Texas Transportation Code

§ 623.402 — ISSUANCE OF PERMIT

TN § 623.402Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part E. VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT · Ch. 623. PERMITS FOR OVERSIZE OR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES · Art. U. INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINERS

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(a)The department may issue an annual permit authorizing the movement of a sealed intermodal shipping container moving in international transportation by a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination that has six total axles and is equipped with a roll stability support safety system and truck blind spot systems only if:

(1)the gross weight of the combination does not exceed 93,000 pounds;

(2)the distance between the front axle of the truck-tractor and the last axle of the semitrailer, measured longitudinally, is approximately 647 inches;

(3)the truck-tractor is configured as follows:

(A)one single axle that does not exceed 13,000 pounds;

(B)one two-axle group that does not exceed 37,000 pounds, in which no axle in the group exceeds 18,500 pounds; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 108 (S.B. 1524), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2018.