N.Y. Canal Law § 69: Damages caused by excessive loads

§ 69. Damages caused by excessive loads. The commissioner of

transportation shall cause, where required, the posting of all bridges

under his jurisdiction located on the canal system in conformity with

the provisions of the vehicle and traffic law. Upon all such bridges

incapable of safely carrying legal loads as prescribed in such law or

where the overhead clearance is less than the legal height of fourteen

feet, the commissioner of transportation shall have displayed on both

ends of such bridge signs stating the safe carrying capacity and legal

clearance of such structure, all in accordance with the provisions of

section three hundred eighty-five of the vehicle and traffic law. No

person shall cause to be transported over such a bridge a vehicle whose

load is in excess of that shown upon the posted sign or whose height is

in excess of the legal clearance as shown on such posted sign. Any

person violating the above provisions shall be subject to the penalties

imposed under section three hundred eighty-five of the vehicle and

traffic law and in addition thereto shall be liable for all damages to

such structure resulting from violation of such law. The commissioner of

transportation is hereby authorized and directed to proceed, on behalf

of the people of the state, to cause to be recovered, by the

attorney-general in an appropriate action in any court of competent

jurisdiction, the amount of damages sustained and expenses incurred by

the state in consequence of such violation.