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Updated 07/07

Sample Truck Route and Weight Restriction Provisions

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About Truck Routes and Weight Restrictions

Local authorities are authorized by RCW 46.44.080  to prohibit the operation of motor trucks or other vehicles and to impose limits as to their weight under certain circumstances. However, local authorities  may not prohibit the use of any street designated by the State Transportation Commission as forming a part of any primary state highway or impose any restrictions or reductions in permissible weights unless the restrictions are first approved in writing by the State Department of Transportation. This statute also requires that the local authority imposing such restrictions do so by proper ordinance or resolution, and it must erect and maintain signs designating the provisions of the ordinance at each end of the public highway affected. The statute further provides that no such ordinance or resolution shall be effective until such signs are erected and maintained.

Statutes

Ordinance Provisions

  • Algona Municipal Code  Chapter 10.16 - Vehicle Weight Limits and Regulation of Large Motor Vehicles
  • Bellevue Municipal Code  Chapter 11.70 - Regulating the Kinds and Classes of Traffic on Certain Streets
  • Burien
    • Burien Municipal Code Chapter 10.20 - Size, Weight and Load Regulations
    • Burien Municipal Code  Chapter 10.30 - Special Permits and Permit Procedures (Drivers and Vehicles)
    • Clallam County Code  Chapter 9.33 - Bridge Weight Limits
  • Clark County
  • Edmonds
    • Edmonds Municipal Code  Chapter 8.56 - Regulating Traffic on Certain Highways
    • Edmonds Municipal Code Section 8.64.080  - Schedule VIII – Commercial vehicles prohibited from using certain streets
  • Issaquah Municipal Code, Chapter 10.36 - Truck Routes
  • Longview Municipal Code, Chapter 11.68 - Load Limits - Truck Routes
  • Shelton Municipal Code Chapter 11.40 - Load Restrictions and Street Closures
  • Seattle Municipal Code, Chapter 11.62  - Regulating the Kinds and Classes of Traffic on Certain Streets
  • Spokane Ordinance No. C-33619 ( 676 KB) - Vehicle size, weight, and load limits, 4-05
  • Tacoma Municipal Code, Chapter 11.55 ( 354 MB, begins on page 68 of file) - Heavy Haul Industrial Corridor
  • Whatcom County
    • Whatcom County Code, Chapter 10.30 - Permanent Weight Limits
    • Whatcom County Code, Chapter 10.32 - Movement of Oversize Vehicles

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