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...Before entering into a contract, the board of township trustees shall require a bond indemnifying the township against damages that may be suffered by failure to perform the contract according to the contract's provisions and in accordance with the specifications for the improvement. The township fiscal officer shall not draw a warrant in favor of any contractor for estimates, on account of a contract let under s...

...eseen contingency not contemplated by a road improvement contract, allowances for extra work may be made by a board of township trustees, but the board must first enter into a new contract in writing for the extra work. If the estimate for extra work is less than twenty-five thousand dollars for any particular line item listed in the new contract and the overall total estimate for the extra work does not exceed ten p...

...ons of labor or material for a proposed road improvement, and in determining which road shall first be improved it may, when acting by unanimous vote and without a petition, take into consideration the amount of such donations. The board may require the persons donating labor or material to enter into a contract that such labor will be performed and material furnished at the time required by the board. Such contract ...

...The work of road improvement shall be done under the general supervision and direction of the county engineer and he may appoint some competent person to act as inspector during the construction of such improvement. The person appointed as inspector shall receive, for each day actually employed at such work, a sum not to exceed four dollars, to be fixed by the engineer and paid out of any fund available for the const...

..., resurfacing, or improvement of public roads. For making the record, the fiscal officer shall receive ten cents for each one hundred words, and, for all other services in connection with keeping the record, the fiscal officer shall receive the reasonable compensation allowed by the board.

...or dragging, maintenance, and repair of roads, upon all the taxable property of the township outside of any municipal corporation or part thereof, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three mills in any one year upon each dollar of the valuation of such property. Such levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized for township purposes, and subject only to the limitation upon the combined maximum rate for tax...

...mobile transporter configured as a semitrailer combination in which the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rearmost axle of the power unit. (7) "Boat transporter" means any vehicle combination, including a straight truck towing a trailer typically using a ball and socket connection, designed and used specifically for the transport of boat hulls and boats, whether the hulls or boats a...

...No person shall operate or move a trackless trolley, traction engine, steam roller, or other vehicle, load, object, or structure, whether propelled by muscular or motor power, over or upon the improved public streets, highways, bridges, or culverts in this state, that weighs in excess of the weights prescribed in sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 of the Revised Code, unless the person has been issued a permit under section...

... of the tire coming in contact with the road surface be less than two thirds the width so measured between the flanges. In the case of pneumatic tires, of rubber or other similar substance, the total width of tires on all wheels shall be the actual width of all such tires, measured at the widest portion thereof when inflated and not bearing a load. In no event shall the load, including the proportionate weight of v...

...ght of vehicle and load imposed upon a road surface that is part of the interstate system by vehicles with pneumatic tires shall not exceed any of the following weight limitations: (1) On any one axle, twenty thousand pounds; (2) On any tandem axle, thirty-four thousand pounds; (3) On any two or more consecutive axles, the maximum weight as determined by application of the formula provided in division (C) of this...

...ht of vehicle and load imposed upon the road surface by any two successive axles, spaced four feet or less apart, shall not exceed nineteen thousand pounds for solid tires; or by any two successive axles spaced more than four feet but less than eight feet apart shall not exceed twenty-four thousand pounds for solid tires; or by any two successive axles, spaced eight feet or more apart, shall not exceed twenty-eight t...

... the interstate system; (b) A highway, road, or bridge that is subject to reduced maximum weights under section 4513.33, 5577.07, 5577.071, 5577.08, 5577.09, or 5591.42 of the Revised Code.

... the interstate system; (2) A highway, road, or bridge that is subject to reduced maximum weights under section 4513.33, 5577.07, 5577.071, 5577.08, 5577.09, or 5591.42 of the Revised Code.

...he operation of a vehicle on a highway, road, or bridge that is subject to reduced maximum weights under section 4513.33, 5577.07, 5577.071, 5577.08, 5577.09, or 5591.42 of the Revised Code.

...nimum wheelbase of fifteen feet, on all roadways in the state; (2) Operate a fire engine with a maximum gross vehicle weight of eighty-six thousand pounds on the interstate highway system and within one road mile of an interstate highway system entrance or exit ramp. (C) Notwithstanding section 4513.34 of the Revised Code, for any fire engine that requires a permit, the director of transportation or local authori...

...es; (3) Fifty-three feet for any semitrailer when operated in a commercial tractor-semitrailer combination, with or without load, except that the director may prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractor-semitrailer combination on such state highways or portions of state highways as the director designates. (4) Twenty-eight and one-half feet for any semitrailer or trailer when operated in a commercial tr...

...No person shall violate any rule or regulation promulgated by the director of transportation in accordance with section 5577.05 of the Revised Code.

... (B) On improved highways and all other roads in the county, other than state highways, the board of county commissioners shall prescribe such reduction as the condition of the road or highway justifies, but in no case shall the reduction be more than fifty per cent. The schedule of the reduction of maximum weights and speeds shall be filed, for the information of the public, in the office of the board of each count...

...(A) When deterioration renders any bridge or section of a bridge in a county insufficient to bear the traffic thereon, or when the bridge or section of a bridge would be damaged or destroyed by heavy traffic, the board of county commissioners may reduce the maximum weight of vehicle and load, or the maximum speed, or both, for motor vehicles, as prescribed by law, and prescribe whatever reduction the condition of the...

...rs may classify the county and township roads and bridges and all other roads and bridges within their respective counties, except state highways and bridges on state highways, with reference to the maximum weights and speeds permitted on such roads and bridges. The classifications made by the board under this section shall not apply to vehicles of a weight of five tons or less for vehicle and load. In making the c...

... thousand pounds shall use the specific roads designated pursuant to sections 303.14 and 303.141 or 519.14 and 519.141 of the Revised Code as the primary means of ingress to and egress from the facilities or operation. (B) The owner or operator of a surface mining operation that is permitted under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code and that is subject to the use of specific roads as the primary means of ingress to an...

...All rules as provided by section 5577.08 of the Revised Code shall be made by the board of county commissioners, at regular meetings, by a majority vote. Such rules shall be kept on file in the office of the board and open for inspection by the public. At least two days before such rules become effective the board shall cause to be placed and retained on county and township highways classified under section 5577.08 ...

...hipment of goods or property by truck, trailer, semitrailer, commercial tractor, or any other commercial vehicle used for the transportation of property, the gross weight of which, with load, exceeds three tons, with intent to defraud by misrepresenting thereon the weight of such goods or property to be so transported. Any driver or operator of a commercial car, trailer, or semitrailer may obtain from any person, fi...

...riven or operated, any commercial car, trailer, or semitrailer, used for the transportation of goods or property, the gross weight of which, with load, exceeds three tons, upon the public highways, streets, bridges, and culverts within this state, unless such vehicle is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible flaps on the rearmost wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles to prevent, a...

...gulating the use of the improved public roads shall be liable for all damage resulting to any such street, highway, bridge, or culvert by reason of such violation. In case of any injury to such a street, highway, bridge, or culvert, such damages shall be collected by civil action, brought in the name of the state, on the relation of the director of transportation with respect to highways under his jurisdiction, and t...