![]() ![]() Maine - 43 feet to the center of the rearmost axle however, the overall length is not to exceed 74 feet on non-National Network highways. Indiana - 43 feet to the rearmost axle of the semitrailer (only applies to semitrailers longer than 48 feet, 6 inches). ![]() On Class III and other non-designated state highways, 42 feet, 6 inches is the maximum allowed to the center of the rear axle. Illinois - On Class I and II highways, 45 feet 6 inches to the center of the rear axle (applies to trailers greater than 48 feet). Moving on here’s some good news: When the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 was enacted, it provided that “No state shall establish, maintain, or enforce any regulation of commerce which imposes a vehicle length limitation of less than forty-eight feet on the length of the semitrailer unit operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer combination… on any segment of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and those classes of qualifying Federal-aid Primary System highways…”įlorida - 41 feet between kingpin and the center of the rear axle or rear group of axles on all roads except roads on the State Highway System that are restricted by the DOT or roads restricted by local authorities. Kingpin to rear axle is measured from the kingpin to the center of the rear axle, if single, or to the center of a group of rear axles (23 CFR 658.19(h)(2)(i)(C)).Semitrailer means any motor vehicle, other than a pole trailer, that is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and is constructed so that some part of its weight rests upon the self-propelled towing motor vehicle (49 CFR 390.5).Tractor or Truck Tractor means the noncargo-carrying power unit that operates in combination with a semitrailer or trailer (23 CFR 658.5).Before we continue, let’s get some important definitions out of the way: ![]()
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