Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5577 - Load Limits On Highways

• Section 5577.01 - Load Limits On Highways Definitions.
  (A) As used in sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 of the Revised Code: (1) "Axle" means one or more load-carrying wheels mounted in a single...
• Section 5577.02 - Operation Of Vehicle On Highways In Excess Of Prescribed Weights Forbidden.
  No trackless trolley, traction engine, steam roller, or other vehicle, load, object, or structure, whether propelled by muscular or motor power, not including vehicles...
• Section 5577.03 - Weight Of Load - Width Of Tire.
  No person, firm, or corporation shall transport over the improved public streets, alleys, intercounty highways, state highways, bridges, or culverts, in any vehicle propelled...
• Section 5577.04 - Maximum Axle Load, Wheel Load, Gross Weights, For Pneumatic Tired Vehicles.
  (A) The maximum wheel load of any one wheel of any vehicle, trackless trolley, load, object, or structure operated or moved upon improved public...
• Section 5577.041 - Maximum Axle Load, Wheel Load, And Gross Weights For Solid-tired Vehicles.
  No vehicle, trackless trolley, load, object, or structure having a maximum axle load greater than sixteen thousand pounds when such vehicle is equipped with...
• Section 5577.042 - Weight Provisions For Farm, Log And Coal Trucks And Farm Machinery.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Farm machinery" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Farm commodities"...
• Section 5577.043 - Permissible Weight Variations For Certain Vehicles.
  (A) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, the following vehicles under the described conditions may exceed by no more than seven...
• Section 5577.044 - Weight Restrictions For Vehicles Fueled By Natural Gas.
  (A) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, a vehicle fueled solely by compressed natural gas or liquid natural gas may exceed...
• Section 5577.05 - Prohibition Against Violation.
  (A) No vehicle shall be operated upon the public highways, streets, bridges, and culverts within the state, whose dimensions exceed those specified in this...
• Section 5577.06 - Prohibition Against Violation.
  No person shall violate any rule or regulation promulgated by the director of transportation in accordance with section 5577.05 of the Revised Code. Effective...
• Section 5577.07 - Reduction Of Weight And Speed During Times Of Thaws And Moisture.
  When thaws or excessive moisture render the improved highways of this state or any sections of them insufficient to bear the traffic thereon, or...
• Section 5577.071 - Reduction Of Weight Of Vehicle Or Load Or Speed On Deteriorated Or Vulnerable Bridge.
  (A) When deterioration renders any bridge or section of a bridge in a county insufficient to bear the traffic thereon, or when the bridge...
• Section 5577.08 - Classification Of Roads And Bridges By Board Of County Commissioners.
  The board of county commissioners may classify the county and township roads and bridges and all other roads and bridges within their respective counties,...
• Section 5577.081 - Surface Mining Vehicles Over Load Limit To Use Designated Roads.
  (A) Except when transferring unfinished aggregate material between facilities that are under the control of the same owner or operator that is subject to...
• Section 5577.09 - Rules - Signs.
  All rules as provided by section 5577.08 of the Revised Code shall be made by the board of county commissioners, at regular meetings, by...
• Section 5577.10 - Statement Of Gross Vehicle Weight.
  No person shall issue or aid in issuing any bill of lading or other document of like nature in lieu thereof, which bill or...
• Section 5577.11 - Wheel Protectors.
  No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any commercial car, trailer, or semitrailer, used for the transportation of...
• Section 5577.12 - Liability For Damages - Prosecution - Application Of Moneys.
  Any person violating any law relating to or regulating the use of the improved public roads shall be liable for all damage resulting to...
• Section 5577.13 - Enforcement By Deputies.
  In those counties having forty miles or more of improved intercounty or state highways, the sheriff of each such county shall, and in all...
• Section 5577.14 - Notice Of Arrest.
  Whenever the driver or operator of any truck, trailer, semitrailer, commercial tractor, or any other commercial vehicle used for the transportation of goods or...
• Section 5577.15 - Application Of Size And Weight Provisions Of Chapter.
  (A) The size and weight provisions of this chapter do not apply to a person who is engaged in the initial towing or removal...
• Section 5577.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates the weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.07 or the weight provisions in regard to highways under section 5577.04 of the...

Last modified: October 10, 2016