Utah Admin. Code R918-6-2 - Purpose and Background
(1) The purpose
of this rule is to assign maintenance responsibility between the department and
the local government entity for roadway and roadside features at the
intersection of state and local roads, including grade-separated interchanges,
overcrossings, undercrossings, and at-grade intersections.
(2) In general, the department is responsible
for the maintenance of all state roads, including roadside features associated
with those roads, except as otherwise delineated in state law. Likewise, county
and municipal governments are responsible for roads under their
jurisdiction.
(3) In the case of
bridges, the department is responsible for the maintenance of bridges on the
state highway system, and county and municipal governments are responsible for
maintenance of bridges on their respective road systems. UDOT is responsible
for, and carries out, inspections on all highway bridges located on public
roads, both on the state highway system and on the local road system, on a
schedule that results in an inspection for each bridge every two years. Prior
to a scheduled inspection, local government will be notified and invited to
attend the inspection. Subsequent to each inspection, UDOT supplies a bridge
inspection summary to the entity responsible for maintenance of the bridge
(UDOT maintenance shed in the case of bridges on the state highway system, or
the local government in the case of bridges on the local road system), which
describes recommended preventive and rehabilitative bridge maintenance actions,
and which, in the case of bridges carrying a local road over a state highway,
indicates which maintenance and preventive actions are the responsibility of
the local government. The responsible jurisdiction is then expected to perform
the actions recommended in the bridge inspection summary, in order to keep the
bridge in a state of good repair.
(4) Where state roads intersect with roads
under local jurisdiction, either at grade or at a grade separation, confusion
sometimes arises regarding the maintenance responsibility for specific features
at those locations. This rule is intended to clarify which jurisdiction has
responsibility for which elements at those locations, and to address the large
majority of such situations. Sometimes, however, unusual circumstances or
geometry may render a logical division of responsibilities difficult. In those
cases, formal agreements between the parties involved are appropriate and
encouraged. The language in this rule was developed to encourage consistency
regarding maintenance responsibilities between the department and local
government. It is recognized the traveling public may benefit in some cases
from deviations from the guidelines set forth in this rule to meet the
capabilities and skills available individually at the department's maintenance
sheds and/or local road departments. In such cases, Region Directors of the
department and local officials should together evaluate the guidelines and
deviate from them as necessary and as mutually agreed upon, to meet the needs
of a specific situation. Open and frequent communication supported by a written
agreement is strongly encouraged.
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