33 U.S.C. § 492

Bridge as post route; limitation as to charges against Government; telegraph and telephone lines

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Any bridge built in accordance with the provisions of sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over any railroad, street railway, or public highway leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right to construct, maintain, and repair, without any charge therefor, telegraph and telephone lines across and upon said bridge and its approaches; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge and its approaches shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1938–1974 · leading case: Pike Rapids Power Co. v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. S. M. R. Co., 99 F.2d 902 (8th Cir. 1938).

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Pike Rapids Power Co. v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. S. M. R. Co., 99 F.2d 902 (8th Cir. 1938). “Section 2, 33 U.S. C.A. § 492, provided that any bridge built in accordance with the provisions of the Act “shall be a lawful structure and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails,…”

In Re Silver Bridge Disaster Litig., 381 F. Supp. 931 (S.D.W. Va 1974). “The 1906 Act provides that any bridge built in accordance with that Act shall be a post route, and that no higher tolls may be charged for such use, or for use by the military, *952 than are charged per mile by railroads, streetcars or highways in the area, 33 U.S.C. § 492 ;…”

United States v. Columbia River-Longview Bridge Co., 99 F.2d 287 (9th Cir. 1938). “) relating to bridges over navigable waters of the United States provided in § 2, 33 U.S.C.A. § 492 : “Any bridge built in accordance with the provisions of this Act [chapter, sections 491 to 498, inclusive] shall be * * * known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall…”

Gouax v. Bovay, 105 F.2d 256 (5th Cir. 1939). “The appellants, officers in the United States Army, during 1936 and 1937 paid bridge tolls for the movement of troops and motor vehicles of the United States across the bridge, but were disallowed credit for the expenditures by the Comptroller General, who held that under…”

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