§ 9-20-13-2 — Maximum length limitation; truck-tractor, semitrailer, truck-tractor-semitrailer, or truck-tractor-semitrailer-trailer combinations

(a) Notwithstanding IC 9-20-3 and IC 9-20-9,
and except for length exclusive devices in accordance with 23 CFR
658.13, the following are the maximum limitations on length of a
truck-tractor, semitrailer, truck-tractor-semitrailer combination, or
truck-tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination:
(1) The maximum length of the semitrailer unit operating in a
truck-tractor-semitrailer combination is fifty-three (53) feet,
including the vehicle and the load.
(2) The maximum length of the semitrailer unit or trailer
operating in a truck-tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination is
twenty-eight (28) feet, six (6) inches.
(3) A maximum overall length limit is not imposed on a
truck-tractor-semitrailer or truck-tractor-semitrailer-trailer
combination.
(4) The maximum length of a maxi-cube vehicle combination is
sixty-five (65) feet, and the maximum length of the separable
cargo carrying unit is thirty-four (34) feet.
(5) If the combination is used exclusively or primarily in
connection with motorsports:
(A) the maximum distance between the kingpin and the
rearmost axle of the semitrailer operating in the combination is
forty-six (46) feet; and
(B) the maximum length of the semitrailer is fifty-seven (57)
feet.
(b) This section does not prohibit the transportation of a motor
vehicle or watercraft on part of a truck-tractor.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-2(e) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.216-2001, SEC.2; P.L.12-2013, SEC.3; P.L.164-2020, SEC.39.