Chapter 253. toregulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six
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CHAP. 253.— AN ACT To authorize construction of the Broadway Bridge across the Willamette River at Portland, Oregon. March 4, 1911. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the city of Portland, in the county of Multnomah, Willamette River.State of Oregon, is hereby fully authorized and empowered to construct and build a bridge to be known as the Broadway Bridge, Portland, Oreg., may bridge at Broadway.with appropriate approaches and terminals with a clearance of not less than sixty-five feet above high-water mark and not less than ninety-three and thirteen one-hundredths feet above low-water mark, city datum, across the Willamette, a navigable river, in said city, substantially as follows, to wit:
From Broadway Street at 1349or near its intersection with Larrabee Street on the east side of said river, and following the line of Broadway Street extended westerly in its present course to a point at or near its intersection with Seventh Street on the west side of said river; thence southerly and easterly to a point at or near the intersection of Sixth and Irving Streets in said city : *Provided,**Proviso.*That said bridge shall be constructed and maintainedConstruction, etc.in accordance with the provisions of the Act Vol. 34. p. 84.entitled “An Act toregulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters,” approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six.
Sec.2.For all purposes the consent of Congress, granted by this Act, shall be held as Retroactive consent.relating back to the commencement of the project, and everything done in connection therewith. Sec.3.That the right to alter, amend, or repeal Amendment.this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 4, 1911.