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County roads in Ohio comprise , making up 24% of the state's public roadways . Ohio state law delegates the maintenance and designation of these county roads to the county commissioners and highway departments of its 88 counties.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Ohio Revised Code ">at= Chapter 5553 )〕 Each county has distinct construction, signage, and naming practices for the roads under its jurisdiction.〔 Within each county, townships maintain separate township road networks under the advice of the county engineer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Stark County, Ohio )〕 ==Characteristics== A public, non-state-maintained road must meet at least one of the following conditions in order for the county board of commissioners to have authority over it:〔 * Connects one public road to another * Connects a public road to a public school, park, recreation area, or airfield * Connects a public road to at least three private residences or businesses in the first and one private residence or business in each thereafter The county is not responsible for any roads within the corporation limits of a city or village. When the state abandons a state highway, any right of way outside corporation limits reverts to county or township control.〔(【引用サイトリンク】at= Section 5511.01 )〕 Generally, county roads are required to be at least wide, allowing for two lanes of traffic, although one-lane county roads as narrow as may be allowed under a grandfather clause.〔 Before 1915, the law that regulated the width of county roads changed frequently, at times imposing a maximum width of . A 2012 study by the County Engineers Association of Ohio (CEAO) found that of county roads are resurfaced annually, from a combined budget of $229 million for county road maintenance and bridge replacement. In 1997, the CEAO reported that 8% of county roads were unpaved, and that county roads were resurfaced every 17 years on average. The maximum speed limit for an undivided county road is in an unincorporated area. Within municipal corporation limits, the speed limit may be lower based on land use. Counties differ on whether all-terrain vehicles are allowed to be ridden on county roads. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「County roads in Ohio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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