Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Ohio legislature OKs higher rural speeds, including 60 mph on two-lane state roads outside towns

Drivers in Ohio would be able to legally drive 70 m.p.h. on rural stretches of interstates under a compromise approved Tuesday by state legislators. The speed limit also would be increased to 60 on two-lane state-numbered roads outside city and town limits, as part of a House-Senate conference committee’s version of a sweeping transportation bill, which is expected to win approval today in the Senate and Thursday in the House, reports Darrel Rowland of The Columbus Dispatch.

We wrote about this issue last week after the bill passed the Senate. The section of House Bill 51 dealing with two-lane roads is 4511.21(B)(9), available here. Here's an updated Dispatch map:

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