[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR1.27]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 1_GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.27  Maintenance.

    The responsibility imposed upon the State highway department, 
pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 116, for the maintenance of projects shall be 
carried out in accordance with policies and procedures issued by the 
Administrator. The State highway department may provide for such 
maintenance by formal agreement with any adequately equipped county, 
municipality or other governmental instrumentality, but such an 
agreement shall not relieve the State highway department of its 
responsibility for such maintenance.