New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 53B - JURISDICTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR RAILROAD OVERHEAD BRIDGES
Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS
Section 16:53B-2.1 - Definitions
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation or such person as the Commissioner may designate, when legally permissible.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
"Good repair" means that the structure is found by the Commissioner to be in safe and serviceable condition for the purposes and uses to be permitted, based upon sound engineering principles, standards or techniques, which may include those that were acceptable at the time of original construction or at the time of any reconstructions.
"Emergent situation" means a sudden, urgent, or unexpected occurrence or occasion that interferes with the free and safe movement of traffic over a railroad overhead bridge, which requires immediate action.
"Jurisdiction" means control and responsibility for maintenance, rehabilitation, replacement and inspection as may be ordered by the Commissioner under provisions of this chapter.
"Private entity" means a person or any entity that is not a unit of government including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, company, nonprofit organization, or other legal entity.
"Public entity" means a unit of government including, but not limited to, a public transit agency or any officers, department, board, commission, division, agency, authority, or instrumentality of the State or of any county or municipality.
"Railroad overhead bridge" or "bridge" means any bridge carrying any public or private road over and across a railroad, subway, or street traction, or electric railway, or over and across the right-of-way of a railroad, subway, or railway.
"Sidewalk" means that portion of a highway, including roadways carried by bridges and approach roadways, intended for use by pedestrians, between the curb line or the lateral line of a shoulder, or if none, the lateral line of the roadway and the adjacent right-of-way line.
