Informal Opinion No.

Dennis V. Tobolski, Esq. County Attorney, Cattaraugus

You have asked whether a county can abandon a county bridge on an abandoned section of a town road without first obtaining releases from the neighboring property owners normally required by law.

Your letter indicates that in 1969 the Town of Ashford in Cattaraugus County abandoned a segment of a town road that intersected County Road #85 at one terminus and Emerson Road at the other. In the center of the abandoned segment is a bridge which traverses Buttermilk Creek and which has been maintained in the past by Cattaraugus County. Your letter…