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...ble warning device at a railroad grade crossing to which any of the following apply: (A) The crossing is equipped in accordance with division (B)(2) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code. (B) The crossing is located in a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code. (C) The crossing is located in a jurisdiction in which such sounding is restricted or prohibited by law.

...ailroad, or for the protection of grade crossings. If any allotment of funds is made by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the purposes stated, the division of any expense, in connection with such improvement, between the state or any political subdivision thereof and the railroad involved, unless otherwise agreed upon, shall be in accordance with existing laws applying to municipal, county, o...

...The cost of constructing a grade crossing improvement, including the making of ways, crossings, or viaducts, above or below the railroad tracks, and the raising or lowering of the grades of the railroad tracks and sidetracks for such distance as required by the county and made necessary by such improvement, including the cost of moving or changing existing structures and other incidental expenses, together with the c...

...raffic with all crossroads separated in grade and with full control of access. (ZZ) "Expressway" means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access with an excess of fifty per cent of all crossroads separated in grade. (AAA) "Thruway" means a through highway whose entire roadway is reserved for through traffic and on which roadway parking is prohibited. (BBB) "Stop in...

...nd determination for the proposed grade crossing improvement by the director of transportation the railroad companies involved and the director have refused, failed, or neglected to agree upon the necessity of the improvement, or upon the plans, specifications, and estimates covering the proposed project, the companies involved or the director may submit the matter of determining the method by which the improvement s...

...red in the making of the proposed grade crossing elimination improvement, the director of transportation shall file plans covering the proposed improvement in the office of the district deputy director of transportation of the state highway district within which such improvement or any part thereof is located, for the examination of all persons interested. The plans shall show all changes of grade and location of any...

...ration or abolition of a grade or other crossing, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to it, or the board of county commissioners of the county, by a unanimous vote, by resolution, shall declare such necessity and intent, and state in it the manner in which the alterations in the crossing are to be made, giving the method of constructing the new cros...

...n of the railroad or public way, or any grades thereof, so as to avoid a crossing at common grade, or that such crossings, or any of them, be discontinued with or without building a new way in substitution therefor, and whether such plans or any of them are reasonable and practicable.

...ngers, freight, or express, crossing at grade any street or road, shall construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, and repair that portion of the highway at such crossing and lying between the outside ends of the ties, and also that portion lying between the tracks, in the case of two or more tracks, and the cost and expense of this construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair shall be borne by s...

...iaducts, overpasses, underpasses, grade crossing eliminations, service and access highways, and tunnels. (6) Fifteen years: (a) Resurfacing roads, highways, streets, or alleys; (b) Alarm, telegraph, or other communications systems for police or fire departments or other emergency services; (c) Passenger buses used for mass transportation; (d) Energy conservation measures as authorized by section 133.06 of the...

...sing any intersection or railroad grade crossing. (B) This section does not apply to vehicles or trackless trolleys upon a one-way roadway, upon a roadway where traffic is lawfully directed to be driven to the left side, or under the conditions described in division (A)(2) of section 4511.25 of the Revised Code. (C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor mi...

...ation or company, asking that any grade crossing be abolished. Such plans must show the grades to be established for such streets, the changes to be made in the location of streets, alleys, roads, or ways, the height, character, and estimated cost of any viaduct or way above or below railroad tracks, the number, character, and location of piers, abutments, and supports to be permanently located in the streets, alleys...

... and determination for a proposed grade crossing improvement the railroad companies involved in such proceedings shall co-operate with the director in the preparation of plans and specifications covering the construction of the proposed project. Such companies shall furnish such plans, specifications, and approximate estimates as the director directs. In changing the grade of any railroad, no grade shall be required ...

...or railroad company, covering the grade crossing proposed to be abolished. Such plans must show the grades to be established for such roads or highways, the changes to be made in the location of roads or highways, the height, character, and estimated cost of any viaduct or way above or below the railroad tracks, the number, character, and location of piers, abutments, or supports to be permanently located in th...

...uired in the making of a proposed grade crossing improvement, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, require notice of its intention to make such improvement, in accordance with the plans and specifications agreed upon or ordered, to be given to the owner of each piece of property abutting on any road, the grade of which will be changed by the proposed improvement.

...he passage of a resolution for a grade crossing improvement shall be served by the sheriff of the county, upon the owner of each piece of property which will be affected by any change of grade, in the manner provided for the service of summons in civil actions. If any of such owners are nonresidents of the county, or if it appears from the return that they cannot be found, the notice shall be published for at l...

...c sign or signal, or any railroad grade crossing sign, signal, or gate, or any first aid or survival equipment, or any other device, apparatus, or equipment intended for protecting or preserving the safety of persons or property. (2) "Critical infrastructure facility" has the same meaning as in section 2911.21 of the Revised Code. (3) "Improperly tamper" means to change the physical location or the physical condi...

...portion of a street at a railroad grade crossing for the protection of the traveling public, the municipal corporation shall place a warning sign not less than two hundred feet from the crossing. The driver of any vehicle shall place his vehicle under control at the location of said warning signs so as to be able to bring said vehicle to a complete stop at said safety device. Colliding with such safety device at the...

...approaching a public highway or a grade crossing, either of the following shall occur: (1) The engineer or person in charge of the locomotive shall sound the locomotive horn in accordance with 49 C.F.R. part 222; (2) An alternative audible warning system approved by the public utilities commission under section 4955.321 of the Revised Code shall be activated in accordance with guidelines established by the com...

...present at any public highway or grade crossing at which the alternative audible warning system is installed. The commission shall establish guidelines for the use and operation of any alternative audible warning system it approves.

...y in which the public highway or grade crossing is located. The company in whose employ such engineer or person in charge of a locomotive is, as well as the engineer or person in charge, is liable in damages to a person or company injured in person or property by such neglect or act of such engineer or person in charge.

... railroad operating over a public grade crossing included in the zone, the highway or traffic control authority or law enforcement authority having responsibility for control of vehicular traffic at the crossings, the public utilities commission, the director of public safety, and the associate administrator for safety for the federal railroad administration. (B) For each railroad quiet zone established pursuant to ...

...ing that a condition at a public grade crossing located within a quiet zone has changed to such an extent that, even with the continuing existence of the supplemental safety measures at the crossing, the quiet zone no longer qualifies as such under federal law or the commission determines that public safety is otherwise compromised at the crossing. Within fifteen days following the quiet zone suspension date d...

...ng stock, rights-of-way, bridges, grade crossing equipment, terminals, stations, parking facilities, and other rail facilities. (C) "Rail service" means freight, intercity passenger, commuter, and high speed rail transportation service. (D) "Regional rail reorganization act" means the "Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 986, 45 U.S.C.A. 701, as amended. (E) "Local or regional transportation author...

...ing, maintenance, repair, railway grade crossing elimination, or other improvement of any section or portion of a state highway, the director may, as a condition precedent to his extending such cooperation, require such county or municipal corporation to provide the portion of the cost of such improvement which it proposes to furnish, and to pay the cost into the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating ...