Current through September 18, 2024
A. "Access route" means a route consisting of one or more specifically identified ways which provide access between:
1. The National Network and;
2. A terminal; or
3. Service facilities for food, fuel, repairs and rest.
B. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Transportation.
C. "Household goods" means:
1. Personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of such dwelling and such other similar property; except that this subparagraph shall not be construed to include property moving from a factory or store, except such property as the household has purchased with intent to use in his dwelling and which is transported at the request of, and the transportation charges paid to the carrier by, the householder;
2. Furniture, fixtures, equipment, and the property of stores, offices, museums, institutions, hospitals or other establishments when a part of the stock, equipment, or supply of such stores, offices, museums, institutions, hospitals or other establishments and such other similar property; except that this subparagraph shall not be construed to include the stock-in-trade of any establishment, whether consignor or consignee, other than used furniture and used fixtures, except when transported as incidental to moving of the establishment, or a portion thereof, from one location to another; and
3. Articles, including objects of art, displays, and exhibits, which because of their unusual nature or value require the specialized handling and equipment usually employed in moving household goods and such other similar articles; except that this subparagraph shall not be construed to include any article, whether crated or uncrated which does not, because of its unusual nature or value, require the specialized handling and equipment usually employed in moving household goods.
D. "Local routes" means town roads, city streets, and Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, highways and structures that are not part of the State Highway System and specifically designated by the Department.
E. "National network" means the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and those sections of the Federal-aid Primary System which are divided highways with four or more lanes and full control of access, which highways and sections are designated by the Secretary of the Federal Department of Transportation pursuant to the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, as amended and listed in Appendix A to 23 C.F.R. Part 658.
F. "Terminal" means any location where:
1 freight either originates, terminates, or is handled, in the transportation process; or
2. commercial motor carriers maintain operating facilities
G. "Twin trailer" means a semitrailer or trailer configuration of a maximum of 28 1/2 feet for each unit in a tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination.
