|
vehicle
does not exceed 40,000 pounds;
|
(7) a truck, not in combination and specially equipped |
with a
selfcompactor or an industrial roll-off hoist and |
roll-off container, used
exclusively for garbage or refuse |
operations may, when laden, transmit upon the
road surface |
the following maximum
weights: 22,000 pounds on a single |
axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem axle;
|
(8) a truck, not in combination and used exclusively |
for the collection of
rendering materials,
may, when laden, |
transmit upon the road surface the
following maximum |
weights:
22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on a |
tandem axle;
|
(9) tandem axles on a 3-axle truck registered as a |
Special Hauling
Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the |
model year of 2014 and
first
registered in Illinois prior |
to January 1, 2015, with a distance
greater than
72 inches |
but not more than 96 inches between any series of 2 axles, |
is
allowed a combined weight on the series not to exceed |
36,000 pounds and neither
axle of the series may exceed |
18,000 pounds. Any vehicle of this type
manufactured
after |
the model year of 2014 or first registered in Illinois |
after
December 31,
2014 may not exceed a combined weight of |
32,000 pounds through the
series of
2 axles and neither |
axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
|
(10) tandem axles on a 4-axle truck mixer, whose fourth |
axle is a road
surface
engaging mixer trailing axle,
|
registered as a Special Hauling Vehicle, used
exclusively |
for the mixing and transportation of concrete in the |
plastic state and manufactured
prior to or in the model |
year of 2014 and first registered in
Illinois prior to
|
January 1, 2015, with a distance greater than 72 inches but |
not
more than 96
inches between any series of 2 axles, is |
allowed the following maximum weights: 20,000 pounds on any |
single axle; 36,000 pounds on any series of 2 axles greater |
than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches; and 34,000 |
pounds on any series of 2 axles greater than 40 inches but |
|
not more than 72 inches
a combined weight on the
series not |
to exceed 36,000 pounds and neither axle of the series may |
exceed
18,000 pounds. Any vehicle of this type manufactured |
after the model year of
2014 or
first registered in |
Illinois after December 31, 2014 may not
exceed a
combined |
weight of 32,000 pounds through the series of 2 axles and
|
neither axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
|
(11) 4-axle vehicles or a 5 or more axle combination of |
vehicles: The
weight
transmitted upon the road surface |
through any series of 3 axles whose centers
are
more than |
96 inches apart, measured between extreme axles in the |
series, may
not exceed those allowed in the table contained |
in subsection (f) of this
Section. No axle or tandem axle |
of the series may exceed the maximum weight
permitted under |
this Section for a single or tandem axle.
|
No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other |
than pneumatic
tires may be operated, unladen or with load, |
upon the highways of this State
when the gross weight on the |
road surface through any wheel exceeds 800
pounds per inch |
width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road
|
surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
|
(b) On non-designated highways, the gross weight of |
vehicles and
combination of vehicles including
the weight of |
the vehicle or combination and its maximum load shall be
|
subject to the foregoing limitations and further shall not |
exceed the
following gross weights dependent upon the number of |
axles and distance
between extreme axles of the vehicle or |
combination measured longitudinally
to the nearest foot.
|
VEHICLES HAVING 2 AXLES ....................... 36,000 pounds
|
VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
|
HAVING 3 AXLES
|
|
With Tandem |
|
With or |
|
|
Axles |
|
Without |
|
|
|
|
Tandem Axles |
|
|
|
|
extreme axles |
(pounds) |
|
42 feet or less |
72,000 |
|
43 |
73,000 |
|
44 feet or more |
73,280 |
|
VEHICLES OPERATING ON CRAWLER TYPE TRACKS ..... 40,000 pounds
|
TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS
|
OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE,
|
REFUSE, OR RECYCLING HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR
|
THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS
|
On Highway Not Part of National System
|
of Interstate and Defense Highways
|
with 2 axles 36,000 pounds
|
with 3 axles 54,000 pounds
|
TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH
|
A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY
|
FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING
|
with 2 axles 40,000 pounds
|
A 4-axle truck mixer registered as a Special Hauling |
Vehicle, used exclusively for mixing and transportation of |
concrete in the plastic state, manufactured before or in the |
model year of 2014, and first registered in Illinois before |
January 1, 2015, is allowed a maximum gross weight listed in |
the table of subsection (f) of this Section for 4 axles. This |
vehicle, while loaded with concrete in the plastic state, is |
not subject to the series of 3 axles requirement provided for |
in subdivision (a)(11) of this Section, but no axle or tandem |
axle of the series may exceed the maximum weight permitted |
under subdivision (a)(10) of this Section.
|
(b-1) As used in this Section, a "recycling haul" or |
"recycling operation" means the hauling of segregated, |
non-hazardous, non-special, homogeneous non-putrescible |
materials, such as paper, glass, cans, or plastic, for |
|
subsequent use in the secondary materials market.
|
(c) Cities having a population of more than 50,000 may |
permit by
ordinance axle loads on 2 axle motor vehicles 33 1/2% |
above those
provided for herein, but the increase shall not |
become effective until the
city has officially notified the |
Department of the passage of the
ordinance and shall not apply |
to those vehicles when outside of the limits
of the city, nor |
shall the gross weight of any 2 axle motor vehicle
operating |
over any street of the city exceed 40,000 pounds.
|
(d) Weight limitations shall not apply to vehicles |
(including loads)
operated by a public utility when |
transporting equipment required for
emergency repair of public |
utility facilities or properties or water wells.
|
A combination of vehicles, including a tow truck and a |
disabled vehicle
or disabled combination of vehicles, that |
exceeds the weight restriction
imposed by this Code, may be |
operated on a public highway in this State
provided that |
neither the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed nor
|
the tow truck itself shall exceed the weight limitations |
permitted
under this Chapter. During the towing operation, |
neither the tow truck nor
the vehicle combination shall exceed
|
24,000 pounds on a single
rear axle and
44,000 pounds on a |
tandem rear axle, provided the towing vehicle:
|
(1) is specifically designed as a tow truck having a |
gross vehicle
weight
rating of at least 18,000 pounds and |
is equipped with air brakes, provided that
air
brakes are |
required only if the towing vehicle is towing a vehicle,
|
semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination that is |
equipped with air brakes;
|
(2) is equipped with flashing, rotating, or |
oscillating amber lights,
visible for at least 500 feet in |
all directions;
|
(3) is capable of utilizing the lighting and braking |
systems of the
disabled vehicle or combination of vehicles; |
and
|
(4) does not engage in a tow exceeding 20 miles from |
|
the initial point of
wreck or disablement. Any additional |
movement of the vehicles may occur only
upon issuance of |
authorization for that movement under the provisions of
|
Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code. The towing |
vehicle, however,
may tow any disabled vehicle from the
|
initial point of wreck or disablement to a point where |
repairs are actually to
occur. This movement shall be valid |
only on State routes.
The tower must abide by posted bridge |
weight
limits.
|
Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of |
the tow truck
and vehicles being towed. The tow truck license |
plate must cover the
operating empty weight of the tow truck |
only. The weight
of each vehicle being towed shall be covered |
by a valid license plate issued to
the owner or operator of the |
vehicle being towed and displayed on that vehicle.
If no valid |
plate issued to the owner or operator of that vehicle is |
displayed
on that vehicle, or the plate displayed on that |
vehicle does not cover the
weight of the vehicle, the weight of |
the vehicle shall be covered by
the third tow truck plate |
issued to the owner or operator of the tow truck and
|
temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed.
|
The Department may by rule or regulation prescribe |
additional requirements.
However, nothing in this Code shall |
prohibit a tow truck under
instructions of a police officer |
from legally clearing a disabled vehicle,
that may be in |
violation of weight limitations of this Chapter, from the
|
roadway to the berm or shoulder of the highway.
If in the |
opinion of the police officer that location is unsafe, the |
officer
is authorized to have the disabled vehicle towed to the |
nearest place of
safety.
|
For the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight |
rating, or
GVWR, shall mean the value specified by the |
manufacturer as the loaded
weight of the tow truck.
|
(e) No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with |
pneumatic tires
shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon |
the highways of this State in
violation of the provisions of |
|
any permit issued under the provisions of
Sections 15-301 |
through 15-319 of this Chapter.
|
(f) On designated Class I, II, or III highways and the |
National System of
Interstate and Defense Highways, no vehicle |
or combination of vehicles with
pneumatic tires may be |
operated, unladen or with load,
when the total weight on the |
road surface
exceeds the following: 20,000 pounds on a single |
axle; 34,000 pounds on a
tandem axle with no axle within the |
tandem exceeding 20,000 pounds; 80,000
pounds gross weight for |
vehicle combinations of 5 or more axles;
or a total weight on a |
group of 2 or more consecutive axles in excess of that
weight |
produced by the application of the following formula: W = 500 |
times the
sum of (LN divided by N-1) + 12N + 36, where "W" |
equals overall total weight on
any group of 2 or more |
consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds, "L" equals
the
|
distance measured to the nearest foot between extremes of any |
group of 2 or
more consecutive axles, and "N" equals the number |
of axles in the group under
consideration.
|
The above formula when expressed in tabular form results in |
allowable loads
as follows:
|
Distance measured
|
to the nearest
|
foot between the
|
extremes of any Maximum weight in pounds
|
group of 2 or of any group of
|
more consecutive 2 or more consecutive axles
|
axles
|
|
feet |
2 axles |
3 axles |
4 axles |
5 axles |
6 axles |
|
4 |
34,000 |
| | | |
|
5 |
34,000 |
| | | |
|
6 |
34,000 |
| | | |
|
7 |
34,000 |
| | | |
|
8 |
38,000* |
42,000 |
| | |
|
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 |
|
|
45 |
|
|
72,000 |
76,000 |
|
|
46 |
|
|
72,500 |
76,500 |
|
|
47 |
|
|
73,500 |
77,500 |
|
|
48 |
|
|
74,000 |
78,000 |
|
|
49 |
|
|
74,500 |
78,500 |
|
|
50 |
|
|
75,500 |
79,000 |
|
|
51 |
|
|
76,000 |
80,000 |
|
|
52 |
|
|
76,500 |
| |
|
53 |
|
|
77,500 |
| |
|
54 |
|
|
78,000 |
| |
|
55 |
|
|
78,500 |
| |
|
56 |
|
|
79,500 |
| |
|
57 |
|
|
80,000 |
| |
|
*If the distance between 2 axles is 96 inches or less, the 2 |
axles are
tandem axles and the maximum total weight may not |
exceed 34,000 pounds,
notwithstanding the higher limit |
resulting from the application of the formula.
|
Vehicles not in a combination having more than 4 axles may |
not exceed the
weight in the table in this subsection (f) for 4 |
axles measured between the
extreme axles of the
vehicle.
|
Vehicles in a combination having more than 6 axles may not |
exceed the weight
in the table in this subsection (f) for 6 |
axles measured between the extreme
axles of the
combination.
|
Local authorities, with respect
to streets and highways |
under their jurisdiction, without additional
fees, may also by |
ordinance or resolution allow the weight limitations of this
|
subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle |
shall not exceed
20,000 pounds and the maximum total weight on |
any tandem axle
shall not exceed
34,000 pounds, on designated |
highways when appropriate regulatory signs giving
notice are |
erected upon the street or highway or portion of any street or
|
highway affected by the ordinance or resolution.
|
The following are exceptions to the above formula:
|
(1) Two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a |
total weight of
34,000
pounds each if the overall distance |
between the first and last axles of the
consecutive sets of |
tandem axles is 36 feet or more.
|
(2) Vehicles for which a different limit is established |
|
and posted in
accordance with Section 15-316 of this Code.
|
(3) Vehicles for which the Department of |
Transportation and local
authorities issue overweight
|
permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code. |
These vehicles are
not subject
to the bridge formula.
|
(4) Tow trucks subject to the conditions provided in |
subsection (d)
may not exceed 24,000 pounds on a single |
rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem
rear axle.
|
(5) A tandem axle on a 3-axle truck registered as a |
Special Hauling
Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in the |
model year of 2014, and
registered in Illinois prior to |
January 1, 2015, with a distance
between 2
axles
in a |
series greater than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches |
may not exceed
a total weight of 36,000 pounds and neither |
axle of the series may exceed
18,000 pounds.
|
(6) A truck not in combination, equipped with a self |
compactor or an
industrial roll-off hoist and roll-off |
container, used exclusively for garbage,
refuse, or |
recycling operations, may, when laden, transmit upon the |
road surface,
except when on part of the National System of |
Interstate and Defense
Highways, the following maximum |
weights: 22,000 pounds on a
single axle; 40,000 pounds on a |
tandem axle; 36,000 pounds gross weight on a
2-axle |
vehicle; 54,000 pounds gross weight on a 3-axle vehicle.
|
This vehicle is not subject to the bridge formula.
|
(7) Combinations of vehicles, registered as Special |
Hauling Vehicles that
include a semitrailer manufactured |
prior to or in the model year of 2014, and
registered in |
Illinois prior to January 1, 2015, having 5 axles
with a
|
distance of 42 feet or less between extreme axles, may not |
exceed the
following maximum weights: 18,000 pounds on a |
single axle; 32,000 pounds on a
tandem axle; and 72,000 |
pounds gross weight. This combination of vehicles is
not |
subject
to the bridge formula. For all those combinations |
of vehicles that include a
semitrailer manufactured after |
the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 92nd |
|
General Assembly, the overall distance between the first |
and last
axles of the 2 sets of
tandems must be 18 feet 6 |
inches or
more. Any combination of vehicles that has had |
its cargo
container replaced in its entirety after December |
31, 2014 may not
exceed
the weights allowed by the bridge |
formula.
|
(8) A 4-axle truck mixer registered as a Special |
Hauling Vehicle, used exclusively for the mixing and |
transportation of concrete in the plastic state, |
manufactured before or in the model year of 2014, first |
registered in Illinois before January 1, 2015, and not |
operated on a highway that is part of the National System |
of Interstate Highways, is allowed the following maximum |
weights: 20,000 pounds on any single axle; 36,000 pounds on |
a series of axles greater than 72 inches but not more than |
96 inches; and 34,000 pounds on any series of 2 axles |
greater than 40 inches but not more than 72 inches. The |
gross weight of this vehicle may not exceed the weights |
allowed by the bridge formula for 4 axles. The bridge |
formula does not apply to any series of 3 axles while the |
vehicle is transporting concrete in the plastic state, but |
no axle or tandem axle of the series may exceed the maximum |
weight permitted under this subsection (f).
|
No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other |
than pneumatic
tires may be operated, unladen or with load, |
upon the highways of this State
when the gross weight on the |
road surface through any wheel exceeds 800
pounds per inch |
width of tire tread or when the gross weight on the road
|
surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
|
(f-1) A vehicle and load
not exceeding 73,280 pounds is |
allowed access
as follows:
|
(1) From any State designated highway onto any county, |
township, or
municipal highway for a distance of 5 highway |
miles for the purpose of
loading and unloading, provided:
|
(A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 8 feet 6 |
inches in
width and 65 feet overall length.
|
|
(B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
|
(C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare |
between State
designated highways.
|
(2) From any State designated highway onto any county |
or township
highway for a distance of 5 highway miles, or |
any municipal highway for a
distance of one highway mile |
for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest,
provided:
|
(A) The vehicle and load does not exceed 8 feet 6 |
inches in
width and 65 feet overall length.
|
(B) There is no sign prohibiting that access.
|
(C) The route is not being used as a thoroughfare |
between State
designated highways.
|
(f-2) A vehicle and load greater than 73,280 pounds in |
weight but not
exceeding 80,000 pounds is allowed access as |
follows:
|
(1) From a Class I highway onto any street or highway |
for a distance of
one highway mile for the purpose of |
loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs,
and rest, |
provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
|
(2) From a Class I, II, or III highway onto any State |
highway or any
local designated highway for a distance of 5 |
highway miles for the purpose of
loading, unloading, food, |
fuel, repairs, and rest.
|
Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act |
relating
to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the |
designation of highways
under this subsection.
|
(g) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of |
vehicles over
a bridge or other elevated structure constituting |
part of a highway with a
gross weight that is greater than the |
maximum weight permitted by the
Department, when the structure |
is sign posted as provided in this Section.
|
(h) The Department upon request from any local authority |
shall, or upon
its own initiative may, conduct an investigation |
of any bridge or other
elevated structure constituting a part |
of a highway, and if it finds that
the structure cannot with |
safety to itself withstand the weight of vehicles
otherwise |