Minnesota Administrative Rules

8810.8000 DEFINITIONS.

Subpart 1.

Abandonment.

"Abandonment" means the abandoning of an existing bridge.

Subp. 1a.

Agency.

"Agency" means a county, municipality, or township.

Subp. 2.

Bridge.

"Bridge" is defined as a structure including supports erected over a depression or an obstruction such as water, highway, or railway, having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads, and having an opening measured horizontally along the center of the roadway of ten feet or more between undercopings of abutments, between spring line of arches, or between extreme ends of openings for multiple boxes. Bridge also includes multiple pipes where the clear distance between openings is less than half of the smaller contiguous opening. Illustrations of measurements are shown as Figures 1 to 4. This definition of a bridge includes, for application of parts 8810.8000 to 8810.8500, only those railroad bridges over or under a public highway or street.

Subp. 3.

Commissioner.

"Commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation.

Subp. 4.

Construction.

"Construction" means the construction of a road, street, or bridge to replace an existing deficient bridge or a bridge that has been destroyed.

Subp. 5.

Metropolitan council.

"Metropolitan council" means a commission established in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.

Subp. 6.

Reconstruction.

"Reconstruction" means the reconstruction of an existing deficient bridge.

Subp. 7.

Regional development commission.

"Regional development commission" means a commission established by the state planning officer in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462.

Subp. 8.

Road systems defined.

"Other roads or streets" means those local roads and streets, not on the state-aid system, under the jurisdiction of the counties, municipalities, and townships.

"State-aid" means the system of roads and streets established and designated by the commissioner under the jurisdiction of a county or urban municipality.

"Trunk highway" means the system of routes established by law, the location of which has been established by the commissioner under the jurisdiction of the state of Minnesota.

Subp. 9.

Urban municipality.

"Urban municipality" means any city having 5,000 or more population determined in accordance with the provisions of law.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 174.50

History:

15 SR 963

Published Electronically:

April 24, 2023