Code of Massachusetts Regulations
700 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Title 700 CMR 9.00 - Driving on State Highways
Section 9.08 - Limited Access and Express State Highways
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Effect of 700 CMR 9.00. 700 CMR 9.08(2) shall be effective on all limited access State Highways and express state highways where official signs have been posted prohibiting bicycles, pedestrians and/or horsedrawn vehicles.
(2) Limited Access and Express State Highway Regulations.
(3) Backing Prohibitions. No person shall back a vehicle for the purpose of gaining entrance to any express state highway off ramp. Exit from the highway shall be made only at succeeding exits. No person shall back a vehicle from any ramp which provides entrance or exit for an express state highway.
(4) From time to time in the discretion of the Department, when required for the purpose of promoting public safety and convenience during periods of commuter and holiday traffic, inclement weather conditions or construction activity, or for other good cause, the Department may issue an order suspending the use of a special permit, and / or limiting the time and hours of travel of any vehicle, motor vehicle, including semi-trailers, and tandem units, as defined in M.G.L. c. 90, §1, from travel on any of its roadways and routes of reasonable access or any parts thereof, and may impose penalties not to exceed the limits set forth in M.G.L. c. 85, §2B for violations thereof. Any order issued pursuant to this section may exempt from such travel restriction any vehicle deemed essential for emergency travel, in the discretion of the Department.
(5) Haul Road Restrictions.