(a) As used in this chapter, "low water crossing" means a public road waterway crossing:
- (1) other than a bridge where construction improvements have been made in the stream, river, or lake bed to provide a firm surface for vehicles to travel across the water course; and
- (2) that is designed and constructed to be passable to traffic most of the year during periods of ordinary stream flow but is impassable to traffic during periods of high water.
(b) As used in this chapter, "low water crossing project" means a project that may consist of one (1) or more of the following:
- (1) Installing appropriate road signs to warn vehicle drivers as they approach a low water crossing.
- (2) Replacing damaged, undersized, perched, and blocked road structures in a low water crossing with structures that will accommodate a greater quantity of stream flow under the road.
- (3) Replacing a low water crossing with a bridge.
As added by P.L.173-2025, SEC.12.