{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-8-16-3.1-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 8-16-3.1-1","heading":"\"Eligible county\"","body":"Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, \"eligible county\" means a county that has:\n(1) a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and less than seven hundred thousand (700,000); and\n(2) a major obstruction between commercial or population centers which is capable of causing an economic hardship because of excess travel required to conduct a normal level of commerce between the two (2) centers.\nA major obstruction which is a part of a county boundary or a state boundary does not qualify for the purpose of this chapter.\n(b) As used in this chapter, \"major bridge\" means the following:\n(1) A structure that is two hundred (200) or more feet in length and that is erected over a depression or an obstruction for the purpose of carrying motor vehicular traffic or other moving loads. However, the structure shall be one hundred (100) or more feet in length in a city having any of the following populations:\n(A) More than sixty-five thousand (65,000) and less than seventy thousand (70,000).\n(B) More than sixty thousand (60,000) and less than sixty-five thousand (65,000).\n(C) More than thirty-one thousand (31,000) and less than thirty-one thousand five hundred (31,500).\n(2) An underpass of any length that is designed to carry motor vehicle traffic or other moving loads.\n(c) As used in this chapter, \"major obstruction\" means a physical barrier to the passage of motor vehicle traffic that inhibits the use of the customary highway construction techniques to bridge the barrier without use of a grade separation structure.","path":["TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION","ARTICLE 16. BRIDGES AND TUNNELS","Chapter 3.1. Major Bridge Fund"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_8.html#8-16-3.1-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T20:08:46Z","sha256":"919cd04144d1e34cdb22ca8156b9b40a28cf7fd41c12e0bb297d59731aa6e550","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-8-16-3.1-0.7","next":"us-in/ic-8-16-3.1-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}