HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1969

SINGLE AXLE
COUPLED AXLE
COUPLED AXLE

NO. OF AXLES

MORE THAN 73,000
73,000 OR LESS
MORE THAN 73,000

(II) SINGLE UNIT VEHICLES

AXLE DISTANCES
SPECIFICATION

20,000
36,000
34,000

GROSS MAXIMUM
WEIGHT
(IN POUNDS)

SINGLE AXLE

COUPLED AXLES

AXLES SPACED LESS
THAN 48 INCHES
APART

22,400
36,000

COUPLED AXLES

AXLES SPACED 48
INCHES OR MORE
APART

40,000

(2)  EXCEPT FOR VEHICLES OPERATED UNDER A PERMIT
ISSUED UNDER SECTION 24-112 OF THIS TITLE, THE GROSS WEIGHT
IMPOSED ON THE GROUND SURFACE BY THE WHEELS OF A FRONT AXLE
OF A VEHICLE COMBINATION MAY NOT EXCEED EITHER THE LESSER
OF:

(I)  THE SUM OF THE RATED LOAD CAPACITIES
FOR EACH TIRE ON THE AXLE, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION
(C) OF THIS SECTION.; OR

(II)  THE SUM OF THE RATED LOAD CAPACITIES
INDICATED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS TO EACH TIRE ON THE AXLE
WITH WHICH THE VEHICLE ORIGINALLY WAS EQUIPPED, EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.

(3)  ANY VEHICLE WITH A GROSS MAXIMUM WEIGHT IN
EXCESS OF 73,000 POUNDS MAY TRAVEL ONLY ON STATE HIGHWAYS,
EXCEPT WHILE MAKING A DELIVERY OR PICKUP, AND THEN ONLY ON
HIGHWAYS WHEN TRAVELING BY THE SHORTEST AVAILABLE LEGAL
ROUTE TO OR FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING
SUCH DELIVERY OR PICKUP. IN BALTIMORE CITY, THE SHORTEST
AVAILABLE LEGAL ROUTE SHALL BE ONLY ON DESIGNATED TRUCK
ROUTES.

24-109.

(a) (1) This subsection does not apply to any
combination of vehicles while carrying international freight
in a 20 foot semitrailer or container. However, this
combination of vehicles is subject to the maximum load
limits of axles set forth in § 24-108 of this subtitle and
the maximum gross weight limits set forth in subsection (b)
of this section.

(2) For purpose of this subsection, the distance
between the first and last axles of a vehicle or combination
of vehicles shall be measured horizontally between the
centerlines of these axles.