§ 9-20-5-5 — Maximum size and weight limitations; extra heavy duty highways; expiration

Indiana § 9-20-5-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 20: SIZE AND WEIGHT REGULATION
• Ch. 5: Heavy Duty Highways and Extra Heavy Duty Highways

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 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) Except as provided in section 4(a)(22) of this chapter, 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.
(b) A vehicle operated in accordance with section 4(a)(23) of this
chapter may not have a:
(1) maximum wheel weight, unladen or with load, in excess of
one thousand six hundred fifty (1,650) pounds per inch width of
tire, measured between the flanges of the rim; or
(2) single axle weight that exceeds sixty-five thousand (65,000)
pounds.
(c) This section expires on the later of the following dates:
(1) The date on which rules described in section 1(c)(2) of this
chapter are finally adopted.
(2) December 31, 2014.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-12(h).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.134-2007, SEC.2; P.L.120-2011, SEC.2; P.L.66-2012, SEC.3; P.L.13-2013, SEC.35.