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NC Gen Stat § 136-71 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 4 - Neighborhood Roads, Cartways, Church Roads, etc.|§ 136-71 - Church roads and easements of public utility lines laid out on petition; procedure.

 136-71. Church roads and easements of public utility lines laid out on petition; procedure.Necessary roads or easements and right-of-ways for electric light lines, power lines, water lines, sewage lines, and telephone lines leading to any church or other place of public worship may be established in the same manner as set forth in the preceding sections of this Article upon petition of the duly constituted officials of such church. (1872-3, c. 189, ss. 1-3, 5; Code, ss. 2062, 2064; Rev., ss. 2687, 2689; C.S., s. 3838; 1931, c. 448; 1949, c. 382.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-71.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 4A - Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974.|§ 136-71.6 - How Article cited.

 136-71.6. How Article cited.This Article may be cited as the North Carolina Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974. (1973, c. 1447, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-71.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 4A - Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974.|§ 136-71.7 - Definitions.

 136-71.7. Definitions.As used in this Article, except where the context clearly requires otherwise, the words and expressions defined in this section shall be held to have the meanings here given to them:(1) Bicycle: A nonmotorized vehicle with two or three wheels tandem, a steering handle, one or two saddle seats, and pedals by which the vehicle is propelled.(2) Bikeway: A thoroughfare suitable for bicycles, and which may either exist within the right-of-way of other modes of transportation, such as highways, or along a separate and independent corridor.(3) Department: North Carolina Department of Transportation.(4) Program: North Carolina Bicycle and Bikeway Program.(5) Secretary: The Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. (1973, c. 1447, s. 2; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 1977, c. 1021, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-71.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 4A - Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974.|§ 136-71.8 - Findings.

 136-71.8. Findings.The General Assembly hereby finds that it is in the public interest, health, safety, and welfare for the State to encourage and provide for the efficient and safe use of the bicycle; and that to coordinate plans for bikeways most effectively with those of the State and local governments as they affect roads, streets, schools, parks and other publicly owned lands, abandoned roadbeds and conservation areas, while maximizing the benefits from the use of tax dollars, a single State agency, eligible to receive federal matching funds, should be designated to establish and maintain a statewide bikeways program. The General Assembly also finds that bikeways are a bona fide highway purpose, subject to the same rights and responsibilities, and eligible for the same considerations as other highway purposes and functions. (1973, c. 1447, s. 3; 1977, c. 1021, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-71.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 4A - Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974.|§ 136-71.9 - Program development.

 136-71.9. Program development.The Department is designated as such State agency, responsible for developing and coordinating the program. (1973, c. 1447, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-71.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 4A - Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974.|§ 136-71.10 - Duties.

 136-71.10. Duties.The Department will:(1) Assist and cooperate with local governments and other agencies in the development and construction of local and regional bikeway projects;(2) Develop and publish policies, procedures, and standards for planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, marking, and operating bikeways in the State; for the registration and security of bicycles; and for the safety of bicyclists, motorists and the public;(3) Develop bikeway demonstration projects and safety training programs; [and](4) Develop and construct a State bikeway system.  (1973, c. 1447, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-71.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 4A - Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974.|§ 136-71.11 - Designation of bikeways.

 136-71.11. Designation of bikeways.Bikeways may be designated along and upon the public roads. (1973, c. 1447, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-71.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 4A - Bicycle and Bikeway Act of 1974.|§ 136-71.12 - Funds.

 136-71.12. Funds.The General Assembly hereby authorizes the Department to include needed funds for the program in its annual budgets for fiscal years after June 30, 1975, subject to the approval of the General Assembly.The Department is authorized to spend any federal, State, local or private funds available to the Department and designated for the accomplishment of this Article. Cities, towns, and counties may use any funds available. (1973, c. 1447, s. 6; 2003-256, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-72 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 5 - Bridges.|§ 136-72 - Load limits for bridges; penalty for violations.

 136-72. Load limits for bridges; penalty for violations.The Department of Transportation shall have authority to determine the safe load-carrying capacity for any and all bridges on highways on the State highway system. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to drive, operate or tow on any bridge on the State highway system, any vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight exceeding the safe load-carrying capacity established by the Department of Transportation and posted at each end of the said bridge. Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1931, c. 145, s. 16; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1975, c. 373, s. 1; 1977, c. 306, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1993, c. 539, s. 985; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-76.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 5 - Bridges.|§ 136-76.1 - Bridge replacement program.

 136-76.1. Bridge replacement program.(a) The Department of Transportation is hereby directed to replace all bridges on the State highway system containing long through truss spans over 125 feet long with less than a 12 feet clear roadway width. The Department shall initiate a bridge replacement program as soon as possible and shall complete the replacement program of all such bridges by June 30, 1980. All such bridges now on the State highway system shall be replaced except those on roads where the traffic volume is low and the elimination of the bridge would be a minimum inconvenience to the public and the replacement cannot be justified. Such bridges not replaced shall be removed and taken off the State highway system. Provided, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any bridge which has not been removed and replaced by June 30, 1980; these bridges shall continue to be included in the State Highway System, and shall be examined, repaired if necessary, updated and put into usable condition with weight limitations as safety may require.(b) The Environment [Environmental] Policy Act contained in Article 1 of Chapter 113A shall not apply to the bridge replacement program provided for by this section. (1975, c. 889; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1981, c. 861.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-76.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 5 - Bridges.|§ 136-76.2 - Bridge program.

 136-76.2. Bridge program.(a) Establishment. - The Department of Transportation shall rename the "system preservation program" the "bridge program".(b) Permissible Uses. - Funds appropriated, allocated, credited, or otherwise transferred to the bridge program established under subsection (a) of this section may only be used for improvements to culverts associated with a component of the State highway system and improvements to structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges. No more than ten percent (10%) of the funds described in this subsection may be used for improvements to culverts associated with a component of the State highway system, and the funds may only be used for culverts that are 54 inches or greater in size and rated by the Department as in poor condition.(c) Outsourcing. - Except for the following activities, all projects funded under the bridge program established under subsection (a) of this section shall be outsourced to private contractors:(1) Inspection.(2) Pre-engineering.(3) Contract preparation.(4) Contract administration and oversight.(5) Planning activities.(6) Installation of culverts described in subsection (b) of this section, but only in cases of emergency.  (2017-57, s. 34.10(b); 2017-197, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-78 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 5 - Bridges.|§ 136-78 - Railroad companies to provide draws.

 136-78. Railroad companies to provide draws.Railroad companies, erecting bridges across watercourses, shall attach and keep up good and sufficient draws, by which vessels may be allowed conveniently to pass. (1846, c. 51, ss. 1, 2; R.C., c. 101, s. 32; Code, s. 2051; Rev., s. 2701; C.S., s. 3800.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-80 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 5 - Bridges.|§ 136-80 - Fastening vessels to bridges misdemeanor.

 136-80. Fastening vessels to bridges misdemeanor.If any person shall fasten any decked vessel or steamer to any bridge that crosses a navigable stream, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and in the case of a bridge that crosses a county line, may be prosecuted in either county. (R.S., c. 104; R.C., c. 101, s. 31; 1858-9, c. 58, s. 1; Code, s. 2050; 1887, c. 93, s. 3; Rev., s. 3774; C.S., s. 3804; 1993, c. 539, s. 986; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-81 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 5 - Bridges.|§ 136-81 - Department of Transportation may maintain footways.

 136-81. Department of Transportation may maintain footways.The Department of Transportation shall have the power to erect and maintain adequate footways over swamps, waters, chasms, gorges, gaps, or in any other places whatsoever, whenever said Department of Transportation shall find that such footways are necessary, in connection with the use of the highways, for the safety and convenience of the public. (1817, c. 940, ss. 1, 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 101, s. 17; Code, s. 2029; Rev., s. 2695; C.S., s. 3785; 1921, c. 2; 1931, c. 145; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-82.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6 - Ferries, etc., and Toll Bridges.|§ 136-82.1 - Authority to insure vessels operated by Department of Transportation.

 136-82.1. Authority to insure vessels operated by Department of Transportation.The Department of Transportation is vested with authority to purchase liability insurance, hull insurance, and protection insurance on all vessels and boats owned, leased, chartered or otherwise controlled and operated by the Department of Transportation. (1961, c. 486; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 27.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-88 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6 - Ferries, etc., and Toll Bridges.|§ 136-88 - Authority of county commissioners with regard to ferries and toll bridges; rights and liabilities of owners of ferries or toll bridges not under supervision of Department of Transportation.

 136-88. Authority of county commissioners with regard to ferries and toll bridges; rights and liabilities of owners of ferries or toll bridges not under supervision of Department of Transportation.Subject to the provisions of G.S. 136-67, 136-99, and 153-198, the boards of commissioners of the several counties are vested, in regard to the establishment, operation, maintenance, and supervision of ferries and toll bridges on public roads not under the supervision and control of the Department of Transportation, with all the power and authority regarding ferries and toll bridges vested by law in county commissioners on the thirty-first day of March, 1931. And the owners or operators of ferries or toll bridges not under the supervision and control of the Department of Transportation shall be entitled to the same rights, powers, and privileges, and subject to the same duties, responsibilities and liabilities, to which owners or operators of ferries or toll bridges were entitled or were subject on the thirty-first day of March, 1931. (1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-89 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6 - Ferries, etc., and Toll Bridges.|§ 136-89 - Safety measures; guard chains or gates.

 136-89. Safety measures; guard chains or gates.Each and every person, firm or corporation, owning or operating a public ferry upon any sound, bay, river, creek or other stream, shall have securely affixed and attached thereto, at each end of the same, a detachable steel or iron chain, or in lieu thereof a steel or iron gate, and so affixed and arranged that the same shall be closed or fastened across the opposite end from the approach, whenever any motor vehicle, buggy, cart, wagon, or other conveyance shall be driven upon or shall enter upon the same; and shall be securely fastened or closed at each end of the ferry after such motor vehicle, buggy, cart, wagon, or other conveyance shall have been driven or shall have entered upon the same. And the said gates or chains shall remain closed or fastened, at each end, until the voyage across the stream upon which said ferry is operated shall have been completed. The Department of Transportation, as to ferries under its supervision, and the respective boards of county commissioners, as to other ferries, shall fix and determine a standard weight or size of chain, and a standard size, type, or character of gate, for use by said ferries, leaving optional with the said owner or operator the use of chains or gates.Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1923, c. 133; C.S., ss. 3825(a), 3825(b), 3825(c); 1927, c. 223; 1931, c. 145, s. 38; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1993, c. 539, s. 987; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-89.48 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6D - Controlled-Access Facilities.|§ 136-89.48 - Declaration of policy.

 136-89.48. Declaration of policy.The General Assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this Article is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the promotion of the general welfare, the improvement and development of transportation facilities in the State, the elimination of hazards at grade intersections, and other related purposes. (1957, c. 993, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-89.49 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6D - Controlled-Access Facilities.|§ 136-89.49 - Definitions.

 136-89.49. Definitions.When used in this Article:(1) "Department" means the Department of Transportation.(2) "Controlled-access facility" means a State highway, or section of State highway, especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which highway owners or occupants of abutting property, or others, shall have only a controlled right or easement of access.(3) "Frontage road" means a way, road or street which is auxiliary to and located on the side of another highway, road or street for service to abutting property and adjacent areas and for the control of access to such other highway, road or street. (1957, c. 993, s. 2; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-89.50 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6D - Controlled-Access Facilities.|§ 136-89.50 - Authority to establish controlled-access facilities.

 136-89.50. Authority to establish controlled-access facilities.The Department of Transportation may designate, establish, abandon, improve, construct, maintain and regulate controlled-access facilities as a part of the State highway system, National System of Interstate Highways, and Federal Aid Primary System whenever the Department of Transportation determines that traffic conditions, present or future, justify such controlled-access facilities, or the abandonment thereof. (1957, c. 993, s. 3; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-89.51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6D - Controlled-Access Facilities.|§ 136-89.51 - Design of controlled-access facility.

 136-89.51. Design of controlled-access facility.The Department of Transportation is authorized so to design any controlled-access facility and so to regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as best to serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. In this connection the Department of Transportation is authorized to divide and separate any controlled-access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations, or by designating such separate roadways by signs, markers, or stripes, and the proper lane for such traffic by appropriate signs, markers, stripes, and other devices. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from or across controlled-access facilities to or from abutting lands, except at such designated points at which access may be permitted, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time by the Department of Transportation. (1957, c. 993, s. 4; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-89.52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6D - Controlled-Access Facilities.|§ 136-89.52 - Acquisition of property and property rights.

 136-89.52. Acquisition of property and property rights.For the purposes of this Article, the Department of Transportation may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access facilities and service or frontage roads, including rights of access, air, view and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same manner as now or hereafter authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways. The property rights acquired under the provisions of this Article may be in fee simple or an appropriate easement for right-of-way in perpetuity. In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for any controlled-access facility or portion thereof, or frontage road in connection therewith, the Department of Transportation may, in its discretion, with the consent of the landowner, acquire an entire lot, parcel, or tract of land, if by so doing, the interests of the public will be best served, even though said entire lot, parcel, or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.Along new controlled-access highway locations, abutting property owners shall not be entitled to access to such new locations, and no abutter's easement of access to such new locations shall attach to said property. Where part of a tract of land is taken or acquired for the construction of a controlled-access facility on a new location, the nature of the facility constructed on the part taken, including the fact that there shall be no direct access thereto, shall be considered in determining the fair market value of the remaining property immediately after the taking. (1957, c. 993, s. 5; 1969, c. 946; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-89.53 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6D - Controlled-Access Facilities.|§ 136-89.53 - New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations.

 136-89.53. New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations.The Department of Transportation may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a controlled-access facility. When an existing street or highway shall be designated as and included within a controlled-access facility the owners of land abutting such existing street or highway shall be entitled to compensation for the taking of or injury to their easements of access. The Department of Transportation shall have authority to provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of controlled-access facilities with existing State highways and county roads, and city and town streets, by grade separation or frontage road, or by closing off such roads and streets, or other public ways at the right-of-way boundary line of such controlled-access facility; and after the establishment of any controlled-access facility, no highway or street which is not part of said facility shall intersect the same at grade. No street or [of] any city or town and no State highway, county road, or other public way shall be opened into or connected with any such controlled-access facility without the consent and previous approval of the Department of Transportation. Such consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest shall be served thereby. (1957, c. 993, s. 6; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-89.54 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 6D - Controlled-Access Facilities.|§ 136-89.54 - Authority of local units to consent.

 136-89.54. Authority of local units to consent.The Department of Transportation, as the highway authority of the State, and the governing body of any county, city or town are authorized, after a public hearing to be held in the county affected, to enter into agreements with each other, and the Department of Transportation is authorized to enter into agreements with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulations, or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in their respective jurisdictions, to facilitate the purposes of this Article. (1957, c. 993, s. 7; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)