63-5-29 - Gross weight of vehicle and loads; Table I.

§ 63-5-29. Gross weight of vehicle and loads; Table I.
 

On all highways of the State of Mississippi except those referred to in Sections 63-5-31 and 63-5-33, and subject to the limitations imposed on wheel and axle loads by Section 63-5-27 and to the further limitations hereinafter specified, the total combined weight (vehicles plus load) on any group of axles shall not exceed the value given in the following table (Table I), corresponding to the distance in feet between the extreme axles of the group, measured longitudinally to the nearest foot: 
 
  
     Distance in Feet Between                  Maximum Load in Pounds
the Extreme of Any Group of Axles          Carried on any Group of Axles
                 4                                     28,650
                 5                                     29,650
                 6                                     30,640
                 7                                     31,630
                 8                                     32,610
                 9                                     33,580
                10                                     34,550
                11                                     35,510
                12                                     36,470
                13                                     37,420
                14                                     38,360
                15                                     39,300
                16                                     40,280
                17                                     41,160
                18                                     42,080
                19                                     42,990
                20                                     43,900
                21                                     44,800
                22                                     45,700
                23                                     46,590
                24                                     47,470
                25                                     48,350
                26                                     49,220
                27                                     50,090
                28                                     50,950
                29                                     51,800
                30                                     52,650
                31                                     53,490
                32                                     54,330
                33                                     55,160
                34                                     55,650
                35                                     56,800
          36 and greater                           57,650 maximum

 

Moreover, in addition to the per axle weight limitation specified by Section 63-5-27, the maximum load carried on a combination of vehicles shall be subject to the following additional limitations: The maximum load carried on any group of two (2) axles shall not exceed twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds in instances where one or more of such axles is a driving axle (that is, an axle turned by the vehicle's engine power). 
 

(2) An axle group shall consist of any two (2) or more consecutive axles of any vehicle or combination of vehicles. 

(3) Provided, however, that, subject to the limitations imposed on: 

(a) Wheel, axle loads, spacing and weight by Sections 63-5-27 and 63-5-33, and 

(b) Weight limitations on highways and bridges by Section 65-1-45, Mississippi Code of 1972, any product produced on or distributed from a location on any highway within or without the State of Mississippi may be transported from such place of production or location of distribution by the nearest route toward its destination on such highway or highways to a point where such highway intersects a highway previously found or hereafter found by the commission to be suitable to carry the maximum load limits pursuant to Sections 63-5-33 and 63-5-35; and provided further, that any goods, materials, and equipment actually used in the supply of an activity of producing, manufacturing or distributing products on any such highway within the State of Mississippi may be transported on such highway to the site of such manufacture, production or distribution. However, any penalty assessed against a vehicle operating under the provisions of this paragraph (3) (b) shall be calculated according to the maximum weight which that particular vehicle is legally permitted to transport and not the maximum gross weight limit established for that highway. 
 

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit movements of weights in excess of those provided for in this section (63-5-29) over a route or section thereof for the purpose of a shortcut between two (2) highways found by the commission to be suitable to carry the maximum load limits pursuant to Sections 63-5-33 and 63-5-35 or any other purpose not consistent with the aforementioned provisions. 
 

Nothing in Sections 63-5-29, and 63-5-34, shall be construed to imply any general variation from the maximum weight limitations designated by the Mississippi Department of Transportation other than specified in Sections 63-5-29 and 63-5-34. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 8271; Laws,  1938, ch. 200; Laws, 1946, ch. 307, § 4; Laws, 1948, ch. 328, § 6; Laws, 1954, ch. 335; Laws, 1958, ch. 501; Laws, 1960, ch. 409; Laws, 1963, 1st Ex Sess ch. 22; Laws, 1964, ch. 458, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1964, 1st Ex Sess ch. 33; Laws, 1974, ch. 574, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 427, § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 596, § 56, eff from and after July 1, 2001.