LIABILITY OF STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS FOR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE DEFECTS: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

This supplementary material contains additional information referenced to the topic heading "Introduction" in the original paper and new topic headings that relate to matters not discussed in the original paper. New topic headings are: Application of Discretionary Exemption to Highway Design; Application of Discretionary Exemption to Highway Maintenance; Application of Discretionary Exemption to Signs and Signals; Miscellaneous (sub-headings: Duty to Warn of Preferential Icing on Bridges; and Failure to Make Timely Repair); Application of Discretionary Exemption to Guardrails and Barriers; Statutes Relating to Tort Liability of the State; and Summary.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page range: 1834-S15 through 1834-S49.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Vance, J C
• Publication Date: 1991-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 35 p.
• Serial:
  • Selected Studies in Highway Law
  • Volume: 4
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Defects; Guardrails; Highway bridges; Highway design; Highway maintenance; Icing; Liability; State departments of transportation; States; Tort liability; Traffic signals; Traffic signs; Warning signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers
• Old TRIS Terms: Discretionary exemption; Preferential icing
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00621559
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Addendum 5
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 30 1992 12:00AM