Each county engineer shall be responsible for all routine and special inspections of all NBI bridges on the county road system in accordance with the National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) as promulgated and periodically revised by the WSDOT local programs office. The county engineer shall note the date of all inspections and any changes since the previous inspection on the bridge inspection report and the WSBIS form and submit all such forms to the WSDOT local programs bridge engineer within ninety days of each inspection. It is highly recommended that each county engineer perform routine inspections of the short span bridges, drainage structures, and large culverts on the county road system.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
36.78 RCW. WSR 14-17-035, § 136-20-030, filed 8/13/14, effective 9/13/14. Statutory Authority: Chapter
36.79 RCW. WSR 99-01-021, § 136-20-030, filed 12/7/98, effective 1/7/99. Statutory Authority: RCW
36.78.070 and
36.79.060. WSR 96-17-013, § 136-20-030, filed 8/12/96, effective 9/12/96. Statutory Authority: RCW
36.78.070. WSR 91-21-136 (Order 83), § 136-20-030, filed 10/23/91, effective 11/23/91; WSR 90-17-075 (Order 78), § 136-20-030, filed 8/16/90, effective 9/16/90. Statutory Authority: Chapter
36.78 RCW. WSR 79-01-099 (Order 36), § 136-20-030, filed 1/3/79; Order 11, § 136-20-030, filed 10/9/69.]