§852. Definitions

As used in this Sub-part:

(1) "Bridge" or "toll bridge" means a bridge, tunnel, causeway, road or ferry, either as separate facilities or any combination of such facilities, including all necessary approaches, fixtures, accessories and equipment, the substructure and superstructure thereof, and all property, rights, servitudes, and franchises relating thereto and deemed necessary or convenient for the operation thereof. The term also embraces combined railroad and highway bridges, as well as highway bridges.

(2) "Improvements" means repairs, replacements, additions and betterments of and to a bridge acquired by purchase or by expropriation or condemnation which are deemed necessary to place it in a safe and efficient condition for the use of the public, when the improvements are ordered prior to the sale of any bonds for the acquisition of the bridge, and also means any additions, repairs, extensions, replacements, betterments, or improvements of or to a bridge, so defined in (1) above, theretofore constructed or acquired.

(3) "Cost of bridge", as applied to a bridge to be acquired by purchase or by expropriation or condemnation, includes the purchase price or the amount of the award; cost of improvements; financing charges; interest during any period of disuse before completion of improvements; cost of traffic estimates; cost of engineering and legal expenses; cost of plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates of costs and revenues; other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise; administrative expenses; and any other expenses necessary or incident to the financing authorized in this Sub-part and to the acquisition of the bridge and the placing of the bridge in operation.

(4) "Cost of bridge," as applied to a bridge to be constructed or to improvements made to a bridge theretofore constructed or acquired, embraces the cost of construction; the cost of all land, property, rights, servitudes, and franchises acquired, which are deemed necessary for the construction; the cost of all machinery and equipment; financing charges; interest prior to and during construction and for twelve months after completion of construction; cost of traffic estimates; cost of engineering and of legal expenses; cost of plans, specifications, services of financial or fiscal agents, and surveys, and estimates of cost and revenues; other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise; administrative expense; reimbursement or repayment of any amounts theretofore advanced by any body, agency or person for any of such purposes; and any other expenses necessary or incident to the financing authorized in this Sub-part and to the construction or improvement of the bridge and the placing of the bridge, or improvements thereto, in operation.

(5) "Owner" includes all persons having any title or interest in any property, rights, servitudes, or franchises authorized to be acquired by this Sub-part.

(6) "Parish" means a parish or municipality, or any combination of parishes or municipalities.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 664, §1.