{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17-4-26","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 17-4-26","heading":"Municipal streets and bridges and free bridges designated as connecting part of state road system -- Authorized.","body":"The state road commissioner may, at any time, after due consultation with and notice to the governing body of the municipal corporation, locate and designate or relocate and redesignate, as a connecting part of the state road system, any bridge or street within a municipal corporation. The commissioner may construct, reconstruct, improve and maintain the designated or redesignated connecting part at the cost and expense of the state.\nAny existins free bridge forming a connecting link between two counties or two state routes is hereby adopted as part of the state road system and shall hereafter be maintained by the state, and any existing free bridge forming a connecting link between this and another state is hereby adopted as part of such system, and shall, as to that part of the bridge within the boundary of this state, be maintained by the state.","path":["CHAPTER 17. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.","ARTICLE 4. STATE ROAD SYSTEM."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17-4-26/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:55Z","sha256":"aede4143eb3b4b9c2e1d806c714468d1e58802a186ef579fd68c7d8ce5a88084","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17-4-25","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-17-4-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}