# Idaho Code § 49-1006: 49-1006 RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO HIGHWAY OR BRIDGE

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1006

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 49-1006
- **Heading:** 49-1006 RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO HIGHWAY OR BRIDGE
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 49 / Chapter 10 / Section 49-1006

## Text

49-1006. Responsibility for damage to highway or bridge. The owner and the operator, driver or mover of any vehicle, object or contrivance over a highway or bridge, shall be jointly and severally responsible for all damages which the highway or bridge may sustain as the result of illegally operating or driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance, or as the result of driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance weighing in excess of the maximum weight specified in this chapter, but authorized by a temporary permit. The amount of the damages may be recovered in an action at law by the authorities in control of the highway or bridge[;]. It shall be unlawful for more than one (1) vehicle, motor vehicle, trailer and/or semitrailer, or combination of vehicles with gross weights in excess of those specified in section 49-1001(1) and (2), Idaho Code, to pass at the same time on any bridge with a span of nineteen (19) feet or more posted by the board for single lane traffic by those trucks.

History:

[49-1006, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 277, p. 720.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 49-1001 49-1001 ALLOWABLE GROSS LOADS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1001.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1002 49-1002 ALLOWABLE LOAD PER INCH WIDTH OF TIRE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1002.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1003 49-1003 SPEED LIMITS FOR VEHICLES REGULATED ACCORDING TO WEIGHT AND TIRE EQUIPMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1003.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1004 49-1004 PERMITS FOR OVERWEIGHT OR OVERSIZE LOADS — SPECIAL ROUTES AND ANNUAL PERMITS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1004.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1004A 49-1004A NEW SPECIAL ROUTE DESIGNATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1004A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1004B 49-1004B SPECIAL ROUTE DESIGNATIONS AND PERMITS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1004B.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1004C 49-1004C SPECIAL PERMITS — INTERSTATE SYSTEM.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1004C.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1005 49-1005 SPECIAL REGULATIONS AND NOTICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1005.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1006 49-1006 RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO HIGHWAY OR BRIDGE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1006.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1007 49-1007 LIMITING LIABILITY OF AUTHORITIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1007.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1008 49-1008 GRANTING PERMISSION FOR TRANSPORTATION OF LOADS OF LOGS, POLES, PILING AND MATERIAL FROM MINES WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FINALLY PROCESSED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1008.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1009 49-1009 CONTRACT FOR BUILDING AND MAINTAINING ROADS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1009.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1010 49-1010 SIZE OF VEHICLES AND LOADS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1010.md)
- [Idaho Code § 49-1011 49-1011 EXCEPTION TO WEIGHT AND SIZE LIMITATIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T49_C10_S49-1011.md)

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