Alaska Administrative Code
Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities
Chapter 38 - Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel
17 AAC 38.035 - Prohibitions
Universal Citation: 17 AK Admin Code 17 AAC 38.035
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) A motor vehicle may not use or enter the tunnel if
(1) the motor vehicle poses an
unreasonable hazard to the tunnel or to the tunnel's users due to a condition
of the motor vehicle, or of the motor vehicle's driver, occupants, or
contents;
(2) the size, weight, or
any other characteristic of the motor vehicle, including any trailer, or of any
load on the motor vehicle or trailer, could reduce the safety of passage
through the tunnel;
(3) the load on
the motor vehicle, including any trailer,
(A)
is improperly secured;
(B) poses a
danger to the traveling public; or
(C) is incompatible with the safe operation
of the tunnel; or
(4)
the motor vehicle's driver fails
(A) to pay
the applicable toll as established under
17 AAC 38.020; or
(B) upon request, to provide information
relevant to
(i) the determination of the motor
vehicle's classification under
17 AAC 38.025;
(ii) permits to operate oversized motor
vehicles or trailers on public roads; copies of permits must be provided to the
tunnel operator; or
(iii) a basis
for denial of access under this chapter.
(b) A person may not
(1) set off a false alarm or tamper with
safety devices associated with the tunnel;
(2) when the tunnel is under the management
of the department, use or enter the tunnel except as provided in this chapter;
or
(3) use or enter the tunnel
operating a bicycle or other non-motorized vehicle.
(c) The following are prohibited from entrance into and passage through the tunnel on the highway:
(1) a cleated or tracked vehicle unless
transported on a rubber-tired vehicle;
(2) a vehicle, including any load or trailer,
more than 15 feet high, 11 feet wide, or 75 feet long, or in excess of any
applicable vehicle weight limit under
17 AAC 25.013;
(3) a pedestrian;
(4) a vehicle carrying a hazardous material
(A) that requires a placard under 49 C.F.R.
107 through 180, revised as of October 1, 2003; or
(B) as defined in 49 C.F.R. 107 through 180,
revised as of October 1, 2003, in any quantity greater than 400 pounds, except
that greater than 400 pounds of fuel in a motor vehicle's or boat's internal
fuel tank is exempt from the prohibition in this subparagraph;
(5) a vehicle transporting
gasoline in a portable container not marked as approved for that purpose by
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) or in one or more UL-approved portable
containers having a total combined capacity greater than 12 gallons;
(6) a vehicle transporting propane in
(A) a container not designed for the
transport of propane; or
(B) one or
more containers designed for the transport of propane and having a total
combined capacity greater than 100 pounds of propane; and
(7) a vehicle transporting acetylene in a
container not designed for the transport of acetylene, or transporting one or
more than one container designed for the transport of acetylene and having a
total combined capacity of more than 400 cubic feet of acetylene;
(8) a vehicle that may not legally operate on
the state highway system.
Authority:AS 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.030
AS 19.05.040
AS 44.42.030
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