Ohio Code § 5561.01

Ohio Code § 5561.01. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 5561.01.

Any county may raise or lower the grade of any state or intercounty highway above

or below the tracks of railroads and parallel and adjacent interurban railways within

the county, and require any railroad company operating a railroad in such county,

and any interurban railway company operating an interurban railway parallel and adjacent

to the railroad, to raise or lower the grade of its tracks, above or below any state

or intercounty highway, and may construct ways or crossings for such highway above

the tracks of any railroad and parallel and adjacent interurban railway, or require

the railroad company and any interurban railway company operating an interurban railway,

parallel and adjacent to such railroad, to construct ways or crossings therefor that

are to be passed under its tracks.  Such companies may be required to erect permanent piers, abutments, or any other

appropriate supports for any of such works on state and intercounty highways within

the county, whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, the raising

or lowering of the grade of any such tracks, or the raising, lowering, or construction

of such highways or supports is necessary;  upon the terms of sections 4957.06 and 5561.01 to 5561.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code .

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5561.01
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
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