§ 98.15. Bridges.

A.

All bridges hereafter designed over City streets and highways, including both controlled and uncontrolled access facilities that are classified by the federal government as strategic highways, shall have a vertical clearance over the highest point of the road surface, including berms, under the bridge, of sixteen and one-half feet, plus or minus two inches.

B.

All bridges hereafter designed over City streets and highways, including both controlled and uncontrolled access facilities, that are considered nonstrategic by the federal government, shall have a minimum clearance over the highest point of the road surface, including berms, under the bridge, of fifteen feet, four inches.

C.

In any case, on nonstrategic highways in which physical conditions might warrant a lesser vertical clearance, the City Engineer, the City Traffic Engineer and the Director of Planning and Urban Development may permit an exception to this provision, but to not less than a vertical clearance of fourteen feet, four inches.

(Ord. 445-1966)