Ohio Code § 5591.06

Ohio Code § 5591.06. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 5591.06.

The board of county commissioners may in the making of a contract for the construction,

use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, provide for approaches to such bridge for

general highway traffic, over or from any other public highway adjacent to such joint

bridge, and may acquire lands or property for such bridge and approaches by dedication,

purchase, or appropriation in the manner provided for the dedication, purchase, or

appropriation of private property for public use, and may pay the cost of construction,

maintenance, and use of the bridge or of the establishment, change of location, widening,

altering, narrowing, straightening, or vacation of a part or all of any public highway

made necessary on account of the construction, use, and maintenance of such bridge,

or to enjoy a more complete use of the same, and any damage resulting therefrom to

persons or property, together with the cost of constructing said highway at its established,

dedicated, changed, altered, or widened location, together with any other cost or

expense necessary or incident to the carrying out of the terms of the contract.

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

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5591.06
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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