Pennsylvania Statutes Title 11 Pa.C.S.A. Cities § 12939. Highways in cities

(a) Power over highways.--Powers, rights and duties given to a city over its streets shall extend to highways to the extent that the city is legally responsible for them, pursuant to agreement or otherwise.

(b) Damages.--A city shall not be responsible for damages to property owners abutting a highway under subsection (a) for acts of the Commonwealth unless the city shall assume them under this chapter or the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L. 1242, No. 428),  1 known as the State Highway Law.