Texas Transportation Code

§ 112.057 — CONSTRUCTION ON OR NEAR CERTAIN WATERWAYS OR ROADS

TN § 112.057Title 5. RAILROADS · Part C. RAILROADS GENERALLY · Ch. 112. POWERS AND DUTIES OF RAILROADS · Art. B. ACQUISITION AND USE OF PROPERTY BY RAILROAD OR OF RAILROAD

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(a)A railroad company may construct the company's road across, along, or on any stream of water, water course, street, highway, turnpike, or canal where the route of the company's railway intersects or touches the stream, water course, street, highway, turnpike, or canal.

(b)The railroad company shall:

(1)restore the stream, water course, street, highway, turnpike, or canal to its former state or to a state in which its usefulness is not unnecessarily impaired; and

(2)keep the crossing in repair.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.