Effective: June 30, 1993 Latest Legislation: House Bill 154 – 120th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 of the Revised Code: (1) “Axle” means one or more load-carrying wheels mounted in a single transverse vertical plane. (2) “Spacing between axles” means the distance between any two successive such planes. (3) “Maximum […]
Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly No person shall operate or move a trackless trolley, traction engine, steam roller, or other vehicle, load, object, or structure, whether propelled by muscular or motor power, over or upon the improved public streets, highways, bridges, or culverts in this state, that […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person, firm, or corporation shall transport over the improved public streets, alleys, intercounty highways, state highways, bridges, or culverts, in any vehicle propelled by muscular, motor, or other power, any burden, including weight of vehicle and load, greater than the following: […]
Effective: June 29, 2001 Latest Legislation: House Bill 73 – 124th General Assembly (A) The maximum wheel load of any one wheel of any vehicle, trackless trolley, load, object, or structure operated or moved upon improved public highways, streets, bridges, or culverts shall not exceed six hundred fifty pounds per inch width of pneumatic tire, […]
Effective: November 21, 1967 Latest Legislation: House Bill 679 – 107th General Assembly No vehicle, trackless trolley, load, object, or structure having a maximum axle load greater than sixteen thousand pounds when such vehicle is equipped with solid rubber tires shall be operated or moved upon the improved public highways, streets, bridges, or culverts. The […]
Effective: July 27, 2011 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 187 – 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Farm machinery” has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (2) “Farm commodities” includes livestock, bulk milk, corn, soybeans, tobacco, and wheat. (3) “Farm truck” means a truck used in the […]
Effective: July 27, 2011 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 187 – 129th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, the following vehicles under the described conditions may exceed by no more than seven and one-half per cent the weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code and no […]
Effective: July 3, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 62 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, a vehicle fueled solely by compressed natural gas or liquid natural gas may exceed by not more than two thousand pounds the gross vehicle weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of […]
Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “fire engine” means a fire engine, fire truck, or other vehicle or apparatus belonging to or used by any municipal, township, or volunteer fire department, while in the discharge of its functions. (B) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly (A) No vehicle shall be operated upon the public highways, streets, bridges, and culverts within the state, whose dimensions exceed those specified in this section. (B) No such vehicle shall have a width in excess of: (1) One hundred four inches for […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly No person shall violate any rule or regulation promulgated by the director of transportation in accordance with section 5577.05 of the Revised Code.
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly When thaws or excessive moisture render the improved highways of this state or any sections of them insufficient to bear the traffic thereon, or when such highways would be damaged or destroyed by heavy traffic during the period of thawing or excessive […]
Effective: May 31, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 409 – 117th General Assembly (A) When deterioration renders any bridge or section of a bridge in a county insufficient to bear the traffic thereon, or when the bridge or section of a bridge would be damaged or destroyed by heavy traffic, the board of county commissioners […]
Effective: May 31, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 409 – 117th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may classify the county and township roads and bridges and all other roads and bridges within their respective counties, except state highways and bridges on state highways, with reference to the maximum weights and speeds permitted on […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Except when transferring unfinished aggregate material between facilities that are under the control of the same owner or operator that is subject to Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code or when unloading or loading finished aggregate product within a ten-mile radius […]
Effective: May 31, 1988 Latest Legislation: House Bill 409 – 117th General Assembly All rules as provided by section 5577.08 of the Revised Code shall be made by the board of county commissioners, at regular meetings, by a majority vote. Such rules shall be kept on file in the office of the board and open […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person shall issue or aid in issuing any bill of lading or other document of like nature in lieu thereof, which bill or document is to accompany a shipment of goods or property by truck, trailer, semitrailer, commercial tractor, or any […]
Effective: September 1, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 600 – 123rd General Assembly No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any commercial car, trailer, or semitrailer, used for the transportation of goods or property, the gross weight of which, with load, exceeds three tons, upon the public highways, streets, […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly Any person violating any law relating to or regulating the use of the improved public roads shall be liable for all damage resulting to any such street, highway, bridge, or culvert by reason of such violation. In case of any injury to […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly In those counties having forty miles or more of improved intercounty or state highways, the sheriff of each such county shall, and in all other counties may, detail one or more deputies for the work of enforcing sections 5577.01 to 5577.14, inclusive, […]
