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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 156 - Use Of Rest And Parking Areas And Scenic Overlooks › Section 156.12 - Firearms and weapons

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(a) At
				  no time shall drawn bows, loaded firearms, loaded air guns, spring guns or
				  other such weapons be permitted in any rest or parking area or scenic overlook,
				  nor shall any bow, firearm, air gun, spring gun or other weapon be discharged
				  for any reason in any rest or parking area or scenic overlook.
(b) This provision shall not apply to peace
				  officers, as defined in section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, or to
				  State police officers, conservation officers or special game
				  protectors.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 157 - Control Of Junkyards And Scrap Metal Processing Facilities Along The Interstate And Primary Highway Systems › Section 157.1 - Definitions

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The following words and phrases used in this Part are
					 defined as follows:
(a) Unzoned
				  industrial area shall mean the land occupied by the regularly used building,
				  parking lot, storage or processing area of an industrial activity, and that
				  land within 1,000 feet thereof which is: located on the same side of the
				  highway as the principal part of said activity, and not predominantly used for
				  residential or commercial purposes, and not zoned by State or local law,
				  regulation or ordinance. Industrial activities, for purposes of this
				  definition, shall mean those permitted only in industrial zones, or in less
				  restrictive zones by the nearest zoning authority within the State, or
				  prohibited by said authority but generally recognized as industrial by other
				  zoning authorities within the State, except that none of the following shall be
				  considered industrial activities:
(1) outdoor
				  advertising structures;
(2)
				  agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming and related activities,
				  including, but not limited to, wayside fresh produce stands;
(3) activities normally and regularly in
				  operation less than three months of the year;
(4) transient or temporary
				  activities;
(5) activities not
				  visible from the traffic lanes of the main-traveled way;
(6) activities more than 300 feet from the
				  nearest edge of the main-traveled way;
(7) activities conducted in a building
				  principally used as a residence;
(8) railroad tracks, minor sidings and
				  passenger dopots;
(9) jundyards, as
				  defined in this Part; or
(10) scrap
				  metal processing facilities as defined in this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 157 - Control Of Junkyards And Scrap Metal Processing Facilities Along The Interstate And Primary Highway Systems › Section 157.2 - Measurement of distance

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Distance from the edge of the right-of-way or of the
					 main-traveled way shall be measured horizontally, along a line normal or
					 perpendicular to the center line of the highway. Distance from the industrial
					 activity shall be measured horizontally along a line normal or perpendicular to
					 the nearest edge of the activity.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 157 - Control Of Junkyards And Scrap Metal Processing Facilities Along The Interstate And Primary Highway Systems › Section 157.3 - Regulated activities

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No person, firm or corporation shall establish, operate or
					 maintain a junkyard or scrap metal processing facility, any portion of which is
					 within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of any interstate or
					 primary highway, except the following:
(a) Those which are screened by natural
				  objects, plantings, fences or other approriate means so as not to be visible
				  from the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highway system, or
				  otherwise removed from sight.
(b)
				  Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use.
(c) Those located within unzoned industrial
				  areas.
(d) Those which are not
				  visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highway
				  system.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 157 - Control Of Junkyards And Scrap Metal Processing Facilities Along The Interstate And Primary Highway Systems › Section 157.4 - Certain non-conforming junkyards or scrap metal processing facilities

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Any junkyard or scrap metal processing facility not
					 conforming with section
					 157.3  of
					 this Part and lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965 or lawfully along any
					 highway made a part of the interstate or primary highway system on or after
					 October 22, 1965, may continue to exist in non-conformance with section
					 157.3  of
					 this Part until brought into conformance therewith by action of the
					 State.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 157 - Control Of Junkyards And Scrap Metal Processing Facilities Along The Interstate And Primary Highway Systems › Section 157.5 - Abatement of non-conforming facilities

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Any junkyard or scrap metal processing facility established
					 or maintained in violation of this Part shall be a public nuisance and shall be
					 abated and removed in the manner provided by law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 157 - Control Of Junkyards And Scrap Metal Processing Facilities Along The Interstate And Primary Highway Systems › Section 157.6 - Screening location, materials and methods

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Any person undertaking to screen a junkyard or scrap metal
					 processing facility which is in violation of section
					 157.3  of
					 this Part must obtain the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation as to
					 the location, materials and construction methods to be
					 utilized.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 158 - Covering Loose Cargo › Section 158.1 - General

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(a) Section 380-a  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law
				  provides that it shall be unlawful to operate on any public highway any open
				  truck or trailer being utilized for the transportation of earth, sand, stone or
				  similar loose substances, unless said truck or trailer has a cover, tarpaulin
				  or other device of a type and specification approved by the Commissioner of
				  Transportation which completely closes in the opening on the said truck or
				  trailer while said truck or trailer shall be so operated, so as to prevent the
				  falling of any such substances therefrom. It also authorizes the commissioner
				  to apply these provisions to specific conditions and loads.
(b) Section 380-a specifically provides that
				  if the load is six inches below the top of the sides of such truck or trailer,
				  the covering is not necessary.
(c)
				  Section 380-a specifically exempts motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers
				  conveying "farm products" as defined in section 2  of the Agriculture and Markets Law from its
				  requirements.
(d) For purposes of
				  this Part, if any portion of the load, as measured laterally, is found to be
				  above six inches below the sides of the truck transporting the load, such load
				  shall be covered as provided in this Part.
(e) The commissioner hereby approves any
				  cover, tarpaulin or other device, and the use thereof, which conforms with
				  sections
				  158.2 and
				  158.3 
				  of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 158 - Covering Loose Cargo › Section 158.2 - Placement

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The cover, tarpaulin or other device, when in use, shall be
					 securely fastened as necessary to preclude any loss of the substance being
					 transported from around the edges of the cover, tarpaulin or device because of
					 wind or the motion of the vehicle.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 158 - Covering Loose Cargo › Section 158.3 - Construction and material

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(a) The
				  cover, tarpaulin or other device shall be of such material, design and
				  construction to contain the substance being transported without permitting loss
				  of the substance being transported through the cover, tarpaulin or device
				  itself.
(b) A cover, tarpaulin or
				  other device that is, or has become, torn or ruptured, so as to not contain the
				  substance being transported, or that is, or has become, insecurely fastened to
				  the degree that loss of the substance occurs, shall be considered as failing to
				  meet the requirements of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 158 - Covering Loose Cargo › Section 158.4 - Exemptions

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The following are deemed to be other than vehicles being
					 operated on a public highway for the transportation of earth, sand, stone, or
					 similar loose substances:
(a) Vehicles
				  directly crossing a highway at, or approximately at, right angles;
(b) Vehicles used in the construction,
				  reconstruction or repair of a highway when at the site, or within the contract
				  limits (as defined in the designation of a restricted highway) of, such
				  construction, reconstruction or repair activity;
(c) Vehicles used for applying abrasives or
				  chemicals for snow and ice control on a public highway while such vehicles are
				  actually engaged in such operation or traveling to a particular location for
				  such purpose.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 162 - Duties Of County And Town Superintendents Concerning Method Of Construction, Improvement Or Maintenance Of Highways And Bridges › Section 162.1 - General

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Subdivision 9 of section 10  of the Highway Law gives the power and
					 duty of the Commissioner of Transportation to prescribe rules and regulations
					 not inconsistent with law, fixing the duties of county and town superintendents
					 in respect to all highways and bridges and determining the method of the
					 construction, improvement or maintenance of such highways and bridges. Such
					 subdivision also requires that such rules and regulations shall, before taking
					 effect, be printed and transmitted to the highway officers affected thereby. It
					 is the intent of this Part to provide a procedure whereby county and town
					 superintendents may perform their duties in certain instances with the
					 assistance of the Department of Transportation.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 162 - Duties Of County And Town Superintendents Concerning Method Of Construction, Improvement Or Maintenance Of Highways And Bridges › Section 162.2 - Maintenance; method of performing controlled blasting operations

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Every county and town highway superintendent shall comply
					 with the requirements contained in 12 NYCRR 39.7 with regard to blasting
					 operations, and with the requirements contained in 12 NYCRR Part 12 relating to
					 the possession, handling, storage and transportation of explosives (also known
					 as Industrial Code 39 of the Department of Labor, Board of Standards and
					 Appeals) in the performance of blasting operations for the improvement or
					 maintenance of highways and bridges under his jurisdiction.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 162 - Duties Of County And Town Superintendents Concerning Method Of Construction, Improvement Or Maintenance Of Highways And Bridges › Section 162.3 - Assistance available for performing controlled blasting operations

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(a) If a county or
				  town superintendent determines that he needs the assistance of the Department
				  of Transportation in order to perform controlled blasting operations that would
				  meet the requirements contained in 12 NYCRR Part 39, for improvement or
				  maintenance of roads within his jurisdiction, he may make a written request or
				  such assistance to the regional director of the region in which his county or
				  town is located, in a format to be supplied by the department. Such request
				  shall contain an agreement on behalf of the county or town to obtain protective
				  liability insurance to indemnify and save harmless the State of New York, its
				  officers, agents and employees from claims, suits, actions, damages and costs
				  of every name and description resulting from the blasting operations requested
				  to be performed. It shall also contain a description of the work requested to
				  be performed, identifying the road on which the operation is to be performed
				  and the location and general area on such road where the activity is to be
				  performed, and such other information and data as the department shall
				  require.
(b) The department shall
				  review the request. It may refuse the request, or it may agree to assist the
				  county or town in its blasting operations. If the department determines that it
				  will assist the county or town by assigning a department employee to perform
				  the blasting operation requested by the county or town, the county or town
				  shall obtain the protective liability insurance coverage agreed to in the
				  request, in an amount to be determined by the department, to indemnify and save
				  harmless the State of New York, its officers, agents and employees from claims,
				  suits, actions, damages and costs of every name and description resulting from
				  the blasting operations that were the subject of the request.
(c) The protective liability insurance shall
				  remain in existence for the duration of the blasting operations and shall
				  provide that the policy, and/or the rider adding the State of New York as a
				  party to be protected by such insurance policy, shall not be cancelled until
				  the department has given the county or town superintendent written notice that
				  the blasting operations performed by the department have been completed and
				  that the insurance coverage is no longer required.
(d) Certification that the required insurance
				  has been obtained shall be furnished to the regional director prior to the
				  performance of the blasting operation by the Department of Transportation
				  employee.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 163 - Prohibited Activities › Section 163.2 - Climbing upon bridges and other structures

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No unauthorized person shall climb upon any bridge, culvert
					 or other structure under the jurisdiction of the Department of
					 Transportation.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 163 - Prohibited Activities › Section 163.3 - Diving and swimming

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No person shall dive or swim from any bridge, culvert or
					 other structure under the jurisdiction of the Department of
					 Transportation.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 163 - Prohibited Activities › Section 163.4 - Fishing

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No person shall fish from any bridge, culvert or other
					 structure under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation where
					 signs are posted to that effect.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 164 - Traffic Regulations In Highway Work Area › Section 164.1 - Purpose

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This Part is intended to improve the safety of workers,
					 pedestrians and motorists within a highway work area by allowing for speed
					 limit reductions.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 164 - Traffic Regulations In Highway Work Area › Section 164.2 - Definitions

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(a) Commissioner
				  shall mean the Commissioner of Transportation.
(b) Department shall mean the Department of
				  Transportation.
(c) Freeway shall
				  mean a divided controlled access highway having grade separated interchange
				  connections with intersecting roads.
(d) Highway work area shall mean that portion
				  of the highway being constructed, reconstructed, maintained or improved by the
				  department, its employees, agents, or as contracted to contractors. It is that
				  part of a highway being used or occupied for the conduct of highway work,
				  within which workers, vehicles, equipment, materials, supplies, excavations or
				  other obstructions are present.
(e)
				  Major active work zone shall mean that part of a freeway having a normal speed
				  limit of 55 miles per hour or greater where workers are engaged in a stationary
				  operation that exceeds four hours in duration and are not predominantly
				  separated from traffic by a temporary concrete or other rigid barrier
				  system.
(f) Normal speed limit
				  shall mean that speed limit had there been no highway work performed.
(g) Police presence shall mean police
				  personnel assigned to a major active work zone or automated speed
				  photo-enforcement systems and other similar devices.
(h) Radar speed display sign shall mean any
				  device capable of measuring vehicle speeds and that clearly displays such speed
				  to approaching vehicles.
(i)
				  Stationary operation shall mean work in a specific location that does not move
				  intermittently or continuously.
(j)
				  Temporary speed limit shall mean the speed limit posted in the highway work
				  area which reduces the normal speed limit on that highway; provided, however,
				  that such a temporary speed limit shall not be less than 25 miles per
				  hour.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 164 - Traffic Regulations In Highway Work Area › Section 164.3 - Speeding prohibition

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When the operation of a vehicle involves the traversing of
					 a highway work area, such operation in excess of the posted temporary speed
					 limit shall be unlawful.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 164 - Traffic Regulations In Highway Work Area › Section 164.4 - Temporary speed limits

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The regional directors of transportation for the department
					 are hereby authorized to establish temporary speed limits in highway work
					 areas.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 164 - Traffic Regulations In Highway Work Area › Section 164.5 - Police presence

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To the extent practicable, there shall be a police presence
					 at major active work zones. Whether or not such a presence is practicable shall
					 include, but not be limited to, such consideration as available
					 resources.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 164 - Traffic Regulations In Highway Work Area › Section 164.6 - Radar speed display signs

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Radar speed display signs shall be employed, where
					 practicable, at major active work zones and shall be used in conjunction with
					 or in close visual proximity to a regulatory speed limit sign. Whether or not
					 such use is practicable shall include, but not be limited to, such
					 considerations as available resources.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 164 - Traffic Regulations In Highway Work Area › Section 164.7 - Work zone safety review

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The commissioner shall institute a quality control/quality
					 assurance program for reviewing work zone safety and maintenance and protection
					 of traffic design for all work zones under the jurisdiction of the department.
					 This program shall include, but not be limited to a system for inspecting work
					 zone maintenance and protection of traffic plans, field implementation of such
					 plans, worker safety training, contractor outreach and enforcement
					 efforts.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 164 - Traffic Regulations In Highway Work Area › Section 164.8 - Highway Construction and Maintenance Safety Education Program

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The commissioner shall establish a Highway Construction and
					 Maintenance Safety Education Program. This shall include a comprehensive set of
					 public education and awareness programs aimed at improving work zone safety.
					 These programs may include public service announcements, media events, websites
					 or mailings. Funding allocated from surcharges imposed on work zone speed limit
					 violations should be used to expand these programs.
The department shall maintain a list and description of
					 such programs and shall report on these biennially to the Governor, Temporary
					 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Assembly.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.1 - Purpose and authority

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In order to serve, protect and preserve the health, safety
					 and welfare of the public, Chapter 781 of the Laws of 1988 established a
					 program of comprehensive bridge management and inspection within the Department
					 of Transportation to facilitate comprehensive bridge management, inspection,
					 maintenance, improved knowledge of the condition of bridges, structured
					 comparisons of bridge conditions, prioritized and optimized rankings of bridges
					 in need of major maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement, a mechanism for
					 improving historical predictions, the development of a means to assess and
					 project bridge performance and deterioration, development of data to quantify
					 the effectiveness of preventive maintenance, and increased scheduling of bridge
					 maintenance. Pursuant to Chapter 781 of the Laws of 1988, the Commissioner of
					 Transportation hereby establishes a Uniform Code of Bridge Inspection which
					 prescribes the standards for bridge inspections and evaluations; requirements
					 for the establishment of a rating system; procedures for underwater
					 inspections; requirements for the performance of bridge structural and
					 foundation system evaluations in conjunction with an inspection and criteria
					 for their need and frequency; and the qualifications of bridge design,
					 construction, and inspection experience for licensed professional engineers who
					 may perform or supervise bridge inspections and evaluations in accordance with
					 the provisions of this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.2 - Applicability

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The Uniform Code of Bridge Inspection shall apply to all
					 bridges which are publicly owned, operated or maintained as defined in section 230  of the
					 Highway Law, which carry public highway traffic and shall not apply to bridges
					 that exclusively carry railroad or subway tracks. This code shall also apply to
					 bridges which are owned, operated or maintained by railroads and carry public
					 highway traffic over the railroad.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.4 - Inspection Type and Frequency

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Bridge inspections shall fall into one or more of the
					 following categories:
(a) General
				  Inspection. A general inspection is the regularly scheduled inspection which
				  each bridge receives throughout its life and which focuses on bridge condition,
				  ability to function, safety and maintenance issues, and produces the basic
				  statistical data necessary to understand, study, monitor and manage all bridges
				  subject to this Code. Where applicable, a general inspection shall be scheduled
				  during periods of low water in order to minimize the need for a diving
				  inspection.
There are two (2) types of general inspections, ''biennial
					 inspections'' and ''interim inspections'' as follows:
(1) Biennial Inspections. All bridges subject
				  to the provisions of the Code shall receive a biennial inspection which is to
				  be performed at least once every two years. In addition:
(i) All bridges open to highway traffic while
				  undergoing repair, reconstruction or rehabilitation shall continue to receive
				  biennial inspections during such construction when due.
(ii) All new bridges, reconstructed bridges,
				  and rehabilitated bridges shall receive a biennial inspection within 60 days of
				  formal project acceptance or fully opening the bridge to highway traffic,
				  whichever occurs first.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.5 - Qualifications and responsibilities of bridge inspectors

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(a) Field personnel:
(1) General and in-depth inspection. All
				  field work shall be performed by an inspection team consisting of at least a
				  team leader and an assistant team leader. The team leader shall be present at
				  the bridge inspection site throughout the bridge inspection, shall personally
				  inspect the bridge, supervise other inspection team member(s) to ensure that
				  each bridge is properly inspected and shall ensure that the inspection results
				  are properly documented. The team leader shall ensure that additional team
				  members are appropriately qualified and trained for their required duties, such
				  as, traffic control, debris removal, measurement or the preparation of
				  sketches. A team leader must meet both of the following minimum qualifications:
(i) be currently registered with the New York
				  State Education Department as a Professional Engineer (P.E.). An out-of-state
				  P.E. registration may be substituted for a New York State P.E. provided that
				  the individual received the P.E. based upon satisfactory completion of a 16
				  hour written examination, has applied for P.E. registration in New York State,
				  and the New York State Education Department has acknowledged receipt of the
				  individual's intent to practice in New York under subdivision (b) of section 7208  of the Education Law; and
(ii) have at least three years of bridge
				  experience in design, construction, inspection or other bridge engineering
				  related work. Civil engineering experience on department projects or programs
				  may be substituted for all or a portion of the experience requirement in
				  subparagraph (ii) herein, if the department determines, on the basis of the
				  Department work, that the engineer possesses the necessary experience and
				  skill. An assistant team leader must:
(a)
				  possess a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from an Accreditation
				  Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited program or an equivalent
				  degree acceptable to the department; or
(b) possess an Associate Degree in Civil
				  Engineering Technology or an equivalent Associate Degree determined to be
				  acceptable by the department, and 1 1/2 years of bridge experience in design,
				  construction, inspection or other bridge related work; or
(c) have at least three years of bridge
				  experience in design, construction, inspection, or other bridge related work.
Civil engineering experience on department programs or
					 projects may be substituted for all or a portion of the experience requirements
					 in clauses (a) and (c) herein if the department determines, on the basis of the
					 department work, that the person possesses the necessary experience and
					 skill.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.6 - Scope and documentation of inspections

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All general, in-depth and diving bridge inspections shall
					 include a review of the most recent inspection report, the most recent
					 structural integrity evaluation, and, to the extent available and reasonably
					 retrievable and consistent with engineering practice and public safety to
					 understand the structural performance and work history of the bridge, an
					 examination of the design, as built plans, contract documents, history of
					 construction including any history of structural alterations, repairs,
					 rehabilitation or maintenance.
(a)
				  General inspection.
(1) Biennial inspection.
				  A biennial bridge inspection shall be performed and documented in accordance
				  with department's Bridge Inspection Manualincluding current updates, revisions
				  and technical advisories and the AASHTO Manual.
(2) Interim inspection. An interim bridge
				  inspection shall be performed and documented in accordance with the
				  department's Bridge Inspection Manual including current updates, revisions and
				  technical advisories and the AASHTO Manual, subject to the following
				  exceptions:
(i) conditions that have not
				  substantially changed since the previous biennial inspection do not have to be
				  fully documented with sketches, notes and photographs. When changes have not
				  occurred, notes indicating that no changes have occurred since the previous
				  biennial inspection will satisfy sketch, note and photographic documentation
				  requirements; and
(ii) Conditions
				  that have substantially changed since the previous biennial inspection either
				  by increased deterioration, or by repair or improvement, shall be documented
				  with sketches, notes and photographs as required for a biennial
				  inspection.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.7 - Filing requirements for bridge inspection reports

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Reports shall be filed with the department within the time
					 allowed in the following table. All general and diving inspections scheduled
					 for a calendar year inspection cycle shall be filed no later than January 15th
					 of the year following the inspection calendar year.
Number of Days after Completion
								of
Inspection Type
Field Work
Quality Control
General Inspection
60
30
Diving Inspection
60
30
Special Inspection
60
30
In-Depth Inspection
120
30
All reports filed shall be neat, easy to read, include
					 original photographs or good quality photographic reproductions, and shall be
					 signed and dated by the individual responsible for the field inspection as well
					 as by a quality control engineer.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.9 - Load posting

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A bridge must be posted for a restricted load limit when a
					 load rating analysis and/or posting evaluation, as required by the AASHTO
					 Manual and this code, indicates that a bridge does not have sufficient live
					 load capacity to safely carry full legal traffic loads. A safe load level for a
					 bridge is calculated by ascertaining the limits defined by the inventory and
					 operating load rating levels and using the operating load rating as the upper
					 limit. However, in no case shall loads be allowed on a bridge which exceed the
					 bridge's operating rating capacity.
(a) Load posting requirements. No bridge
				  shall be posted for a load less than three tons. In the event that a bridge's
				  operating rating is less than three tons, the bridge must be closed to all
				  vehicular traffic.
(b) Load posting
				  signing requirements. Load posting signing shall be in conformance with the New
				  York State Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.10 - Structural integrity and safety rating system

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(a) Structural integrity and safety rating
				  refers to a systematic method for evaluating and ranking the relative
				  structural integrity and safety of a bridge or group of bridges against
				  structural failure and/or collapse. A structural integrity and safety rating
				  system shall, at a minimum, consider the following fundamental bridge
				  vulnerability factors, where applicable:
(1)
				  Condition: refers to the extent of deterioration and/or loss of ability to
				  structurally function as was intended by its original or rehabilitated design
				  or loss of structural safety.
(2)
				  Load capacity: refers to the ability to safely carry live loads that may be
				  imposed upon the bridge.
(3)
				  Redundancy: refers to the bridge's ability to retain structural capacity,
				  stability and servicability if one or more primary load carrying components or
				  primary structural members were to structurally fail.
(4) Fracture susceptibility: a measure of the
				  presence of details and/or behavioral characteristics that are prone to
				  fracture.
(5) Hydraulic
				  vulnerability: refers to the bridge's potential for failure due to its exposure
				  to hydraulic forces, or due to erosion or scour of the foundation material.
The rating system has the capability to rank the relative
					 structural integrity of bridges, as well as identify bridges that have any
					 significant vulnerability with regard to any one or a number of the above-noted
					 vulnerability factors.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.12 - Department authorization to close bridge

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Each department regional director is authorized to close
					 any bridge subject to this Part which, if in his opinion, based upon inspection
					 or otherwise, if not closed, may constitute a threat to the public health,
					 safety or welfare. When such a closure is required, the regional director shall
					 document the reasons for the closure and transmit such documentation to the
					 bridge owner. The bridge cannot be reopened to traffic without a certification
					 of a professional engineer licensed in New York, that the bridge is safe for
					 public use and travel with legal weights, or if posted, with such posted
					 weights. The party having jurisdiction over the bridge is responsible for
					 providing this certification to the department.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 165 - Uniform Code Of Bridge Inspection › Section 165.13 - Filing of bridge designs and maintenance guidelines

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(a) Every owner of a publicly owned, operated
				  or maintained bridge, as defined in section
				  165.2  of
				  this Part, shall submit to the New York State Department of Transportation
				  certified designs and "as built" plans for all bridges constructed or on which
				  substantial structural alterations are made on or after June 1, 1989.
(b) All designs and plans shall be certified
				  by a licensed professional engineer and must bear the signature and seal or
				  stamp of such engineer.
(c) All
				  designs and plans shall be submitted to the Department of Transportation
				  Regional Director within whose region such bridge is located.
(d) Maintenance guidelines. All certified
				  designs and plans subject to this section shall contain desirable maintenance
				  guidelines applicable to the bridge. Such guidelines shall be consistent with
				  standards established by AASHTO, and this requirement may be satisfied by the
				  designer by reference to these standards. Designs and plans for very large or
				  unique bridges and moveable bridges shall include special maintenance
				  guidelines as is appropriate.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 167 - Private Bridge Inventory › Section 167.1 - Applicability and definitions

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(a)
				  For the purposes of this Part, the term bridge shall mean a structure including
				  supports erected over a depression or an obstruction such as water, highway, or
				  railway, having a track or passageway for carrying vehicle, pedestrian or other
				  traffic and having an opening measured along the center of the roadway of more
				  than twenty feet between undercoppings 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 Part, shall also
				  include the approach spans.
(b) For
				  the purpose of this Part, the term private bridge shall mean a bridge as
				  defined in this section, not publicly owned, operated, or maintained, which is
				  regularly used by the public and a bridge not publicly owned, operated, or
				  maintained upon which or under which railroad tracks are located. Bridges
				  carrying or crossing railroad tracks owned or operated by public authorities
				  shall be deemed private bridges. Private bridges shall include, but not be
				  limited to, the following examples:
bridges on entrances to or within shopping areas, schools,
					 places of employment, businesses, multi-unit housing, recreation, public parks,
					 amusement, hospitals, and other public use facilities;
pedestrian overpasses over parking areas, railroads, bodies
					 of water or other obstruction;
bridges in parks, golf courses or other recreation areas
					 for the use of persons on bikes, skis, golf carts, snowmobiles or other
					 vehicles; and railroad and transit bridges over water or topographic features,
					 except such structures that cross over highways.
(c) Exceptions. The following shall not be
				  included:
Private bridges over the public highways, with the
					 exception of structures carrying elevated transit or rail lines in New York
					 City, are not required to be inventoried pursuant to this Part because the
					 Department of Transportation has a current inventory of those
					 structures.
Bridges described in section
					 165.2  of
					 this Title.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 167 - Private Bridge Inventory › Section 167.2 - Private bridge inventory

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Every county highway superintendent outside the City of New
					 York, shall inventory all private bridges located within their respective
					 jurisdictions in accordance with criteria outlined in section
					 167.3 
					 of this Part. The City of New York shall inventory all private bridges located
					 within the City of New York.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 167 - Private Bridge Inventory › Section 167.3 - Procedure for inventorying private bridges

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The inventory procedure consists of providing the selected
					 bridge information contained on the included "Private Bridge Inventory Form."
					 One form should be submitted for each private bridge being inventoried.
					 Specific instructions for filling out the form are as follows:
(a) County. Enter the name of the county in
				  which the bridge is located.
(b)
				  Political unit. Enter the name of the city, town, or village in which the
				  bridge is located.
(c) Location
				  description. Record the narrative location of the bridge by referring it to a
				  distinguishable feature shown on an oil company New York State highway map. Tie
				  the bridge to the nearest town, village, hamlet, junction of numbered touring
				  routes or topographic feature shown on the map.
Examples:
(1) In
				  City of Oneonta
(2) 3 miles NW of
				  Arcade
(3) 1 mile W. of Jct. Rts. 9
				  and 22
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 167 - Private Bridge Inventory › Section 167.4 - Filing requirements for private bridge inventory data

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(a) Every county highway superintendent and
				  the City of New York shall file the private bridge inventory on or before
				  October 1, 1990 with the Department of Transportation regional director, within
				  whose region the private bridges are located.
(b)
Private bridge inventory
				  form.
Private Bridge Inventory Form
(Complete separate form for each bridge)
A.
				  County:_______________________________________________
B. Political
				  Unit:_______________________________________________
C. Location
				  Description:_______________________________________________
D. Feature
				  Carried:_______________________________________________
E. Feature
				  Crossed:_______________________________________________
F. Bridge
				  Owner:_______________________________________________
G. Owner
				  Code:_______________________________________________
H. Year
				  Built:_______________________________________________
I. Number of
				  Spans:_______________________________________________
J. Total Length of Bridge:____ft.
K. Out of Out Width of
				  Bridge:____ft.
L. General Type of
				  Main Span:________
__________________________________________________________________________________
NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON COMPLETING FORM
__________________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS
SIGNATURE..
					 DATE.......................................................................................................
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter E - Special Parkways › Part 180 - Special Regulations Regarding Special Parkways › Section 180.1 - General

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By section 10 of chapter 370 of the Laws of 1979, all
					 rules, regulations, acts, determinations and decisions of the East Hudson
					 Parkway Authority pertaining to the functions transferred to the Department of
					 Transportation by chapter 370 of the Laws of 1979 that are in force at the time
					 of such transfer, such transfer date being November 1, 1979, shall continue to
					 be in full force and effect as rules, regulations, acts, determinations and
					 decisions of the Department of Transportation until and unless duly modified or
					 abrogated by the Commissioner of Transportation.