Title of Laws, Regulations, or Judiciary Interpretation: Measures on Checking, Maintaining, Servicing and Managing Bridges in Urban Areas

Promulgating Organ: Ministry of Construction

Date of Promulgation：October 10, 2003

Date of Implementation：January 1, 2004

Applicable Scope：The activities of maintaining, servicing and managing bridges in urban areas.

Major contents：The Measures make a provision on the definition of bridges in urban areas. With regard to maintaining and servicing, the Measures stipulate the service of bridges in urban areas shall be carried out based on the relevant regulations of . Regarding evaluation to check, the Measures stipulate the administrative competent departments of municipal engineering facilities of city people’s governments above county level shall set up and perfect evaluating systems to the check of bridges in urban areas, and organize and implement evaluations to the check to bridges in urban areas.