{"data":{"id":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-565","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"23 M.R.S. §565","heading":"Bridges","body":"1.  Generally.  The department has maintenance responsibility and capital responsibility for all bridges on state aid highways and town ways except as provided in subsection 2 or unless provided otherwise pursuant to section 566, subsection 5.\n2.  Low use or redundant bridges on town ways.  A municipality has maintenance responsibility for all low use bridges on town ways and all redundant bridges on town ways.\nFor the capital improvement of a low use bridge on a town way or a redundant bridge on a town way located wholly within one municipality, the municipality shall pay 50% of the cost or 1% of its property valuation, whichever is less.  For a bridge located on a town line, each municipality shall pay 25% of the cost of the capital improvement or 1% of its property valuation, whichever is less, unless the municipalities and the department agree otherwise.  The department shall pay the remaining portion of the cost of the capital improvement.","path":["TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION","PART 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW","CHAPTER 9: BRIDGES","SUBCHAPTER 4-A: LOCAL BRIDGES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/23/title23sec565.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:32Z","sha256":"bc737c1184f7e2bc33f6948ba83f198b71e543c0698755ead171417a10a912c6","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-564","next":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-566"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}