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Home » US Law » 2022 Ohio Revised Code » Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges » Chapter 5523 | Grade Crossings

Section 5523.01 | Relocation or Grade Changes – Elimination of Grade Crossings.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly For the purpose of eliminating one or more existing grade crossings on any road or highway on the state highway system or any extension thereof, the director of transportation may relocate any portion of a road or highway on the system or […]

Section 5523.02 | Relocation of State Highway to Eliminate Grade Crossings.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 572 – 121st General Assembly When it is necessary, in the elimination of existing grade crossings, to change the location of any highway on the state highway system or any extension of the system, the director of transportation may relocate the highway or any part thereof, or […]

Section 5523.03 | Issuance of Finding and Order on Crossing to Be Abolished – Hearing.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 572 – 121st General Assembly The director of transportation, in a grade crossing elimination, shall proceed by issuing a finding and order, setting out a full written description of the existing grade crossing that is proposed to be abolished, showing its location, the reasons that tend to […]

Section 5523.04 | Railroad Company to Co-Operate.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly If the director of transportation enters a finding and determination for a proposed grade crossing improvement the railroad companies involved in such proceedings shall co-operate with the director in the preparation of plans and specifications covering the construction of the proposed project. […]

Section 5523.08 | Costs Chargeable to the Improvement – Proportion of Costs.

Effective: July 1, 1985 Latest Legislation: House Bill 201 – 116th General Assembly The cost of constructing the improvement authorized, including the making of ways, crossings, or viaducts, above or below the railroad tracks, together with sufficient approaches thereto, necessary guardrails, and adequate drainage, shall be part of and chargeable to the improvement. If the […]

Section 5523.09 | Contract to Be Approved by Attorney General.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly Before the director of transportation may enter into any contract provided for in section 5523.08 of the Revised Code, such contract shall be submitted to and receive the approval of the attorney general as to its form.

Section 5523.10 | Purchase or Appropriation of Property for Grade Crossing Elimination.

Effective: October 25, 1978 Latest Legislation: House Bill 435 – 112th General Assembly The property or rights therein, necessary in making a proposed grade crossing improvement and any relocation of the highway, shall be purchased or appropriated by the director of transportation, who may effect settlement for damages involved. Any appropriation of property by the […]

Section 5523.11 | Plans of Proposed Improvement.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 572 – 121st General Assembly Before any work is done that may be required in the making of the proposed grade crossing elimination improvement, the director of transportation shall file plans covering the proposed improvement in the office of the district deputy director of transportation of the […]

Section 5523.13 | Director May Prescribe Manner and Time of Payment.

Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 572 – 121st General Assembly The director of transportation may prescribe the manner and time of payment by a railroad company of the proportion of the cost of the proposed grade crossing improvement that the company shall pay.

Section 5523.14 | Clearance Under Viaduct.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 361 – 100th General Assembly Any way, crossing, or viaduct constructed over the tracks of any railroad company under sections 5523.01 to 5523.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be of such height as not to be less than twenty-one feet in the clear, from the top […]

Section 5523.15 | Co-Operation by Municipal Corporations.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly A municipal corporation may co-operate with the department of transportation in the abolishment of railway grade crossings and the construction or reconstruction of bridges and viaducts within such municipal corporation, and may pay such portion of the cost of any of such […]

Section 5523.16 | Appeal to Public Utilities Commission.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly From the finding and order of the director of transportation that such improvement as provided for in section 5523.02 of the Revised Code is reasonably necessary and expedient, any railroad company or any interurban railway company may, upon the question of such […]

Section 5523.17 | Improvement to Be Kept in Repair – Responsibility for Bridge Inspection.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly After the completion of the work of constructing, reconstructing, widening, or realigning a separated crossing by the director of transportation, in accordance with sections 5523.01 to 5523.20 of the Revised Code, the separated crossing and approaches thereto shall be kept in repair […]

Section 5523.18 | Costs of Improvement.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly The proportion of the cost of a grade crossing improvement to be paid by the state shall be paid by the director of transportation, upon estimates, out of any fund appropriated to the department of transportation available for the establishment, construction, reconstruction, […]

Section 5523.19 | Separated Crossing Not Constructed Under Certain Sections.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly When a separated crossing, which was not constructed in accordance with sections 4957.01 to 4957.26 or sections 5561.01 to 5561.15 of the Revised Code, is situated on a road or highway on the state highway system or an extension thereof, and is […]

Section 5523.20 | Grade Separation When Highway Is Adjacent to or Near a Railroad.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly When a state highway or an extension or relocation thereof is parallel, adjacent, or near to a railroad, and the director of transportation deems it necessary to separate the grades of any intersecting highway, road, or street with such highway, extension, or […]