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the projects on said sections of Route 101 as provided in subsection (a) of this section, such sections of said route shall become and be free of any and all restrictions contained in title 23, United States Code, as amended or supplemented, or in any regulation thereunder, with ^2 Stat. sss. respect to the imposition and collection of tolls or other charges seq. thereon or for the use thereof. (c) The provisions of this section shall apply to the following Appiicabinty. sections: (1) That section of Route 101 from Route 125 in Epping to Brentwood Corners, a distance of approximately two and thirty one-hundredths centerline miles. (2) That section of Route 101 in the vicinity of Sells Corner in Auburn, beginning approximately two and forty one-hundredths centerline miles east of the junction of Interstate Route 93 and running easterly approximately two miles. F R E E I N G I N T E R S T A T E TOLL BRIDGES

SEC. 132. Section 129, title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 139 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end thereof the ^°^*' P- 2^°following new subsection: " (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301 of this title, in 72 Stat. 912. the case of each State which, before January 1, 1975, shall have constructed or acquired any interstate toll bridge (including approaches thereto), which before January 1, 1975, caused such toll bridge to be made free, which bridge is owned and maintained by such State or by a political subdivision thereof, and which bridge is on the Federal-aid primary system (other than the Interstate System), sums apportioned to such State in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (b) of section 104 of this title shall be available to pay -J*"'®' %l^^'' the Federal share of a project under this subsection of (1) such a.mount as the Secretary determines to be the reasonable value of such bridge after deducting therefrom that portion of such value attributable to any grant or contribution previously paid by the United States in connection with the construction or acquisition of such bridge, and exclusive of rights-of-way, or (2) the amount by which the principal amount of the outstanding unpaid bonds or other obligations created and issued for the construction or acquisition of such bridge exceeds the amount of any funds accumulated or provided for their amortization, on the date such bridge is made free, whichever is the lesser amount." STUDY OF TOLL BRIDGE

AUTHORITY

SEC. 133. (a) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to undertake a full and complete investigation and study of existing Federal statutes and regulations governing toll bridges over the navigable waters of the United States for the purpose of determining what action can and should be taken to assure just and reasonable tolls nationwide. The Secretary shall submit a report of the findings of such study and investigation to the Congress not later than July 1, 1974, together with his recommendations for modifications or additions to existing laws, regulations, and policies, except that in the case of the toll bridge at Chester, Illinois, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress not later than December 31, 1973. (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate regulations establishing guidelines governing any increase in tolls for use of any bridge constructed pursuant to either the General Bridge Act of 1906 or the General Bridge Act of 1946.

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Regulations, ^^ ^^^ '^^^ "°33 USC 525 note.

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