Chapter 1863. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River in or near the city of Clarksville, State of Tennessee
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CHAP. 1863.— An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Cumberland River in or near the city of Clarksville, State of Tennessee. April 24, 1906. [[H. R. 14591](/us/bill/34/hr/14591).] [[Public, No. 124](/us/pl/34/124).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Cumberland River.Montgomery County may bridge, at Clarksville, Tenn. That the county of Montgomery, in the State of Tennessee, be, and it is hereby, authorized and empowered to build and maintain a highway bridge across the Cumberland River in or near the city of Clarksville, State of Tennessee, Free bridge.for the use of the public as a highway, free of any tolls, and said bridge is hereby declared a post route, upon which no charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States; and said bridge shall enjoy all theTelegraph, etc., rights. rights and privileges of other post routes in the United States; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal, telegraph, and telephone purposes; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph *Proviso.*Existing laws not affected.and telephone companies: *Provided,* That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt said bridge from the operation of the same.
Sec. 2. Continuous spans.That said bridge shall be built with unbroken and continuous spans, in no case less than ninety feet above low-water pool level in said river, nor shall any of the spans be less than three hundred feet in the clear between the piers, or the piers and the abutments, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river. Sec. 3. Unobstructed navigation.That said bridge shall be constructed without any unreasonable interference with the security and convenience of navigation of Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.said river; and to secure that object the said county shall submit to the Secretary of War. for his examination and approval, designs and drawings of the proposed bridge, including a map of its proposed location, giving for the space of one mile above and below the proposed site the topography of the banks of said river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the current at high and low water stages, with the soundings accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for the full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of said bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, said Changes.bridge shall not be commenced or built; and no changes shall be made in said bridge, before or after completion, unless approved by the Secretary of War, and any changes which the Secretary of War may at any time deem necessary and order in the interest of navigation shall beLights, etc. made by the owners of the bridge at their own expense; and there shall be displayed on said bridge by the owners thereof, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe.
Sec. 4. Time of construction.That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the passage of this Act. 135 Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is herebyAmendment. expressly reserved. Approved, April 24, 1906.