Bill > HB175

This bill proposes to designate a specific stretch of U.S. Route 24 in Ohio as the "Heartland Highway." Specifically, the bill would name the westbound and eastbound lanes of Route 24 running between the Indiana and Michigan borders as the Heartland Highway. The highway passes through four Ohio counties: Paulding, Defiance, Henry, and Lucas. The Ohio Department of Transportation would be authorized to install highway markers along the route to indicate its new name. This type of legislative designation is common and serves to honor or commemorate a particular geographic area or transportation route, though it does not change the physical characteristics or function of the highway itself. The bill would add this new name to the Ohio Revised Code, creating an official secondary designation for this portion of U.S. Route 24.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb175