['Size and Weight Limits']
['Sizes and weights']
03/12/2025
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Dimension | National Network | State and Other Supplemental Highways |
Width: | 8' 6" | 8' 6" |
Height: | 14' Interstate only | 13' 6" |
Length: | National Network | On All Other |
Bus | 45' | 45' |
Articulated bus | ||
Straight Trucks | 45' | 45' |
Straight truck and trailer | N/S 30' trailer | N/S 30' trailer |
Tractor-semitrailer combinations | No limit with legal trailer | 65' |
Semitrailer | 59' 6" | N/S |
Tractor-twin-trailer combination | No limit with legal trailer | Not allowed |
Trailers of twin-trailer combinations | 30' | Not allowed |
Boat-transporter combination | 75' | 75' |
Overhang limitations | 3' front, 4' rear | 3' front, 4' rear |
Stinger-steered boat-transporter | ||
Overhang limitations | ||
Auto-transporter | ||
Overhang limitations | ||
Stinger-steered auto-transporter | 75' | 75' |
Overhang limitations | 3' front, 4' rear | 3' front, 4' rear |
Saddlemount | ||
General overhang limitations | 4' front, 8' rear 15' pole trailers, 20' forest products | 4' front, 8' rear 15' pole trailers, 20' forest products |
Drawbar | 15' | 15' |
Dromedary | ||
Kingpin to rearaxle | ||
Length special limitations or restrictions | ||
Weight: | Interstate and Defense Highways | On All Other |
Steer axle | 650 pounds per tire inch | 650 pounds per tire inch |
Single axle | 20,000 | 22,000 |
Tandem axle | 34,000 | 37,000 |
Tridem axle | 42,000 | 45,000 |
Gross vehicle weight | 80,000 | 80,000 |
Load per inch width of tire | 650 | 650 |
Per wheel | ||
Tolerances | None | N/S |
APU allowance | ||
Natural gas allowance | 2,000 | 2,000 |
Weight special limitations or restrictions | Reasonable access — not to exceed 10 miles for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, unless otherwise prohibited. Household goods’ carriers shall have unrestricted access for loading and unloading purposes only, unless otherwise prohibited. |
The law requires reasonable distribution of axle weight of tandem, tridem, and quadrum axle groups.
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['Sizes and weights']
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