Volume 52
Public Law 75–284
Granting the consent of Congress to construct, maintain, and operate toll bridges, known as the Long Island Loop Bridges, across navigable waters at or near East Marion to Shelter Island, and Shelter Island to North Haven, Suffolk County, New York.
Approved May 26, 1938
Statutory text
AN ACT
Granting the consent of Congress to construct, maintain, and operate toll bridges, known as the Long Island Loop Bridges, across navigable waters at or near East Marion to Shelter Island, and Shelter Island to North Haven, Suffolk County, New York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the county of Suffolk, State of New York, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across navigable waters in the county of Suffolk, State of New York, lying between the northerly side of Shelter Island and the southerly side of the north fluke of Long Island, at a point near East Marion, known as Cleaves Point, southerly to Hay Beach Point, Shelter Island, and a bridge and approaches thereto across navigable waters in the county of Suffolk, State of New York, separating the southerly portion of Shelter Island from the northerly portion of North Haven at a point from the southerly side of Shelter Island, known as South Ferry southerly to North Haven, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the
construction of bridges over navigable waters”, approved March 23, 1906, and subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this Act.
Sec. 2.
If tolls are charged for the use of such bridges, the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridges and their approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the cost of the bridges and their approaches, including reasonable interest and financing cost, as soon as possible under reasonable charges, but within a period of not to
Maintenance as free bridge after amortizing costs.
exceed forty years from the completion thereof. After a sinking fund sufficient for such amortization shall have been so provided, such bridges shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of
Record of expenditures and receipts.
tolls. An accurate record of the costs of the bridges and their approaches, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested.
Sec. 3.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, May 26, 1938.