{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-131","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, § 131","heading":"Structures or alterations within public way or state highway","body":"Section 131. The board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town, if a public way, and the department of highways, if a state highway, may authorize structures or alterations within, or partly within, the limits thereof, which are necessary for carrying a street railway over or under a railroad, if such way is not thereby made unsafe for other public travel.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter161/Section131","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:50Z","sha256":"fdc3a248cf787a3bc5dd2e29e68a30397acffc0e19f56617cdc929de242c99bd","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-130","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}