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33 U.S.C. § 508 — Amount of tolls
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Tolls for passage or transit over any bridge constructed under the authority of the Act of March 23, 1906, commonly known as the “Bridge Act of 1906”, the General Bridge Act of 1946 [[33 U.S.C. 525](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section525&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and the International Bridge Act of 1972 [[33 U.S.C. 535](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section535&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] shall be just and reasonable.
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Tolls for passage or transit over any bridge constructed under the authority of the Act of March 23, 1906, commonly known as the “Bridge Act of 1906”, the General Bridge Act of 1946 [[33 U.S.C. 525](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section525&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and the International Bridge Act of 1972 [[33 U.S.C. 535](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section535&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] shall be just and reasonable.
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When, after March 23, 1906, authority is granted by Congress to any persons to construct and maintain a bridge across or over any of the navigable waters of the United States, such bridge shall not be built or commenced until the plans and specifications for its construction, together with such drawings of the proposed construction and such map of the proposed location as may be required for a full understanding of the subject, have been submitted to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for the Secretary’s approval, nor until the Secretary shall have approved such plans and specifications and the location of such bridge and accessory works; and when the plans for any bridge to be constructed under the provisions of sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, have been approved by the Secretary it shall not be lawful to deviate from such plans, either before or after completion of the structure, unless the modification of such plans has previously been submitted to and received the approval of the Secretary. This section shall not apply to any bridge over waters which are not subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and which are not used and are not susceptible to use in their natural condition or by reasonable improvement as a means to transport interstate or foreign commerce.
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**(a) Consent of Congress** The consent of Congress is granted for the construction, maintenance, and operation of bridges and approaches thereto over the navigable waters of the United States, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
**(b) Approval of plans** The location and plans for such bridges shall be approved by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating before construction is commenced, and, in approving the location and plans of any bridge, the Secretary may impose any specific conditions relating to the maintenance and operation of the structure which the Secretary may deem necessary in the interest of public navigation, and the conditions so imposed shall have the force of law. This subsection shall not apply to any bridge over waters which are not subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and which are not used and are not susceptible to use in their natural condition or by reasonable improvement as a means to transport interstate or foreign commerce.
**(c) Private highway toll bridges** Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), it shall be unlawful to construct or commence the construction of any privately owned highway toll bridge until the location and plans thereof shall also have been submitted to and approved by the highway department or departments of the State or States in which the bridge and its approaches are situated; and where such bridge shall be between two or more States and the highway departments thereof shall be unable to agree upon the location and plans therefor, or if they, or either of them, shall fail or refuse to act upon the location and plans submitted, such location and plans then shall be submitted to the Secretary of Transportation and, if approved by the Secretary of Tra
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The consent of Congress is hereby granted to the construction, maintenance, and operation of any bridge and approaches thereto, which will connect the United States with any foreign country (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as an “international bridge”) and to the collection of tolls for its use, so far as the United States has jurisdiction. Such consent shall be subject to (1) the approval of the proper authorities in the foreign country concerned; (2) the provisions of sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, except [section 496 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section496&num=0&edition=prelim), whether or not such bridge is to be built across or over any of the navigable waters of the United States; and (3) of the provisions of this subchapter.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Apportionment.—** — The term “apportionment” includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws.
(2) **Asset management.—** — The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost.
(3) **Carpool project.—** — The term “carpool project” means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools, and real-time ridesharing projects, such as projects where drivers, using an electronic transfer of funds, recover costs directly associated with the trip provided through the use of location technology to quantify those direct costs, subject to the condition that the cost recovered does not exceed the cost of the trip provided.
(4) **Construction.—** — The term “construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway or any project eligible for assistance under this title, including bon
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### Statutory Notes
Section, acts Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title V, § 503, 60 Stat. 847; Jan. 12, 1983, Pub. L. 97–449, § 2(d)(1), 96 Stat. 2440, provided that tolls charged for transit over any interstate bridge be just and reasonable and authorized Secretary of Transportation to prescribe reasonable rates of toll for such transit, which rates were to be legal rates demanded and received. See [section 508 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section508&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 503 to 507
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted
‘‘United States attorney’’ for ‘‘district attorney of the
United States’’. See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary
and Judicial Procedure, and Historical and Revision
Notes thereunder.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT
Amendment by act June 25, 1948 effective Sept. 1,
1948, see section 38 of act June 25, 1948, set out as an Ef-
fective Date note preceding section 1 of Title 28, Judici-
ary and Judicial Procedure.
LIMITATION ON APPLICATION
Section as not applicable to bridges constructed
under sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, see
section 494 of this title.
§ 503 to 507. Repealed. Pub. L. 100–17, title I,
§ 135(d), Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 174
Section 503, act Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 597, § 1, 49 Stat. 670,
provided that, on and after Aug. 21, 1935, tolls over any
bridge over any of the navigable waters of the United
States, if such bridge is used for travel or transpor-
tation in interstate or foreign commerce, be just and
reasonable and specified bridges to which sections 503
to 507 of this title not apply.
Section 504, acts Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 597, § 2, 49 Stat. 671;
Jan. 12, 1983, Pub. L. 97–449, § 2(d)(1), 96 Stat. 2440, au-
thorized Secretary of Transportation to determine rea-
sonableness of any toll charged for passage or transit
over any bridge to which sections 503 to 507 of this title
applied and to prescribe an order establishing a reason-
able toll, which order was to take effect thirty days
after issuance.
Section 505, acts Aug. 21, 1935, ch. 597, § 3, 49 Stat. 671;
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949,
ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107;
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 523
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2022—Pub. L. 117–263, § 11805(c), struck out ‘‘, except
to the extent provided in this section’’ before period at
end.
Pub. L. 117–263, § 11805(a), reinstated section 12(a) of
the act of June 21, 1940, as it appeared before repeal by
Pub. L. 116–283, and redesignated it as the sole text of
section 12.
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 repealed this section. Text of
subsec. (a) was reinstated by Pub. L. 117–263 and redes-
ignated as text of entire section. See above.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2022 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVIII, § 11805(b), Dec. 23,
2022, 136 Stat. 4165, provided that: ‘‘The provision rein-
stated under subsection (a) [this section] shall be treat-
ed as if such section 8507(b) [of Pub. L. 116–283, which
had repealed this section] had never taken effect.’’
§ 523. Relocation of bridges
If the owner of any bridge and the Secretary
shall agree that in order to remove an obstruc-
tion to navigation, or for any other purpose, a
relocation of such bridge or the construction of
a new bridge upon a new location would be pref-
erable to an alteration of the existing bridge,
such relocation or new construction may be car-
ried out at such new site and upon such terms as
may be acceptable to the bridge owner and the
Secretary, and the cost of such relocation or
new construction, including also any expense of
changes in and additions to rights-of-way, sta-
tions, tracks, spurs, sidings, switches, signals,
and other railroad facilities and property, and
relocation of shippers required for railroad con-
nection with the bridge at the new site, shall be
apportioned as between the bridge owner and
the United States in the man
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 535
such bridge and its approaches, as are possessed
by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or
by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the
State in which such real estate or other prop-
erty is situated, upon making just compensation
therefor to be ascertained and paid according to
the laws of such State, and the proceedings
therefor shall be the same as in the condemna-
tion or expropriation of property for public pur-
poses in such State.
(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title V, § 509, 60 Stat. 849.)
§ 533. Penalties for violations
(a) Criminal penalties for violation
Any person who willfully fails or refuses to
comply with any lawful order of the Secretary
of the department in which the Coast Guard is
operating or the Chief of Engineers issued under
the provisions of this subchapter, or who will-
fully fails to comply with any specific condition
imposed by the Chief of Engineers and the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast
Guard is operating relating to the maintenance
and operation of bridges, or who willfully re-
fuses to produce books, papers, or documents in
obedience to a subpena or other lawful require-
ment under this subchapter, or who otherwise
willfully violates any provisions of this sub-
chapter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun-
ished by a fine of not to exceed $5,000 or by im-
prisonment for not more than one year, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) Civil penalties for violation; separate of-
fenses; notice and hearing; assessment, col-
lection, and remission; civil actions
Whoever violates any provision of this sub-
chapter, or any order issued under this sub-
chapter, shall be liable to a civil penalty of not
more than $5,000 for a violation occu
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