Maximum size and weight limitations; extra heavy duty highways
Sec. 5. The maximum size and weight limits for vehicles operated
with a special weight permit on an extra heavy duty highway are as
follows:
(1) A vehicle may not have a maximum wheel weight, unladen
or with load, in excess of eight hundred (800) pounds per inch
width of tire, measured between the flanges of the rim.
(2) A single axle weight may not exceed eighteen thousand
(18,000) pounds.
(3) An axle in an axle combination may not exceed thirteen
thousand (13,000) pounds per axle, with the exception of one
(1) tandem group that may weigh sixteen thousand (16,000)
pounds per axle or a total of thirty-two thousand (32,000)
pounds.
(4) The total gross weight, with load, of any vehicle or
combination of vehicles may not exceed one hundred thirty-four
thousand (134,000) pounds.
(5) Axle spacings may not be less than three (3) feet, six (6)
inches, between each axle in an axle combination.
(6) Axle spacings may not be less than eight (8) feet between
each axle or axle combination.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.
Last modified: May 27, 2006