093_SB0349

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to vehicles.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is  amended by
 5    changing Sections 15-102, 15-107, and 15-111 as follows:

 6        (625 ILCS 5/15-102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-102)
 7        Sec. 15-102.  Width of Vehicles.
 8        (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.
11        (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
15    8 feet limitation during the period from a half  hour  before
16    sunrise to a half hour after sunset:
17             (1)  Loads  of  hay,  straw  or  other  similar farm
18        products provided that the load is not more than 12  feet
19        wide.
20             (2)  Implements  of  husbandry  being transported on
21        another  vehicle  and  the  transporting  vehicle   while
22        loaded.
23             The    following    requirements    apply   to   the
24        transportation on another  vehicle  of  an  implement  of
25        husbandry  wider  than  8  feet  6 inches on the National
26        System  of  Interstate  and  Defense  Highways  or  other
27        highways in the system of State highways:
28                  (A)  The driver of a  vehicle  transporting  an
29             implement  of husbandry that exceeds 8 feet 6 inches
30             in width shall obey all traffic laws and shall check
31             the roadways prior to making a movement in order  to
 
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 1             ensure  that adequate clearance is available for the
 2             movement.  It  is  prima  facie  evidence  that  the
 3             driver  of  a  vehicle  transporting an implement of
 4             husbandry has failed to check the roadway  prior  to
 5             making  a  movement  if the vehicle is involved in a
 6             collision with a bridge, overpass, fixed  structure,
 7             or  properly placed traffic control device or if the
 8             vehicle blocks  traffic  due  to  its  inability  to
 9             proceed   because   of  a  bridge,  overpass,  fixed
10             structure,  or  properly  placed   traffic   control
11             device.
12                  (B)  Flags  shall  be  displayed  so as to wave
13             freely at the extremities of overwidth  objects  and
14             at the extreme ends of all protrusions, projections,
15             and overhangs.  All flags shall be clean, bright red
16             flags  with  no  advertising,  wording,  emblem,  or
17             insignia  inscribed upon them and at least 18 inches
18             square.
19                  (C)  "OVERSIZE LOAD" signs are mandatory on the
20             front and rear of all vehicles with  loads  over  10
21             feet wide.  These signs must have 12-inch high black
22             letters  with  a 2-inch stroke on a yellow sign that
23             is 7 feet wide by 18 inches high.
24                  (D)  One civilian escort  vehicle  is  required
25             for  a  load  that exceeds 14 feet 6 inches in width
26             and 2 civilian escort vehicles are  required  for  a
27             load  that  exceeds 16 feet in width on the National
28             System of Interstate and Defense Highways  or  other
29             highways in the system of State highways.
30                  (E)  The  requirements  for  a  civilian escort
31             vehicle and driver are as follows:
32                       (1)  The civilian escort vehicle shall  be
33                  a  passenger  car  or a second division vehicle
34                  not exceeding a gross vehicle weight  of  8,000
 
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 1                  pounds  that  is  designed  to afford clear and
 2                  unobstructed vision to both front and rear.
 3                       (2)  The escort  vehicle  driver  must  be
 4                  properly licensed to operate the vehicle.
 5                       (3)  While in use, the escort vehicle must
 6                  be    equipped   with   illuminated   rotating,
 7                  oscillating,  or  flashing  amber   lights   or
 8                  flashing  amber  strobe  lights  mounted on top
 9                  that are of sufficient intensity to be  visible
10                  at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
11                       (4)  "OVERSIZE  LOAD"  signs are mandatory
12                  on all escort vehicles.  The sign on an  escort
13                  vehicle shall have 8-inch high black letters on
14                  a  yellow sign that is 5 feet wide by 12 inches
15                  high.
16                       (5)  When  only  one  escort  vehicle   is
17                  required  and  it  is  operating  on a two-lane
18                  highway,  the  escort  vehicle   shall   travel
19                  approximately  300 feet ahead of the load.  The
20                  rotating, oscillating, or  flashing  lights  or
21                  flashing  amber  strobe lights and an "OVERSIZE
22                  LOAD" sign shall be  displayed  on  the  escort
23                  vehicle  and  shall  be visible from the front.
24                  When only one escort vehicle is required and it
25                  is operating on a  multilane  divided  highway,
26                  the  escort  vehicle shall travel approximately
27                  300 feet behind  the  load  and  the  sign  and
28                  lights shall be visible from the rear.
29                       (6)  When  2 escort vehicles are required,
30                  one escort shall travel approximately 300  feet
31                  ahead  of  the load and the second escort shall
32                  travel approximately 300 feet behind the  load.
33                  The  rotating,  oscillating, or flashing lights
34                  or  flashing  amber  strobe   lights   and   an
 
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 1                  "OVERSIZE  LOAD" sign shall be displayed on the
 2                  escort vehicles and shall be visible  from  the
 3                  front  on  the lead escort and from the rear on
 4                  the trailing escort.
 5                       (7)  When traveling within  the  corporate
 6                  limits  of  a  municipality, the escort vehicle
 7                  shall maintain a reasonable and proper distance
 8                  from  the  oversize   load,   consistent   with
 9                  existing traffic conditions.
10                       (8)  A  separate  escort shall be provided
11                  for each load hauled.
12                       (9)  The driver of an escort vehicle shall
13                  obey all traffic laws.
14                       (10)  The escort vehicle must be  in  safe
15                  operational condition.
16                       (11)  The  driver  of  the  escort vehicle
17                  must be in radio contact with the driver of the
18                  vehicle carrying the oversize load.
19                  (F)  A transport vehicle while  under  load  of
20             more  than 8 feet 6 inches in width must be equipped
21             with  an  illuminated  rotating,   oscillating,   or
22             flashing  amber  light or lights or a flashing amber
23             strobe light or lights mounted on the top of the cab
24             that are of sufficient intensity to  be  visible  at
25             500  feet  in  normal  sunlight.  If the load on the
26             transport vehicle blocks the visibility of the amber
27             lighting from the rear of the vehicle,  the  vehicle
28             must  also be equipped with an illuminated rotating,
29             oscillating, or flashing amber light or lights or  a
30             flashing amber strobe light or lights mounted on the
31             rear of the load that are of sufficient intensity to
32             be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
33                  (G)  When a flashing amber light is required on
34             the transport vehicle under load and it is operating
 
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 1             on  a  two-lane highway, the transport vehicle shall
 2             display  to  the  rear  at   least   one   rotating,
 3             oscillating,  or  flashing light or a flashing amber
 4             strobe light and an "OVERSIZE LOAD"  sign.   When  a
 5             flashing  amber  light  is required on the transport
 6             vehicle  under  load  and  it  is  operating  on   a
 7             multilane  divided highway, the sign and light shall
 8             be visible from the rear.
 9                  (H)  Maximum speed shall be 45 miles  per  hour
10             on  all  such  moves  or  5 miles per hour above the
11             posted minimum speed limit,  whichever  is  greater,
12             but  the  vehicle  shall  not at any time exceed the
13             posted maximum speed limit.
14             (3)  Portable  buildings  designed  and   used   for
15        agricultural  and  livestock  raising operations that are
16        not more than 14 feet wide and with not  more  than  a  1
17        foot overhang along the left side of the hauling vehicle.
18        However, the buildings shall not be transported more than
19        10  miles  and  not  on  any  route  that  is part of the
20        National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
21        All buildings when being  transported  shall  display  at
22    least  2  red  cloth  flags,  not less than 12 inches square,
23    mounted as high as practicable on the left and right side  of
24    the building.
25        A  State  Police  escort  shall  be  required  if  it  is
26    necessary  for  this  load  to use part of the left lane when
27    crossing any 2 laned State highway bridge.
28        (c)  Vehicles propelled by electric power  obtained  from
29    overhead  trolley  wires operated wholly within the corporate
30    limits of a municipality  are  also  exempt  from  the  width
31    limitation.
32        (d)  Exemptions are also granted to vehicles designed for
33    the  carrying  of  more  than  10 persons under the following
34    conditions:
 
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 1             (1)  (Blank);
 2             (2)  When operated within any public  transportation
 3        service  with  the  approval  of  local authorities or an
 4        appropriate public body  authorized  by  law  to  provide
 5        public  transportation.  Any vehicle so operated may be 8
 6        feet 6 inches in width; or
 7             (3)  When a county  engineer  or  superintendent  of
 8        highways,  after  giving  due  consideration  to the mass
 9        transportation needs of the area and  to  the  width  and
10        condition  of the road, has determined that the operation
11        of buses wider than 8 feet will not pose an undue  safety
12        hazard  on  a particular county or township road segment,
13        he or she may authorize buses not  to  exceed  8  feet  6
14        inches  in width on any highway under that engineer's  or
15        superintendent's jurisdiction.
16        (e)  A vehicle  and  load  traveling  upon  the  National
17    System  of  Interstate  and  Defense  Highways  or  any other
18    highway in  the  system  of  State  highways  that  has  been
19    designated   as  a  Class  I  or  Class  II  highway  by  the
20    Department, or any street  or  highway  designated  by  local
21    authorities  or road district commissioners, may have a total
22    outside width of 8  feet  6  inches,  provided  that  certain
23    safety  devices  that  the Department determines as necessary
24    for the safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles  shall
25    not be included in the calculation of width.
26        (e-1)  A  vehicle  and load more than 8 feet wide but not
27    exceeding  8  feet  6  inches  in  width  is  allowed  access
28    according to the following:
29             (1)  A vehicle and load  not  exceeding  the  weight
30        limitations specified in subsection (f) of Section 15-111
31        73,280  pounds in weight is allowed access from any State
32        designated  highway  onto  any   county,   township,   or
33        municipal  highway  for a distance of 5 highway miles for
34        the  purpose  of  loading,  and  unloading,  food,  fuel,
 
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 1        repairs, and rest, provided:
 2                  (A)  The vehicle and load does  not  exceed  65
 3             feet overall length.
 4                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
 5                  (C)  The   route   is   not  being  used  as  a
 6             thoroughfare between State designated highways.
 7             (2)  (Blank) A vehicle and load not exceeding 73,280
 8        pounds  in  weight  is  allowed  access  from  any  State
 9        designated highway onto any county  or  township  highway
10        for  a  distance of 5 highway miles or onto any municipal
11        highway for a  distance  of  one  highway  mile  for  the
12        purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and rest, provided:
13                  (A)  The  vehicle  and  load does not exceed 65
14             feet overall length.
15                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
16                  (C)  The  route  is  not  being   used   as   a
17             thoroughfare between State designated highways.
18             (3)  A  vehicle and load not exceeding 80,000 pounds
19        in weight is allowed access from a Class I  highway  onto
20        any  street or highway for a distance of one highway mile
21        for  the  purpose  of  loading,  unloading,  food,  fuel,
22        repairs, and rest, provided there is no sign  prohibiting
23        that access.
24             (4)  A  vehicle and load not exceeding 80,000 pounds
25        in weight is allowed access from a Class I  or  Class  II
26        highway  onto any State highway or any locally designated
27        highway for a distance of 5 highway miles for the purpose
28        of loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
29             (5)  A trailer or semi-trailer not exceeding 28 feet
30        6 inches in length, that was  originally  in  combination
31        with  a  truck  tractor,  shall  have unlimited access to
32        points of loading and unloading.
33             (6)  All  household  goods   carriers   shall   have
34        unlimited access to points of loading and unloading.
 
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 1        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
 2    relating  to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
 3    designation of highways under this paragraph (e).
 4        (f)  Mirrors required by Section 12-502 of this Code  and
 5    other safety devices identified by the Department may project
 6    up  to 14 inches beyond each side of a bus and up to 6 inches
 7    beyond each side of any other vehicle,  and  that  projection
 8    shall  not be deemed a violation of the width restrictions of
 9    this Section.
10        (g)  Any  person  who  is  convicted  of  violating  this
11    Section is subject to the penalty as  provided  in  paragraph
12    (b) of Section 15-113.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-780, eff. 6-9-00; 92-417, eff. 1-1-02.)

14        (625 ILCS 5/15-107) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
15        Sec. 15-107.  Length of vehicles.
16        (a)  The  maximum  length  of  a  single  vehicle  on any
17    highway of this State may not  exceed   42  feet  except  the
18    following:
19             (1)  Semitrailers.
20             (2)  Charter  or  regulated route buses may be up to
21        45  feet  in  length,  not  including  energy   absorbing
22        bumpers.
23        (a-1)  A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be
24    up  to  45  feet  in  length,  not including energy absorbing
25    bumpers.  The length limitations described in this subsection
26    (a-1) shall be exclusive of energy-absorbing bumpers and rear
27    view mirrors.
28        (b)  On all non-State highways,  the  maximum  length  of
29    vehicles in combinations is as follows:
30             (1)  A   truck   tractor   in   combination  with  a
31        semitrailer may not exceed 55 feet overall dimension.
32             (2)  A  truck  tractor-semitrailer-trailer  may  not
33        exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
 
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 1             (3)  Combinations specially  designed  to  transport
 2        motor  vehicles  or  boats may not exceed 60 feet overall
 3        dimension.
 4        Vehicles   operating   during   daylight    hours    when
 5    transporting  poles,  pipes, machinery, or other objects of a
 6    structural  nature  that  cannot  readily  be dismembered are
 7    exempt from length limitations, provided that no  object  may
 8    exceed  80  feet  in  length and the overall dimension of the
 9    vehicle including the load may not  exceed  100  feet.   This
10    exemption  does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday,
11    or legal holiday.  Legal holidays referred to in this Section
12    are the days on which the following traditional holidays  are
13    celebrated:  New  Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day;
14    Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
15        Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while  en
16    route  to make emergency repairs to public service facilities
17    or properties are exempt from  length  limitations,  provided
18    that  during night operations every vehicle and its load must
19    be  equipped  with  a sufficient number of clearance lamps on
20    both sides and marker  lamps  on  the  extreme  ends  of  any
21    projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
22        A  tow  truck  in  combination with a disabled vehicle or
23    combination of disabled  vehicles, as provided  in  paragraph
24    (6)  of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
25    limitations.
26        All other combinations not listed in this subsection  (b)
27    may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
28        (c)  Combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2
29    vehicles except the following:
30             (1)  A   truck  tractor  semitrailer  may  draw  one
31        trailer.
32             (2)  A  truck  tractor  semitrailer  may  draw   one
33        converter dolly.
34             (3)  A   truck  tractor  semitrailer  may  draw  one
 
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 1        vehicle that is defined in Chapter 1  as  special  mobile
 2        equipment, provided the overall dimension does not exceed
 3        60 feet.
 4             (4)  A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit
 5        coupled together by the triple saddlemount method.
 6             (5)  Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles,
 7        provided the following:
 8                  (A)  The   total  overall  dimension  does  not
 9             exceed 60 feet.
10                  (B)  The   towing   vehicle   is   a   properly
11             registered vehicle capable of towing another vehicle
12             using a fifth-wheel type assembly.
13                  (C)  The second vehicle in the  combination  of
14             vehicles  is a recreational vehicle that is towed by
15             a  fifth-wheel  assembly.   This  vehicle  must   be
16             properly   registered  and  must  be  equipped  with
17             brakes, regardless of weight.
18                  (D)  The third vehicle must be the lightest  of
19             the  3  vehicles  and  be  a  trailer or semitrailer
20             designed  or   used   for   transporting   a   boat,
21             all-terrain   vehicle,   personal   watercraft,   or
22             motorcycle.
23                  (E)  The towed vehicles may be only for the use
24             of the operator of the towing vehicle.
25                  (F)  All  vehicles  must  be  properly equipped
26             with operating brakes and safety equipment  required
27             by   this   Code,   except   the   additional  brake
28             requirement in subdivision (C) of this  subparagraph
29             (5).
30             (6)  A  tow  truck  in  combination  with a disabled
31        vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the
32        towing vehicle:
33                  (A)  Is specifically designed as  a  tow  truck
34             having  a  gross  vehicle  weight rating of at least
 
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 1             18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided
 2             that air brakes are  required  only  if  the  towing
 3             vehicle   is   towing  a  vehicle,  semitrailer,  or
 4             tractor-trailer combination that  is  equipped  with
 5             air  brakes.   For  the  purpose of this subsection,
 6             gross vehicle weight  rating,  or  GVWR,  means  the
 7             value  specified  by  the manufacturer as the loaded
 8             weight of the tow truck.
 9                  (B)  Is equipped with  flashing,  rotating,  or
10             oscillating  amber  lights, visible for at least 500
11             feet in all directions.
12                  (C)  Is capable of utilizing the  lighting  and
13             braking   systems   of   the   disabled  vehicle  or
14             combination of vehicles.
15                  (D)  Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway
16             miles from the initial point of wreck or disablement
17             to a place of repair. Any additional movement of the
18             vehicles   may   occur   only   upon   issuance   of
19             authorization for that movement under the provisions
20             of Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
21        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
22    additional requirements regarding length  limitations  for  a
23    tow truck towing another vehicle.
24        For  purposes  of  this  Section, a tow-dolly that merely
25    serves as substitute  wheels  for  another  legally  licensed
26    vehicle  is considered part of the licensed vehicle and not a
27    separate vehicle.
28        (d)  On Class I highways  there  are  no  overall  length
29    limitations  on  motor  vehicles  operating  in  combinations
30    provided:
31             (1)  The  length  of  a semitrailer, unladen or with
32        load, in combination with a truck tractor may not  exceed
33        53 feet.
34             (2)  The distance between the kingpin and the center
 
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 1        of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
 2        combination  with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet
 3        6 inches.
 4             (3)  The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen
 5        or     with     load,     operated     in     a     truck
 6        tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination, may  not  exceed
 7        28 feet 6 inches.
 8             (4)  Maxi-cube  combinations,  as defined in Chapter
 9        1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
10             (5)  Combinations of vehicles specifically  designed
11        to  transport  motor  vehicles or boats may not exceed 65
12        feet  overall  dimension.   The  length   limitation   is
13        inclusive  of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of the
14        overhang of the  transported  vehicles,  as  provided  in
15        paragraph (i) of this Section.
16             (6)  Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles as defined
17        in  Chapter  1,  specifically designed to transport motor
18        vehicles  or  boats,  may  not  exceed  75  feet  overall
19        dimension. The length limitation is  inclusive  of  front
20        and  rear  bumpers  but  exclusive of the overhang of the
21        transported vehicles, as provided  in  paragraph  (i)  of
22        this Section.
23             (7)  A   truck  in  transit  transporting  3  trucks
24        coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not
25        exceed 75 feet overall dimension.
26        Vehicles   operating   during   daylight    hours    when
27    transporting  poles,  pipes, machinery, or other objects of a
28    structural nature that  cannot  readily  be  dismembered  are
29    exempt  from  length limitations, provided that no object may
30    exceed 80 feet in length and the  overall  dimension  of  the
31    vehicle  including  the  load  may not exceed 100 feet.  This
32    exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday,  Sunday,
33    or legal holiday.  Legal holidays referred to in this Section
34    are  the days on which the following traditional holidays are
 
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 1    celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day;  Independence  Day;
 2    Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
 3        Vehicles  and loads operated by a public utility while en
 4    route to make emergency repairs to public service  facilities
 5    or  properties  are  exempt from length limitations, provided
 6    that during night operations every vehicle and its load  must
 7    be  equipped  with  a sufficient number of clearance lamps on
 8    both sides and marker  lamps  on  the  extreme  ends  of  any
 9    projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
10        A  tow  truck  in  combination with a disabled vehicle or
11    combination of disabled vehicles, as  provided  in  paragraph
12    (6)  of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from length
13    limitations.
14        The length limitations described in  this  paragraph  (d)
15    shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
16    such  as  bumpers, refrigeration units or air compressors and
17    other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
18    for safe and  efficient  operation;  except  that  no  device
19    excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
20    the capability to carry cargo.
21        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
22    relating  to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
23    designation of highways under this paragraph (d).
24        (e)  On Class II highways there  are  no  overall  length
25    limitations  on  motor  vehicles  operating  in combinations,
26    provided:
27             (1)  The length of a semitrailer,  unladen  or  with
28        load, in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed
29        53 feet overall dimension.
30             (2)  The distance between the kingpin and the center
31        of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
32        combination  with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45 feet
33        6 inches.
34             (3)  A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
 
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 1        may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
 2             (4)  The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen
 3        or     with     load,     operated     in     a     truck
 4        tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination, may  not  exceed
 5        28 feet 6 inches.
 6             (5)  Maxi-cube  combinations,  as defined in Chapter
 7        1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
 8             (6)  A   combination   of   vehicles,   specifically
 9        designed to transport motor vehicles or  boats,  may  not
10        exceed  65 feet overall dimension.  The length limitation
11        is inclusive of front and rear bumpers but  exclusive  of
12        the  overhang of the transported vehicles, as provided in
13        paragraph (i) of this Section.
14             (7)  Stinger  steered   semitrailer   vehicles,   as
15        defined  in Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport
16        motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 75  feet  overall
17        dimension.  The  length  limitation is inclusive of front
18        and rear bumpers but exclusive of  the  overhang  of  the
19        transported  vehicles,  as  provided  in paragraph (i) of
20        this Section.
21             (8)  A  truck  in  transit  transporting  3   trucks
22        coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not
23        exceed 75 feet overall dimension.
24        Vehicles    operating    during   daylight   hours   when
25    transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects  of  a
26    structural  nature  that  cannot  readily  be dismembered are
27    exempt from length limitations, provided that no  object  may
28    exceed  80  feet  in  length and the overall dimension of the
29    vehicle including the load may not  exceed  100  feet.   This
30    exemption  does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday,
31    or legal holiday.  Legal holidays referred to in this Section
32    are the days on which the following traditional holidays  are
33    celebrated:  New  Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day;
34    Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
 
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 1        Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while  en
 2    route  to make emergency repairs to public service facilities
 3    or properties are exempt from  length  limitations,  provided
 4    that  during night operations every vehicle and its load must
 5    be equipped with a sufficient number of  clearance  lamps  on
 6    both  sides  and  marker  lamps  on  the  extreme ends of any
 7    projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
 8        A tow truck in combination with  a  disabled  vehicle  or
 9    combination  of  disabled  vehicles, as provided in paragraph
10    (6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from  length
11    limitations.
12        Local  authorities  and road district commissioners, with
13    respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction, may
14    also by ordinance or resolution allow length  limitations  of
15    this subsection (e).
16        The  length  limitations  described in this paragraph (e)
17    shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
18    such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air  compressors  and
19    other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
20    for  safe  and  efficient  operation;  except  that no device
21    excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
22    the capability to carry cargo.
23        (e-1)  Combinations of vehicles  not  exceeding  65  feet
24    overall length are allowed access as follows:
25             (1)  From  any  State  designated  highway  onto any
26        county, township, or municipal highway for a distance  of
27        5   highway   miles  for  the  purpose  of  loading,  and
28        unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest, provided:
29                  (A)  The vehicle does  not  exceed  the  weight
30             limitations  specified  in subsection (f) of Section
31             15-111 73,280 pounds in gross weight and  8  feet  6
32             inches in width.
33                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
34                  (C)  The   route   is   not  being  used  as  a
 
                            -16-     LRB093 03405 DRH 03424 b
 1             thoroughfare between State  designated highways.
 2             (2)  (Blank) From any State designated highway  onto
 3        any  county  or  township  highway  for  a  distance of 5
 4        highway  miles  or  onto  any  municipal  highway  for  a
 5        distance of one highway mile for  the  purpose  of  food,
 6        fuel, repairs, and rest, provided:
 7                  (A)  The  vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds
 8             in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
 9                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
10                  (C)  The  route  is  not  being   used   as   a
11             thoroughfare between State designated highways.
12        (e-2)  Except    as   provided   in   subsection   (e-3),
13    combinations of vehicles over 65  feet  in  length,  with  no
14    overall  length  limitation except as provided in subsections
15    (d) and (e) of this Section, are allowed access as follows:
16             (1)  From a Class  I  highway  onto  any  street  or
17        highway  for  a  distance  of  one  highway  mile for the
18        purpose of loading, unloading, food, fuel,  repairs,  and
19        rest, provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
20             (2)  From  a  Class  I  or Class II highway onto any
21        State highway or any locally  designated  highway  for  a
22        distance  of  5 highway miles for the purpose of loading,
23        unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
24        (e-3)  Combinations of vehicles over 65  feet  in  length
25    operated  by household goods carriers, with no overall length
26    limitations except as provided in subsections (d) and (e)  of
27    this  Section, have unlimited access to points of loading and
28    unloading.
29        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 paragraph (e).
32        (f)  On   Class   III   and  other  non-designated  State
33    highways, the length limitations for vehicles in  combination
34    are as follows:
 
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 1             (1)  Truck  tractor-semitrailer  combinations,  must
 2        comply  with  either a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base
 3        or a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension.
 4             (2)  Semitrailers, unladen or  with  load,  may  not
 5        exceed 53 feet overall dimension.
 6             (3)  No       truck      tractor-semitrailer-trailer
 7        combination may exceed 60 feet extreme overall dimension.
 8             (4)  The distance between the kingpin and the center
 9        axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination
10        with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches.
11        (g)  Length limitations in the preceding  subsections  of
12    this Section 15-107 do not apply to the following:
13             (1)  Vehicles  operated  in  the  daytime, except on
14        Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, when  transporting
15        poles,  pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural
16        nature that cannot readily be dismembered,  provided  the
17        overall  length  of  vehicle  and load may not exceed 100
18        feet and no object exceeding 80 feet  in  length  may  be
19        transported   unless   a  permit  has  been  obtained  as
20        authorized in Section 15-301.
21             (2)  Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility
22        while en  route  to  make  emergency  repairs  to  public
23        service   facilities  or  properties,  but  during  night
24        operation every vehicle and its  load  must  be  equipped
25        with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides
26        and  marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting
27        load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
28             (3)  A tow truck  in  combination  with  a  disabled
29        vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the
30        towing vehicle meets the following conditions:
31                  (A)  It is specifically designed as a tow truck
32             having  a  gross  vehicle  weight rating of at least
33             18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided
34             that air brakes are  required  only  if  the  towing
 
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 1             vehicle   is   towing  a  vehicle,  semitrailer,  or
 2             tractor-trailer combination that  is  equipped  with
 3             air brakes.
 4                  (B)  It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or
 5             oscillating  amber  lights, visible for at least 500
 6             feet in all directions.
 7                  (C)  It is capable of  utilizing  the  lighting
 8             and  braking  systems  of  the  disabled  vehicle or
 9             combination of vehicles.
10                  (D)  It does not engage in a tow  exceeding  50
11             miles   from   the   initial   point   of  wreck  or
12             disablement.
13        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
14    additional requirements regarding length  limitations  for  a
15    tow truck towing another vehicle.
16        For  the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
17    rating, or GVWR,  shall  mean  the  value  specified  by  the
18    manufacturer  as  the  loaded  weight of the tow truck. Legal
19    holidays referred to in this Section shall  be  specified  as
20    the  day  on  which  the  following  traditional holidays are
21    celebrated:
22        New Year's Day;
23        Memorial Day;
24        Independence Day;
25        Labor Day;
26        Thanksgiving Day; and
27        Christmas Day.
28        (h)  The load upon any vehicle  operated  alone,  or  the
29    load  upon  the  front  vehicle of a combination of vehicles,
30    shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the front wheels  of
31    the  vehicle  or  the  front  bumper  of the vehicle if it is
32    equipped  with  a  front  bumper.  The  provisions  of   this
33    subsection  (h) shall not apply to any vehicle or combination
34    of vehicles specifically  designed  for  the  collection  and
 
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 1    transportation  of  waste,  garbage,  or recyclable materials
 2    during the vehicle's operation in the  course  of  collecting
 3    garbage,  waste,  or  recyclable  materials if the vehicle is
 4    traveling at a speed not in  excess  of  15  miles  per  hour
 5    during   the   vehicle's  operation  and  in  the  course  of
 6    collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable materials.  However,
 7    in no instance shall the load extend more than 7 feet  beyond
 8    the  front  wheels  of the vehicle or the front bumper of the
 9    vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
10        (i)  The load upon the front vehicle of a combination  of
11    vehicles  specifically  designed  to transport motor vehicles
12    shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the foremost part of
13    the  transporting  vehicle  and  the  load  upon   the   rear
14    transporting vehicle shall not extend more than 4 feet beyond
15    the  rear  of the bed or body of the vehicle.  This paragraph
16    shall  only  be  applicable  upon  highways   designated   in
17    paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section.
18        (j)  Articulated   vehicles   comprised  of  2  sections,
19    neither of which exceeds a length of 42  feet,  designed  for
20    the carrying of more than 10 persons, may be up to 60 feet in
21    length, not including energy absorbing bumpers, provided that
22    the vehicles are:
23             1.  operated  by  or  for  any  public body or motor
24        carrier   authorized   by   law   to    provide    public
25        transportation services; or
26             2.  operated  in local public transportation service
27        by any other person and the  municipality  in  which  the
28        service  is  to be provided approved the operation of the
29        vehicle.
30        (j-1)  (Blank).
31        (k)  Any  person  who  is  convicted  of  violating  this
32    Section is subject to the penalty as  provided  in  paragraph
33    (b) of Section 15-113.
34        (l)  (Blank).
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02; 92-766, eff. 1-1-03.)

 2        (625 ILCS 5/15-111) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-111)
 3        Sec. 15-111.  Wheel and axle loads and gross weights.
 4        (a)  On    non-designated   highways,   no   vehicle   or
 5    combination of vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires may  be
 6    operated,  unladen  or  with  load,  when  the  total  weight
 7    transmitted  to  the  road surface exceeds 18,000 pounds on a
 8    single axle or 32,000 pounds on a tandem axle  with  no  axle
 9    within the tandem exceeding 18,000 pounds except:
10             (1)  when  a  different  limit  is  established  and
11        posted in accordance with Section 15-316 of this Code;
12             (2)  vehicles    for   which   the   Department   of
13        Transportation and  local  authorities  issue  overweight
14        permits under authority of Section 15-301 of this Code;
15             (3)  tow  trucks  subject to the conditions provided
16        in subsection (d) may  not  exceed  24,000  pounds  on  a
17        single rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle;
18             (4)  any  single  axle  of  a  2-axle truck weighing
19        36,000 pounds or less and not a part of a combination  of
20        vehicles, shall not exceed 20,000 pounds;
21             (5)  any single axle of a 2-axle truck equipped with
22        a  personnel  lift  or  digger  derrick,  weighing 36,000
23        pounds or less, owned and operated by a  public  utility,
24        shall not exceed 20,000 pounds;
25             (6)  any  single  axle  of  a 2-axle truck specially
26        equipped with a front loading compactor used  exclusively
27        for  garbage,  refuse, or recycling may not exceed 20,000
28        pounds per axle, provided that the gross  weight  of  the
29        vehicle does not exceed 40,000 pounds;
30             (7)  a  truck,  not  in  combination  and  specially
31        equipped  with  a selfcompactor or an industrial roll-off
32        hoist  and  roll-off  container,  used  exclusively   for
33        garbage  or  refuse  operations may, when laden, transmit
 
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 1        upon the road  surface  the  following  maximum  weights:
 2        22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem
 3        axle;
 4             (8)  a   truck,   not   in   combination   and  used
 5        exclusively for the collection  of  rendering  materials,
 6        may,  when  laden,  transmit  upon  the  road surface the
 7        following maximum weights:  22,000  pounds  on  a  single
 8        axle; 40,000 pounds on a tandem axle;
 9             (9)  tandem  axles on a 3-axle truck registered as a
10        Special Hauling Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in  the
11        model year of 2004 and first registered in Illinois prior
12        to  January  1,  2005,  with  a  distance greater than 72
13        inches but not more than 96 inches between any series  of
14        2  axles,  is allowed a combined weight on the series not
15        to exceed 36,000 pounds and neither axle  of  the  series
16        may  exceed  18,000  pounds.   Any  vehicle  of this type
17        manufactured after  the  model  year  of  2004  or  first
18        registered  in  Illinois  after December 31, 2004 may not
19        exceed a combined weight of  32,000  pounds  through  the
20        series  of  2  axles  and  neither axle of the series may
21        exceed 18,000 pounds;
22             (10)  tandem axles on a 4-axle  truck  mixer,  whose
23        fourth  axle  is  a  road surface engaging mixer trailing
24        axle, registered  as  a  Special  Hauling  Vehicle,  used
25        exclusively for the mixing and transportation of concrete
26        and  manufactured  prior  to or in the model year of 2004
27        and first registered in  Illinois  prior  to  January  1,
28        2005, with a distance greater than 72 inches but not more
29        than  96 inches between any series of 2 axles, is allowed
30        a combined weight on the  series  not  to  exceed  36,000
31        pounds  and  neither axle of the series may exceed 18,000
32        pounds.  Any vehicle of this type manufactured after  the
33        model  year of 2004 or first registered in Illinois after
34        December 31, 2004 may not exceed  a  combined  weight  of
 
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 1        32,000  pounds  through the series of 2 axles and neither
 2        axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds;
 3             (11)  4-axle  vehicles  or  a   5   or   more   axle
 4        combination  of vehicles: The weight transmitted upon the
 5        road surface through any series of 3 axles whose  centers
 6        are  more  than 96 inches apart, measured between extreme
 7        axles in the series, may not exceed those allowed in  the
 8        table  contained  in  subsection (f) of this Section.  No
 9        axle or tandem axle of the series may exceed the  maximum
10        weight  permitted  under  this  Section  for  a single or
11        tandem axle.
12        No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other
13    than pneumatic tires may be operated, unladen or  with  load,
14    upon  the highways of this State when the gross weight on the
15    road surface through any wheel exceeds 800  pounds  per  inch
16    width  of  tire  tread  or  when the gross weight on the road
17    surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
18        (b)  On non-designated  highways,  the  gross  weight  of
19    vehicles  and combination of vehicles including the weight of
20    the vehicle or combination and  its  maximum  load  shall  be
21    subject  to  the  foregoing limitations and further shall not
22    exceed the following gross weights dependent upon the  number
23    of axles and distance between extreme axles of the vehicle or
24    combination measured longitudinally to the nearest foot.

25    VEHICLES HAVING 2 AXLES ....................... 36,000 pounds

26                      VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
27                           HAVING 3 AXLES
28    With Tandem                     With or
29       Axles                        Without
30                                    Tandem Axles
31    Minimum                         Minimum
32    distance to        Maximum      distance to         Maximum
33    nearest foot       Gross        nearest foot        Gross
 
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 1    between            Weight       between             Weight
 2    extreme axles      (pounds)     extreme axles       (pounds)
 3    10 feet            41,000       16 feet             46,000
 4    11                 42,000       17                  47,000
 5    12                 43,000       18                  47,500
 6    13                 44,000       19                  48,000
 7    14                 44,500       20                  49,000
 8    15                 45,000       21 feet or more     50,000
 9                      VEHICLES OR COMBINATIONS
10                           HAVING 4 AXLES
11    Minimum                         Minimum
12    distance to        Maximum      distance to         Maximum
13    nearest foot       Gross        nearest foot        Gross
14    between            Weight       between             Weight
15    extreme axles      (pounds)     extreme axles       (pounds)
16    15 feet            50,000       26 feet             57,500
17    16                 50,500       27                  58,000
18    17                 51,500       28                  58,500
19    18                 52,000       29                  59,500
20    19                 52,500       30                  60,000
21    20                 53,500       31                  60,500
22    21                 54,000       32                  61,500
23    22                 54,500       33                  62,000
24    23                 55,500       34                  62,500
25    24                 56,000       35                  63,500
26    25                 56,500       36 feet or more     64,000
27        A  vehicle  not in a combination having more than 4 axles
28    may not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (b)
29    for 4  axles  measured  between  the  extreme  axles  of  the
30    vehicle.
31                 COMBINATIONS HAVING 5 OR MORE AXLES
32    Minimum distance to           Maximum
33    nearest foot between          Gross Weight
34    extreme axles                 (pounds)
 
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 1    42 feet or less               72,000
 2    43                            73,000
 3    44 feet or more               73,280

 4    VEHICLES OPERATING ON CRAWLER TYPE TRACKS ..... 40,000 pounds

 5                 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS
 6       OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE
 7              OR REFUSE HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR
 8                THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS
 9               On Highway Not Part of National System
10                 of Interstate and Defense Highways
11    with 2 axles                                    36,000 pounds
12    with 3 axles                                    54,000 pounds

13                    TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH
14             A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY
15         FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING
16    with 2 axles                                    40,000 pounds

17        (c)  Cities  having  a population of more than 50,000 may
18    permit by ordinance axle loads on 2 axle  motor  vehicles  33
19    1/2%  above those provided for herein, but the increase shall
20    not become effective until the city has  officially  notified
21    the  Department of the passage of the ordinance and shall not
22    apply to those vehicles when outside of  the  limits  of  the
23    city,  nor shall the gross weight of any 2 axle motor vehicle
24    operating over any street of the city exceed 40,000 pounds.
25        (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
28    public utility facilities or properties or water wells.
29        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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 1    neither  the disabled vehicle nor any vehicle being towed nor
 2    the tow truck itself  shall  exceed  the  weight  limitations
 3    permitted  under  this  Chapter. During the towing operation,
 4    neither the tow  truck  nor  the  vehicle  combination  shall
 5    exceed  24,000 pounds on a single rear axle and 44,000 pounds
 6    on a tandem rear axle, provided the towing vehicle:
 7             (1)  is specifically designed as a tow truck  having
 8        a  gross  vehicle weight rating of at least 18,000 pounds
 9        and is equipped with air brakes, provided that air brakes
10        are required only if  the  towing  vehicle  is  towing  a
11        vehicle, semitrailer, or tractor-trailer combination that
12        is equipped with air brakes;
13             (2)  is   equipped   with   flashing,  rotating,  or
14        oscillating amber lights, visible for at least  500  feet
15        in all directions;
16             (3)  is   capable  of  utilizing  the  lighting  and
17        braking systems of the disabled vehicle or combination of
18        vehicles; and
19             (4)  does not engage in a  tow  exceeding  20  miles
20        from  the  initial  point  of  wreck  or disablement. Any
21        additional movement of the vehicles may occur  only  upon
22        issuance  of  authorization  for  that movement under the
23        provisions of Sections  15-301  through  15-319  of  this
24        Code.
25        Gross weight limits shall not apply to the combination of
26    the  tow  truck  and  vehicles  being  towed.   The tow truck
27    license plate must cover the operating empty  weight  of  the
28    tow  truck only. The weight of each vehicle being towed shall
29    be covered by a valid license plate issued to  the  owner  or
30    operator  of  the  vehicle  being towed and displayed on that
31    vehicle. If no valid plate issued to the owner or operator of
32    that vehicle is displayed  on  that  vehicle,  or  the  plate
33    displayed  on  that  vehicle does not cover the weight of the
34    vehicle, the weight of the vehicle shall be  covered  by  the
 
                            -26-     LRB093 03405 DRH 03424 b
 1    third  tow truck plate issued to the owner or operator of the
 2    tow truck and temporarily affixed to the vehicle being towed.
 3        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
 4    additional requirements. However, nothing in this Code  shall
 5    prohibit  a  tow truck under instructions of a police officer
 6    from legally clearing a disabled  vehicle,  that  may  be  in
 7    violation  of  weight  limitations  of this Chapter, from the
 8    roadway to the berm or shoulder of the  highway.  If  in  the
 9    opinion  of  the  police officer that location is unsafe, the
10    officer is authorized to have the disabled vehicle  towed  to
11    the nearest place of safety.
12        For  the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
13    rating, or GVWR,  shall  mean  the  value  specified  by  the
14    manufacturer as the loaded weight of the tow truck.
15        (e)  No  vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with
16    pneumatic tires shall be operated, unladen or with load, upon
17    the highways of this State in violation of the provisions  of
18    any  permit  issued  under  the provisions of Sections 15-301
19    through 15-319 of this Chapter.
20        (f)  On designated Class I, II, or III highways  and  the
21    National  System  of  Interstate  and  Defense  Highways,  no
22    vehicle  or  combination of vehicles with pneumatic tires may
23    be operated, unladen or with load, when the total  weight  on
24    the  road  surface  exceeds the following: 20,000 pounds on a
25    single axle; 34,000 pounds on a  tandem  axle  with  no  axle
26    within  the  tandem  exceeding  20,000  pounds; 80,000 pounds
27    gross weight for vehicle combinations of 5 or more axles;  or
28    a  total  weight on a group of 2 or more consecutive axles in
29    excess of that weight produced  by  the  application  of  the
30    following  formula:   W = 500 times the sum of (LN divided by
31    N-1) + 12N + 36, where "W" equals overall total weight on any
32    group of 2 or more  consecutive  axles  to  the  nearest  500
33    pounds,  "L" equals the distance measured to the nearest foot
34    between extremes of any group of 2 or more consecutive axles,
 
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 1    and "N" equals  the  number  of  axles  in  the  group  under
 2    consideration.
 3        The  above formula when expressed in tabular form results
 4    in allowable loads as follows:

 5    Distance measured
 6    to the nearest
 7    foot between the
 8    extremes of any         Maximum weight in pounds
 9    group of 2 or           of any group of
10    more consecutive        2 or more consecutive axles
11    axles
12          feet        2 axles  3 axles  4 axles  5 axles  6 axles
13            4         34,000
14            5         34,000
15            6         34,000
16            7         34,000
17            8         38,000*   42,000
18            9         39,000    42,500
19           10         40,000    43,500
20           11                   44,000
21           12                   45,000   50,000
22           13                   45,500   50,500
23           14                   46,500   51,500
24           15                   47,000   52,000
25           16                   48,000   52,500   58,000
26           17                   48,500   53,500   58,500
27           18                   49,500   54,000   59,000
28           19                   50,000   54,500   60,000
29           20                   51,000   55,500   60,500   66,000
30           21                   51,500   56,000   61,000   66,500
31           22                   52,500   56,500   61,500   67,000
32           23                   53,000   57,500   62,500   68,000
33           24                   54,000   58,000   63,000   68,500
34           25                   54,500   58,500   63,500   69,000
 
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 1           26                   55,500   59,500   64,000   69,500
 2           27                   56,000   60,000   65,000   70,000
 3           28                   57,000   60,500   65,500   71,000
 4           29                   57,500   61,500   66,000   71,500
 5           30                   58,500   62,000   66,500   72,000
 6           31                   59,000   62,500   67,500   72,500
 7           32                   60,000   63,500   68,000   73,000
 8           33                            64,000   68,500   74,000
 9           34                            64,500   69,000   74,500
10           35                            65,500   70,000   75,000
11           36                            66,000   70,500   75,500
12           37                            66,500   71,000   76,000
13           38                            67,500   72,000   77,000
14           39                            68,000   72,500   77,500
15           40                            68,500   73,000   78,000
16           41                            69,500   73,500   78,500
17           42                            70,000   74,000   79,000
18           43                            70,500   75,000   80,000
19           44                            71,500   75,500
20           45                            72,000   76,000
21           46                            72,500   76,500
22           47                            73,500   77,500
23           48                            74,000   78,000
24           49                            74,500   78,500
25           50                            75,500   79,000
26           51                            76,000   80,000
27           52                            76,500
28           53                            77,500
29           54                            78,000
30           55                            78,500
31           56                            79,500
32           57                            80,000
33    *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
 
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 1    exceed  34,000  pounds,  notwithstanding  the  higher   limit
 2    resulting from the application of the formula.
 3        Vehicles  not  in  a combination having more than 4 axles
 4    may not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f)
 5    for 4  axles  measured  between  the  extreme  axles  of  the
 6    vehicle.
 7        Vehicles  in  a  combination having more than 6 axles may
 8    not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f) for
 9    6  axles  measured  between  the   extreme   axles   of   the
10    combination.
11        Local    authorities    and    road    district   highway
12    commissioners, with respect to  streets  and  highways  under
13    their  jurisdiction,  without  additional  fees,  may also by
14    ordinance or resolution allow the weight limitations of  this
15    subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle
16    shall  not  exceed 20,000 pounds and the maximum total weight
17    on any  tandem  axle  shall  not  exceed  34,000  pounds,  on
18    designated  highways when appropriate regulatory signs giving
19    notice are erected upon the street or highway or  portion  of
20    any   street   or   highway  affected  by  the  ordinance  or
21    resolution.
22        The following are exceptions to the above formula:
23             (1)  Two consecutive sets of tandem axles may  carry
24        a  total  weight  of  34,000  pounds  each if the overall
25        distance  between  the  first  and  last  axles  of   the
26        consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more.
27             (2)  Vehicles   for   which  a  different  limit  is
28        established and posted in accordance with Section  15-316
29        of this Code.
30             (3)  Vehicles    for   which   the   Department   of
31        Transportation and  local  authorities  issue  overweight
32        permits  under  authority of Section 15-301 of this Code.
33        These vehicles are not subject to the bridge formula.
34             (4)  Tow trucks subject to the  conditions  provided
 
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 1        in  subsection  (d)  may  not  exceed  24,000 pounds on a
 2        single rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle.
 3             (5)  A tandem axle on a 3-axle truck registered as a
 4        Special Hauling Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in  the
 5        model  year  of 2004, and registered in Illinois prior to
 6        January 1, 2005, with a distance between  2  axles  in  a
 7        series greater than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches
 8        may  not  exceed  a  total  weight  of  36,000 pounds and
 9        neither axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds.
10             (6)  A truck not in  combination,  equipped  with  a
11        self  compactor  or  an  industrial  roll-off  hoist  and
12        roll-off  container,  used  exclusively  for  garbage  or
13        refuse  operations,  may,  when  laden, transmit upon the
14        road surface, except when on part of the National  System
15        of Interstate and Defense Highways, the following maximum
16        weights: 22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on
17        a  tandem  axle;  36,000  pounds gross weight on a 2-axle
18        vehicle; 54,000 pounds gross weight on a 3-axle  vehicle.
19        This vehicle is not subject to the bridge formula.
20             (7)  Combinations of vehicles, registered as Special
21        Hauling  Vehicles that include a semitrailer manufactured
22        prior to or in the model year of 2004, and registered  in
23        Illinois  prior to January 1, 2005, having 5 axles with a
24        distance of 42 feet or less between  extreme  axles,  may
25        not  exceed  the following maximum weights: 18,000 pounds
26        on a single axle; 32,000 pounds on  a  tandem  axle;  and
27        72,000  pounds gross weight. This combination of vehicles
28        is not subject to the  bridge  formula.   For  all  those
29        combinations  of  vehicles  that  include  a  semitrailer
30        manufactured  after the effective date of this amendatory
31        Act of the 92nd General Assembly,  the  overall  distance
32        between the first and last axles of the 2 sets of tandems
33        must  be  18  feet  6  inches or more. Any combination of
34        vehicles that has had its cargo container replaced in its
 
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 1        entirety after December  31,  2004  may  not  exceed  the
 2        weights allowed by the bridge formula.
 3        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
 8    surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
 9        (f-1)  A  vehicle  and  load  not  exceeding  the  weight
10    limitations  specified  in  subsection  (f)  73,280 pounds is
11    allowed access as follows:
12             (1)  From any  State  designated  highway  onto  any
13        county,  township, or municipal highway for a distance of
14        5  highway  miles  for  the  purpose  of   loading,   and
15        unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest, provided:
16                  (A)  The  vehicle  and  load  does not exceed 8
17             feet 6 inches in width and 65 feet overall length.
18                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
19                  (C)  The  route  is  not  being   used   as   a
20             thoroughfare between State  designated highways.
21             (2)  (Blank)  From any State designated highway onto
22        any county or  township  highway  for  a  distance  of  5
23        highway miles, or any municipal highway for a distance of
24        one  highway mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs,
25        and rest, provided:
26                  (A)  The vehicle and load  does  not  exceed  8
27             feet 6 inches in width and 65 feet overall length.
28                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
29                  (C)  The   route   is   not  being  used  as  a
30             thoroughfare between State designated highways.
31        (f-2)  A vehicle and load greater than 73,280  pounds  in
32    weight  but  not exceeding 80,000 pounds is allowed access as
33    follows:
34             (1)  From a Class  I  highway  onto  any  street  or
 
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 1        highway  for  a  distance  of  one  highway  mile for the
 2        purpose of loading, unloading, food, fuel,  repairs,  and
 3        rest, provided there is no sign prohibiting that access.
 4             (2)  From  a  Class  I,  II, or III highway onto any
 5        State highway or  any  local  designated  highway  for  a
 6        distance  of  5 highway miles for the purpose of loading,
 7        unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
 8        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
 9    relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to  the
10    designation of highways under this subsection.
11        (g)  No  person shall operate a vehicle or combination of
12    vehicles  over  a  bridge   or   other   elevated   structure
13    constituting  part  of  a highway with a gross weight that is
14    greater than the maximum weight permitted by the  Department,
15    when  the  structure  is  sign  posted  as  provided  in this
16    Section.
17        (h)  The Department upon request from any local authority
18    shall,  or  upon  its  own   initiative   may,   conduct   an
19    investigation  of  any  bridge  or  other  elevated structure
20    constituting a part of a highway, and if it  finds  that  the
21    structure  cannot  with safety to itself withstand the weight
22    of  vehicles  otherwise  permissible  under  this  Code   the
23    Department  shall determine and declare the maximum weight of
24    vehicles that the structures can withstand, and  shall  cause
25    or permit suitable signs stating maximum weight to be erected
26    and  maintained  before each end of the structure.  No person
27    shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles  over  any
28    structure with a gross weight that is greater than the posted
29    maximum weight.
30        (i)  Upon   the  trial  of  any  person  charged  with  a
31    violation of subsections (g) or (h) of this Section, proof of
32    the determination of the  maximum  allowable  weight  by  the
33    Department  and  the  existence  of  the  signs,  constitutes
34    conclusive  evidence  of  the  maximum  weight  that  can  be
 
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 1    maintained with safety to the bridge or structure.
 2    (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02.)

 3        Section  99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes effect
 4    January 1, 2004.