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The Ohio Department of Transportation ( ODOT; / ˈoʊ.dɒt /) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government [2] responsible for developing and maintaining all state and U.S. roadways outside of municipalities and all Interstates except the Ohio Turnpike. In addition to highways, the department also helps develop public ...
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was founded in 1933 under the command of Colonel Lynn Black. Originally, the Highway Patrol used solid black cars with the Flying Wheel on the door. In 1966, white cruisers made their appearance on the Ohio Turnpike. By 1972 all Ohio State Highway Patrol cruisers were white, which they remained until 1982 when they ...
On May 19, 1953, Amended House Bill 243 created the Ohio Department of Highway Safety, consisting of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Ohio State Highway Patrol, effective October 2, 1953. [2] On September 24, 1992, the department was renamed the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
Numbered highways in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for the establishment and classification of a state highway network which includes interstate highways, U.S. highways, and state routes. [1] As with other states, U.S. and Interstate highways are classified as state routes in Ohio.
On May 19, 1953, Amended House Bill 243 created the Ohio Department of Highway Safety and transferred the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and State Highway Patrol to the new department, effective October 2, 1953. [7] Deputy registrars were political appointees until November 28, 1988, when a private request for proposal process took effect. [6]
County roads in Ohio comprise 29,088 center line miles (46,813 km), making up 24% of the state's public roadways as of April 2015. [ 2] Ohio state law delegates the maintenance and designation of these county roads to the boards of commissioners and highway departments of its 88 counties. [ 3] Each county has distinct construction, signage, and ...
State Route 7. State Route 7 ( SR 7 ), formerly known as Inter-county Highway 7 until 1921 [ 3] and State Highway 7 in 1922, [ 4] is a north–south state highway in the southern and eastern portions of the U.S. state of Ohio. At about 336 miles (541 km) in length, it is the longest state route in Ohio. [ 5]
State Route 32 (SR 32), also known as the James A. Rhodes Appalachian Highway, [3] is a major east–west highway across the southern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the eighth longest state route in Ohio, spanning southern Ohio from Cincinnati to Belpre , across the Ohio River from Parkersburg, West Virginia .