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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. § 5501.01 Department of transportation definitions
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As used in Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code:(A) "Transportation facilities" means all publicly owned modes and means of transporting people and goods, including t…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.02 Director of transportation to prescribe rules and appoint employees
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All duties, powers, and functions conferred by law on the department of transportation and the divisions of the department shall be performed under such rules as the director of transportation may prescribe, and shall be under the director's control. The director shall appoint su…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.03 Department of transportation - powers and duties
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(A) The department of transportation shall: (1) Exercise and perform such other duties, powers, and functions as are conferred by law on the director, the department, the assistant directors, the deputy directors, or on the divisions of the department;(2) Coordinate and develop, …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.031 Energy conservation in planning, design, and utilization of transportation facilities
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The department of transportation shall:(A) Consider energy conservation as an integral factor along with economics, engineering, safety, and the environment in the planning, design, and utilization of transportation facilities;(B) Reevaluate existing plans for highways and other …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.04 Distribution of duties, powers, and functions of the department; deputy directors

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Pursuant to section 5501.02 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall distribute the duties, powers, and functions of the department among the divisions of the department. Each division shall be headed by a deputy director, whose title shall be designated by the d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.041 Advanced air mobility division

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(A) The director of transportation shall create an advanced air mobility division within the department of transportation. The director shall appoint a deputy director of that division and shall assign the duties, powers, and functions of that deputy director in accordance with s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.05 Prohibiting use of highway funds for non-highway purposes

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Moneys appropriated to the department of transportation and derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to the registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways, or to fuels used for propelling such vehicle, shall not be expended for any purpose other than …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.051 Transfer of realty to municipality for health care services

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Notwithstanding section 5501.05 of the Revised Code, real property purchased with money appropriated to the department of transportation may be transferred to a municipality with a population of no more than ten thousand persons as of December 31, 1992, if the real property is to…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.06 Department of transportation succeeds to rights and duties of department of highways

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(A) For the purpose of succession to all duties, powers, and functions transferred, and of the conduct and completion of matters relating thereto, the department of transportation or the director of transportation shall be held to constitute the continuation of the department of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.07 Office of public transportation of division of multi-modal planning and programs

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In addition to those duties, powers, and functions the director of transportation assigns to it, the office of transit: (A) May issue grants from any public transportation grant appropriation to county transit boards, regional transit authorities, regional transit commissions, co…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.071 Deposit of public transportation program funds to highway operating fund

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All funds received by the department of transportation from federal, local, or private sources for the purpose of carrying out public transportation programs shall be deposited into the highway operating fund. Last updated April 21, 2022 at 3:30 PM

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.08 Metrics for statewide strategic transportation planning

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The department of transportation, in order to assist in statewide strategic transportation planning, shall develop metrics that allow the comparison of data across transportation modes and that also incorporate the full spectrum of state strategic transportation goals, including …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.10 Classification and prioritization of new construction plans and contracts

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Within three months of the effective date of this act, the department of transportation shall establish a written policy for the classification and prioritization of all new construction plans and contracts. The policy shall consider all aspects of new construction planning in a …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.11 Department of transportation with respect to highways

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(A) The functions of the department of transportation with respect to highways shall be to do all of the following:(1) Establish state highways on existing roads, streets, and new locations and construct, reconstruct, widen, resurface, maintain, and repair the state system of hig…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.12 Chief engineer

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The director of transportation shall appoint a chief engineer, who shall be a registered professional engineer and who shall serve at the pleasure of the director. The chief engineer is exempt from state civil service requirements and regulations, and shall perform such duties as…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.14 Division of state into districts - district deputy directors

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The director of transportation shall divide the state into not exceeding twelve districts and give to each district an appropriate number or name. Each district shall manage all activities within the area of the district, including transportation planning, intermodal coordination…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.16 Chief clerk and secretaries

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The director of transportation may appoint a chief clerk, who shall be exempt from civil service requirements or regulations.The director may appoint a secretary to the director and a secretary to each assistant director. Secretaries so appointed shall be exempt from civil servic…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.17 Assistants to prepare plans and surveys - contracts with planning commissions

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The director of transportation may employ such assistants as are necessary to prepare plans and surveys. Compensation paid for the preparation of plans, surveys, and specifications shall be regarded as a part of the cost and expense of the improvement for which they were made and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.20 Department of transportation business plan

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Career professional service" means that part of the competitive classified service that consists of employees of the department of transportation who, regardless of job classification, meet both of the following qualifications: (a) They are super…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.21 Department seal - records, documents - deposition of director

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The director of transportation shall provide a seal of the department of transportation, which shall be inscribed: "State of Ohio, Department of Transportation."Copies of records or parts thereof, and copies of any plan, drawing, document, or paper writing in the department when …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.22 Actions against director

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The director of transportation shall not be suable, either as a sole defendant or jointly with other defendants, in any court outside Franklin county except in actions brought by a railroad company under section 4957.30 of the Revised Code, or by a property owner to prevent the t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.23 Lectures by director

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The director of transportation, either in person or through a representative of the department of transportation, may accept invitations to give addresses or lectures before persons interested in transportation improvement and development. In such cases the director, or the perso…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.24 Director may call conference

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The director of transportation may call into conference any employee of the department of transportation or the officials of any county, township, or municipal corporation for any purpose connected with the director's official duties. Any employee of the department so called into…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.25 Bond of employees

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Each employee or appointee under Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5512., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code in cases other than where the amount of the bond is fixed, may be required to give bond i…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.27 Increased penalties for traffic violations in construction zone

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(A) The director of transportation shall adopt rules that do the following:(1) Rules governing the posting of signs advising motorists that increased penalties apply for certain traffic violations occurring on streets or highways in a construction zone;(2) Rules governing the pos…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.31 Director of transportation - powers and duties

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The director of transportation shall have general supervision of all roads comprising the state highway system. The director may alter, widen, straighten, realign, relocate, establish, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, repair, and preserve any road or highway on the stat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.311 Leases or lease-purchase of transportation facilities

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(A) Notwithstanding sections 123.01 and 127.16 of the Revised Code the director of transportation may lease or lease-purchase all or any part of a transportation facility to or from one or more persons, one or more governmental agencies, a transportation improvement district, or …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.312 Contracts for use or service of transportation facility

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(A) The director of transportation may do all of the following: (1) Contract in the manner provided by this section with one or more persons, a transportation improvement district, one or more governmental agencies, or any combination thereof, desiring the use or service of a tra…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.32 Purchase of real property for highway purposes

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The director of transportation may purchase property in fee simple in the name of the state by warranty deed, and all or any part of a tract of land when the acquisition of a part of the land needed for highway purposes will result in substantial damages to the residue by severan…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.33 Accepting donations of real property

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At any time during the development of a highway project, subject to section 5501.331 of the Revised Code, the owner of an interest in real property may donate to the state, and the director of transportation may accept in the name of the state, all or part of the interest that is…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.331 Deed for donated property

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If an interest in real property is donated under section 5501.33 of the Revised Code before adoption of an environmental document prepared by the department of transportation for the highway project, the deed by which the donation is made shall clearly state each of the following…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.332 Deed releasing donated property

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Upon the occurrence of the condition stated in a deed pursuant to division (C) of section 5501.331 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall prepare and issue a certification of the occurrence to the grantor or the grantor's successors or assigns, the governor, an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.34 Selling real property no longer required for highway purposes

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(A) If circumstances alter the highway requirements after the director of transportation has acquired property so that the real property or part of the real property is no longer required for highway purposes, the director, in the name of the state, may sell all the right, title,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.38 Reusing petroleum contaminated sands, gravel and soils as highway construction materials

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The director of transportation has determined that it is feasible to use in the construction of highways sands, gravel, and soils that contain varying amounts of petroleum products resulting from the upgrading of underground storage tanks. In order to maximize the beneficial reus…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.39 Research laboratory

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The director of transportation shall maintain a laboratory of research and tests and employ qualified personnel to conduct research pertaining to materials, supplies, and equipment used in road construction and maintenance and to test materials, supplies, and equipment used in th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.40 Housing and care of equipment

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The director of transportation may secure suitable buildings for housing, storing, caring for, and keeping in repair, automobiles, motor trucks, road machinery, and other equipment owned by the department of transportation. Such buildings may be secured by purchase or lease or by…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.41 Removal of snow and ice

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(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the director of transportation may remove snow and ice from state highways, purchase the necessary equipment including snow fences, employ the necessary labor, and make all contracts necessary to enable such removal. The dir…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.42 Supervision of trees and shrubs

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The director of transportation shall have supervision and control of all trees and shrubs within the limits of a state highway. The department of agriculture or other proper department may, with the consent of the director of transportation, take charge of the care of such trees,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.421 GRASS program

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(A) The director of transportation shall establish and administer a grass removal assistance support and safety program. Under the program, the department of transportation shall provide supplemental grass, weed, and other natural growth removal to a village when all of the follo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.43 Contracts in name of state

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Any contract made by the director of transportation under Chapters 4561., 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code shall be made in the name of the state and executed on its behal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.44 Cooperative agreements for repair of bridges and regional traffic management systems

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(A)(1) Notwithstanding section 5735.27 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation, when the director determines it in the interest of the welfare and safety of the citizens of Ohio, may enter into agreements with other states or subdivisions thereof or the United States …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.441 Toll enforcement agreements

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(A) As used in this section, "private toll transportation facility" means any person, as defined by section 1.59 of the Revised Code, or other business entity engaged in the collecting or charging of tolls on a toll bridge that was previously owned by a municipal corporation. (B)…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.45 Conveyance of lands not needed for highway or recreation purposes

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(A) The director of transportation may convey or transfer the fee simple estate or any lesser estate or interest in, or permit the use of, for such period as the director shall determine, any lands owned by the state and acquired or used for the state highway system or for highwa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.451 Leasing state lands for erecting advertising devices

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In accordance with section 5501.45 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall implement a program allowing, by lease or permit, the use of lands owned by the state and acquired or used for the state highway system or for highways or in connection with highways or a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.46 Conveying land to department of transportation by other state agencies and political subdivisions

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Notwithstanding section 9.70 and Chapters 123., 339., 501., 511., 721., 723., 747., 749., 759., 903., 3301., 3313., 3337., 3339., 3341., 3343., 3349., and 3375. of the Revised Code, the various departments of state, institutions, commissions, subdivisions, and districts of the st…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.47 Bridge inspections

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(A) The director of transportation is responsible for inspection of all bridges on the state highway system inside and outside of municipalities, all bridges connecting Ohio with another state for which the department of transportation has inspection authority, and all other brid…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.48 Toll bridge inspection

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The operator of a toll bridge located entirely or partly in the state shall inspect such bridge on a schedule established by the director of transportation, but at least once every twenty-four months. The operator shall file a copy of the inspection report with the director. Insp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.49 Lift bridge inspection

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(A) The director of transportation is responsible for the construction, reconstruction, major maintenance and repair, and operation of all bridges located on the state highway system within a municipal corporation. The public entity responsible for maintaining the pavements and s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.50 Leases of real property not immediately needed for highway purposes for agricultural purposes

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(A) As used in this section, "agricultural purposes" means commercial animal or poultry husbandry, or the production for a commercial purpose of field crops, tobacco, fruits, or vegetables. "Agricultural purposes" also includes algaculture meaning the farming of algae. (B) Whenev…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5501.51 Reimbursing utility for facilities relocated by highway project

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(A) The state shall reimburse a utility for the cost of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by the construction of a highway project only in the event that the utility can evidence a vested interest in the nature of a fee interest, an easement interest, or a lesser esta…