Ind. Code ch. 9-20-7

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Ind. Code § 9-20-7-1 Operation of vehicles over bridges; prohibitions

Sec. 1. A vehicle may not be operated or moved over a bridge, causeway, or viaduct on a highway if the weight of the vehicle is greater than the maximum load that can be carried with safety to the bridge, causeway, or viaduct. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-15(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 9-20-7-2 Repair and maintenances of bridges; reduction of weight allowed

Sec. 2. The Indiana department of transportation or local authority, when charged with the repair or maintenance of a bridge, causeway, or viaduct, may reduce the gross load weight allowed on the structure below the maximum load prescribed in IC 9-20-4-1 and IC 9-20-5 if the authority determines that the maximum load is greater than the bridge, causeway, or viaduct can sustain without serious damage or with safety to the vehicle. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-15(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 9-20-7-3 Orders, resolutions, and ordinances; content; effect; posting of signs

Sec. 3. The order, resolution, or ordinance shall fix the gross weight allowed in percentage or maximum load prescribed in IC 9-20-4-1 and IC 9-20-5. An order, a resolution, or an ordinance does not take effect until signs indicating the gross weight allowed on a bridge, causeway, or viaduct are posted in a conspicuous place at each end of the structure to which the order, resolution, or ordinance applies. The signs must be legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet and must be maintained during the time the reduction is in force. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-15(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 9-20-7-4 Vehicle weight in excess of weight allowed on bridge; prohibition on movement

Sec. 4. A vehicle may not be moved over a bridge, causeway, or viaduct when the vehicle's gross weight is greater than the gross weight allowed on the bridge, causeway, or viaduct. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-15(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

Ind. Code § 9-20-7-5 Administrative rule provisions; inapplication to restrictions local in nature

Sec. 5. IC 4-22-2 does not apply to a restriction or traffic control determination under this chapter that is by order of the Indiana department of transportation and entirely local in nature, applying to at least one (1) described bridge, causeway, or viaduct. [Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-15(b).] As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

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