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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 349

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 349  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

21        (625 ILCS 5/15-107) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-107)
22        Sec. 15-107.  Length of vehicles.
23        (a)  The maximum  length  of  a  single  vehicle  on  any
24    highway  of  this  State  may  not exceed  42 feet except the
25    following:
26             (1)  Semitrailers.
27             (2)  Charter or regulated route buses may be  up  to
28        45   feet  in  length,  not  including  energy  absorbing
29        bumpers.
30        (a-1)  A motor home as defined in Section 1-145.01 may be
31    up to 45 feet  in  length,  not  including  energy  absorbing
32    bumpers.  The length limitations described in this subsection
33    (a-1) shall be exclusive of energy-absorbing bumpers and rear
 
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 1    view mirrors.
 2        (b)  On  all  non-State  highways,  the maximum length of
 3    vehicles in combinations is as follows:
 4             (1)  A  truck  tractor   in   combination   with   a
 5        semitrailer may not exceed 55 feet overall dimension.
 6             (2)  A  truck  tractor-semitrailer-trailer  may  not
 7        exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
 8             (3)  Combinations  specially  designed  to transport
 9        motor vehicles or boats may not exceed  60  feet  overall
10        dimension.
11        Vehicles    operating    during   daylight   hours   when
12    transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects  of  a
13    structural  nature  that  cannot  readily  be dismembered are
14    exempt  from  length limitations, provided that no object may
15    exceed 80 feet in length and the  overall  dimension  of  the
16    vehicle  including  the  load may not  exceed 100 feet.  This
17    exemption does not apply to operation on a Saturday,  Sunday,
18    or legal holiday.  Legal holidays referred to in this Section
19    are  the days on which the following traditional holidays are
20    celebrated: New Year's Day; Memorial Day;  Independence  Day;
21    Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
22        Vehicles  and loads operated by a public utility while en
23    route to make emergency repairs to public service  facilities
24    or  properties  are  exempt from length limitations, provided
25    that  during night operations every vehicle and its load must
26    be equipped with a sufficient number of  clearance  lamps  on
27    both  sides  and  marker  lamps  on  the  extreme ends of any
28    projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
29        A tow truck in combination with  a  disabled  vehicle  or
30    combination  of  disabled  vehicles, as provided in paragraph
31    (6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from  length
32    limitations.
33        All  other combinations not listed in this subsection (b)
34    may not exceed 60 feet overall dimension.
 
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 1        (c)  Combinations of vehicles may not exceed a total of 2
 2    vehicles except the following:
 3             (1)  A  truck  tractor  semitrailer  may  draw   one
 4        trailer.
 5             (2)  A   truck  tractor  semitrailer  may  draw  one
 6        converter dolly.
 7             (3)  A  truck  tractor  semitrailer  may  draw   one
 8        vehicle  that  is  defined in Chapter 1 as special mobile
 9        equipment, provided the overall dimension does not exceed
10        60 feet.
11             (4)  A truck in transit may draw 3 trucks in transit
12        coupled together by the triple saddlemount method.
13             (5)  Recreational vehicles consisting of 3 vehicles,
14        provided the following:
15                  (A)  The  total  overall  dimension  does   not
16             exceed 60 feet.
17                  (B)  The   towing   vehicle   is   a   properly
18             registered vehicle capable of towing another vehicle
19             using a fifth-wheel type assembly.
20                  (C)  The  second  vehicle in the combination of
21             vehicles is a recreational vehicle that is towed  by
22             a   fifth-wheel  assembly.   This  vehicle  must  be
23             properly  registered  and  must  be  equipped   with
24             brakes, regardless of weight.
25                  (D)  The  third vehicle must be the lightest of
26             the 3 vehicles  and  be  a  trailer  or  semitrailer
27             designed   or   used   for   transporting   a  boat,
28             all-terrain   vehicle,   personal   watercraft,   or
29             motorcycle.
30                  (E)  The towed vehicles may be only for the use
31             of the operator of the towing vehicle.
32                  (F)  All vehicles  must  be  properly  equipped
33             with  operating brakes and safety equipment required
34             by  this   Code,   except   the   additional   brake
 
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 1             requirement  in subdivision (C) of this subparagraph
 2             (5).
 3             (6)  A tow truck  in  combination  with  a  disabled
 4        vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the
 5        towing vehicle:
 6                  (A)  Is  specifically  designed  as a tow truck
 7             having a gross vehicle weight  rating  of  at  least
 8             18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided
 9             that  air  brakes  are  required  only if the towing
10             vehicle  is  towing  a  vehicle,   semitrailer,   or
11             tractor-trailer  combination  that  is equipped with
12             air brakes.  For the  purpose  of  this  subsection,
13             gross  vehicle  weight  rating,  or  GVWR, means the
14             value specified by the manufacturer  as  the  loaded
15             weight of the tow truck.
16                  (B)  Is  equipped  with  flashing, rotating, or
17             oscillating amber lights, visible for at  least  500
18             feet in all directions.
19                  (C)  Is  capable  of utilizing the lighting and
20             braking  systems  of   the   disabled   vehicle   or
21             combination of vehicles.
22                  (D)  Does not engage a tow exceeding 50 highway
23             miles from the initial point of wreck or disablement
24             to a place of repair. Any additional movement of the
25             vehicles   may   occur   only   upon   issuance   of
26             authorization for that movement under the provisions
27             of Sections 15-301 through 15-319 of this Code.
28        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
29    additional  requirements  regarding  length limitations for a
30    tow truck towing another vehicle.
31        For purposes of this Section,  a  tow-dolly  that  merely
32    serves  as  substitute  wheels  for  another legally licensed
33    vehicle is considered part of the licensed vehicle and not  a
34    separate vehicle.
 
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 1        (d)  On  Class  I  highways  there  are no overall length
 2    limitations  on  motor  vehicles  operating  in  combinations
 3    provided:
 4             (1)  The length of a semitrailer,  unladen  or  with
 5        load,  in combination with a truck tractor may not exceed
 6        53 feet.
 7             (2)  The distance between the kingpin and the center
 8        of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
 9        combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45  feet
10        6 inches.
11             (3)  The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen
12        or     with     load,     operated     in     a     truck
13        tractor-semitrailer-trailer  combination,  may not exceed
14        28 feet 6 inches.
15             (4)  Maxi-cube combinations, as defined  in  Chapter
16        1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
17             (5)  Combinations  of vehicles specifically designed
18        to transport motor vehicles or boats may  not  exceed  65
19        feet   overall   dimension.   The  length  limitation  is
20        inclusive of front and rear bumpers but exclusive of  the
21        overhang  of  the  transported  vehicles,  as provided in
22        paragraph (i) of this Section.
23             (6)  Stinger steered semitrailer vehicles as defined
24        in Chapter 1, specifically designed  to  transport  motor
25        vehicles  or  boats,  may  not  exceed  75  feet  overall
26        dimension.  The  length  limitation is inclusive of front
27        and rear bumpers but exclusive of  the  overhang  of  the
28        transported  vehicles,  as  provided  in paragraph (i) of
29        this Section.
30             (7)  A  truck  in  transit  transporting  3   trucks
31        coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not
32        exceed 75 feet overall dimension.
33        Vehicles    operating    during   daylight   hours   when
34    transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects  of  a
 
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 1    structural  nature  that  cannot  readily  be dismembered are
 2    exempt from length limitations, provided that no  object  may
 3    exceed  80  feet  in  length and the overall dimension of the
 4    vehicle including the load may not  exceed  100  feet.   This
 5    exemption  does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday,
 6    or legal holiday.  Legal holidays referred to in this Section
 7    are the days on which the following traditional holidays  are
 8    celebrated:  New  Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day;
 9    Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
10        Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while  en
11    route  to make emergency repairs to public service facilities
12    or properties are exempt from  length  limitations,  provided
13    that  during night operations every vehicle and its load must
14    be equipped with a sufficient number of  clearance  lamps  on
15    both  sides  and  marker  lamps  on  the  extreme ends of any
16    projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
17        A tow truck in combination with  a  disabled  vehicle  or
18    combination  of  disabled  vehicles, as provided in paragraph
19    (6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from  length
20    limitations.
21        The  length  limitations  described in this paragraph (d)
22    shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
23    such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air  compressors  and
24    other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
25    for  safe  and  efficient  operation;  except  that no device
26    excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
27    the capability to carry cargo.
28        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
29    relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to  the
30    designation of highways under this paragraph (d).
31        (e)  On  Class  II  highways  there are no overall length
32    limitations on  motor  vehicles  operating  in  combinations,
33    provided:
34             (1)  The  length  of  a semitrailer, unladen or with
 
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 1        load, in combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed
 2        53 feet overall dimension.
 3             (2)  The distance between the kingpin and the center
 4        of the rear axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in
 5        combination with a truck tractor, may not exceed 45  feet
 6        6 inches.
 7             (3)  A truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
 8        may  not  exceed  65 feet in dimension from front axle to
 9        rear axle.
10             (4)  The length of a semitrailer or trailer, unladen
11        or     with     load,     operated     in     a     truck
12        tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination, may  not  exceed
13        28 feet 6 inches.
14             (5)  Maxi-cube  combinations,  as defined in Chapter
15        1, may not exceed 65 feet overall dimension.
16             (6)  A   combination   of   vehicles,   specifically
17        designed to transport motor vehicles or  boats,  may  not
18        exceed  65 feet overall dimension.  The length limitation
19        is inclusive of front and rear bumpers but  exclusive  of
20        the  overhang of the transported vehicles, as provided in
21        paragraph (i) of this Section.
22             (7)  Stinger  steered   semitrailer   vehicles,   as
23        defined  in Chapter 1, specifically designed to transport
24        motor vehicles or boats, may not exceed 75  feet  overall
25        dimension.  The  length  limitation is inclusive of front
26        and rear bumpers but exclusive of  the  overhang  of  the
27        transported  vehicles,  as  provided  in paragraph (i) of
28        this Section.
29             (8)  A  truck  in  transit  transporting  3   trucks
30        coupled together by the triple saddlemount method may not
31        exceed 75 feet overall dimension.
32        Vehicles    operating    during   daylight   hours   when
33    transporting poles, pipes, machinery, or other objects  of  a
34    structural  nature  that  cannot  readily  be dismembered are
 
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 1    exempt from length limitations, provided that no  object  may
 2    exceed  80  feet  in  length and the overall dimension of the
 3    vehicle including the load may not  exceed  100  feet.   This
 4    exemption  does not apply to operation on a Saturday, Sunday,
 5    or legal holiday.  Legal holidays referred to in this Section
 6    are the days on which the following traditional holidays  are
 7    celebrated:  New  Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day;
 8    Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
 9        Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility while  en
10    route  to make emergency repairs to public service facilities
11    or properties are exempt from  length  limitations,  provided
12    that  during night operations every vehicle and its load must
13    be equipped with a sufficient number of  clearance  lamps  on
14    both  sides  and  marker  lamps  on  the  extreme ends of any
15    projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
16        A tow truck in combination with  a  disabled  vehicle  or
17    combination  of  disabled  vehicles, as provided in paragraph
18    (6) of subsection (c) of this Section, is exempt from  length
19    limitations.
20        Local  authorities  and road district commissioners, with
21    respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction, may
22    also by ordinance or resolution allow length  limitations  of
23    this subsection (e).
24        The  length  limitations  described in this paragraph (e)
25    shall be exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices,
26    such as bumpers, refrigeration units or air  compressors  and
27    other devices, that the Department may interpret as necessary
28    for  safe  and  efficient  operation;  except  that no device
29    excluded under this paragraph shall have by its design or use
30    the capability to carry cargo.
31        (e-1)  Combinations of vehicles  not  exceeding  65  feet
32    overall length are allowed access as follows:
33             (1)  From  any  State  designated  highway  onto any
34        county, township, or municipal highway for a distance  of
 
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 1        5 highway miles for the purpose of loading and unloading,
 2        provided:
 3                  (A)  The  vehicle does not exceed 73,280 pounds
 4             in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
 5                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
 6                  (C)  The  route  is  not  being   used   as   a
 7             thoroughfare between State  designated highways.
 8             (2)  From  any  State  designated  highway  onto any
 9        county or township highway for a distance  of  5  highway
10        miles or onto any municipal highway for a distance of one
11        highway  mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and
12        rest, provided:
13                  (A)  The vehicle does not exceed 73,280  pounds
14             in gross weight and 8 feet 6 inches in width.
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        (e-2)  Except   as   provided   in   subsection    (e-3),
19    combinations  of  vehicles  over  65  feet in length, with no
20    overall length limitation except as provided  in  subsections
21    (d) and (e) of this Section, are allowed access as follows:
22             (1)  From  a  Class  I  highway  onto  any street or
23        highway for a distance of 2 one highway  miles  mile  for
24        the  purpose  of loading, unloading, food, fuel, repairs,
25        and rest, provided there  is  no  sign  prohibiting  that
26        access.
27             (2)  From  a  Class  I  or Class II highway onto any
28        State highway or any locally  designated  highway  for  a
29        distance  of  5 highway miles for the purpose of loading,
30        unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
31        (e-3)  Combinations of vehicles over 65  feet  in  length
32    operated  by household goods carriers, with no overall length
33    limitations except as provided in subsections (d) and (e)  of
34    this  Section, have unlimited access to points of loading and
 
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 1    unloading.
 2        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
 3    relating to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to  the
 4    designation of highways under this paragraph (e).
 5        (f)  On   Class   III   and  other  non-designated  State
 6    highways, the length limitations for vehicles in  combination
 7    are as follows:
 8             (1)  Truck  tractor-semitrailer  combinations,  must
 9        comply  with  either a maximum 55 feet overall wheel base
10        or a maximum 65 feet extreme overall dimension.
11             (2)  Semitrailers, unladen or  with  load,  may  not
12        exceed 53 feet overall dimension.
13             (3)  No       truck      tractor-semitrailer-trailer
14        combination may exceed 60 feet extreme overall dimension.
15             (4)  The distance between the kingpin and the center
16        axle of a semitrailer longer than 48 feet, in combination
17        with a truck tractor, may not exceed 42 feet 6 inches.
18        (g)  Length limitations in the preceding  subsections  of
19    this Section 15-107 do not apply to the following:
20             (1)  Vehicles  operated  in  the  daytime, except on
21        Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays, when  transporting
22        poles,  pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural
23        nature that cannot readily be dismembered,  provided  the
24        overall  length  of  vehicle  and load may not exceed 100
25        feet and no object exceeding 80 feet  in  length  may  be
26        transported   unless   a  permit  has  been  obtained  as
27        authorized in Section 15-301.
28             (2)  Vehicles and loads operated by a public utility
29        while en  route  to  make  emergency  repairs  to  public
30        service   facilities  or  properties,  but  during  night
31        operation every vehicle and its  load  must  be  equipped
32        with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides
33        and  marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting
34        load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
 
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 1             (3)  A tow truck  in  combination  with  a  disabled
 2        vehicle or combination of disabled vehicles, provided the
 3        towing vehicle meets the following conditions:
 4                  (A)  It is specifically designed as a tow truck
 5             having  a  gross  vehicle  weight rating of at least
 6             18,000 pounds and equipped with air brakes, provided
 7             that air brakes are  required  only  if  the  towing
 8             vehicle   is   towing  a  vehicle,  semitrailer,  or
 9             tractor-trailer combination that  is  equipped  with
10             air brakes.
11                  (B)  It is equipped with flashing, rotating, or
12             oscillating  amber  lights, visible for at least 500
13             feet in all directions.
14                  (C)  It is capable of  utilizing  the  lighting
15             and  braking  systems  of  the  disabled  vehicle or
16             combination of vehicles.
17                  (D)  It does not engage in a tow  exceeding  50
18             miles   from   the   initial   point   of  wreck  or
19             disablement.
20        The  Department  may  by  rule  or  regulation  prescribe
21    additional requirements regarding length  limitations  for  a
22    tow truck towing another vehicle.
23        For  the purpose of this subsection, gross vehicle weight
24    rating, or GVWR,  shall  mean  the  value  specified  by  the
25    manufacturer  as  the  loaded  weight of the tow truck. Legal
26    holidays referred to in this Section shall  be  specified  as
27    the  day  on  which  the  following  traditional holidays are
28    celebrated:
29        New Year's Day;
30        Memorial Day;
31        Independence Day;
32        Labor Day;
33        Thanksgiving Day; and
34        Christmas Day.
 
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 1        (h)  The load upon any vehicle  operated  alone,  or  the
 2    load  upon  the  front  vehicle of a combination of vehicles,
 3    shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the front wheels  of
 4    the  vehicle  or  the  front  bumper  of the vehicle if it is
 5    equipped  with  a  front  bumper.  The  provisions  of   this
 6    subsection  (h) shall not apply to any vehicle or combination
 7    of vehicles specifically  designed  for  the  collection  and
 8    transportation  of  waste,  garbage,  or recyclable materials
 9    during the vehicle's operation in the  course  of  collecting
10    garbage,  waste,  or  recyclable  materials if the vehicle is
11    traveling at a speed not in  excess  of  15  miles  per  hour
12    during   the   vehicle's  operation  and  in  the  course  of
13    collecting garbage, waste, or recyclable materials.  However,
14    in no instance shall the load extend more than 7 feet  beyond
15    the  front  wheels  of the vehicle or the front bumper of the
16    vehicle if it is equipped with a front bumper.
17        (i)  The load upon the front vehicle of a combination  of
18    vehicles  specifically  designed  to transport motor vehicles
19    shall not extend more than 3 feet beyond the foremost part of
20    the  transporting  vehicle  and  the  load  upon   the   rear
21    transporting vehicle shall not extend more than 4 feet beyond
22    the  rear  of the bed or body of the vehicle.  This paragraph
23    shall  only  be  applicable  upon  highways   designated   in
24    paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section.
25        (j)  Articulated   vehicles   comprised  of  2  sections,
26    neither of which exceeds a length of 42  feet,  designed  for
27    the carrying of more than 10 persons, may be up to 60 feet in
28    length, not including energy absorbing bumpers, provided that
29    the vehicles are:
30             1.  operated  by  or  for  any  public body or motor
31        carrier   authorized   by   law   to    provide    public
32        transportation services; or
33             2.  operated  in local public transportation service
34        by any other person and the  municipality  in  which  the
 
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 1        service  is  to be provided approved the operation of the
 2        vehicle.
 3        (j-1)  (Blank).
 4        (k)  Any  person  who  is  convicted  of  violating  this
 5    Section is subject to the penalty as  provided  in  paragraph
 6    (b) of Section 15-113.
 7        (l)  (Blank).
 8    (Source: P.A.  92-417,  eff.  1-1-02;  92-766,  eff.  1-1-03;
 9    92-883, eff. 1-13-03.)

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

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

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

13                 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH SELFCOMPACTORS
14       OR ROLL-OFF HOISTS AND ROLL-OFF CONTAINERS FOR GARBAGE
15              OR REFUSE HAULS ONLY AND TRUCKS USED FOR
16                THE COLLECTION OF RENDERING MATERIALS
17               On Highway Not Part of National System
18                 of Interstate and Defense Highways
19    with 2 axles                                    36,000 pounds
20    with 3 axles                                    54,000 pounds

21                    TWO AXLE TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH
22             A FRONT LOADING COMPACTOR USED EXCLUSIVELY
23         FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE, REFUSE, OR RECYCLING
24    with 2 axles                                    40,000 pounds

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

13    Distance measured
14    to the nearest
15    foot between the
16    extremes of any         Maximum weight in pounds
17    group of 2 or           of any group of
18    more consecutive        2 or more consecutive axles
19    axles
20          feet        2 axles  3 axles  4 axles  5 axles  6 axles
21            4         34,000
22            5         34,000
23            6         34,000
24            7         34,000
25            8         38,000*   42,000
26            9         39,000    42,500
27           10         40,000    43,500
28           11                   44,000
29           12                   45,000   50,000
30           13                   45,500   50,500
31           14                   46,500   51,500
32           15                   47,000   52,000
33           16                   48,000   52,500   58,000
34           17                   48,500   53,500   58,500
 
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 1           18                   49,500   54,000   59,000
 2           19                   50,000   54,500   60,000
 3           20                   51,000   55,500   60,500   66,000
 4           21                   51,500   56,000   61,000   66,500
 5           22                   52,500   56,500   61,500   67,000
 6           23                   53,000   57,500   62,500   68,000
 7           24                   54,000   58,000   63,000   68,500
 8           25                   54,500   58,500   63,500   69,000
 9           26                   55,500   59,500   64,000   69,500
10           27                   56,000   60,000   65,000   70,000
11           28                   57,000   60,500   65,500   71,000
12           29                   57,500   61,500   66,000   71,500
13           30                   58,500   62,000   66,500   72,000
14           31                   59,000   62,500   67,500   72,500
15           32                   60,000   63,500   68,000   73,000
16           33                            64,000   68,500   74,000
17           34                            64,500   69,000   74,500
18           35                            65,500   70,000   75,000
19           36                            66,000   70,500   75,500
20           37                            66,500   71,000   76,000
21           38                            67,500   72,000   77,000
22           39                            68,000   72,500   77,500
23           40                            68,500   73,000   78,000
24           41                            69,500   73,500   78,500
25           42                            70,000   74,000   79,000
26           43                            70,500   75,000   80,000
27           44                            71,500   75,500
28           45                            72,000   76,000
29           46                            72,500   76,500
30           47                            73,500   77,500
31           48                            74,000   78,000
32           49                            74,500   78,500
33           50                            75,500   79,000
34           51                            76,000   80,000
 
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 1           52                            76,500
 2           53                            77,500
 3           54                            78,000
 4           55                            78,500
 5           56                            79,500
 6           57                            80,000
 7    *If the distance between 2 axles is 96 inches or less, the  2
 8    axles  are  tandem axles and the maximum total weight may not
 9    exceed  34,000  pounds,  notwithstanding  the  higher   limit
10    resulting from the application of the formula.
11        Vehicles  not  in  a combination having more than 4 axles
12    may not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f)
13    for 4  axles  measured  between  the  extreme  axles  of  the
14    vehicle.
15        Vehicles  in  a  combination having more than 6 axles may
16    not exceed the weight in the table in this subsection (f) for
17    6  axles  measured  between  the   extreme   axles   of   the
18    combination.
19        Local    authorities    and    road    district   highway
20    commissioners, with respect to  streets  and  highways  under
21    their  jurisdiction,  without  additional  fees,  may also by
22    ordinance or resolution allow the weight limitations of  this
23    subsection, provided the maximum gross weight on any one axle
24    shall  not  exceed 20,000 pounds and the maximum total weight
25    on any  tandem  axle  shall  not  exceed  34,000  pounds,  on
26    designated  highways when appropriate regulatory signs giving
27    notice are erected upon the street or highway or  portion  of
28    any   street   or   highway  affected  by  the  ordinance  or
29    resolution.
30        The following are exceptions to the above formula:
31             (1)  Two consecutive sets of tandem axles may  carry
32        a  total  weight  of  34,000  pounds  each if the overall
33        distance  between  the  first  and  last  axles  of   the
34        consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more.
 
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 1             (2)  Vehicles   for   which  a  different  limit  is
 2        established and posted in accordance with Section  15-316
 3        of this Code.
 4             (3)  Vehicles    for   which   the   Department   of
 5        Transportation and  local  authorities  issue  overweight
 6        permits  under  authority of Section 15-301 of this Code.
 7        These vehicles are not subject to the bridge formula.
 8             (4)  Tow trucks subject to the  conditions  provided
 9        in  subsection  (d)  may  not  exceed  24,000 pounds on a
10        single rear axle or 44,000 pounds on a tandem rear axle.
11             (5)  A tandem axle on a 3-axle truck registered as a
12        Special Hauling Vehicle, manufactured prior to or in  the
13        model  year  of 2004, and registered in Illinois prior to
14        January 1, 2005, with a distance between  2  axles  in  a
15        series greater than 72 inches but not more than 96 inches
16        may  not  exceed  a  total  weight  of  36,000 pounds and
17        neither axle of the series may exceed 18,000 pounds.
18             (6)  A truck not in  combination,  equipped  with  a
19        self  compactor  or  an  industrial  roll-off  hoist  and
20        roll-off  container,  used  exclusively  for  garbage  or
21        refuse  operations,  may,  when  laden, transmit upon the
22        road surface, except when on part of the National  System
23        of Interstate and Defense Highways, the following maximum
24        weights: 22,000 pounds on a single axle; 40,000 pounds on
25        a  tandem  axle;  36,000  pounds gross weight on a 2-axle
26        vehicle; 54,000 pounds gross weight on a 3-axle  vehicle.
27        This vehicle is not subject to the bridge formula.
28             (7)  Combinations of vehicles, registered as Special
29        Hauling  Vehicles that include a semitrailer manufactured
30        prior to or in the model year of 2004, and registered  in
31        Illinois  prior to January 1, 2005, having 5 axles with a
32        distance of 42 feet or less between  extreme  axles,  may
33        not  exceed  the following maximum weights: 18,000 pounds
34        on a single axle; 32,000 pounds on  a  tandem  axle;  and
 
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 1        72,000  pounds gross weight. This combination of vehicles
 2        is not subject to the  bridge  formula.   For  all  those
 3        combinations  of  vehicles  that  include  a  semitrailer
 4        manufactured  after the effective date of this amendatory
 5        Act of the 92nd General Assembly,  the  overall  distance
 6        between the first and last axles of the 2 sets of tandems
 7        must  be  18  feet  6  inches or more. Any combination of
 8        vehicles that has had its cargo container replaced in its
 9        entirety after December  31,  2004  may  not  exceed  the
10        weights allowed by the bridge formula.
11        No vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with other
12    than  pneumatic  tires may be operated, unladen or with load,
13    upon the highways of this State when the gross weight on  the
14    road  surface  through  any wheel exceeds 800 pounds per inch
15    width of tire tread or when the  gross  weight  on  the  road
16    surface through any axle exceeds 16,000 pounds.
17        (f-1)  A  vehicle and load not exceeding 73,280 pounds is
18    allowed access as follows:
19             (1)  From any  State  designated  highway  onto  any
20        county,  township, or municipal highway for a distance of
21        5 highway miles for the purpose of loading and unloading,
22        provided:
23                  (A)  The vehicle and load  does  not  exceed  8
24             feet 6 inches in width and 65 feet overall length.
25                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
26                  (C)  The   route   is   not  being  used  as  a
27             thoroughfare between State  designated highways.
28             (2)  From any  State  designated  highway  onto  any
29        county  or  township  highway for a distance of 5 highway
30        miles, or any municipal highway for  a  distance  of  one
31        highway  mile for the purpose of food, fuel, repairs, and
32        rest, provided:
33                  (A)  The vehicle and load  does  not  exceed  8
34             feet 6 inches in width and 65 feet overall length.
 
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 1                  (B)  There is no sign prohibiting that access.
 2                  (C)  The   route   is   not  being  used  as  a
 3             thoroughfare between State designated highways.
 4        (f-2)  A vehicle and load greater than 73,280  pounds  in
 5    weight  but  not exceeding 80,000 pounds is allowed access as
 6    follows:
 7             (1)  From a Class  I  highway  onto  any  street  or
 8        highway  for  a  distance of 2 one highway miles mile for
 9        the purpose of loading, unloading, food,  fuel,  repairs,
10        and  rest,  provided  there  is  no sign prohibiting that
11        access.
12             (2)  From a Class I, II, or  III  highway  onto  any
13        State  highway  or  any  local  designated  highway for a
14        distance of 5 highway miles for the purpose  of  loading,
15        unloading, food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
16        Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
17    relating  to procedures for rulemaking shall not apply to the
18    designation of highways under this subsection.
19        (g)  No person shall operate a vehicle or combination  of
20    vehicles   over   a   bridge   or  other  elevated  structure
21    constituting part of a highway with a gross  weight  that  is
22    greater  than the maximum weight permitted by the Department,
23    when the  structure  is  sign  posted  as  provided  in  this
24    Section.
25        (h)  The Department upon request from any local authority
26    shall,   or   upon   its   own  initiative  may,  conduct  an
27    investigation of  any  bridge  or  other  elevated  structure
28    constituting  a  part  of a highway, and if it finds that the
29    structure cannot with safety to itself withstand  the  weight
30    of   vehicles  otherwise  permissible  under  this  Code  the
31    Department shall determine and declare the maximum weight  of
32    vehicles  that  the structures can withstand, and shall cause
33    or permit suitable signs stating maximum weight to be erected
34    and maintained before each end of the structure.   No  person
 
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 1    shall  operate  a vehicle or combination of vehicles over any
 2    structure with a gross weight that is greater than the posted
 3    maximum weight.
 4        (i)  Upon  the  trial  of  any  person  charged  with   a
 5    violation of subsections (g) or (h) of this Section, proof of
 6    the  determination  of  the  maximum  allowable weight by the
 7    Department  and  the  existence  of  the  signs,  constitutes
 8    conclusive  evidence  of  the  maximum  weight  that  can  be
 9    maintained with safety to the bridge or structure.
10    (Source: P.A. 92-417, eff. 1-1-02.)

11        Section 99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
12    January 1, 2004.".