27:19-1 - Construction; maintenance and repair; joint county bridges - New Jersey Statutes

27:19-1.  Construction;  maintenance and repair;  joint county bridges
    The board of chosen freeholders may construct, or acquire by gift, purchase  or condemnation, and maintain and operate, and widen when necessary, viaducts  and bridges, including drawbridges, in the county, when and where the public  convenience requires, and keep all viaducts and bridges wholly within the  county in repair and in safe condition for public travel.

    Boards of chosen freeholders of counties adjoining each other but separated  in whole or in part by a ravine, marsh, river or stream, may jointly construct,  or acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation, and maintain and operate, and  widen when necessary, viaducts and bridges, including drawbridges, at their  joint expense, over such ravine, marsh, river or stream, when and where the  public convenience requires, and keep all such viaducts and bridges in repair  and in safe condition for public travel.