Section 5593.05 | Bridge Commission of County or City Appointed.
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 – 132nd General Assembly Upon the passage of a resolution provided by section 5593.04 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of the county or the legislative authority of the city shall appoint three persons who shall constitute the bridge commission of such county […]
Section 5591.33 | Bridges Over Millraces.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person possessed of the right to a water privilege shall be required to erect or keep in repair a bridge over a millrace or watercourse, excavated or constructed by him across a public road or highway for hydraulic purposes.
Section 5591.34 | Purchase and Appropriation of Materials.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may contract for and purchase stone, gravel, earth, dirt, or other material necessary for the construction or keeping in repair of approaches or ways to bridges as required by section 5591.24 of the Revised Code. The cost […]
Section 5591.35 | Lighting of Bridges – Highway Intersections.
Effective: August 18, 1955 Latest Legislation: House Bill 878 – 101st General Assembly The board of county commissioners may provide for the proper lighting of bridges over streams, highway intersections, highway or railroad grade separations or interchange areas erected by it. The cost of such lighting shall be paid from the bridge fund of the […]
Section 5591.36 | Guardrails for Bridge or Steep Embankment.
Effective: April 9, 2003 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 106 – 124th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall erect and maintain on county roads, where not already done, one or more guardrails on each end of a county bridge, viaduct, or culvert more than five feet high. The board also shall protect, by guardrails, […]
Section 5591.37 | Noncompliance.
Effective: April 9, 2003 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 106 – 124th General Assembly Negligent failure to comply with section 5591.36 of the Revised Code shall render the county liable for all accidents or damages resulting from that failure.
Section 5591.38 | Board of County Commissioners May Purchase Toll Bridge.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of a county in which there is a toll bridge, or a bridge owned by a person or corporation authorized by law to charge and collect toll for crossing it, may purchase such bridge, with the approaches, […]
Section 5591.39 | Appropriation of Bridge – Toll to Cease.
Effective: January 1, 1966 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 – 106th General Assembly For the purpose of appropriating a bridge as authorized by section 5591.38 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall have made an accurate survey and description of the bridge and approaches and the land occupied thereby, and shall proceed […]
Section 5591.40 | Right to Bridge Forfeited.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the board of county commissioners appropriates a bridge, as provided in sections 5591.38 and 5591.39 of the Revised Code, and fails to pay for it within three months after the assessment of compensation, the right of the board to make such […]
Section 5591.41 | County May Establish a Free Ferry.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If a county bridge has been destroyed by fire, flood, or any other cause, the board of county commissioners may cause to be established a free ferry in lieu thereof. The board may also cause to be established a free ferry over […]