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 PUBLIC LAW 95-599—NOV. 6, 1978 "(b) The Secretary, in consultation with the States, shall (1) inventory all those highway bridges on any Federal-aid system which are bridges over waterways, other topographical barriers, other highways, and railroads; (2) classify them according to serviceability, safety, and essentiality for public use; (3) based on that classification, assign each a priority for replacement or rehabilitation; and (4) determine the cost of replacing each such bridge with a comparable facility or of rehabilitating such bridge. "(c)(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the States, shall (1) inventory all those highway bridges on public roads, other than those on any Federal-aid system, which are bridges over waterways, other topographical barriers, other highways, and railroads, (2) classify them according to serviceability, safety, and essentiality for public use, (3) based on the classification, assign each a priority for replacement or rehabilitation and (4) determine the cost of replacing each such bridge with a comparable facility or of rehabilitating such bridge. " (2) The Secretary may, at the request of a State, inventory bridges, on and off the Federal-aid system, for historic significance. "(d) Whenever any State or States make application to the Secretary for assistance in replacing or rehabilitating a highway bridge which the priority system established under subsection (b) and (c) of this section shows to be eligible, the Secretary may approve Federal participation in replacing or rehabilitating such bridge with a comparable facility. The Secretary shall determine the eligibility of highway bridges for replacement or rehabilitation for each State based upon the unsafe highway bridges in such State. In approving projects under this section, the Secretary shall give consideration to those projects which will remove from service those highway bridges most in danger of failure. "(e) Funds authorized to carry out this section shall be apportioned on October 1 of the fiscal year for which authorized. Funds authorized to carrj^ out this section for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982, shall be apportioned to the States in accordance with revised table 1 of Committee Print 95-49 of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives. Funds authorized to carry out this section which are apportioned under this section shall be available for expenditure for the same period as funds apportioned for projects on the Federal-aid primary system under this title. Any funds not obligated at the expiration of such period shall be reapportioned by the Secretary to other States in accordance with revised table 1 of Committee Print 95-49 of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives. "(f) The Federal share payable on account of any highway bridge replaced or rehabilitated under this section shall be 80 per centum of the cost thereof. "(g) To carry oiit this section, there is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, to be available until expended. Of the amount authorized per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years

92 STAT. 2703 Inventory, consultation. Classification.

Cost determination. Inventory, consultation. Classification.

Cost determination. Inventory. Assistance to States, approval.

Eligibility determination.

Funds, apportionment.

Federal share. Appropriation authorization.

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