freeing interstate toll bridges

freeing interstate toll bridges Sec. 132. Section 129, title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 139 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301 of this title, in the case of each State which, before January 1, 1975, shall have constructed or acquired any interstate toll bridge (including approaches thereto), which before January 1, 1975, caused such toll bridge to be made free, which bridge is owned and maintained by such State or by a political subdivision thereof, and which bridge is on the Federal-aid primary system (other than the Interstate System), sums apportioned to such State in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (b) of section 104 of this title shall be available to pay the Federal share of a project under this subsection of (1) such amount as the Secretary determines to be the reasonable value of such bridge after deducting therefrom that portion of such value attributable to any grant or contribution previously paid by the United States in connection with the construction or acquisition of such bridge, and exclusive of rights-of-way, or (2) the amount by which the principal amount of the outstanding unpaid bonds or other obligations created and issued for the construction or acquisition of such bridge exceeds the amount of any funds accumulated or provided for their amortization, on the date such bridge is made free, whichever is the lesser amount.”