Bridge weight restrictions

The terminal was probably there before the bridge was declared weight restricted. So they give them a pass. Would be my guess. If there is no other suitable route for trucks.

 

Sounds like a trap. Somebody at those trucking companies better get on the stick. If it is really 29T gross, I wouldn't care for crossing it with 40 all day.

 

29T is almost 60,000 pounds. I would not be too concerned If other trucks are already crossing it.

 

It depends on the length of the bridge. If it's long enough for your entire truck to fit on it the rating needs to exceed your gross weight. If it's only long enough for a set of tandems to fit on it, the rating only needs to exceed the weight of your heaviest axle group.

 

29T means 29x2000 =58000 gross weight give or take a smidge.

We used to have a US 340 bridge west of Harpers Ferry, called the green shaker. Very high up. Weight restricted beyond belief in like 3 states. Yet lumber trucks hardwood flat bounce and shake across there many times a hour every day and night. Ive done my fair share of bouncing across there.

It had a particular curve on one end. You would imagine very easily its leaning out a foot or so as you took it.

Company sign on the brakeroom regarding that one bridge. "You drop it, your estate has bought it for generations." and will absolutely be billed a new one.

 

A lot of the “lower” weight restrictions you see here and there that don’t otherwise specify were more directed to “straight trucks” and short dump trucks that can be much heavier inside of a short length, that can all fit on the bridge at once.

 

Yet another variation on weight rating will come from the Fire Department, usually the local one. I sued to have to cross a Boring Maryland Wooden bridge over the Chessie System that was 6 ton roughly. Turns out the little red and white plate on the corner says I can put 14 and 34000 tandems on there. So it worked out well that time. (Yes Virginia, there IS a Boring Maryland.)