohibiting the making of any opening in said street after improvement without a permit, and providing penalty therefor; regulating the maintenance of detours; authorizing the increase of city indebtedness in certain cases; and appropriating money in the Motor License Fund for the purposes of this act," is repealed insofar as it relates to the following clauses:

Clause (3), also known as

Route 67012 in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County;

Clause (25), also known as

Route 67061 in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.

(3) Section 6 of the act of May 31, 1911 (P.L.468) entitled, "An act providing for the establishment of a State Highway Department, by the appointment of a State Highway Commissioner, two Deputy State Highway Commissioners, chief engineer, chief draughtsman, superintendent of highways, and a staff of assistants and employes; defining their duties and the jurisdiction of the State Highway Department, and fixing salaries of Commissioner and Deputies and other appointees; providing for taking over from the counties or townships of the Commonwealth certain existing public roads connecting county-seats, principal cities, and towns and extending to the State line; describing and defining same by route numbers as the State Highways of the Commonwealth; providing for the improvement, maintenance and repair of said State Highways solely at the expense of the Commonwealth, and relieving the several townships or counties from any further obligation and expense to improve or maintain the same, and relieving said townships or counties of authority over same; requiring boroughs and incorporated towns to maintain certain State Highways wholly and in part; requiring the State Highway Commissioner to make maps to be complete records thereof; conferring authority on the State Highway Commissioner; providing for the payment of damages in taking of property, or otherwise, in the improvement thereof; providing for purchase or acquiring of turnpikes or toll-roads forming all or part of any State Highway, and procedure therein; providing for work of improvement of State Highways to be done by contract, except where the State Highway Commissioner decides the work be done by the State; providing aid by the State to counties and townships desiring the same in the improvement of township or county roads; defining highways and State-aid Highways; providing method of application for State aid in the improvement, maintenance and repair of township or county roads and prescribing the contents of township, county, borough, or incorporated town petitions; providing for percentage of cost of improvement or repairs to be paid by State, county, township, borough, or incorporated town, and requiring contracts by counties, townships, boroughs, and incorporated towns with Commonwealth governing same; providing for the minimum width of State Highways and State-aid Highways, and kind of materials to be used in the improvement; providing for payment of cost of improvement and repairs; providing penalty for injuring or destroying State Highways; making appropriations to carry out the provisions of the act; and providing for the repeal of certain acts relating to Highway Department and improvement of roads, and of all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith; and providing that existing contracts are not affected by provisions of this act," is repealed insofar as it relates to the following route:

Route 77. Those segments of Legislative Route 77 located in Taylor and Union Townships, Lawrence County.