§ 70-911. Gross weight of vehicles and loads.

(a)

Subject to the limit upon the weight imposed upon the street or highway through single and tandem axles as set forth in sections 70-909 and 70-910, the total gross weight with load imposed upon a street or highway by any group of two or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not exceed the gross weight given for the respective distance between the first and last axle of the group of axles measured longitudinally to the nearest foot as set forth in the following table:

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Distance in Feet Between the Extremes of Any Group of Two or More Consecutive Axles			Maximum Load in Pounds
Feet	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	40,000	44,000
12	40,000	45,000	50,000
13	40,000	45,500	50,500
14	40,000	46,500	51,500
15	40,000	47,000	52,000
16	40,000	48,000	52,500	58,000
17	40,000	48,500	53,500	58,500
18	40,000	49,500	54,000	59,000
19	40,000	50,000	54,500	60,000
20	40,000	51,000	55,500	60,500	66,000
21	40,000	51,500	56,000	61,000	66,500
22	40,000	52,500	56,500	61,500	67,000
23	40,000	53,000	57,500	62,500	68,000
24	40,000	54,000	58,000	63,000	68,500
25	40,000	54,500	58,500	63,500	69,000
26	40,000	55,500	59,500	64,000	69,500
27	40,000	56,000	60,000	65,000	70,000
28	40,000	57,000	60,500	65,500	71,000
29	40,000	57,500	61,500	66,000	71,500
30	40,000	58,500	62,000	66,500	72,000
31	40,000	59,000	62,500	67,500	72,500
32	40,000	60,000	63,500	68,000	73,000
33	40,000	60,000	64,000	68,500	74,000
34	40,000	60,000	64,500	69,000	74,500
35	40,000	60,000	65,500	70,000	75,000
36		60,000	66,000	70,500	75,500
37		60,000	66,500	71,000	76,000
38		60,000	67,500	72,000	77,000
39		60,000	68,000	72,500	77,500
40		60,000	68,500	73,000	78,000
41		60,000	69,500	73,500	78,500
42		60,000	70,000	74,000	79,000
43		60,000	70,500	75,000	80,000
44		60,000	71,500	75,500	80,000
45		60,000	72,000	76,000	80,000
46		60,000	72,500	76,500	80,000
47		60,000	73,500	77,500	80,000
48		60,000	74,000	78,000	80,000
49		60,000	74,500	78,500	80,000
50		60,000	75,500	79,000	80,000
51		60,000	76,000	80,000	80,000
52		60,000	76,500	80,000	80,000
53		60,000	77,500	80,000	80,000
54		60,000	78,000	80,000	80,000
55		60,000	78,500	80,000	80,000
56		60,000	79,500	80,000	80,000
57		60,000	80,000	80,000	80,000

 

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(b)

Subject to the limit upon the weight imposed through any one axle or through any tandem axle as provided in sections 70-909 and 70-910, the total gross weight with load imposed upon any bridges generally considered by the state highways and transportation commission to be on the supplementary system or upon any bridges which are under the jurisdiction of and maintained by the city shall not exceed the gross weight given for the respective distance between the first and last axle of the total group of axles measured longitudinally to the nearest foot as set forth in the following table:

Distance in Feet Between the Extreme Axles	Maximum Load in Pounds
4	32,000
5	32,000
6	32,000
7	32,000
8	32,610
9	33,580
10	34,550
11	35,510
12	36,470
13	37,420
14	38,360
15	39,300
16	40,230
17	41,160
18	42,080
19	42,990
20	43,900
21	44,800
22	45,700
23	46,590
24	47,470
25	48,350
26	49,220
27	50,090
28	50,950
29	51,800
30	52,650
31	53,490
32	54,330
33	55,160
34	55,980
35	56,800
36	57,610
37	58,420
38	59,220
39	60,010
40	60,800
41	61,580
42	62,360
43	63,130
44	63,890
45 or over	64,650

 

(c)

The state highways and transportation commission with respect to bridges on the supplementary system, or the director with respect to bridges on city streets and highways, may determine and declare that certain designated bridges may legally be subjected to the higher limits described in subsection (a) of this section. Such bridges shall be designated by special signs indicating the single-axle load limit, tandem-axle load limit and gross weight limit.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 34.252; Ord. No. 41525, 10-20-72; Ord. No. 56381, 8-16-84)