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Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.65 (2026)

Designation of through highways

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(A) All state routes are hereby designated as through highways, provided that stop signs, yield signs, or highway traffic signals shall be erected at all intersections with such through highways by the department of transportation as to highways under its jurisdiction and by local authorities as to highways under their jurisdiction, except as otherwise provided in this section. Where two or more state routes that are through highways intersect and no highway traffic signal is in operation, stop signs or yield signs shall be erected at one or more entrances thereto by the department, except as otherwise provided in this section.

Whenever the director of transportation determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that stop signs are necessary to stop traffic on a through highway for safe and efficient operation, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent such installations. When circumstances warrant, the director also may omit stop signs on roadways intersecting through highways under the director's jurisdiction. Before the director either installs or removes a stop sign under this division, the director shall give notice, in writing, of that proposed action to the affected local authority at least thirty days before installing or removing the stop sign.

(B) Other streets or highways, or portions thereof, are hereby designated through highways if they are within a municipal corporation, if they have a continuous length of more than one mile between the limits of said street or highway or portion thereof, and if they have "stop" or "yield" signs or highway traffic signals at the entrances of the majority of intersecting streets or highways. For purposes of this section, the limits of said street or highway or portion thereof shall be a municipal corporation line, the physical terminus of the street or highway, or any point on said street or highway at which vehicular traffic thereon is required by regulatory signs to stop or yield to traffic on the intersecting street, provided that in residence districts a municipal corporation may by ordinance designate said street or highway, or portion thereof, not to be a through highway and thereafter the affected residence district shall be indicated by official traffic control devices. Where two or more through highways designated under this division intersect and no highway traffic signal is in operation, stop signs or yield signs shall be erected at one or more entrances thereto by the department or by local authorities having jurisdiction, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(C) The department or local authorities having jurisdiction need not erect stop signs at intersections they find to be so constructed as to permit traffic to safely enter a through highway without coming to a stop. Signs shall be erected at such intersections indicating that the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to or merge with all traffic proceeding on the through highway.

(D) Local authorities with reference to highways under their jurisdiction may designate additional through highways and shall erect stop signs, yield signs, or highway traffic signals at all streets and highways intersecting such through highways, or may designate any intersection as a stop or yield intersection and shall erect like signs at one or more entrances to such intersection.

Last updated April 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1956–2026 · leading case: Bibler v. Stevenson (Slip Opinion), 2016 Ohio 8449 (Ohio 2016).
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Bibler v. Stevenson (Slip Opinion), 2016 Ohio 8449 (Ohio 2016). · cites it 43× “{¶ 12} The court of appeals correctly determined that a stop sign was mandated at the intersection by R.C. 4511.65. East Sandusky Street in Findlay is also State Route 586.”
Dietz v. Harshbarger, 2017 Ohio 2917 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 14× “{¶ 32} There is no genuine issue of material fact that the roads at issue in this case are not through highways.”
Buchenroth v. Cincinnati, 2019 Ohio 2560 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 6× “Since the stop sign was located at the 5 OHIO FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS intersection of two through highways, the sign was mandatory under R.C. 4511.65. Id. Since the sign was mandatory, it fell within the public-roads exception to immunity.”
Bibler v. Stevenson, 2015 Ohio 3717 (Ohio Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 10× “Reconciling R.C. 4511.65 & R.C. 2744.02(B)(3) {¶12} This court acknowledges that the requirements of R.”
Darby v. Cincinnati, 2014 Ohio 2426 (Ohio Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “Section 4511.65 provides information on through highways (see Appendix B2)); C.”
Timmins v. Russomano, 236 N.E.2d 665 (Ohio 1968). · cites it 2× “01 (FF), Revised Code, prior to October 15, 1965, defined “through highway” as “every highway or portion thereof at the entrance to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to stop *127 before entering or crossing the same except as provided in…”
Stykes v. Colerain Twp., 2019 Ohio 3937 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 6× “{¶10} In a plurality decision,1 the Bibler court held that a public-road exception applied to a stop sign at an intersection of two streets, one of which was a state route.”
Tomlin v. Akron, 2021 Ohio 819 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “Section 4511.65 provides information on through highways (see Appendix B2)); C.”
Crowl v. DeLuca, 278 N.E.2d 352 (Ohio 1972). · cites it 2× “01 as follows: “(GG) ‘Through highway’ means every street or highway as provided in Section 4511.65 of the Revised Code.” “(II) ‘State route’ means every highway which is designated with an ofiicial state route number and so marked.”
City of Euclid v. Bittel, 464 N.E.2d 183 (Ohio Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 4× “Ohio Revised Code § 4511.65 is unconstitutional in that it is ambiguous and fails to set reasonably clear guidelines for those charged with its administration and results in arbitrary and unequal enforcement.”
Richardson v. Mason, 638 N.E.2d 102 (Ohio Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 4× “Resolution of this case hinges upon our interpretation of R.C. 4511.65, which provides that: “(A) All state routes are hereby designated as through highways, provided that stop signs, yield signs, or traffic control signals shall be erected at all intersections with such through…”
Sams v. Lyons, 146 N.E.2d 131 (Ohio Ct. App. 1956). “Counsel for the appellant urges that the sign was not erected in accordance with §4511.65 R. C.; hence the defendant was not required to bring his car to a stop before entering the intersection.”
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— Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.65(A) — 4 cases
Bibler v. Stevenson (Slip Opinion), 2016 Ohio 8449 (Ohio 2016). “{¶ 12} The court of appeals correctly determined that a stop sign was mandated at the intersection by R.C. 4511.65. East Sandusky Street in Findlay is also State Route 586.”
Dietz v. Harshbarger, 2017 Ohio 2917 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “{¶ 32} There is no genuine issue of material fact that the roads at issue in this case are not through highways.”
Buchenroth v. Cincinnati, 2019 Ohio 2560 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “Since the stop sign was located at the 5 OHIO FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS intersection of two through highways, the sign was mandatory under R.C. 4511.65. Id. Since the sign was mandatory, it fell within the public-roads exception to immunity.”
Stykes v. Colerain Twp., 2019 Ohio 3937 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “{¶10} In a plurality decision,1 the Bibler court held that a public-road exception applied to a stop sign at an intersection of two streets, one of which was a state route.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.65(B) — 2 cases
City of Euclid v. Bittel, 464 N.E.2d 183 (Ohio Ct. App. 1983). “Ohio Revised Code § 4511.65 is unconstitutional in that it is ambiguous and fails to set reasonably clear guidelines for those charged with its administration and results in arbitrary and unequal enforcement.”
State v. Logsdon, 2026 Ohio 1789 (Ohio Ct. App. 2026).
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.65(C) — 1 case
Bibler v. Stevenson (Slip Opinion), 2016 Ohio 8449 (Ohio 2016). “{¶ 12} The court of appeals correctly determined that a stop sign was mandated at the intersection by R.C. 4511.65. East Sandusky Street in Findlay is also State Route 586.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 4511.65(D) — 2 cases
Dietz v. Harshbarger, 2017 Ohio 2917 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). “{¶ 32} There is no genuine issue of material fact that the roads at issue in this case are not through highways.”
Stykes v. Colerain Twp., 2019 Ohio 3937 (Ohio Ct. App. 2019). “{¶10} In a plurality decision,1 the Bibler court held that a public-road exception applied to a stop sign at an intersection of two streets, one of which was a state route.”
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