Opn. No.

John P. Callanan, Sr., Esq. Watkins Glen, New York

You have asked whether, in acquiring abandoned Lehigh Valley Railroad land, the Village of Burdett, in the Town of Hector, Schuyler County, would also have to assume responsibility for maintaining the Church Street bridge located in the Village.

Currently, the responsibility for this bridge is divided between the Town of Hector, which maintains the surface and approaches to the bridge, and the railroad, which, as a condition of owning the right-of-way, has the obligation to maintain the structural portion of the bridge. This is in accordance…