NY Hwy L § 230 (2021)
2021 New York Laws HAY - Highway Article 9 - Bridges 230 - Definitions.

§  230. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms shall   have the following meanings:1. "Bridge" means  a  structure  including  supports  erected  over  a   depression  or an obstruction such as water, highway, or railway, having   a track or passageway for carrying traffic or  other  moving  loads  and   having  an  opening measured along the center of the track or roadway of   more than twenty feet between under croppings  of  abutments  or  spring   lines  or arches, or extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes and may   include multiple pipes where the clear distance between openings is less   than half of the smaller contiguous opening. The term bridge, as defined   in this section, shall also include the approaches.2. "Culvert" means a structure whether  of  single  or  multiple  span   construction  within  an  interior  width  of  twenty  feet or less when   measurement is made horizontally along the center line of  roadway  from   face  to face of abutments or sidewalls immediately below the copings or   fillets; or, if there are no copings or fillets  at  points  six  inches   below  the bridge seats or immediately under the top slab in the case of   frame structures. In the case of arches, the span shall be measured from   spring line to spring line.  All measurements shall include  the  widths   of  intervening  piers or division walls as well as the width of copings   or fillets. The term culvert, as defined in  this  section,  shall  also   include the approaches.3. "Publicly-owned,  operated  or  maintained"  means a bridge that is   owned,  operated  or  maintained  by  any  department,  board,   bureau,   commission  or agency of the state or its political subdivisions, public   benefit corporation or  by  any  public  authority  including  the  port   authority of New York and New Jersey.4. "Public  entity" means any department, board, bureau, commission or   agency of the  state  or  its  political  subdivisions,  public  benefit   corporation  or any public authority including the port authority of New   York and New Jersey.5. "Substantial structural alteration" means any  work  that  modifies   the  load  capacity,  loan  distribution  or  load  paths  or structural   behavior of the bridge.6. "Railroad bridge" means a structure including supports erected over   a depression or an obstruction  such  as  water,  highway,  or  railway,   having  a  track  or  tracks for carrying freight or passengers or other   moving loads and having an opening measured  along  the  center  of  the   track  or  roadway  of  more than twenty feet between under croppings of   abutments or spring lines or arches, or extreme  ends  of  openings  for   multiple  boxes  and may include multiple pipes where the clear distance   between openings is less than half of  the  smaller  contiguous  opening   whether  privately  or  publicly  owned.  The  term  railroad bridge, as   defined in this section, shall also include the approaches.7. "Railroad" means a private or  public  railroad  operating  in  the   state  of  New  York  carrying either freight, passengers or freight and   passengers  including,  but  not  limited  to,  those  operated  by  the   metropolitan  transportation  authority  and  its subsidiaries, the Long   Island Rail Road, the metro-north  railroad,  the  Staten  Island  rapid   transit  operating authority, the New York city transit authority or any   other public authority or local government  and  shall  include  tourist   excursion operations and railrides on standard gauge tracks.