Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
186.655,
189.222,
23 C.F.R. Part 658, 23 U.S.C., 49 U.S.C. 31111,
Pub.
L. 114-94
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
189.222(11) authorizes the
Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations implementing
the provisions of 23 C.F.R. Part 658 relating to the length, width, and weight
limitations of motor vehicles travelling on the Commonwealth's state primary
road system. This administrative regulation establishes the dimensions and the
dimension combinations for motor vehicles travelling on all classes of highways
in Kentucky. This administrative regulation also establishes the regulatory
provisions relating to The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, or the
FAST Act,
Pub.
L. 114-94.
Section
1. Definitions.
(1) "Enforcement
tolerance" means an amount, usually expressed as a percentage of the total
length, width, or weight measurement allowed in excess of the maximum to
account for the differences in measuring equipment or techniques.
(2) "Length exclusion safety device" means an
appurtenance:
(a) That is located at the front
or rear of a motor vehicle semitrailer or trailer;
(b) With a function related to the safe and
efficient operation of a motor vehicle semitrailer or trailer; and
(c) That is not designated, designed, or used
for carrying cargo.
(3)"National Truck Network" means a network
of highways on which motor vehicles with increased dimensions could operate
pursuant to the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, 23
U.S.C.
(4) "Stinger-steered" means
an automobile or boat transporter configured as a semitrailer combination in
which the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame behind and below the rear-most
axle of the power unit.
(5)
"Towaway trailer transporter combination" means the combination of a trailer
transporter towing unit and two (2) trailers or semitrailers, with a total
weight that does not exceed 26,000 pounds and does not carry the property or
constitute the inventory property of the manufacturer, distributor, or dealer
of the trailers or semitrailers.
(6) "Trailer transporter towing unit" means a
power unit that is not used to carry property if operating in a towaway trailer
transporter combination.
(7) "Width
exclusion safety device" means an addition or appurtenance located at the side
of a motor vehicle, semitrailer, or trailer with a function related to the safe
and efficient operation of the vehicle and not designated, designed, or used
for carrying cargo.
Section
2. Width Exclusion Safety Devices.
(1) Items designated as width exclusion
safety devices shall include:
(a) Rearview
mirrors;
(b) Turn signal
lamps;
(c) Hand holds for cab entry
or egress;
(d) Splash and spray
suppressant devices; and
(e)
Load-induced tire bulges.
(2) The following items shall be designated
as width exclusion safety devices if they do not extend beyond three (3) inches
(0.0762 meter) on either side of the vehicle:
(a) Corner caps;
(b) Rear or side door hinges and their
protective hardware;
(c) Rain
gutters;
(d) Side marker
lamps;
(e) Lift pads for a
piggyback trailer;
(f) Hazardous
materials placards;
(g) Tarp and
tarp hardware;
(h) A tie-down
assembly on a platform trailer;
(i)
Wall variation from true flat; and
(j) Weevil pins or sockets on a low bed
trailer.
Section
3. Dimensions of Vehicles.
(1)
The maximum dimensions for a motor vehicle or combination motor vehicle shall
be:
(a) A height, including body and load, not
to exceed thirteen (13) feet and six (6) inches (4.115 meters);
(b) A width, including body and load, not to
exceed eight (8) feet (2.44 meters), excluding a width exclusion safety
device;
(c) Except as established
in subsection (2) of this section, a length not exceeding forty-five (45) feet
(13.716 meters) of a single unit motor vehicle, including a part of the body or
load, but excluding a length exclusion safety device; and
(d) Except as established in subsection (2)
of this section, a length not exceeding sixty-five (65) feet (19.812 meters) of
a motor vehicle and trailer or semitrailer combination, including a part of the
body or load, and excluding a length exclusion safety device.
(2) The exceptions established in
paragraphs (a) through (d) of this subsection shall be made to the lengths
established in (1)(c) and (d) of this section.
(a) A truck trailer or semitrailer unit that
is configured as a motor vehicle or boat transporter shall not have a load
overhang of more than three (3) feet (0.915 meters) on the front and four (4)
feet (1.22 meters) on the rear, if hauling only motor vehicles or boats. The
overhangs shall not be included in the sixty-five (65) feet (19.812 meters)
length limit established in (1)(d) of this section.
(b) A truck tractor or semitrailer unit that
is configured as a stinger-steered motor vehicle or boat transporter shall not
have a load overhang of more than four (4) feet (1.22 meters) on the front and
six (6) feet (1.83 meters) on the rear, if hauling only motor vehicles or
boats. The overhangs shall not be included in the measurement of the eighty
(80) feet (24.384 meters) overall length limit.
(c) A single unit motor vehicle transporting
utility poles or pipes shall not exceed forty-five (45) feet (13.716
meters).
(d) A towaway trailer
transporter combination shall not exceed eighty-two (82) feet (24.994
meters).
Section
4. Exceptions to Permit Requirement.
(1) With the exception of buses, a motor
vehicle or a combination motor vehicle with dimensions greater than those
established in Section 3 of this administrative regulation may be operated
without an overweight or overdimensional permit on the following highways:
(a) The National Truck Network;
(b) The fifteen (15) mile (24.14 kilometers)
access established in
KRS
189.222(1)(f);
(c) The five (5) mile (8.05 kilometers)
access established in Section 5(2) of this administrative regulation;
and
(d) The one (1) mile (1.61
kilometers) access established in Section 5(3) of this administrative
regulation.
(2) If
operating on the National Truck Network, a motor vehicle, combination motor
vehicle, or towed unit, including a part of the body and load and excluding a
length or width exclusion safety device, shall require an overdimensional
permit if the width and length dimensions exceed:
(a) A width of 102 inches (2.59
meters);
(b) A towed unit length of
fifty-three (53) feet (16.154 meters) if operated in a single semitrailer
combination; or
(c) Twenty-eight
(28) feet (8.53 meters) if operated in a tractor-semitrailer-trailer
combination or a tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination not exceeding two
(2) towed units per combination.
(3) In a tractor-semitrailer combination
vehicle if the two (2) trailing units are connected with a rigid frame
extension attached to the rear frame of the first semitrailer allowing for a
fifth wheel connection point for the second semitrailer, the length of the
extension shall be excluded from the measurement of semitrailer
length.
(4) If a second semitrailer
is not mounted to the fifth wheel of the rear frame of a semitrailer, the
length of the extension shall be included in the length measurement of the
semitrailer.
(5) The gross vehicle
weight limit for a motor vehicle with the dimensions established in this
subsection, and operating on a highway included in the National Truck Network,
shall be 80,000 pounds (36,287.36 kilograms).
(6) The dimensions and weights established in
this section shall not be subject to an enforcement tolerance.
Section 5. Increased Dimensions.
(1) Motor vehicles with increased dimensions
that do not exceed the limitations established in Section 4 of this
administrative regulation may travel the highways included in the National
Truck Network.
(2) A motor vehicle
with an increased dimension pursuant to Section 4 of this administrative
regulation may travel up to five (5) driving miles (8.05 kilometers) on a
state-maintained highway from a highway segment established as part of the
National Truck Network, and up to fifteen (15) miles (24.14 kilometers) from an
interstate or parkway exit, to attain reasonable access to a terminal or
facility for food, fuel, repairs, or rest.
(3) A motor vehicle with an increased
dimension pursuant to Section 4 of this administrative regulation may travel up
to one (1) driving mile (1.61 kilometers) on a nonstate maintained,
public-owned and public use highway from a National Truck Network highway to
attain reasonable access to a terminal or facility for food, fuel, repair, or
rest.
Section 6.
(1) Household Goods Transporters. A motor
vehicle with an increased dimension as established in Section 4 of this
administrative regulation that is certified by either the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration or the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to transport
household goods shall have access to any public roadway in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky.
(2) Single unit
semitrailers. A truck tractor and single semitrailer that do not exceed
twenty-eight (28) feet excluding a length exclusion safety device shall have
access to any public roadway in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky.
Section 7.
Nonstate Maintained Exceptions.
(1) The city
of Anchorage in Jefferson County, Kentucky has adopted ordinances that exempt
due to safety reasons certain locally maintained roadways from the automatic
one (1) mile (1.61 kilometers) access provision of Section 5(3) of this
administrative regulation.
(2) The
following streets located within the corporate city limits of Anchorage and
listed in the city ordinance shall not be used by a motor vehicle with an
increased dimension as established in Section 4 of this administrative
regulation:
(a) Evergreen Road;
(b) Bellewood Road;
(c) Lucas Lane; and
(d) Old Harrods Creek Road.
Section 8. State
Maintained Exceptions.
(1) Based on safety
concerns to the travelling public, specific road segments shall be exempt from
the five (5) mile (8.05 kilometers) and fifteen (15) mile (24.14 kilometers)
automatic access on a state maintained highway.
(2) The following road segments shall not be
used by a vehicle with increased dimensions pursuant to Section 4 of this
administrative regulation:
(a) Kentucky
Highway 146 from the west boundary of the city of Anchorage in Jefferson
County, beginning at the junction with Old Harrods Creek Road at milepoint
4.198 to the east boundary of the city of Anchorage at milepoint
5.784;
(b) Kentucky Highway 418
from milepoint 2.864 at the intersection with the Blue Sky Parkway, just
southeast of the I-75 interchange in Fayette County, to milepoint 6.089 at the
Fayette and Clark County line;
(c)
Kentucky Highway 1973 in Fayette County from milepoint 0.000 at the
intersection with U.S. 25 to milepoint 1.866 at its intersection with Kentucky
418; and
(d) U.S. 119 from its
junction with Kentucky Highway 932 (Mile point 8.837) northeast of Oven Fork,
to Kentucky Highway 15 (Milepoint 15.772) in Whitesburg, Letcher County,
Kentucky.
(3) The list
of state maintained and non state maintained exempted road segments established
in subsection (2) of this section may be located on the cabinet's Web site at
https://transportation.ky.gov/planning/pages/national-truck-network.aspx.
or at the Transportation Cabinet, Division of Planning, 200 Mero Street,
Frankfort, Kentucky 40622.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
189.222, 23 C.F.R. Part
658