Streets and Highways Code section 1489

Unless a bridge is constructed in accordance with Section 1490, all persons excavating irrigation, mining or drainage ditches across county highways shall construct bridges across such ditches wherever such ditches cross such highways. If such persons fail to construct such bridges, the road commissioner shall construct them and shall recover from such persons, in an action at law brought in the name of the county, the expense of such construction.

Source: Section 1489, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=1489. (accessed Apr. 24, 2025).

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Apr. 24, 2025

§ 1489’s source at ca.gov

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/streets_and_highways_code_section_1489

Original Source: Section 1489, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=1489. (last accessed Apr. 24, 2025).