Ohio § 5591.36 Guardrails for bridge or steep embankment

Ohio Statutes

§ 5591.36 — Guardrails for bridge or steep embankment

Ohio § 5591.36

Title 55Roads-Highways-Bridges

Ch. 5591County Bridges

This text of Ohio § 5591.36 (Guardrails for bridge or steep embankment) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Ohio primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5591.36 (2026).

Text

The board of county commissioners shall erect and maintain on county roads, where not already done, one or more guardrails on each end of a county bridge, viaduct, or culvert more than five feet high. The board also shall  protect, by  guardrails, all  embankments with a rise of more than eight feet in height and with a downward slope of greater than seventy degrees, where  the embankments have an immediate connection with a  county road.

The expense  for a guardrail required under this section shall be paid out of the county bridge fund.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The board of county commissioners shall erect and maintain on county roads, where not already done, one or more guardrails on each end of a county bridge, viaduct, or culvert more than five feet high. The board also shall protect, by guardrails, all embankments with a rise of more than eight feet in height and with a downward slope of greater than seventy degrees, where the embankments have an immediate connection with a county road.

The expense for a guardrail required under this section shall be paid out of the county bridge fund.