{"code":"SHC","codeName":"Streets and Highways Code","section":"1489","citation":"Sts. & Hy. Code, § 1489","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. COUNTY HIGHWAYS [900. - 1757.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Obstructions and Injuries to County Highways [1480. - 1496.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/division-2/chapter-6"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 413.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Unless a bridge is constructed in accordance with Section <a href=\"/shc/1490\">1490</a>, all persons excavating irrigation, mining or drainage ditches across county highways shall construct bridges across such ditches wherever such ditches cross such highways. If such persons fail to construct such bridges, the road commissioner shall construct them and shall recover from such persons, in an action at law brought in the name of the county, the expense of such construction.</p>","text":"Unless a bridge is constructed in accordance with Section 1490, all persons excavating irrigation, mining or drainage ditches across county highways shall construct bridges across such ditches wherever such ditches cross such highways. If such persons fail to construct such bridges, the road commissioner shall construct them and shall recover from such persons, in an action at law brought in the name of the county, the expense of such construction.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/streets-and-highways-code/obstructions-and-injuries-to-county-highways-1489","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}