The Department of Transportation is authorized to maintain and preserve the following covered bridges with the necessary connections with the state highway system:
The Old Lower Gassaway Bridge off State Road 137 in Pickens County.
The Prathers Bridge over the Tugaloo River on State Road 160 between Oconee County and the State of Georgia.
The bridge over Long Crane Creek on State Road 36 about three and one-half miles west of Troy in McCormick County.
The department may negotiate with the appropriate officials of the State of Georgia for the joint preservation and maintenance of the Prathers Bridge.
The department may limit the use of the bridges described herein to pedestrian traffic.
The provisions of Article 13, Chapter 5, Title 57 shall not apply to the maintenance of the bridges described in this section.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-616; 1964 (53) 2088; 1978 Act No. 415; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1527.