33 U.S.C. § 492 — Bridge as post route; limitation as to charges against Government; telegraph and telephone lines

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A bridge built under the listed bridge provisions is a lawful post route, and charges for carrying United States mail, troops, and military supplies over it may not exceed the comparable rate. The United States and telegraph and telephone companies receive specified rights to use the bridge and its approaches.

A bridge built under sections 491 through 494 and 495 through 498 of this title is a lawful structure and is recognized as a post route. The charge for carrying United States mail, troops, and military supplies over the bridge may not be higher than the per-mile rate paid to carry them over a railroad, street railway, or public highway leading to the bridge. The United States may build, maintain, and repair telegraph and telephone lines across and on the bridge and its approaches without charge. All telegraph and telephone companies must be given equal privileges to use the bridge and its approaches.

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Any bridge built in accordance with the provisions of sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over any railroad, street railway, or public highway leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right to construct, maintain, and repair, without any charge therefor, telegraph and telephone lines across and upon said bridge and its approaches; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge and its approaches shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.

Source credit: (Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130, § 2, 34 Stat. 85.)

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1906Enacted · Act of Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130 · 34 Stat. 85

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