§ 252. Maintenance of bridge. When a toll bridge shall have been
acquired by the state under the provisions of this article it shall be
maintained as a free bridge and the expense thereof shall be a charge
upon the town or towns or city or cities within which it is situated.
Upon the acquisition of any toll bridge as provided in this article, the
board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties in which said
toll bridge is located shall upon notice of such acquisition from the
comptroller, accept and maintain the same as a part of the highway
system of said county or counties and such acceptance shall be deemed to
have been formerly taken at the expiration of twenty days from the
notice of said acquisition by the state comptroller.