Section 58. Liability of state for damages

The state shall not be liable
  for damages suffered by any  person  from  defects  in  state  highways,
  except between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of November on
  such  highways  as  are maintained by the state under such system as the
  commissioner of transportation may adopt pursuant to section twelve, but
  the liability for such damages shall otherwise remain as now provided by
  law, notwithstanding the construction or improvement and maintenance  of
  such  highways  by  the  state  under  this  chapter; but nothing herein
  contained shall be construed to impose on the state  any  liability  for
  defects  in  bridges  over  which  the  state has no control. Within the
  limits of incorporated villages the state  shall  maintain  a  width  of
  pavement  equal  to the width of pavement constructed or improved at the
  expense of the state, if a state highway, the location  of  the  state's
  portion of such roadway within said incorporated limits to be determined
  by the center line of the roadway as shown on the plans on file with the
  department  of  transportation and the state shall be liable for damages
  to persons or property only when such damage shall occur as a result  of
  the  defective  condition  of  the  portion of improved highway as above
  described.