Full Text of SB1471 094th General Assembly
SB1471 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB1471
Introduced 2/23/2005, by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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625 ILCS 5/15-111 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111 |
625 ILCS 5/15-111.1 new |
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Provides that the Department of Transportation and local authorities may specify highways in their respective jurisdictions upon which loads of up to 120,000 pounds are allowed without a special permit. Creates an exception where a bridge or other elevated structure constitutes part of the highway. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 |
| Section 15-111 and by adding Section 15-111.1 as follows:
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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, except as provided in | 9 |
| Section 15-111.1, no vehicle or combination of vehicles
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| equipped
with pneumatic tires may be operated, unladen or with | 11 |
| load,
when the total weight transmitted to the road surface
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| exceeds 18,000 pounds on a single axle or 32,000 pounds on a | 13 |
| tandem axle with
no axle within the tandem exceeding 18,000 | 14 |
| pounds except:
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| (1) when a different limit is established and posted in | 16 |
| accordance with
Section 15-316 of this Code;
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| (2) vehicles for which the Department of | 18 |
| 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 | 21 |
| subsection (d)
may not exceed 24,000 pounds on a single | 22 |
| 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 | 24 |
| pounds or
less and not a part of a combination of vehicles, | 25 |
| shall not exceed 20,000
pounds;
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| (5) any single axle of a 2-axle truck equipped with a | 27 |
| personnel
lift or digger derrick, weighing 36,000 pounds or | 28 |
| less, owned and operated by a
public utility, shall not | 29 |
| exceed 20,000 pounds;
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| (6) any single axle of a 2-axle truck specially | 31 |
| equipped with a front
loading compactor used exclusively | 32 |
| for garbage, refuse, or recycling may not
exceed 20,000 |
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| pounds per axle, provided that the gross weight of the | 2 |
| vehicle
does not exceed 40,000 pounds;
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| (7) a truck, not in combination and specially equipped | 4 |
| with a
selfcompactor or an industrial roll-off hoist and | 5 |
| roll-off container, used
exclusively for garbage or refuse | 6 |
| operations may, when laden, transmit upon the
road surface | 7 |
| the following maximum
weights: 22,000 pounds on a single | 8 |
| axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem axle;
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| (8) a truck, not in combination and used exclusively | 10 |
| for the collection of
rendering materials,
may, when laden, | 11 |
| transmit upon the road surface the
following maximum | 12 |
| weights:
22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on a | 13 |
| tandem axle;
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| (9) tandem axles on a 3-axle truck registered as a | 15 |
| Special Hauling
Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the | 16 |
| model year of 2014 and
first
registered in Illinois prior | 17 |
| to January 1, 2015, with a distance
greater than
72 inches | 18 |
| but not more than 96 inches between any series of 2 axles, | 19 |
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allowed a combined weight on the series not to exceed | 20 |
| 36,000 pounds and neither
axle of the series may exceed | 21 |
| 18,000 pounds. Any vehicle of this type
manufactured
after | 22 |
| the model year of 2014 or first registered in Illinois | 23 |
| after
December 31,
2014 may not exceed a combined weight of | 24 |
| 32,000 pounds through the
series of
2 axles and neither | 25 |
| axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
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| (10) tandem axles on a 4-axle truck mixer, whose fourth | 27 |
| axle is a road
surface
engaging mixer trailing axle, | 28 |
| registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle, used
exclusively | 29 |
| for the mixing and transportation of concrete and | 30 |
| manufactured
prior to or in the model year of 2014 and | 31 |
| first registered in
Illinois prior to
January 1, 2015, with | 32 |
| 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 | 34 |
| weight on the
series not to exceed 36,000 pounds and | 35 |
| neither axle of the series may exceed
18,000 pounds. Any | 36 |
| vehicle of this type manufactured after the model year of
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| 2014 or
first registered in Illinois after December 31, | 2 |
| 2014 may not
exceed a
combined weight of 32,000 pounds | 3 |
| through the series of 2 axles and
neither axle of the | 4 |
| series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
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| (11) 4-axle vehicles or a 5 or more axle combination of | 6 |
| vehicles: The
weight
transmitted upon the road surface | 7 |
| through any series of 3 axles whose centers
are
more than | 8 |
| 96 inches apart, measured between extreme axles in the | 9 |
| series, may
not exceed those allowed in the table contained | 10 |
| in subsection (f) of this
Section. No axle or tandem axle | 11 |
| of the series may exceed the maximum weight
permitted under | 12 |
| this Section for a single or tandem axle.
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| No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other | 14 |
| than pneumatic
tires may be operated, unladen or with load, | 15 |
| upon the highways of this State
when the gross weight on the | 16 |
| road surface through any wheel exceeds 800
pounds per inch | 17 |
| 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, except as provided in | 20 |
| Section 15-111.1, the gross weight of vehicles and
combination | 21 |
| of vehicles including
the weight of the vehicle or combination | 22 |
| and its maximum load shall be
subject to the foregoing | 23 |
| limitations and further shall not exceed the
following gross | 24 |
| weights dependent upon the number of axles and distance
between | 25 |
| extreme axles of the vehicle or combination measured | 26 |
| 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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With or |
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Without |
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Tandem Axles |
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33 | | Minimum |
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Minimum |
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34 | | distance to |
Maximum |
distance to |
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Gross |
nearest foot |
Gross |
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2 | | between |
Weight |
between |
Weight |
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3 | | extreme axles |
(pounds) |
extreme axles |
(pounds) |
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4 | | 10 feet |
41,000 |
16 feet |
46,000 |
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42,000 |
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47,000 |
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6 | | 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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44,500 |
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49,000 |
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45,000 |
21 feet or more |
50,000 |
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| 11 | | VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
HAVING 4 AXLES |
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12 | | Minimum |
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Minimum |
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13 | | distance to |
Maximum |
distance to |
Maximum |
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14 | | nearest foot |
Gross |
nearest foot |
Gross |
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15 | | between |
Weight |
between |
Weight |
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16 | | extreme axles |
(pounds) |
extreme axles |
(pounds) |
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17 | | 15 feet |
50,000 |
26 feet |
57,500 |
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50,500 |
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58,000 |
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51,500 |
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58,500 |
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20 | | 18 |
52,000 |
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59,500 |
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21 | | 19 |
52,500 |
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60,000 |
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22 | | 20 |
53,500 |
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60,500 |
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54,000 |
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61,500 |
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54,500 |
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62,000 |
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55,500 |
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62,500 |
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56,000 |
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63,500 |
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56,500 |
36 feet or more |
64,000 |
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28 | | A vehicle not in a combination having more than 4 axles may | 29 | | not exceed
the weight in the table in this subsection (b) for 4 | 30 | | axles measured between the
extreme axles of
the vehicle. |
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| 32 | | COMBINATIONS HAVING 5 OR MORE AXLES |
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33 | | Minimum distance to |
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34 | | nearest foot between |
Gross Weight |
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35 | | extreme axles |
(pounds) |
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36 | | 42 feet or less |
72,000 |
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73,000 |
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2 | | 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 | 17 |
| permit by
ordinance axle loads on 2 axle motor vehicles 33 1/2% | 18 |
| above those
provided for herein, but , except as provided in | 19 |
| Section 15-111.1, the increase shall not become effective until | 20 |
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city has officially notified the Department of the passage | 21 |
| of the
ordinance and shall not apply to those vehicles when | 22 |
| outside of the limits
of the city, nor shall the gross weight | 23 |
| of any 2 axle motor vehicle
operating over any street of the | 24 |
| city exceed 40,000 pounds.
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| (d) Weight limitations shall not apply to vehicles | 26 |
| (including loads)
operated by a public utility when | 27 |
| transporting equipment required for
emergency repair of public | 28 |
| utility facilities or properties or water wells.
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| A combination of vehicles, including a tow truck and a | 30 |
| disabled vehicle
or disabled combination of vehicles, that | 31 |
| exceeds the weight restriction
imposed by this Code, may be | 32 |
| operated on a public highway in this State
provided that |
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| neither the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed nor
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| the tow truck itself shall exceed the weight limitations | 3 |
| permitted
under this Chapter. During the towing operation, | 4 |
| except as provided in Section 15-111.1, neither the tow truck | 5 |
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the vehicle combination shall exceed
24,000 pounds on a | 6 |
| single
rear axle and
44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle, | 7 |
| provided the towing vehicle:
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| (1) is specifically designed as a tow truck having a | 9 |
| gross vehicle
weight
rating of at least 18,000 pounds and | 10 |
| is equipped with air brakes, provided that
air
brakes are | 11 |
| required only if the towing vehicle is towing a vehicle,
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| semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination that is | 13 |
| equipped with air brakes;
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| (2) is equipped with flashing, rotating, or | 15 |
| oscillating amber lights,
visible for at least 500 feet in | 16 |
| all directions;
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| (3) is capable of utilizing the lighting and braking | 18 |
| systems of the
disabled vehicle or combination of vehicles; | 19 |
| and
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| (4) does not engage in a tow exceeding 20 miles from | 21 |
| the initial point of
wreck or disablement. Any additional | 22 |
| movement of the vehicles may occur only
upon issuance of | 23 |
| authorization for that movement under the provisions of
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| Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code. The towing | 25 |
| vehicle, however,
may tow any disabled vehicle from the
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| initial point of wreck or disablement to a point where | 27 |
| repairs are actually to
occur. This movement shall be valid | 28 |
| only on State routes.
The tower must abide by posted bridge | 29 |
| weight
limits.
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| Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of | 31 |
| the tow truck
and vehicles being towed. The tow truck license | 32 |
| plate must cover the
operating empty weight of the tow truck | 33 |
| only. The weight
of each vehicle being towed shall be covered | 34 |
| by a valid license plate issued to
the owner or operator of the | 35 |
| vehicle being towed and displayed on that vehicle.
If no valid | 36 |
| plate issued to the owner or operator of that vehicle is |
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| displayed
on that vehicle, or the plate displayed on that | 2 |
| vehicle does not cover the
weight of the vehicle, the weight of | 3 |
| the vehicle shall be covered by
the third tow truck plate | 4 |
| issued to the owner or operator of the tow truck and
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| temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed.
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| The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe | 7 |
| additional requirements.
However, nothing in this Code shall | 8 |
| prohibit a tow truck under
instructions of a police officer | 9 |
| from legally clearing a disabled vehicle,
that may be in | 10 |
| violation of weight limitations of this Chapter, from the
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| roadway to the berm or shoulder of the highway.
If in the | 12 |
| opinion of the police officer that location is unsafe, the | 13 |
| officer
is authorized to have the disabled vehicle towed to the | 14 |
| nearest place of
safety.
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| For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight | 16 |
| rating, or
GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the | 17 |
| manufacturer as the loaded
weight of the tow truck.
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| (e) No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with | 19 |
| pneumatic tires
shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon | 20 |
| the highways of this State in
violation of the provisions of | 21 |
| any permit issued under the provisions of
Sections 15-301 | 22 |
| through 15-319 of this Chapter.
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| (f) On designated Class I, II, or III highways and the | 24 |
| National System of
Interstate and Defense Highways, except as | 25 |
| provided in Section 15-111.1, no vehicle or combination of | 26 |
| vehicles with
pneumatic tires may be operated, unladen or with | 27 |
| load,
when the total weight on the road surface
exceeds the | 28 |
| following: 20,000 pounds on a single axle; 34,000 pounds on a
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| tandem axle with no axle within the tandem exceeding 20,000 | 30 |
| pounds; 80,000
pounds gross weight for vehicle combinations of | 31 |
| 5 or more axles;
or a total weight on a group of 2 or more | 32 |
| consecutive axles in excess of that
weight produced by the | 33 |
| application of the following formula: W = 500 times the
sum of | 34 |
| (LN divided by N-1) + 12N + 36, where "W" equals overall total | 35 |
| weight on
any group of 2 or more consecutive axles to the | 36 |
| nearest 500 pounds, "L" equals
the
distance measured to the |
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| nearest foot between extremes of any group of 2 or
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| consecutive axles, and "N" equals the number of axles in the | 3 |
| group under
consideration.
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| The above formula when expressed in tabular form results in | 5 |
| allowable loads
as follows:
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| Distance measured
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| to the nearest
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| foot between the
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| extremes of any Maximum weight in pounds
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| group of 2 or of any group of
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| more consecutive 2 or more consecutive axles
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| axles
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13 | | feet |
2 axles |
3 axles |
4 axles |
5 axles |
6 axles |
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34,000 |
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34,000 |
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34,000 |
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38,000* |
42,000 |
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39,000 |
42,500 |
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40,000 |
43,500 |
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44,000 |
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45,000 |
50,000 |
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45,500 |
50,500 |
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46,500 |
51,500 |
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47,000 |
52,000 |
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48,000 |
52,500 |
58,000 |
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48,500 |
53,500 |
58,500 |
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49,500 |
54,000 |
59,000 |
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50,000 |
54,500 |
60,000 |
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51,000 |
55,500 |
60,500 |
66,000 |
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51,500 |
56,000 |
61,000 |
66,500 |
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52,500 |
56,500 |
61,500 |
67,000 |
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53,000 |
57,500 |
62,500 |
68,000 |
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54,000 |
58,000 |
63,000 |
68,500 |
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54,500 |
58,500 |
63,500 |
69,000 |
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55,500 |
59,500 |
64,000 |
69,500 |
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56,000 |
60,000 |
65,000 |
70,000 |
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38 | | 28 |
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57,000 |
60,500 |
65,500 |
71,000 |
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57,500 |
61,500 |
66,000 |
71,500 |
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40 | | 30 |
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58,500 |
62,000 |
66,500 |
72,000 |
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59,000 |
62,500 |
67,500 |
72,500 |
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60,000 |
63,500 |
68,000 |
73,000 |
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64,000 |
68,500 |
74,000 |
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44 | | 34 |
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64,500 |
69,000 |
74,500 |
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45 | | 35 |
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65,500 |
70,000 |
75,000 |
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46 | | 36 |
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66,000 |
70,500 |
75,500 |
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66,500 |
71,000 |
76,000 |
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67,500 |
72,000 |
77,000 |
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49 | | 39 |
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68,000 |
72,500 |
77,500 |
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68,500 |
73,000 |
78,000 |
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51 | | 41 |
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69,500 |
73,500 |
78,500 |
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52 | | 42 |
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70,000 |
74,000 |
79,000 |
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53 | | 43 |
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70,500 |
75,000 |
80,000 |
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54 | | 44 |
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71,500 |
75,500 |
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72,000 |
76,000 |
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56 | | 46 |
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72,500 |
76,500 |
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57 | | 47 |
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73,500 |
77,500 |
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74,000 |
78,000 |
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59 | | 49 |
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74,500 |
78,500 |
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60 | | 50 |
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75,500 |
79,000 |
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61 | | 51 |
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76,000 |
80,000 |
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62 | | 52 |
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76,500 |
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63 | | 53 |
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77,500 |
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78,000 |
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78,500 |
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79,500 |
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67 | | 57 |
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80,000 |
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| *If the distance between 2 axles is 96 inches or less, the 2 | 34 |
| axles are
tandem axles and the maximum total weight may not | 35 |
| exceed 34,000 pounds,
notwithstanding the higher limit | 36 |
| resulting from the application of the formula.
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| Vehicles not in a combination having more than 4 axles may | 2 |
| not exceed the
weight in the table in this subsection (f) for 4 | 3 |
| axles measured between the
extreme axles of the
vehicle.
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| Vehicles in a combination having more than 6 axles may not | 5 |
| exceed the weight
in the table in this subsection (f) for 6 | 6 |
| axles measured between the extreme
axles of the
combination.
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| Local authorities, with respect
to streets and highways | 8 |
| under their jurisdiction, without additional
fees, may also by | 9 |
| ordinance or resolution allow the weight limitations of this
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| subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle | 11 |
| shall not exceed
20,000 pounds and the maximum total weight on | 12 |
| any tandem axle
shall not exceed
34,000 pounds, on designated | 13 |
| highways when appropriate regulatory signs giving
notice are | 14 |
| erected upon the street or highway or portion of any street or
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| highway affected by the ordinance or resolution.
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| The following are exceptions to the above formula:
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| (1) Two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a | 18 |
| total weight of
34,000
pounds each if the overall distance | 19 |
| between the first and last axles of the
consecutive sets of | 20 |
| tandem axles is 36 feet or more.
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| (2) Vehicles for which a different limit is established | 22 |
| and posted in
accordance with Section 15-316 of this Code.
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| (3) Vehicles for which the Department of | 24 |
| Transportation and local
authorities issue overweight
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| permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code. | 26 |
| These vehicles are
not subject
to the bridge formula.
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| (4) Tow trucks subject to the conditions provided in | 28 |
| subsection (d)
may not exceed 24,000 pounds on a single | 29 |
| 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 | 31 |
| Special Hauling
Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the | 32 |
| model year of 2014, and
registered in Illinois prior to | 33 |
| January 1, 2015, with a distance
between 2
axles
in a | 34 |
| series greater than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches | 35 |
| may not exceed
a total weight of 36,000 pounds and neither | 36 |
| axle of the series may exceed
18,000 pounds.
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| (6) A truck not in combination, equipped with a self | 2 |
| compactor or an
industrial roll-off hoist and roll-off | 3 |
| container, used exclusively for garbage
or refuse | 4 |
| operations, may, when laden, transmit upon the road | 5 |
| surface,
except when on part of the National System of | 6 |
| Interstate and Defense
Highways, the following maximum | 7 |
| weights: 22,000 pounds on a
single axle; 40,000 pounds on a | 8 |
| tandem axle; 36,000 pounds gross weight on a
2-axle | 9 |
| vehicle; 54,000 pounds gross weight on a 3-axle vehicle.
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| This vehicle is not subject to the bridge formula.
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| (7) Combinations of vehicles, registered as Special | 12 |
| Hauling Vehicles that
include a semitrailer manufactured | 13 |
| prior to or in the model year of 2014, and
registered in | 14 |
| Illinois prior to January 1, 2015, having 5 axles
with a
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| distance of 42 feet or less between extreme axles, may not | 16 |
| exceed the
following maximum weights: 18,000 pounds on a | 17 |
| single axle; 32,000 pounds on a
tandem axle; and 72,000 | 18 |
| pounds gross weight. This combination of vehicles is
not | 19 |
| subject
to the bridge formula. For all those combinations | 20 |
| of vehicles that include a
semitrailer manufactured after | 21 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 92nd | 22 |
| General Assembly, the overall distance between the first | 23 |
| and last
axles of the 2 sets of
tandems must be 18 feet 6 | 24 |
| inches or
more. Any combination of vehicles that has had | 25 |
| its cargo
container replaced in its entirety after December | 26 |
| 31, 2014 may not
exceed
the weights allowed by the bridge | 27 |
| formula.
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| No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other | 29 |
| than pneumatic
tires may be operated, unladen or with load, | 30 |
| upon the highways of this State
when the gross weight on the | 31 |
| road surface through any wheel exceeds 800
pounds per inch | 32 |
| 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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| (f-1) A vehicle and load
not exceeding 73,280 pounds , | 35 |
| except as provided in Section 15-111.1, is allowed access
as | 36 |
| follows:
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| (1) From any State designated highway onto any county, | 2 |
| township, or
municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway | 3 |
| miles for the purpose of
loading and unloading, provided:
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| (A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 8 feet 6 | 5 |
| inches in
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 | 8 |
| between State
designated highways.
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| (2) From any State designated highway onto any county | 10 |
| or township
highway for a distance of 5 highway miles, or | 11 |
| any municipal highway for a
distance of one highway mile | 12 |
| for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
provided:
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| (A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 8 feet 6 | 14 |
| inches in
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 | 17 |
| between State
designated highways.
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| (f-2) A vehicle and load greater than 73,280 pounds in | 19 |
| weight but not
exceeding 80,000 pounds , except as provided in | 20 |
| Section 15-111.1, is allowed access as follows:
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| (1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway | 22 |
| for a distance of
one highway mile for the purpose of | 23 |
| loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs,
and rest, | 24 |
| provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
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| (2) From a Class I, II, or III highway onto any State | 26 |
| highway or any
local designated highway for a distance of 5 | 27 |
| highway miles for the purpose of
loading, unloading, food, | 28 |
| fuel, repairs, and rest.
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| Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act | 30 |
| relating
to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the | 31 |
| designation of highways
under this subsection.
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| (g) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of | 33 |
| vehicles over
a bridge or other elevated structure constituting | 34 |
| part of a highway with a
gross weight that is greater than the | 35 |
| maximum weight permitted by the
Department, when the structure | 36 |
| is sign posted as provided in this Section.
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| (h) The Department upon request from any local authority | 2 |
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its own initiative may, conduct an investigation | 3 |
| of any bridge or other
elevated structure constituting a part | 4 |
| of a highway, and if it finds that
the structure cannot with | 5 |
| safety to itself withstand the weight of vehicles
otherwise | 6 |
| permissible under this Code the Department shall determine and
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| declare the maximum weight of vehicles that the structures can | 8 |
| withstand,
and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating | 9 |
| maximum weight to be
erected and maintained before each end of | 10 |
| the structure. No person shall
operate a vehicle or combination | 11 |
| of vehicles over any structure with a
gross weight that is | 12 |
| greater than the posted maximum weight.
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| (i) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation | 14 |
| of subsections
(g) or (h) of this Section, proof of the | 15 |
| determination of the maximum
allowable weight by the Department | 16 |
| and the existence of the signs,
constitutes conclusive evidence | 17 |
| of the maximum weight that can be
maintained with safety to the | 18 |
| bridge or structure.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02; 93-177, eff. 7-11-03; | 20 |
| 93-186, eff.
1-1-04; 93-1023, eff. 8-25-04.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/15-111.1 new) | 22 |
| Sec. 15-111.1. Higher load limits on highways specified by | 23 |
| the Department or local authorities. Except as provided in | 24 |
| subsections (g) and (h) of Section 15-111, the Department and | 25 |
| local authorities may, within their respective jurisdictions, | 26 |
| specify certain roadways upon which loads of a gross weight not | 27 |
| exceeding 120,000 pounds are allowed without a special permit.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 29 |
| becoming law.
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