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Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.01 (2026)

Department of transportation definitions

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June 29, 1999
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House Bill 86 - 123rd General Assembly
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As used in Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code:

(A) "Transportation facilities" means all publicly owned modes and means of transporting people and goods, including the physical facilities, garages, district offices, and other related buildings therefor, and including, but not limited to, highways, rights-of-way, roads and bridges, parking facilities, aviation facilities, port facilities, rail facilities, public transportation facilities, rest areas, and roadside parks.

(B) "Public transportation" means publicly owned or operated transportation by bus, rail, or other conveyance, which provides to the public transit or paratransit service on a regular and continuing basis within the state, and may include demand-responsive transportation, subscription bus service, shared-ride taxi service, car pools, van pools, or jitney service. "Public transportation" does not include school bus transportation or charter or sightseeing services.

(C) "Road" or "highway" includes all appurtenances to the road or highway, including but not limited to, bridges, viaducts, grade separations, culverts, lighting, signalization, and approaches on or to such road or highway.

(D) "Right-of-way" has the same meaning as in division (UU)(2) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.

(E) "Telecommunications service provider" means an entity that, for a fee, provides telecommunications services, including, but not limited to, voice, data, interactive or two-way telecommunications services, without regard to the way such services are delivered.

(F) "Telecommunications facility" means a facility for the provision of telecommunications services. The facility may include, but is not limited to, a tower, monopole, antenna or other ancillary equipment, or buildings used to deliver telecommunications services.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1958–2024 · leading case: Risner v. Ohio Dept. of Transp., 2015-Ohio-4443, 46 N.E.3d 687.
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Risner v. Ohio Dept. of Transp., 2015-Ohio-4443, 46 N.E.3d 687. · cites it 2× “R.C. 5501.01(A) provides that “ ‘road’ or ‘highway’ includes all appurtenances to the road or highway * * *.”
Strunk v. Dayton Power & Light Co., 453 N.E.2d 604 (Ohio 1983). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to R.C. 5501.01: “As used in [Chapter] * * * 5535 of the Revised Code: U* * * “(C) ‘Road’ or ‘highway’ includes bridges, viaducts, grade separations, appurtenances, and approaches on or to such road or highway.”
Leskovac v. Ohio Dep't of Transp., 593 N.E.2d 9 (Ohio Ct. App. 10th Dist. 1990). “We begin with appellant’s fifth assignment of error, in which he essentially argues that the trial court improperly defined the scope of ODOT’s duty of care to maintain the safety of Ohio’s highways.”
Miller v. Berryhill Nursery-Co., 218 N.E.2d 467 (Ohio Ct. App. 2d Dist. 1966). · cites it 2× “Section 5501.01, Revised Code. “The term ‘highway’ is the generic term for all kinds of public ways.”
State v. Vogel, 161 N.E.2d 449 (Ohio Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 2× “*297 In Section 5501.01, Revised Code, the Legislature undertook to define its meaning of the word “road” or “highway” when it legislated on limited-access highways in Section 5511.”
Madunicky v. Ohio Dep't of Transp., 672 N.E.2d 253 (Ohio Ct. App. 1996). “See Strother v. Hutchinson (1981), 67 Ohio St.”
State ex rel. Walter v. Vogel, 169 Ohio St. (N.S.) 368 (Ohio 1959). · cites it 6× “Section 5501.01, Revised Code, reads as follows: “ ‘Road’ or ‘highway,’ when used in Chapters 5501, 5503, 5505, 5511, 5513, 5515, 5517, 5519, 5521, 5523; 5525, 5527, 5529, 5531 and 5533 of the Revised Code includes bridges, viaducts, grade separations, appurtenances, and…”
Algoma Grp. v. Marchbanks, 2024-Ohio-2342, 247 N.E.3d 930. “Pursuant to R.C. 5501.01(C), “[r]oad” or “highway” includes “all appurtenances to the road or highway, including but not limited to, bridges, viaducts, grade separations, culverts, lighting, signalization, and approaches on or to such road or highway.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.01(A): 1 case
Risner v. Ohio Dept. of Transp., 2015-Ohio-4443, 46 N.E.3d 687. “R.C. 5501.01(A) provides that “ ‘road’ or ‘highway’ includes all appurtenances to the road or highway * * *.”
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.01(C): 1 case
Algoma Grp. v. Marchbanks, 2024-Ohio-2342, 247 N.E.3d 930. “Pursuant to R.C. 5501.01(C), “[r]oad” or “highway” includes “all appurtenances to the road or highway, including but not limited to, bridges, viaducts, grade separations, culverts, lighting, signalization, and approaches on or to such road or highway.”
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