Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Subtitle 4 - HIGHWAYS DIVISION
Chapter 104 - THE MOVEMENT BY PERMIT OF OVERSIZE AND OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES ON STATE HIGHWAYS
Section 19-104-21 - Legal limitations
Current through February, 2024
(a) The total gross weight imposed on the road surface by any group of two or more consecutive axles on a vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not exceed the following when the distance between the first and last axles of the group under consideration is:
provided that 2 consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of 34,000 pounds each providing the overall distance between the first and last axles of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more and provided the overall gross weight does not exceed 80,800 pounds.
(b) No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be used or operated on any state highway with a load upon any single or tandem axle or combination of axles which exceeds the carrying capacity of the axles specified by the manufacturer, or with a total weight in excess of its designed capacity as indicated by its designed gross vehicle weights or gross combination weights.
(c) Axles placed in the same transverse plane which are closer than 42 inches shall be considered as one axle.
(d) The total gross weight imposed upon the public road, street or highway by any single axle shall not exceed 24,000 pounds.
(e) The total gross weight imposed upon the road surface by any one wheel, either single or dual mounting, shall not exceed 12,000 pounds.
(f) In addition to the foregoing limitations on weight, no vehicle shall be operated over a bridge if the gross weight of the vehicle exceeds the posted load limitation of the bridge, unless the owner first secures a written permit from the department.