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Title 55, Title 55. Roads-Highways-Bridges

46 chapters · 1,506 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 551,506 Ch 5534, Chapter 5534 | Memorial Highways336 Ch 5533, Chapter 5533 | Memorial Highways276 Ch 5505, Chapter 5505 | Highway Patrol Retire…88 Ch 5502, Chapter 5502 | Department of Public …77 Ch 5501, Chapter 5501 | Department Of Transpo…70 Ch 5555, Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement51 Ch 5553, Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establ…38 Ch 5591, Chapter 5591 | County Bridges35 Ch 5537, Chapter 5537 | Ohio Turnpike And Inf…33 Ch 5531, Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation30 Ch 5525, Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts27 Ch 5589, Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating To …24 Ch 5577, Chapter 5577 | Load Limits On Highways23 Ch 5543, Chapter 5543 | Duties Of County Engineer21

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5577.14 Notice of arrest
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Whenever the driver or operator of any truck, trailer, semitrailer, commercial tractor, or any other commercial vehicle used for the transportation of goods or property, the gross weight of which, with load, exceeds three tons, has been arrested for a violation of any provision o…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5577.15 Application of size and weight provisions of chapter
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(A) The size and weight provisions of this chapter do not apply to any of the following:(1) A person who is engaged in the initial towing or removal of a wrecked or disabled motor vehicle from the site of an emergency on a public highway where the vehicle became wrecked or disabl…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5577.99 Penalty
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(A) Whoever violates the weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.07 or the weight provisions in regard to highways under section 5577.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined eighty dollars for the first two thousand pounds, or fraction thereof, of overload; for overloads in e…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5579.01 Appropriation of drainage rights or easements
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The director of transportation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees, may, in connection with any road improvement, appropriate any drainage rights outside the line of a highway, or any easement, right, or interest in any property desired for any proposed …

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5579.02 Appropriation of right of way, crossing, or lands of railroad

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The director of transportation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees may appropriate a right-of-way or crossing over railroad tracks and lands held by railway companies, whether operated by steam or electricity, and may appropriate the necessary property a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5579.03 Road as boundary line

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If a road is established as a part of the line or boundary of a township or municipal corporation, the board of township trustees of such adjoining townships and legislative authority of such municipal corporation, shall meet at a convenient place as soon after the first Monday o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5579.04 Destruction of brush, briers, weeds, and thistles along highways

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(A) As used in sections 5579.04 to 5579.08 of the Revised Code, "noxious weed" means shatter cane (Sorghum bicolor), Russian thistle (Salsola kali var. tenuifolia), or any plant designated a prohibited noxious weed by the director of agriculture.(B) A board of county commissioner…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5579.05 Notice to destroy weeds

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(A) Upon receiving written information that noxious weeds, wild parsnip, wild carrot, oxeye daisy, wild mustard, or other harmful weeds are growing on land in a township, other than land owned or managed by the department of natural resources, or park land owned or managed by the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5579.06 Effect of noncompliance with notice

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If the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the land mentioned in division (A) of section 5579.05 of the Revised Code fails to comply with that division, the board of township trustees shall cause the weeds to be cut or destroyed and may employ the necessary labor, ma…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5579.07 Expense a lien upon land

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The board of township trustees shall make a written report to the county auditor of the board's action under sections 5579.05 and 5579.06 of the Revised Code with a statement of the board's charges for its services, the amount paid for the labor, materials, and equipment, and a p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5579.08 Cutting of briers, brush, and noxious weeds

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All brush, briers, burrs, vines, and noxious weeds growing along the public highway shall be cut or destroyed between the first and twentieth days of June, the first and twentieth days of August, and, if necessary, between the first and twentieth days of September of each year or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.01 Obstructing public grounds, highway, street, or alley

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No person shall obstruct or encumber by fences, buildings, structures, or otherwise, a public ground, highway, street, or alley of a municipal corporation.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.02 Altering or injuring marker or monument

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No person shall alter, deface, injure, or destroy any marker or monument placed along, upon, or near a public highway, by the proper authorities, to mark the boundaries thereof, or for any other purpose.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.03 Refusal or neglect of officials to perform duty

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No county engineer, township trustee, or township highway superintendent shall willfully neglect, fail, or refuse to perform the duties of his office. Conviction for such neglect, failure, or refusal shall operate as a removal from office.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.05 Interfering with drawbridge on Muskingum improvement

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No person, except a commissioner, engineer, superintendent, lock tender, bridge tender, or collector and without express direction or permission from one of them, shall open or interfere with a drawbridge on the Muskingum improvement.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.06 Obstructing ditch, drain, or watercourse - duty of superintendent

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No person shall wrongfully obstruct any ditch, drain, or watercourse along, upon, or across a public highway, or divert any water from adjacent lands to or upon a public highway. Whenever the township highway superintendent learns of any obstruction of any ditch, drain, or waterc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.07 Failure to make levy or furnish estimates

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No person charged with the duty of making any levy or furnishing any estimates or budgets requesting any levy or allowance for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of any public highway, bridge, or culvert shall fail to make such levy or allowance, or furnish suc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.08 Operating traction engines upon improved highways

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No person shall drive over the improved highways of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, a traction engine or tractor with tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains, or other projections of any kind extending beyond the cleats, or no person shall …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.081 Studded tires - prohibited acts

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(A) For purposes of this section, "studded tire" means any tire designed for use on a vehicle and equipped with metal studs or studs of wear-resisting material that project beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire; and "motor vehicle," "street or highway," "public saf…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.09 Failure, neglect or refusal to drag road

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No person, charged with the duty of causing any unimproved or gravel road or part thereof to be dragged, shall willfully fail, neglect, or refuse to cause the same to be done, in such manner and within the time fixed by the sections of the Revised Code applicable thereto, or by t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.10 Digging, excavating, piling earth, or building fence on highway

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No person shall dig up, remove, excavate, or place any earth or mud upon any portion of any public highway or build a fence upon the same without authority to do so. Each day that such person continues to dig up, remove, or excavate any portion of the public highway constitutes a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.11 Failure or neglect to cut weeds, briers, or bushes

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No person, charged with the duty of cutting, destroying, or removing any weeds, briers, or bushes upon or along a public highway shall willfully fail, neglect, or refuse to cut, destroy, or remove such weeds, briers, or bushes as required in sections 5579.04 and 5579.08 of the Re…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.12 Possession of tools belonging to state or county

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No person shall, without being authorized, have in his control or possession any equipment, tools, implements, or other property belonging to the state, county, or township.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.13 Fines credited to maintenance and repair fund

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All fines collected for violations of sections 5589.02 to 5589.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be paid into the county treasury and placed to the credit of the fund for the maintenance and repair of the highways within such county.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.14 Prosecution of offenses

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The prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all offenders under sections 5589.02 to 5589.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, upon application of any official or individual filing any affidavit before any magistrate of the county charging an offense under such sections. This section …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.20 Findings as to improper obstruction of railroad grade crossings by trains

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The general assembly finds that the improper obstruction of railroad grade crossings by trains is a direct threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state inasmuch as improper obstructions create uniquely different local safety problems by preventing the t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.21 Obstruction of roads by railroads

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(A) No railroad company shall obstruct, or permit or cause to be obstructed a public street, road, or highway, by permitting a railroad car, locomotive, or other obstruction to remain upon or across it for longer than five minutes, to the hindrance or inconvenience of travelers o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.211 Abandoned locomotive obstructing street or road

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No railroad company shall obstruct, or permit or cause to be obstructed, a public street, road, or highway, by permitting any part of a train whose crew has abandoned the locomotive to remain across it for longer than five minutes to the hindrance or inconvenience of travelers or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.22 Damages

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A corporation or person shall be liable for all damages arising to a person from an obstruction or injury to a road or highway as provided by section 5589.21 of the Revised Code, which damage shall be recovered by an action at the suit of the board of township trustees of the tow…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.23 Company liable for fines against employees

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A railroad company or other corporation, the servant, agent, or employee of which, in any manner, obstructs a public road or highway, shall pay all penalties which may be assessed against such servant, agent, or employee for obstructing it. The penalties may be enforced by execut…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.24 Fines paid to railroad grade crossing improvement funds

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(A) All fines collected for a violation of division (A) of section 5589.21 or 5589.211 of the Revised Code shall be paid as follows:(1) To the railroad grade crossing improvement fund of the county if the violation occurred in an unincorporated area of the county;(2) To the railr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.31 Construction of walk or ditch across highway

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No person, firm, or corporation shall construct a walk or dig a ditch across a public highway outside any municipal corporation without the consent of the director of transportation in the case of an intercounty or a state highway, county engineer in the case of a county road, or…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.32 Erection of advertising signs resembling those required of railroad companies

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No person, firm, or corporation shall erect, display, or maintain an advertising or other sign on, along, or near any public highway, in any county of this state, which resembles the highway crossing signs which steam and interurban railroads have erected, in compliance with sect…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.33 Advertising within the right-of-way of public highway

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Except as provided in this section and in section 5515.04 of the Revised Code, no person shall place within the limits of the right-of-way or affix any sign, poster, or advertisement to any tree or utility pole within the right-of-way of any public highway outside of municipal co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5589.99 Penalty

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(A) Whoever violates section 5589.01 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.(B) Whoever violates section 5589.02, 5589.03, 5589.05, 5589.06, 5589.08, 5589.081, 5589.09, 5589.11, 5589.12, 5589.32, or 5589.33 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misd…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.01 Definition of joint bridge

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"Joint bridge" as used in sections 5591.01 to 5591.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, means a bridge constructed, used, or maintained, or to be constructed, used, or maintained for general highway traffic above, below, or at the grade of any bridge constructed or to be construct…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.02 Commissioners must build certain bridges

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The board of county commissioners shall construct and keep in repair all necessary bridges in municipal corporations on all county roads and improved roads that are of general and public utility, running into or through the municipal corporations, and that are not on state highwa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.03 Joint county and railroad bridges

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When the board of county commissioners is of the opinion that the welfare and convenience of the public will be served by the use of a bridge designed to carry the tracks of a railroad company, a union depot company, or any of said companies, and general highway traffic, the boar…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.04 Contract for construction

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The bridge construction contract provided for by section 5591.03 of the Revised Code shall provide for the construction, use, and maintenance of that part of the joint bridge intended or to be used for general highway traffic and for sufficient pier supports to carry that part of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.05 Board may establish new highway and change existing grades

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Whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, it is for the best interests, security, and convenience of the public in carrying out any contract for the construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, such board may establish new highways and widen, change …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.06 Appropriation of property - approaches - damages - vacation of highways

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The board of county commissioners may in the making of a contract for the construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, provide for approaches to such bridge for general highway traffic, over or from any other public highway adjacent to such joint bridge, and may acquire …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.07 Resolution to modify or alter bridge - exhibits

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In the event it is necessary in the construction, use, or maintenance of a joint bridge to establish, alter, narrow, change the grade, or vacate a part or all of any public highway, the board of county commissioners of a county may, by resolution, declare such necessity and its i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.08 Notice to be served on property owners

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Notice of the passage of the resolution provided for in section 5591.07 of the Revised Code shall be served upon the owners of property abutting upon that part of any highway to be altered, relocated, narrowed, or vacated in whole or part, or any change of grade thereof, in the m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.09 Resolution to determine to proceed

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After passage of the resolution provided for by section 5591.07 of the Revised Code the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not it will proceed with the proposed improvement. If it is desired to proceed a resolution by the board shall be passed which must con…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.10 Contents of resolution

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The resolution provided for by section 5591.09 of the Revised Code shall contain a general description of the land or property required by the county for approaches to the bridge, for making alterations in any highway shown on the plan or required by the specifications or contrac…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.11 Dedication of highway

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After the resolution provided for by section 5591.09 of the Revised Code has gone into effect and the county and railroad or union depot company have executed the contract approved by the resolution providing for construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, the company s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.12 Proceedings to be the same as in other county roads

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In the establishment or making of any change in the location of any highway as shown on the plan or required by the construction contract, or any relocation or vacation of the whole or any part of such highway by the board of county commissioners, the same proceeding shall be had…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.13 Lands to be purchased or appropriated

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The land or property required to make the alteration in a street or highway necessitated by a proposed improvement as provided in sections 5591.03 to 5591.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and as shown in the plan, specifications, and contract, or required to make any alteratio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.14 County may issue bonds

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For the purpose of raising money to pay its proportion of the cost of the improvement authorized by section 5591.03 of the Revised Code, as fixed or provided in the construction contract, the county may issue its bonds to the necessary amount, under the provisions and limitations…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.15 Publication in newspaper

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All resolutions and notices provided for in sections 5591.03 to 5591.17 of the Revised Code shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the improvement provided in such sections is to be made, and such publication shall be complete when published …