2007 Minnesota Statutes

169.16 SPEED ON BRIDGE.
(a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a
part of a highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained
with safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is signposted as provided in this
section.
(b) The commissioner, upon request from any local authority, shall, or, upon the
commissioner's own initiative, may, conduct an investigation of any bridge or other elevated
structure constituting a part of a highway, and on finding that such structure cannot with safety
to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this chapter, the
commissioner shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such structure
can withstand and cause or permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected and
maintained at a distance of 100 feet before each end of such structure.
(c) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this section, proof of the
determination of the maximum speed by the commissioner and the existence of the signs shall
constitute conclusive evidence of the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety
to such bridge or structure.
History: (2720-180) 1937 c 464 s 30; 1986 c 444