Bridge weight restrictions

There are a few in GA that have signs with a pretty low number. I don't remember what it is. I wanna say 10t. They're on a secondary road. The most direct route to clearwater FL. Trucks roll over em all day long. Grossed out.

I know a road in my state with a sign that says 8t axle. It can probably be gone now with all the truck traffic these days. The population is growing. Lot of construction.

 

If it does not specifically relate to axle ratings, then it's GVW.

Even on the short bridges where only one axle group at a time would be in contact with the suspension of the bridge, and THAT would be legal, you'd lose that round in court.
It's likely that that bridge has a local variance, but I'd be wary, especially if Barney likes to camp out there.
He may be making certain that you are directly accessing the terminals in close proximity as other businesses farther down the road may have other options with a detour.

 

Lets analyze this for a moment. Since it's mostly already illegal for an axle to exceed 17T (34,000) most anywhere why put an axle limit of 29T in place? I think it is safe to say that is a gross weight limit. However without specific information on the location of this bridge it is impossible for anybody in here to answer you.

 

Tandem axles at 17t.

One axle would be 8.5t.

Unless it's a 10.4 spread. 10t.

 

This doesn’t help the legality of it but if the bridge says 29 tons I am pretty sure it is rated for two 29 ton trucks running in opposite directions crossing it at the same time. I am pretty sure the engineers assumed there would be a possibility of two trucks crossing at the same time.

Really low weight bridges scare me but I have crossed many when I was way over the weight and I was sure I was the only one on it at the time. Not saying I recommend it but some times it is the only way.

 

Nah, engineers aren't that reality smart. They purposely under rate bridges, and I've crossed my share. Once, on a 2 lane, came up on a 40 ton bridge, loaded 80g's, another 18 coming the other way. We hit the bridge at exactly the same time. I grabbed the radio and said, "are you empty"? "Nope, full load, 80g's". I said, "well, I guess we tested the bridge for them".

 

Means 29 ton per vehicle. Does not say “one at a time”.
If the bridge is long and wide enough, it can handle several 29 ton vehicles. Yes engineers thought of this.

 

Just to start something. Snowy is the only one stating it right.
29T is 64,000 lbs approximately
29t is 58,000 lbs.

 

What is the gross weight of the Bluewater or Peace bridge?

 

One place I delivered to was surrounded on 3 sides by residential. Trucks started coming in and going out from all directions, so the no truck signs went up when people started complaining. Dispatch called me to make sure I knew the right way to get in. Lol. I said yes, I already checked Google satellite and saw all the houses. Dispatch told me they will ticket me if caught going the wrong route. Just went in and out the way with no houses and was fine.