Full Text of HB5076 93rd General Assembly
HB5076 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB5076
Introduced 02/05/04, by William J. Grunloh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/15-102 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-102 |
625 ILCS 5/15-111 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that certain large vehicles have access from any designated (rather than any State designated) highway onto any highway for the necessary distance (rather than for 5 highway miles) for purposes of loading or unloading. Provides that these vehicles have access from any designated (rather than any State designated highway onto any State, county, or township highway for the necessary distance (rather than for 5 highway miles for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
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| AN ACT concerning vehicles.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Sections 15-102 and 15-111 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/15-102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-102)
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| Sec. 15-102. Width of Vehicles.
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| (a) On Class III and non-designated State and local | 9 |
| highways, the total
outside width of any vehicle or load | 10 |
| thereon shall not exceed 8 feet.
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| (b) Except during those times when, due to insufficient | 12 |
| light or unfavorable
atmospheric conditions, persons and | 13 |
| vehicles on the highway are not clearly
discernible at a | 14 |
| distance of 1000 feet, the following vehicles may exceed
the 8 | 15 |
| feet limitation during the period from a half hour before
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| sunrise to a half hour after sunset:
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| (1) Loads of hay, straw or other similar farm products | 18 |
| provided that the
load is not more than 12 feet wide.
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| (2) Implements of husbandry being transported on | 20 |
| another vehicle and the
transporting vehicle while loaded.
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| The following requirements apply to the transportation | 22 |
| on another vehicle
of an implement of husbandry wider than | 23 |
| 8 feet 6 inches on the National System
of Interstate and | 24 |
| Defense Highways or other highways in the system of State
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| highways:
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| (A) The driver of a vehicle transporting an | 27 |
| implement of husbandry
that exceeds 8 feet 6 inches in | 28 |
| width shall obey all traffic laws and shall
check the | 29 |
| roadways prior to making a movement in order to ensure | 30 |
| that adequate
clearance is available for the movement. | 31 |
| It is prima facie evidence that the
driver of a vehicle | 32 |
| transporting an implement of husbandry has failed to |
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| check
the roadway prior to making a movement if the | 2 |
| vehicle is involved in a
collision with a bridge, | 3 |
| overpass, fixed structure, or properly placed traffic
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| control device or if the vehicle blocks traffic due
to | 5 |
| its inability to proceed because of a bridge, overpass, | 6 |
| fixed structure, or
properly placed traffic control | 7 |
| device.
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| (B) Flags shall be displayed so as to wave freely | 9 |
| at the extremities of
overwidth objects and at the | 10 |
| extreme ends of all protrusions, projections, and
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| overhangs. All flags shall be clean, bright red flags | 12 |
| with no advertising,
wording, emblem, or insignia | 13 |
| inscribed upon them and at least 18 inches square.
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| (C) "OVERSIZE LOAD" signs are mandatory on the | 15 |
| front and rear of all
vehicles with loads over 10 feet | 16 |
| wide. These signs must have 12-inch high
black letters | 17 |
| with a 2-inch stroke on a yellow sign that is 7 feet | 18 |
| wide by 18
inches high.
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| (D) One civilian escort vehicle is required for a | 20 |
| load that exceeds 14
feet 6 inches in width and 2 | 21 |
| civilian escort vehicles are required for a
load that | 22 |
| exceeds 16 feet in width on the National System of | 23 |
| Interstate and
Defense Highways or other highways in | 24 |
| the system of State highways.
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| (E) The requirements for a civilian escort vehicle | 26 |
| and driver are as
follows:
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| (1) The civilian escort vehicle shall be a | 28 |
| passenger car or a second
division vehicle not | 29 |
| exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds | 30 |
| that is
designed to afford clear and unobstructed | 31 |
| vision to both front and rear.
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| (2) The escort vehicle driver must be properly | 33 |
| licensed to operate
the vehicle.
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| (3) While in use, the escort vehicle must be | 35 |
| equipped with illuminated
rotating, oscillating, | 36 |
| or flashing amber lights or flashing amber strobe |
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| lights
mounted on top that are of sufficient | 2 |
| intensity to be visible at 500 feet in
normal | 3 |
| sunlight.
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| (4) "OVERSIZE LOAD" signs are mandatory on all | 5 |
| escort vehicles. The
sign on an escort vehicle | 6 |
| shall have 8-inch high black letters on a yellow
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| sign that is 5 feet wide by 12 inches high.
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| (5) When only one escort vehicle is required | 9 |
| and it is operating on a
two-lane highway, the | 10 |
| escort vehicle shall travel approximately 300 feet | 11 |
| ahead
of the load. The rotating, oscillating, or | 12 |
| flashing lights or flashing amber
strobe lights | 13 |
| and an "OVERSIZE LOAD" sign shall be displayed on | 14 |
| the escort
vehicle and shall be visible from the | 15 |
| front. When only one escort vehicle is
required and | 16 |
| it is operating on a multilane divided highway, the | 17 |
| escort vehicle
shall travel approximately 300 feet | 18 |
| behind the load and the sign and lights
shall be | 19 |
| visible from the rear.
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| (6) When 2 escort vehicles are required, one | 21 |
| escort shall travel
approximately 300 feet ahead | 22 |
| of the load and the second escort shall travel
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| approximately 300 feet behind the load. The | 24 |
| rotating, oscillating, or flashing
lights or | 25 |
| flashing amber strobe lights and an "OVERSIZE | 26 |
| LOAD" sign shall be
displayed on the escort | 27 |
| vehicles and shall be visible from the front on the
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| lead escort and from the rear on the trailing | 29 |
| escort.
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| (7) When traveling within the corporate limits | 31 |
| of a municipality, the
escort vehicle shall | 32 |
| maintain a reasonable and proper distance from the
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| oversize load, consistent with existing traffic | 34 |
| conditions.
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| (8) A separate escort shall be provided for | 36 |
| each load hauled.
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| (9) The driver of an escort vehicle shall obey | 2 |
| all traffic laws.
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| (10) The escort vehicle must be in safe | 4 |
| operational condition.
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| (11) The driver of the escort vehicle must be | 6 |
| in radio contact with
the driver of the vehicle | 7 |
| carrying the oversize load.
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| (F) A transport vehicle while under load of more | 9 |
| than 8 feet 6 inches
in width must be equipped with an | 10 |
| illuminated rotating, oscillating, or
flashing amber | 11 |
| light or lights or a flashing amber strobe light or | 12 |
| lights
mounted on the top of the cab that are of | 13 |
| sufficient intensity to be visible at
500 feet in | 14 |
| normal sunlight. If the load on the transport vehicle | 15 |
| blocks the
visibility of the amber lighting from the | 16 |
| rear of the vehicle, the vehicle must
also be equipped | 17 |
| with an illuminated rotating, oscillating, or flashing | 18 |
| amber
light or lights or a flashing amber strobe light | 19 |
| or lights mounted on the rear
of the load that are of | 20 |
| sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in
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| normal sunlight.
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| (G) When a flashing amber light is required on the | 23 |
| transport vehicle
under load and it is operating on a | 24 |
| two-lane highway, the transport vehicle
shall display | 25 |
| to the rear at least one rotating, oscillating, or | 26 |
| flashing light
or a flashing amber strobe light and an | 27 |
| "OVERSIZE LOAD" sign. When a flashing
amber light is | 28 |
| required on the transport vehicle under load and it is | 29 |
| operating
on a multilane divided highway, the sign and | 30 |
| light shall be visible from the
rear.
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| (H) Maximum speed shall be 45 miles per hour on all | 32 |
| such moves or 5
miles per hour above the posted minimum | 33 |
| speed limit, whichever is greater, but
the vehicle | 34 |
| shall not at any time exceed the posted maximum speed | 35 |
| limit.
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| (3) Portable buildings designed and used for |
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| agricultural and livestock
raising operations that are not | 2 |
| more than 14 feet wide and with not more
than a 1 foot | 3 |
| overhang along the left side of the hauling vehicle. | 4 |
| However,
the buildings shall not be transported more than | 5 |
| 10 miles and not on any
route that is part of the National | 6 |
| System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
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| All buildings when being transported shall display at least | 8 |
| 2 red
cloth flags, not less than 12 inches square, mounted as | 9 |
| high as practicable
on the left and right side of the building.
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| A State Police escort shall be required if it is necessary | 11 |
| for this load
to use part of the left lane when crossing any 2 | 12 |
| laned State highway bridge.
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| (c) Vehicles propelled by electric power obtained from | 14 |
| overhead trolley
wires operated wholly within the corporate | 15 |
| limits of a municipality are
also exempt from the width | 16 |
| limitation.
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| (d) Exemptions are also granted to vehicles designed for | 18 |
| the carrying
of more than 10 persons under the following | 19 |
| conditions:
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| (1) (Blank);
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| (2) When operated within any public transportation | 22 |
| service with the
approval of local authorities or an | 23 |
| appropriate public body authorized by
law to provide public | 24 |
| transportation. Any vehicle so operated may be
8 feet 6 | 25 |
| inches in width; or
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| (3) When a county engineer or superintendent of | 27 |
| highways, after giving due
consideration to the mass | 28 |
| transportation needs of the area and to the width and
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| condition of the road, has determined that the operation of | 30 |
| buses wider than 8
feet will not pose an undue safety | 31 |
| hazard on a particular county or township
road segment, he | 32 |
| or she may authorize buses not to exceed 8 feet 6 inches in
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| width on any highway under that engineer's or | 34 |
| superintendent's jurisdiction.
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| (e) A vehicle and load traveling upon the National System | 36 |
| of Interstate
and Defense Highways or any other highway in the |
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| system of State highways
that has been designated as a Class I | 2 |
| or Class II highway by the
Department, or any street or highway | 3 |
| designated by local authorities, may have a total outside width | 4 |
| of 8 feet 6
inches, provided that certain safety devices that | 5 |
| the Department
determines as necessary for the safe and | 6 |
| efficient operation of motor
vehicles shall not be included in | 7 |
| the calculation of width.
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| (e-1) A vehicle and load more than 8 feet wide but not | 9 |
| exceeding 8 feet 6
inches in width is
allowed
access according | 10 |
| to the following:
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| (1) A vehicle and load not exceeding weights specified | 12 |
| in subsection (f) of Section 15-111
73,280 pounds in weight
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allowed access from any State designated highway onto | 14 |
| any State, county,
township, or municipal highway for a | 15 |
| distance of 5 highway miles for the
purpose of loading and | 16 |
| unloading, provided:
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| (A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 65 feet | 18 |
| overall length.
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| (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
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| (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 21 |
| between State
designated highways.
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| (D) The course of travel taken to or from the | 23 |
| designated route from or to the point of loading and | 24 |
| unloading is the shortest practical in the general | 25 |
| direction of the destination.
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| (2) A vehicle and load not exceeding weights specified | 27 |
| in subsection (f) of Section 15-111
73,280 pounds in weight
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| is allowed
access from any State designated highway onto | 29 |
| any State, county , or township
highway for a distance of 5 | 30 |
| highway miles or onto any municipal
highway for a distance | 31 |
| of one highway mile for the purpose of food, fuel,
repairs, | 32 |
| and rest, provided:
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| (A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 65 feet | 34 |
| overall length.
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| (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
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| (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare |
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| between State
designated highways.
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| (D) The course of travel taken to or from the | 3 |
| designated route from or to the point of food, fuel, | 4 |
| repairs, or rest is the shortest practical in the | 5 |
| general direction of the destination.
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| (3) (Blank).
A vehicle and load not exceeding 80,000 | 7 |
| pounds in weight is allowed
access from a Class I highway | 8 |
| onto any street or highway for a distance
of one highway | 9 |
| mile for the purpose of loading, unloading, food, fuel,
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| repairs, and rest, provided there is no sign prohibiting | 11 |
| that access.
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| (4) (Blank).
A vehicle and load not exceeding 80,000 | 13 |
| pounds in weight is allowed
access from a Class I or Class | 14 |
| II highway onto any State highway or any
locally designated | 15 |
| highway for a distance of 5 highway miles for the
purpose | 16 |
| of loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
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| (5) A trailer or semi-trailer not exceeding 28 feet 6 | 18 |
| inches in length,
that was
originally in combination with a | 19 |
| truck tractor, shall have unlimited access
to points of | 20 |
| loading and unloading.
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| (6) All household goods carriers shall have unlimited | 22 |
| access to points of
loading and unloading.
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| Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act | 24 |
| relating to
procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the | 25 |
| designation of highways under
this paragraph (e).
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| (f) Mirrors required by Section 12-502 of this Code and | 27 |
| other safety devices
identified by the Department may project | 28 |
| up to 14 inches beyond each side of
a bus and up to 6 inches | 29 |
| beyond each
side
of any other vehicle, and that projection | 30 |
| shall not be deemed a
violation of the width restrictions of | 31 |
| this Section.
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| (g) Any person who is convicted of violating this Section | 33 |
| is subject to
the penalty as provided in paragraph (b) of | 34 |
| Section 15-113.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02; 93-177, eff. 7-11-03.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/15-111) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111)
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| Sec. 15-111. Wheel and axle loads and gross weights.
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| (a) On non-designated highways, no vehicle or combination | 4 |
| of vehicles
equipped
with pneumatic tires may be operated, | 5 |
| unladen or with load,
when the total weight transmitted to the | 6 |
| road surface
exceeds 18,000 pounds on a single axle or 32,000 | 7 |
| pounds on a tandem axle with
no axle within the tandem | 8 |
| exceeding 18,000 pounds except:
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| (1) when a different limit is established and posted in | 10 |
| accordance with
Section 15-316 of this Code;
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| (2) vehicles for which the Department of | 12 |
| Transportation and local
authorities issue overweight
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| permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code;
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| (3) tow trucks subject to the conditions provided in | 15 |
| subsection (d)
may not exceed 24,000 pounds on a single | 16 |
| rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem
rear axle;
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| (4) any single axle of a 2-axle truck weighing 36,000 | 18 |
| pounds or
less and not a part of a combination of vehicles, | 19 |
| shall not exceed 20,000
pounds;
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| (5) any single axle of a 2-axle truck equipped with a | 21 |
| personnel
lift or digger derrick, weighing 36,000 pounds or | 22 |
| less, owned and operated by a
public utility, shall not | 23 |
| exceed 20,000 pounds;
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| (6) any single axle of a 2-axle truck specially | 25 |
| equipped with a front
loading compactor used exclusively | 26 |
| for garbage, refuse, or recycling may not
exceed 20,000 | 27 |
| pounds per axle, provided that the gross weight of the | 28 |
| vehicle
does not exceed 40,000 pounds;
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| (7) a truck, not in combination and specially equipped | 30 |
| with a
selfcompactor or an industrial roll-off hoist and | 31 |
| roll-off container, used
exclusively for garbage or refuse | 32 |
| operations may, when laden, transmit upon the
road surface | 33 |
| the following maximum
weights: 22,000 pounds on a single | 34 |
| axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem axle;
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| (8) a truck, not in combination and used exclusively | 36 |
| for the collection of
rendering materials,
may, when laden, |
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| transmit upon the road surface the
following maximum | 2 |
| weights:
22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on a | 3 |
| tandem axle;
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| (9) tandem axles on a 3-axle truck registered as a | 5 |
| Special Hauling
Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the | 6 |
| model year of 2014 and
first
registered in Illinois prior | 7 |
| to January 1, 2015, with a distance
greater than
72 inches | 8 |
| but not more than 96 inches between any series of 2 axles, | 9 |
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allowed a combined weight on the series not to exceed | 10 |
| 36,000 pounds and neither
axle of the series may exceed | 11 |
| 18,000 pounds. Any vehicle of this type
manufactured
after | 12 |
| the model year of 2014 or first registered in Illinois | 13 |
| after
December 31,
2014 may not exceed a combined weight of | 14 |
| 32,000 pounds through the
series of
2 axles and neither | 15 |
| axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
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| (10) tandem axles on a 4-axle truck mixer, whose fourth | 17 |
| axle is a road
surface
engaging mixer trailing axle, | 18 |
| registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle, used
exclusively | 19 |
| for the mixing and transportation of concrete and | 20 |
| manufactured
prior to or in the model year of 2014 and | 21 |
| first registered in
Illinois prior to
January 1, 2015, with | 22 |
| a distance greater than 72 inches but not
more than 96
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| inches between any series of 2 axles, is allowed a combined | 24 |
| weight on the
series not to exceed 36,000 pounds and | 25 |
| neither axle of the series may exceed
18,000 pounds. Any | 26 |
| vehicle of this type manufactured after the model year of
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| 2014 or
first registered in Illinois after December 31, | 28 |
| 2014 may not
exceed a
combined weight of 32,000 pounds | 29 |
| through the series of 2 axles and
neither axle of the | 30 |
| series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
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| (11) 4-axle vehicles or a 5 or more axle combination of | 32 |
| vehicles: The
weight
transmitted upon the road surface | 33 |
| through any series of 3 axles whose centers
are
more than | 34 |
| 96 inches apart, measured between extreme axles in the | 35 |
| series, may
not exceed those allowed in the table contained | 36 |
| in subsection (f) of this
Section. No axle or tandem axle |
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| of the series may exceed the maximum weight
permitted under | 2 |
| this Section for a single or tandem axle.
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| No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other | 4 |
| than pneumatic
tires may be operated, unladen or with load, | 5 |
| upon the highways of this State
when the gross weight on the | 6 |
| road surface through any wheel exceeds 800
pounds per inch | 7 |
| width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road
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| surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
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| (b) On non-designated highways, the gross weight of | 10 |
| vehicles and
combination of vehicles including
the weight of | 11 |
| the vehicle or combination and its maximum load shall be
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| subject to the foregoing limitations and further shall not | 13 |
| exceed the
following gross weights dependent upon the number of | 14 |
| axles and distance
between extreme axles of the vehicle or | 15 |
| combination measured longitudinally
to the nearest foot.
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| VEHICLES HAVING 2 AXLES ....................... 36,000 pounds
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| VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
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| HAVING 3 AXLES
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22 | | Minimum |
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Minimum |
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23 | | distance to |
Maximum |
distance to |
Maximum |
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24 | | nearest foot |
Gross |
nearest foot |
Gross |
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25 | | between |
Weight |
between |
Weight |
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26 | | extreme axles |
(pounds) |
extreme axles |
(pounds) |
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27 | | 10 feet |
41,000 |
16 feet |
46,000 |
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42,000 |
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47,000 |
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29 | | 12 |
43,000 |
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47,500 |
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44,000 |
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48,000 |
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31 | | 14 |
44,500 |
20 |
49,000 |
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32 | | 15 |
45,000 |
21 feet or more |
50,000 |
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HAVING 4 AXLES |
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Minimum |
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2 | | distance to |
Maximum |
distance to |
Maximum |
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3 | | nearest foot |
Gross |
nearest foot |
Gross |
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4 | | between |
Weight |
between |
Weight |
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5 | | extreme axles |
(pounds) |
extreme axles |
(pounds) |
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6 | | 15 feet |
50,000 |
26 feet |
57,500 |
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7 | | 16 |
50,500 |
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58,000 |
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8 | | 17 |
51,500 |
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58,500 |
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9 | | 18 |
52,000 |
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59,500 |
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10 | | 19 |
52,500 |
30 |
60,000 |
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11 | | 20 |
53,500 |
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60,500 |
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12 | | 21 |
54,000 |
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61,500 |
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13 | | 22 |
54,500 |
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62,000 |
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14 | | 23 |
55,500 |
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62,500 |
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15 | | 24 |
56,000 |
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63,500 |
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56,500 |
36 feet or more |
64,000 |
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17 | | A vehicle not in a combination having more than 4 axles may | 18 | | not exceed
the weight in the table in this subsection (b) for 4 | 19 | | axles measured between the
extreme axles of
the vehicle. |
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| 21 | | COMBINATIONS HAVING 5 OR MORE AXLES |
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22 | | Minimum distance to |
Maximum |
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23 | | nearest foot between |
Gross Weight |
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24 | | extreme axles |
(pounds) |
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25 | | 42 feet or less |
72,000 |
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73,000 |
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27 | | 44 feet or more |
73,280 |
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| VEHICLES OPERATING ON CRAWLER TYPE TRACKS ..... 40,000 pounds
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| TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS
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| OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE
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| OR REFUSE HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR
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| THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS
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| On Highway Not Part of National System
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| of Interstate and Defense Highways
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| with 2 axles 36,000 pounds
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| with 3 axles 54,000 pounds
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| TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH
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| A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY
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| FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING
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| with 2 axles 40,000 pounds
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| (c) Cities having a population of more than 50,000 may | 8 |
| permit by
ordinance axle loads on 2 axle motor vehicles 33 1/2% | 9 |
| above those
provided for herein, but the increase shall not | 10 |
| become effective until the
city has officially notified the | 11 |
| Department of the passage of the
ordinance and shall not apply | 12 |
| to those vehicles when outside of the limits
of the city, nor | 13 |
| shall the gross weight of any 2 axle motor vehicle
operating | 14 |
| over any street of the city exceed 40,000 pounds.
| 15 |
| (d) Weight limitations shall not apply to vehicles | 16 |
| (including loads)
operated by a public utility when | 17 |
| transporting equipment required for
emergency repair of public | 18 |
| utility facilities or properties or water wells.
| 19 |
| A combination of vehicles, including a tow truck and a | 20 |
| disabled vehicle
or disabled combination of vehicles, that | 21 |
| exceeds the weight restriction
imposed by this Code, may be | 22 |
| operated on a public highway in this State
provided that | 23 |
| neither the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed nor
| 24 |
| the tow truck itself shall exceed the weight limitations | 25 |
| permitted
under this Chapter. During the towing operation, | 26 |
| neither the tow truck nor
the vehicle combination shall exceed
| 27 |
| 24,000 pounds on a single
rear axle and
44,000 pounds on a | 28 |
| tandem rear axle, provided the towing vehicle:
| 29 |
| (1) is specifically designed as a tow truck having a | 30 |
| gross vehicle
weight
rating of at least 18,000 pounds and | 31 |
| is equipped with air brakes, provided that
air
brakes are | 32 |
| required only if the towing vehicle is towing a vehicle,
| 33 |
| semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination that is | 34 |
| equipped with air brakes;
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| (2) is equipped with flashing, rotating, or | 2 |
| oscillating amber lights,
visible for at least 500 feet in | 3 |
| all directions;
| 4 |
| (3) is capable of utilizing the lighting and braking | 5 |
| systems of the
disabled vehicle or combination of vehicles; | 6 |
| and
| 7 |
| (4) does not engage in a tow exceeding 20 miles from | 8 |
| the initial point of
wreck or disablement. Any additional | 9 |
| movement of the vehicles may occur only
upon issuance of | 10 |
| authorization for that movement under the provisions of
| 11 |
| Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
| 12 |
| Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of | 13 |
| the tow truck
and vehicles being towed. The tow truck license | 14 |
| plate must cover the
operating empty weight of the tow truck | 15 |
| only. The weight
of each vehicle being towed shall be covered | 16 |
| by a valid license plate issued to
the owner or operator of the | 17 |
| vehicle being towed and displayed on that vehicle.
If no valid | 18 |
| plate issued to the owner or operator of that vehicle is | 19 |
| displayed
on that vehicle, or the plate displayed on that | 20 |
| vehicle does not cover the
weight of the vehicle, the weight of | 21 |
| the vehicle shall be covered by
the third tow truck plate | 22 |
| issued to the owner or operator of the tow truck and
| 23 |
| temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed.
| 24 |
| The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe | 25 |
| additional requirements.
However, nothing in this Code shall | 26 |
| prohibit a tow truck under
instructions of a police officer | 27 |
| from legally clearing a disabled vehicle,
that may be in | 28 |
| violation of weight limitations of this Chapter, from the
| 29 |
| roadway to the berm or shoulder of the highway.
If in the | 30 |
| opinion of the police officer that location is unsafe, the | 31 |
| officer
is authorized to have the disabled vehicle towed to the | 32 |
| nearest place of
safety.
| 33 |
| For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight | 34 |
| rating, or
GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the | 35 |
| manufacturer as the loaded
weight of the tow truck.
| 36 |
| (e) No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with |
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| pneumatic tires
shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon | 2 |
| the highways of this State in
violation of the provisions of | 3 |
| any permit issued under the provisions of
Sections 15-301 | 4 |
| through 15-319 of this Chapter.
| 5 |
| (f) On designated Class I, II, or III highways and the | 6 |
| National System of
Interstate and Defense Highways, no vehicle | 7 |
| or combination of vehicles with
pneumatic tires may be | 8 |
| operated, unladen or with load,
when the total weight on the | 9 |
| road surface
exceeds the following: 20,000 pounds on a single | 10 |
| axle; 34,000 pounds on a
tandem axle with no axle within the | 11 |
| tandem exceeding 20,000 pounds; 80,000
pounds gross weight for | 12 |
| vehicle combinations of 5 or more axles;
or a total weight on a | 13 |
| group of 2 or more consecutive axles in excess of that
weight | 14 |
| produced by the application of the following formula: W = 500 | 15 |
| times the
sum of (LN divided by N-1) + 12N + 36, where "W" | 16 |
| equals overall total weight on
any group of 2 or more | 17 |
| consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds, "L" equals
the
| 18 |
| distance measured to the nearest foot between extremes of any | 19 |
| group of 2 or
more consecutive axles, and "N" equals the number | 20 |
| of axles in the group under
consideration.
| 21 |
| The above formula when expressed in tabular form results in | 22 |
| allowable loads
as follows:
| 23 |
| Distance measured
| 24 |
| to the nearest
| 25 |
| foot between the
| 26 |
| extremes of any Maximum weight in pounds
| 27 |
| group of 2 or of any group of
| 28 |
| more consecutive 2 or more consecutive axles
| 29 |
| axles
|
|
30 | | feet |
2 axles |
3 axles |
4 axles |
5 axles |
6 axles |
|
31 | | 4 |
34,000 |
| | | |
|
32 | | 5 |
34,000 |
| | | |
|
33 | | 6 |
34,000 |
| | | |
|
34 | | 7 |
34,000 |
| | | |
|
35 | | 8 |
38,000* |
42,000 |
| | |
|
36 | | 9 |
39,000 |
42,500 |
| | |
|
37 | | 10 |
40,000 |
43,500 |
| | |
|
38 | | 11 |
|
44,000 |
| | |
|
39 | | 12 |
|
45,000 |
50,000 |
| |
|
40 | | 13 |
|
45,500 |
50,500 |
| |
|
41 | | 14 |
|
46,500 |
51,500 |
| |
|
42 | | 15 |
|
47,000 |
52,000 |
| |
|
43 | | 16 |
|
48,000 |
52,500 |
58,000 |
|
|
44 | | 17 |
|
48,500 |
53,500 |
58,500 |
|
|
45 | | 18 |
|
49,500 |
54,000 |
59,000 |
|
|
46 | | 19 |
|
50,000 |
54,500 |
60,000 |
|
|
47 | | 20 |
|
51,000 |
55,500 |
60,500 |
66,000 |
|
48 | | 21 |
|
51,500 |
56,000 |
61,000 |
66,500 |
|
49 | | 22 |
|
52,500 |
56,500 |
61,500 |
67,000 |
|
50 | | 23 |
|
53,000 |
57,500 |
62,500 |
68,000 |
|
51 | | 24 |
|
54,000 |
58,000 |
63,000 |
68,500 |
|
52 | | 25 |
|
54,500 |
58,500 |
63,500 |
69,000 |
|
53 | | 26 |
|
55,500 |
59,500 |
64,000 |
69,500 |
|
54 | | 27 |
|
56,000 |
60,000 |
65,000 |
70,000 |
|
55 | | 28 |
|
57,000 |
60,500 |
65,500 |
71,000 |
|
56 | | 29 |
|
57,500 |
61,500 |
66,000 |
71,500 |
|
57 | | 30 |
|
58,500 |
62,000 |
66,500 |
72,000 |
|
58 | | 31 |
|
59,000 |
62,500 |
67,500 |
72,500 |
|
59 | | 32 |
|
60,000 |
63,500 |
68,000 |
73,000 |
|
60 | | 33 |
|
|
64,000 |
68,500 |
74,000 |
|
61 | | 34 |
|
|
64,500 |
69,000 |
74,500 |
|
62 | | 35 |
|
|
65,500 |
70,000 |
75,000 |
|
63 | | 36 |
|
|
66,000 |
70,500 |
75,500 |
|
64 | | 37 |
|
|
66,500 |
71,000 |
76,000 |
|
65 | | 38 |
|
|
67,500 |
72,000 |
77,000 |
|
66 | | 39 |
|
|
68,000 |
72,500 |
77,500 |
|
67 | | 40 |
|
|
68,500 |
73,000 |
78,000 |
|
68 | | 41 |
|
|
69,500 |
73,500 |
78,500 |
|
69 | | 42 |
|
|
70,000 |
74,000 |
79,000 |
|
70 | | 43 |
|
|
70,500 |
75,000 |
80,000 |
|
71 | | 44 |
|
|
71,500 |
75,500 |
|
|
72 | | 45 |
|
|
72,000 |
76,000 |
|
|
73 | | 46 |
|
|
72,500 |
76,500 |
|
|
74 | | 47 |
|
|
73,500 |
77,500 |
|
|
75 | | 48 |
|
|
74,000 |
78,000 |
|
|
76 | | 49 |
|
|
74,500 |
78,500 |
|
|
77 | | 50 |
|
|
75,500 |
79,000 |
|
|
78 | | 51 |
|
|
76,000 |
80,000 |
|
|
79 | | 52 |
|
|
76,500 |
| |
|
80 | | 53 |
|
|
77,500 |
| |
|
81 | | 54 |
|
|
78,000 |
| |
|
82 | | 55 |
|
|
78,500 |
| |
|
83 | | 56 |
|
|
79,500 |
| |
|
84 | | 57 |
|
|
80,000 |
| |
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| *If the distance between 2 axles is 96 inches or less, the 2 | 15 |
| axles are
tandem axles and the maximum total weight may not | 16 |
| exceed 34,000 pounds,
notwithstanding the higher limit | 17 |
| resulting from the application of the formula.
| 18 |
| Vehicles not in a combination having more than 4 axles may | 19 |
| not exceed the
weight in the table in this subsection (f) for 4 | 20 |
| axles measured between the
extreme axles of the
vehicle.
| 21 |
| Vehicles in a combination having more than 6 axles may not | 22 |
| exceed the weight
in the table in this subsection (f) for 6 | 23 |
| axles measured between the extreme
axles of the
combination.
| 24 |
| Local authorities, with respect
to streets and highways | 25 |
| under their jurisdiction, without additional
fees, may also by | 26 |
| ordinance or resolution allow the weight limitations of this
| 27 |
| subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle | 28 |
| shall not exceed
20,000 pounds and the maximum total weight on | 29 |
| any tandem axle
shall not exceed
34,000 pounds, on designated | 30 |
| highways when appropriate regulatory signs giving
notice are | 31 |
| erected upon the street or highway or portion of any street or
| 32 |
| highway affected by the ordinance or resolution.
| 33 |
| The following are exceptions to the above formula:
| 34 |
| (1) Two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a | 35 |
| total weight of
34,000
pounds each if the overall distance | 36 |
| between the first and last axles of the
consecutive sets of |
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| (2) Vehicles for which a different limit is established | 3 |
| and posted in
accordance with Section 15-316 of this Code.
| 4 |
| (3) Vehicles for which the Department of | 5 |
| Transportation and local
authorities issue overweight
| 6 |
| permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code. | 7 |
| These vehicles are
not subject
to the bridge formula.
| 8 |
| (4) Tow trucks subject to the conditions provided in | 9 |
| subsection (d)
may not exceed 24,000 pounds on a single | 10 |
| rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem
rear axle.
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| (5) A tandem axle on a 3-axle truck registered as a | 12 |
| Special Hauling
Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the | 13 |
| model year of 2014, and
registered in Illinois prior to | 14 |
| January 1, 2015, with a distance
between 2
axles
in a | 15 |
| series greater than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches | 16 |
| may not exceed
a total weight of 36,000 pounds and neither | 17 |
| axle of the series may exceed
18,000 pounds.
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| (6) A truck not in combination, equipped with a self | 19 |
| compactor or an
industrial roll-off hoist and roll-off | 20 |
| container, used exclusively for garbage
or refuse | 21 |
| operations, may, when laden, transmit upon the road | 22 |
| surface,
except when on part of the National System of | 23 |
| Interstate and Defense
Highways, the following maximum | 24 |
| weights: 22,000 pounds on a
single axle; 40,000 pounds on a | 25 |
| tandem axle; 36,000 pounds gross weight on a
2-axle | 26 |
| vehicle; 54,000 pounds gross weight on a 3-axle vehicle.
| 27 |
| This vehicle is not subject to the bridge formula.
| 28 |
| (7) Combinations of vehicles, registered as Special | 29 |
| Hauling Vehicles that
include a semitrailer manufactured | 30 |
| prior to or in the model year of 2014, and
registered in | 31 |
| Illinois prior to January 1, 2015, having 5 axles
with a
| 32 |
| distance of 42 feet or less between extreme axles, may not | 33 |
| exceed the
following maximum weights: 18,000 pounds on a | 34 |
| single axle; 32,000 pounds on a
tandem axle; and 72,000 | 35 |
| pounds gross weight. This combination of vehicles is
not | 36 |
| subject
to the bridge formula. For all those combinations |
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| of vehicles that include a
semitrailer manufactured after | 2 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 92nd | 3 |
| General Assembly, the overall distance between the first | 4 |
| and last
axles of the 2 sets of
tandems must be 18 feet 6 | 5 |
| inches or
more. Any combination of vehicles that has had | 6 |
| its cargo
container replaced in its entirety after December | 7 |
| 31, 2014 may not
exceed
the weights allowed by the bridge | 8 |
| formula.
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| No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other | 10 |
| than pneumatic
tires may be operated, unladen or with load, | 11 |
| upon the highways of this State
when the gross weight on the | 12 |
| road surface through any wheel exceeds 800
pounds per inch | 13 |
| width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road
| 14 |
| surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
| 15 |
| (f-1) A vehicle and load
not exceeding the weight | 16 |
| limitations specified in subsection (f)
73,280 pounds is | 17 |
| allowed access
as follows:
| 18 |
| (1) From any State designated highway onto any | 19 |
| non-designated
county, township, or
municipal highway for | 20 |
| a distance of 5 highway miles for the purpose of
loading ,
| 21 |
| and unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest, provided:
| 22 |
| (A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 8 feet 6 | 23 |
| inches in
width and 65 feet overall length.
| 24 |
| (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
| 25 |
| (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 26 |
| between State
designated highways.
| 27 |
| (D) The course of travel take to or from the | 28 |
| designated route from or to the point of loading, | 29 |
| unloading, food, fuel, repairs, or rest is the shortest | 30 |
| practical in the general direction of the destination.
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| (2) (Blank).
From any State designated highway onto any | 32 |
| county or township
highway for a distance of 5 highway | 33 |
| miles, or any municipal highway for a
distance of one | 34 |
| highway mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and | 35 |
| rest,
provided:
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width and 65 feet overall length.
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| (B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
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| (C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare | 4 |
| between State
designated highways.
| 5 |
| (f-2) (Blank).
A vehicle and load greater than 73,280 | 6 |
| pounds in weight but not
exceeding 80,000 pounds is allowed | 7 |
| access as follows:
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| (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway | 9 |
| for a distance of
one highway mile for the purpose of | 10 |
| loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs,
and rest, | 11 |
| provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
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| (2) From a Class I, II, or III highway onto any State | 13 |
| highway or any
local designated highway for a distance of 5 | 14 |
| highway miles for the purpose of
loading, unloading, food, | 15 |
| fuel, repairs, and rest.
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| Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act | 17 |
| relating
to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the | 18 |
| designation of highways
under this subsection.
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| (g) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of | 20 |
| vehicles over
a bridge or other elevated structure constituting | 21 |
| part of a highway with a
gross weight that is greater than the | 22 |
| maximum weight permitted by the
Department, when the structure | 23 |
| is sign posted as provided in this Section.
| 24 |
| (h) The Department upon request from any local authority | 25 |
| shall, or upon
its own initiative may, conduct an investigation | 26 |
| of any bridge or other
elevated structure constituting a part | 27 |
| of a highway, and if it finds that
the structure cannot with | 28 |
| safety to itself withstand the weight of vehicles
otherwise | 29 |
| permissible under this Code the Department shall determine and
| 30 |
| declare the maximum weight of vehicles that the structures can | 31 |
| withstand,
and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating | 32 |
| maximum weight to be
erected and maintained before each end of | 33 |
| the structure. No person shall
operate a vehicle or combination | 34 |
| of vehicles over any structure with a
gross weight that is | 35 |
| greater than the posted maximum weight.
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| (i) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation |
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| of subsections
(g) or (h) of this Section, proof of the | 2 |
| determination of the maximum
allowable weight by the Department | 3 |
| and the existence of the signs,
constitutes conclusive evidence | 4 |
| of the maximum weight that can be
maintained with safety to the | 5 |
| bridge or structure.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02; 93-177, eff. 7-11-03; | 7 |
| 93-186, eff.
1-1-04; revised 1-22-04 .)
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