Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5501:2 - Division of Highways
Chapter 5501:2-6 - Specific Service Sign Program
Section 5501:2-6-03 - Location eligibility, sign requirements

Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 5501:2-6-03

Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024

(A) No tourist-oriented directions signs or trailblazer markers shall be placed at interchanges on state system expressways and freeways but may be placed within the rights-of-way of those portions of rural state highways that are not on the interstate system and at at-grade intersections on expressways.

(1) If the intersection crossroad is not a rural state highway, the program manager will notify the appropriate governmental authority that tourist-oriented directional signs will be erected directing traffic across their roadway facility. If trailblazing signs are required, the program manager shall obtain consent legislation or written permission from the appropriate local legislative body. The form, content and any modifications or special clauses to the consent legislation shall have the prior approval of the director and will not be considered binding without such approval.

(2) If trailblazing signs are required for a tourist-oriented activity and permission for erecting trailblazing signs cannot be obtained from the appropriate local authorities having jurisdiction, that particular activity will not be eligible for tourist-oriented directional signs at that intersection.

(B) All other location eligibility, criteria, sign requirements, and sign specifications will be determined by the director based upon the manual of uniform traffic control devices, the department traffic engineering manual and sound engineering practices.

Effective: 4/13/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 4/23/2023
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4511.101, 4511.103, 4511.108
Rule Amplifies: 4511.101, 4511.103, 4511.105, 4511.106
Prior Effective Dates: 09/15/1991, 03/14/1996, 10/06/1997, 07/16/1999, 08/03/2001, 01/11/2013, 04/23/2018, 12/20/2020

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