Section 70053 - Improvements for which rewards will be paidRewards shall be granted by the Commonwealth for improvements only of the character herein set forth, namely:
(a) For grading and draining a section of road not less than one-fourth mile in length;(b) for graveling or cindering, or using other approved materials on a graded and drained road not less than one-fourth mile in length;(c) for constructing a road with broken stone base, or traffic bound macadam road, and broken stone, slag, gravel, cinders, or other approved material top, not less than one-fourth mile in length;(d) for macadamizing a road or for constructing a Telford macadam road of not less than one-fourth mile in length;(e) for a bituminous surface-treated macadam road; (f) for constructing a concrete, brick or bituminous surface road of not less than one-fourth mile in length;(g) for the erection and construction of bridges of three feet or more span, constructed of concrete or stone or a combination of concrete and stone, or a steel bridge with a floor constructed of a material approved by the State Highway Department;(h) for the purchase and installation of culvert and drain pipes.1917, July 14, P.L. 840, ch. VIII, art. II, § 434. Amended 1919, July 15, P.L. 969, § 1; 1921, May 16, P.L. 564, No. 259, § 6; 1923, June 29, P.L. 916, § 5; 1927, April 21, P.L. 334, § 1; 1927, April 28, P.L. 504, § 1; 1929, May 1, P.L. 1057, § 2; 1929, May 6, P.L. 1543, § 1; 1929, May 7, P.L. 1584, § 1. Editorially renumbered from 53 P.S. § 67553 in 1996.