Federal & State Regulations | Size/Weight limits - West Virginia

Dimension	National Network	State and Other Supplemental Highways
Width:	8' 6"	8' 6" 8' if lanes under 10' wide
Height:	13' 6"	13' 6"
Length:	National Network	State and Other Supplemental Highways
Straight Trucks	40'	40'
Straight truck and trailer	55' State may allow 60' on some routes	55' State may allow 60' on some routes
Tractor-semitrailer combinations	No limit	70'
Semitrailer	53'	48' on lanes under 10' wide
Tractor-twin-trailer combination	No limit with legal trailers	Not allowed
Trailers of twin-trailer combinations	28'	Not allowed
Auto-transporter	No limit	70' on U.S. and WV Routes
Overhang limitations	3' front, 6' rear	NS
Stinger-steered auto-transporter	No limit	NS
Saddlemount	75' up to 3	75' up to 3
General overhang limitations	3' front, 6' rear	3' front, 6' rear
Drawbar	15'	15'
Kingpin to rearaxle	37' from the rear axle of the truck-tractor and the front axle of the semitrailer	NS
Weight:	Interstate and Defense Highways	State and Other Supplemental Highways
Steer axle	20,000	N/S
Single axle	20,000	20,000
Tandem axle	34,000	34,000
Gross vehicle weight	80,000	80,000
Tolerances	None	10%
APU allowance	550	550

where W equals the overall gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive axles to the nearest 500 lb. L is the distance in feet between the extremes of any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N equals the number of axles in the group under consideration; except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 34,000 lb each, provided the overall distance between the first and last axles of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 ft or more.

Access — Truck combinations operating at the larger dimensions on interstate and designated highways are granted 2-mile access to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and points of loading and unloading for household goods carriers.

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Gross weight table
Distance in feet between the extremes of any group of two or more consecutive axles	Maximum load in pounds carried on any group of 2 or more consecutive axles
	2 axles	3 axles	4 axles	5 axles	6 axles
4	34,000
5	34,000
6	34,000
7	34,000
8	34,000	34,000
9	39,000	42,500
10	40,000	43,500
11		44,000
12		45,000	50,000
13		45,500	50,500
14		46,500	51,500
15		47,000	52,000
16		48,000	52,500	58,000
17		48,500	53,500	58,500
18		49,500	54,000	59,000
19		50,000	54,500	60,000
20		51,000	55,500	60,500	66,000
21		51,500	56,000	61,000	66,500
22		52,500	56,500	61,500	67,000
23		53,000	57,500	62,500	68,000
24		54,000	58,000	63,000	68,500
25		54,500	58,500	63,500	69,000
26		55,500	59,500	64,000	69,500
27		56,000	60,000	65,000	70,000
28		57,000	60,500	65,500	71,000
29		57,500	61,500	66,000	71,500
30		58,500	62,000	66,500	72,000
31		59,000	62,500	67,500	72,500
32		60,000	63,500	68,000	73,000
33			64,000	68,500	74,000
34			64,500	69,000	74,500
35			65,500	70,000	75,000
36			66,000	70,500	75,500
37			66,500	71,000	76,000
38			67,500	72,000	77,000
39			68,000	72,500	77,500
40			68,500	73,000	78,000
41			69,500	73,500	78,500
42			70,000	74,000	79,000
43			70,500	75,000	80,000
44			71,500	75,500	80,500
45			72,000	76,000	81,000
46			72,500	76,500	81,500
47			73,500	77,500	82,000
48			74,000	78,000	83,000
49			74,500	78,500	83,500
50			75,500	79,000	84,000
51			76,000	80,000	84,500
52			76,500	80,500	85,000
53			77,500	81,000	86,000
54			78,000	81,500	86,500
55			78,500	82,500	87,000
56			79,500	83,000	87,500
57			80,000	83,500	88,000
58				84,000	89,000
59				85,000	89,500
60				85,500	90,000

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