Section 49: Maintenance of approaches to certain privately maintainable bridges.

Highways Act 1980 · 1980 c. 66View on legislation.gov.uk

Highways Act 1980
- Section 48: Power of magistrates' court to order a highway to be again maintainable at public expense.
- Section 50: Maintenance of privately maintainable footpaths and bridleways.

Part IV: Maintenance of Highways

Where a person is liable to maintain the approaches to a bridge by reason of the fact that he is liable to maintain the bridge by reason of tenure or prescription, his liability to maintain the approaches extends to 100 yards from each end of the bridge.

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