short bridge/weight limit

i hope your joking go slow over a bridge so there isnt any shockload to the bridge. but thats not the topic if the bridge has a weight limit even if its just 5ft long, and your over that posted weight-your over the limit period. just ask any cop that writes your ticket!

 

Of course Im joking.

 

If I had a dollar for every time I made a turn only to find out two miles down the road trucks my size aren't allowed there.

At least states like New Jersey are more 'truck friendly' in this aspect and color code what streets they want CMV's on.

 

you can research any state weight limit restrictions/bridge online w/ printable map .pdf form.
http://ntl.bts.gov/tools/statedot.html

 

Also the NJ laws require notice [signs] of a light bridge at a place that lets you choose a different route [last intersection b/4 the bridge no matter how far] before they can enforce the weight limit.

 

I picked up epsom salts at a plant in Waynesville, NC and the directions, supplied by the company, routed trucks over a small bridge rated below 40 tons.

 

dont understand, dosn't the modern cowboy trucker have cell phones and all sorts of neet toys like gps and stuff in the bunk to tell guide them, and if a company a driver have a quilcom with gps and stuff on it , for me i went over some in wi, on dirt, gravel roads, just too deliver flowers too way out in the sticks green house, some bridges are barley wide enuff for the tractor and even with just the tractor i was way overweight, but what i did was, i stop before the bridge , get out and look, i would look at how it was made, if its a round over brick like out east, i knew i was okay, or they converted a steam train bridge into a bridge with wood planks, thanks ohio, wife said no way, and she walked across behind me as i clappared across real slow , it was nice sound , kinda erie as the board s floped and stuff.

 

What did you do in that situation? An aspiring newbie wants to know! I mean in a big rig you cant really do a 3 point turn like a 4 wheeler right, so what do you do back-up 10 miles?

 

Just what we need... another color code system. Now I don't know if that means we're in danger of a terrorist attack, the bridge is not rated for my truck or my grandson can't watch that movie.
Sheesh!