General Information 

• Maintain County Roads and Right-of-ways
  • Paved Roads = 559 Miles
  • Stone Roads = 104 Miles
• Maintenance and Repair
  • Improvements to Roads and Side Ditch Drainage
  • Stoning Roads
  • Chip and Seal
  • Patching – Paved and Stone Roads
  • Fix Washouts
  • Storm Damage – tree & brush removal on road and right-of-way
  • Signs
  • Snow Plowing and Salt/Sand
  • Drainage – culverts, catch basin, and side ditch tiles
  • Mailbox Approaches
  • Berming
• Current Projects
  • New Roads - to be chip and sealed
    • 750 S between 300 W & 400 W
    • 850 S between 300 W & State Rd 116
  • Wedge and Level Roads
    • 350 E between State Rd & 700 S
    • 900 S between 000 Rd & 400 E
    • 300 W between State Rd & 950 S
• Services
  • Mowing / Weed Spraying
  • Cutting Brush in the County right-of-way
  • Dust Control – purchased by landowner
• Permits
  • File all permits at the Adams County Highway Department
  • Driveway Permit
    • Driveway Requirements- 30’ minimum in length, Diameter to be determined by Highway Department
    • Highway will in install
      • $120.00 for 30’ stone driveway – cost covers stone
      • $50.00 for 30’ dirt field entrance – cost covers dirt
      •  $20.00 for every additional 20’
      • Applicant is responsible to purchasing the required size pipe
    • Road Cut Permit
      • $520.00 – Paved Roads
      • $320.00 – Stone Roads
      • Highway Department will cut road
      • Applicant is responsible for back filling roads to County specifications
      • Cost Covers – maintenance and repair after back filled
    • Utility Permit
      • Installing Utility Lines in right-of-way
      • Installing Aerial Lines in right-of-way
      • Requirements and Application must be requested