{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-9-1117.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 9-1117.01","heading":"Mayor authorized to enter into Compact; purpose.","body":"(a)\nThe Mayor is authorized to enter into and execute on behalf of the District a compact with any state or states legally joining the Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact (“Compact”).\n\n(b)\nThe parties to this Compact are the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of Maryland (“Parties”).\n\n(c)\nThe purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving all 3 Parties jurisdiction to exercise appropriate authority anywhere on the following bridges which pass through the territory of 2 or more of the jurisdictions: the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, Rochambeau Memorial Bridge, Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge, George Mason Memorial Bridge, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, Francis Scott Key Bridge, Chain Bridge, Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas \"Mac\" Middleton Bridge, Sandy Hook Bridge, Brunswick Bridge, Point of Rocks Bridge, and American Legion Memorial Bridge.","path":["Title 9. Transportation Systems.","Chapter 11. National Capital Region Transportation.","Subchapter IX. Potomac River Bridges Towing Compact."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/9-1117.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f3900dddf1d32c02a8bbbfa0a93dcdc31cb2e046b7c92e6ffa8f5af7475440c3","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-9-1115.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-9-1117.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}