Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 5716. Widening, straightening, altering or changing course of unnavigable streams for protection of county bridge and highways

Whenever, in the erection, construction, repair or maintenance of any county bridge or highway, it becomes necessary for the safety of said bridge or highway or advisable from an economic standpoint to widen, straighten, alter, protect or change the course of any unnavigable stream, it shall be lawful for the county to enter upon abutting or adjacent land and to widen, straighten, alter, protect or change the course of such unnavigable stream for such purposes, and in connection with such entry, to take, injure and destroy any necessary land or property, in accordance with Article XXVI.  1