Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The public highways of the state shall be divided into three classes: state roads, county roads, and township roads. (A) State roads include the roads and highways on the state highway system. (B) County roads include all roads which are or may […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly A “limited access highway” or “freeway” is a road, highway, or street, especially designed for through traffic, over which abutters have no easement or right of access by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such highway. Access may be […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly The director of transportation, board of county commissioners, and municipal authorities may lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, regulate, vacate, or abandon the use of freeways within this state in the same manner in which they may lay out, establish, […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly As an adjunct of any “limited access highway” or “freeway,” the director of transportation, board of county commissioners, and municipal authorities may lay out and construct highways and drives, to be designated as service highways, to provide access from areas adjacent to […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Court proceedings to acquire the necessary land for “limited access highways” or “freeways” as provided in sections 5535.02 to 5535.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall take precedence over all other causes not involving the public interest in all courts, and shall […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly In all cases where a county or township has constructed or improved any intercounty road, the director of transportation, upon request, shall, within sixty days, indicate what changes or improvements will be required in the road in order to bring it up […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly The director of transportation shall take over, for maintenance purposes such mileage of the system of intercounty highways outside of municipal corporations, as has not been constructed by the state or taken over by the state for maintenance. All such portions of […]
Effective: April 5, 2001 Latest Legislation: House Bill 315 – 123rd General Assembly (A) The state, county, and township shall each maintain its roads, as designated in section 5535.01 of the Revised Code; however, the county or township, by agreement between the board of county commissioners and the board of township trustees, may contribute to […]
Effective: November 11, 1994 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 234 – 120th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or legislative authority of a municipal corporation may maintain, repair, construct, reconstruct, improve, or widen any section of a road under the control of the state or another political subdivision if all […]
Effective: June 30, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 87 – 125th General Assembly Notwithstanding sections 5535.08 and 5535.15 of the Revised Code, the department of transportation or a political subdivision may provide snow and ice removal on the roads under the control of the state or any political subdivision.
