KRS 181.010: Definitions.

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Bridge" includes the bridge and the approaches thereto;

(b) "Employee" includes agents, servants and independent contractors;

(c) "Owner" means any person having any title or interest in lands, structures,

rights-of-way, franchises, easements or other interests in land; and

(d) "Streets" includes lanes and alleys.

(2) As used in KRS 181.560 to 181.840, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Cost of bridge" as applied to a bridge acqui red by purchase, includes the

purchase price, cost of improvements, financing charges, interest during any

period of disuse before completion of improvements and for a period of six

(6) months after purchase or completion, cost of traffic estimates and of

engineering and legal expenses, specifications and surveys, estimates of cost

and of revenues, other expenses incident to determining the feasibility or

practicability of the enterprise, and administrative and other expenses incident

to financing and acquiring the bridge and placing it in operation;

(b) "Cost of bridge" as applied to a bridge to be constructed, includes the cost of

construction, the cost of acquiring necessary land, property rights, easements

and franchises, financing charges, interest during construction and for a period

of six (6) months thereafter, cost of traffic estimates and of engineering and

legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and of

revenues, other expenses incident to determining the practicability of the

enterprise, and expenses incident to financing the constructing of the bridge

and placing it in operation; and

(c) "Improvements" means repairs, replacements and additions to a bridge

acquired by purchase which are deemed necessary to place the bridge in a safe

and efficient condition for public use, when such improvements are ordered

prior to the sale of bonds for acquisition of the bridge.