§ 492. — Bridge as post route; limitation as to charges against Government; telegraph and telephone lines.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC492]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 11--BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 492. Bridge as post route; limitation as to charges against
Government; telegraph and telephone lines
Any bridge built in accordance with the provisions of sections 491
to 498 of this title, shall be a lawful structure and shall be
recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall
be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and
the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid
for the transportation over any railroad, street railway, or public
highway leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the
right to construct, maintain, and repair, without any charge therefor,
telegraph and telephone lines across and upon said bridge and its
approaches; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge and its
approaches shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.
(Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130, Sec. 2, 34 Stat. 85.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 491, 493, 494, 495, 497,
498, 508, 530, 535 of this title.
