Ohio Code § 5511.09

§ 5511.09.

Within a county, any highway or bridge that is part of the state highway system may

be officially assigned a distinctive name, commemorative of an historical event or

personage or a commonly accepted and appropriate name, by which the highway or bridge

is known.  Upon agreement of the governing bodies of the county and each township and municipal

corporation within the county through which the highway extends or in which the bridge

is located, a request for approval of the highway or bridge name may be submitted

to the director of transportation.  The agreement shall be indicated by a resolution from each governing body in support

of the proposed highway or bridge name.  The resolution may not be withdrawn, amended, or repealed for thirty days following

receipt of the resolution by the requesting authority, or during the time the request

is pending before the director. Within thirty days after receipt of such a request, the director shall inform the

requesting authority of the director's decision.  If the director approves the request, the requesting authority, at its own expense,

may erect markers indicating the name of the highway or bridge within the county,

provided that any marker so erected shall conform to the law of this state and to

federal law and shall be in accordance with the directives for the signing of named

memorial highways included in the manual adopted by the department of transportation

under section 4511.09 of the Revised Code . Only one name per county shall be assigned to a highway or a bridge under this section,

and the name shall apply to the entire extension of the highway or the entire portion

of the bridge within the county.  A name assigned to a state highway or part thereof or a bridge under this section

may be altered or abolished, pursuant to approval of the director, in the same manner

as provided for assignment of the original name. This section shall not in any way modify, limit, or restrict the authority of a municipal

corporation to designate within the municipal corporation, the name of a highway or

a bridge that is part of the state highway system.  If a municipal corporation has acted pursuant to its authority and designated the

name of a highway or bridge within the municipal corporation, no other name may be

assigned to that highway or bridge under this section.