California Streets and Highways Code

§ 162.5

SHC § 162.5 Effective Nov 7, 1989Div. 1 · Ch. 1 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The department shall develop revised seismic standards for earthquake resistance to be utilized in the design and construction of new state highways and bridges, and for the retrofit of existing highways and bridges.

(b)In the development of those standards, the department shall do all of the following:

(1)Thoroughly investigate and analyze the structural damage to highways and bridges resulting from the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake, and utilize the experience of that earthquake in the development of revised standards.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 18, Sec. 3. Effective November 7, 1989.