| THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT -------- No. 38/2012/TT-BGTVT | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness --------------- Hanoi, September 19, 2012 |
CIRCULAR
PROVIDING ON MANAGEMENT AND EXPLOITATION OF COMMON BRIDGE
Pursuant to the Law on railway, of June 14, 2005;
Pursuant to the Law on Road traffic, of November 13, 2008;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No.109/2006/ND-CP, of September 22, 2006 detailing and guiding implementation of a number of articles of Law on railway;
Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No.51/2008/ND-CP, of April 22, 2008 providing functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Transport;
At the proposal of Director of Traffic Infrastructure Department and Director of Vietnam Railway Department;
The Minister of Transport promulgates the Circular providing on management and exploitation of common bridge,
Chapter 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Circular prescribes on management, exploitation for bridges shared between national railways, specialized-use railways with roads.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Circular applies to domestic and foreign organizations, individuals with operations relating to management, exploitation, maintain of common bridge and persons participating in traffic in the zone of common bridge.
Article 3. Common bridge and the zone of common bridge
1. Common bridge means a bridge with bridge floor being shared for both means of transport by railway and means of transport by road.
2. The zone of common bridge include entire infrastructure of bridge, space under bridge and management scope counted from inner edge of abutment (adjoin with beam anchorage) to each side:
a) For railway: To the signal pole to protect bridge (including the signal pole); or 10 meter (m) for place without the protection signal pole;
b) For road: To the barrier or guard frame-work to enter bridge (including barrier, guard frame-work); or 10 meter (m) for place without barrier or guard frame-work.
Article 4. The responsibilities and powers of unit managing infrastructure of railway
1. To take responsibility for management, exploitation and maintain works and equipments in are of common bridge as prescribed in clause 2, Article 3 of this Circular; to ensure that works items of bridge and equipment in the zone of common bridge can operate in accordance to technical requirements, safely and conveniently for human and means of transport of railway, roads through bridge.
