280.300 Power to build bridges over navigable waters in Kentucky. Any person may construct a bridge over any navigable body of water of which the navigable portion lies wholly within this state, after the location and plans of the bridge have been approved by the United States chief of engineers and by the Secretary of War. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 853a-1.