Bridges and culverts erected or maintained by the public constitute a part of the public highway. The terms, road or highway, whenever used in this title include any bridge upon or which form a part of the road or highway constructed, maintained, or to be improved; also any subway or underpass and any overhead crossing.
S.D. Codified Laws § 31-1-2
Bridges and culverts part of highway
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Selway Homeowners Ass'n v. Cummings (2003)
Most recently applied in State v. Johnsen (September 2018)
Source: PolC 1877, ch 29, § 48; CL 1887, § 1238; RPolC 1903, § 1643; RC 1919, § 8669; SL 1919, ch 333, § 8; SDC 1939, §§ 28.0101, 28.1401; SL 1968, ch 120; SL 2010, ch 145, § 11.
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