N.Y. Highway Law § 252: Maintenance of bridge

§ 252. Maintenance of bridge. When a toll bridge shall have been

acquired by the state under the provisions of this article it shall be

maintained as a free bridge and the expense thereof shall be a charge

upon the town or towns or city or cities within which it is situated.

Upon the acquisition of any toll bridge as provided in this article, the

board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties in which said

toll bridge is located shall upon notice of such acquisition from the

comptroller, accept and maintain the same as a part of the highway

system of said county or counties and such acceptance shall be deemed to

have been formerly taken at the expiration of twenty days from the

notice of said acquisition by the state comptroller.