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169.81.2

Statute ID: 12360

Statute Function ID: 27086

Traffic Regulation - Length of Single Vehicles - Exceed Limitations

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Statute Number:

169.81.2

Enactment Date:

May 6, 2008

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2008

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Length of Single Vehicles - Exceed Limitations

Statute ID:

12360

Created:

Jul 31, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 31, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Updated

Legal Analyst Comment:

2008 c287 art1 s51

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Length of Single Vehicles - Exceed Limitations

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/81.html

Legislative Session:

2008 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 12, 2016

(a) Statewide, no single vehicle may exceed 45 feet in overall length, including load and front and rear bumpers, except mobile cranes, which may not exceed 48 feet in overall length.
(b) Statewide, no semitrailer may exceed 48 feet in overall length, including bumper and load, but excluding non-cargo-carrying equipment, such as refrigeration units or air compressors, necessary for safe and efficient operation and located on the end of the semitrailer adjacent to the truck-tractor. However, statewide, a single semitrailer may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet.
(c) Statewide, no single trailer may have an overall length exceeding 45 feet, including the tow bar assembly but exclusive of rear bumpers that do not increase the overall length by more than six inches.
(d) For determining compliance with this subdivision, the length of the semitrailer or trailer must be determined separately from the overall length of the combination of vehicles.
(e) No semitrailer or trailer used in a three-vehicle combination may have an overall length in excess of 28-1/2 feet, exclusive of:
(1) non-cargo-carrying accessory equipment, including refrigeration units or air compressors and upper coupler plates, necessary for safe and efficient operation, located on the end of the semitrailer or trailer adjacent to the truck or truck-tractor;
(2) the tow bar assembly; and
(3) lower coupler equipment that is a fixed part of the rear end of the first semitrailer or trailer.