Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 5535 · 10 active provisions
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 be established as a part of the county system of roads as provided in section…
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 allowed only at highway intersections designated by the director of tra…
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, acquire, open, construct, improve, mai…
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 a limited access highway or freeway, when the…
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 be given preference to the end that constructions…
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 to the approved standard of construction of such roads. In any case…
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 the intercounty highway system not at present under sta…
(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 the repair and maintenance of the roads under the control…
(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 of the following apply:(1) The county, towns…
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.