1997 Minnesota Statutes

   160.24 Logging railroads across highways. 

    Subdivision 1.    Permission to locate.  The road 
 authorities may grant to the owner of any logging railroad 
 permission to locate, construct, and maintain a logging railroad 
 across any highway under their jurisdiction.  

    Subd. 2.    Contents of permit.  The permit shall 
 specify the place at which such railroad shall cross the 
 highway, the time during which it may be maintained thereon, 
 which shall in no case exceed five years, the manner of its 
 construction and maintenance, and the measures that shall be 
 taken for the protection of the highways and of the public using 
 the highways.  

    Subd. 3.    Control by road authority.  The 
 construction and maintenance of the railroad crossing shall be 
 under the supervision and control of the road authority granting 
 the permit.  

    Subd. 4.    Removal from highway.  The person to whom 
 the permit is granted shall, at the expiration of the time 
 therein limited or at such earlier time as the crossing is no 
 longer necessary, remove the railroad therefrom and restore the 
 highway to such condition as the authority granting the permit 
 shall require.  

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1991 c 326 s 27 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 1 s 24