Pennsylvania Statutes Title 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges § 3525. Control and maintenance of bridge or tunnel; report by commission; limitation of expenses; how paid; title to bridge or tunnel and revenues

Upon the completion of said bridge or tunnel, the care, charge, control, and the expense of maintenance and repairs of the same shall pass to the county or counties of this Commonwealth in which said bridge or tunnel and its approaches are located. Said commission shall cause to be kept a record of all its proceedings, and shall transmit the same in the form of a report, together with the plans and specifications and all other information or data concerning the cost of construction and maintenance of such bridge or tunnel which they have had prepared or procured, to the Governor and the General Assembly of this Commonwealth at its next session.

The commission shall not incur any expenses or charges other than those necessary for the preparation of the preliminary plans, specifications, and estimate of cost, and the compensation of those employed for that purpose, and such incidental expenses of the commission as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this act; and such expenses, charges, and compensation shall not exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, which shall be paid by the State Treasurer, from time to time, on warrants drawn by the Auditor General upon the presentation to him of specifically itemized vouchers, and for which an appropriation is hereby made: Provided, however, That the cost of the same shall be borne equally by the county, counties, or State with which said bridge or tunnel connects. The title, ownership, and control of said bridge or tunnel to the middle of the stream, its approaches and the land upon which it is situated, shall be vested in the county or municipality in which said bridge or tunnel is located. All revenues received from rentals from all sources to the connecting point in the middle of a stream shall belong exclusively to the county in which said bridge or tunnel is located; one-half of the revenues from through traffic, if any, shall also belong to the county in which said bridge is located.