IC 9-20-5
    Chapter 5. Heavy Duty Highways and Extra Heavy DutyHighways

IC 9-20-5-1
Establishment and designation of heavy duty highways; removalof designation; publication of map
    Sec. 1. (a) The Indiana department of transportation may adoptrules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following:
        (1) Establish and designate a highway as a heavy duty highway.
        (2) Remove the designation of a highway or part of a highwayas a heavy duty highway.
    (b) The Indiana department of transportation shall periodicallypublish a map showing all highways designated by the department atthe time as heavy duty highways.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

IC 9-20-5-2
Maximum weight limitations; heavy duty highways
    Sec. 2. Whenever the Indiana department of transportationdesignates a heavy duty highway, the department shall also fix themaximum weights of vehicles that may be transported on thehighway. The maximum weights may not exceed the followinglimitations:
        (1) A vehicle may not have a maximum wheel weight, unladenor with load, in excess of eight hundred (800) pounds per inchwidth of tire, measured between the flanges of the rim, or anaxle weight in excess of twenty-two thousand four hundred(22,400) pounds.
        (2) The total weight concentrated on the roadway surface fromany tandem axle group may not exceed eighteen thousand(18,000) pounds for each axle of the assembly.
        (3) The total gross weight, with load, in pounds of a vehicle orcombination of vehicles may not exceed eighty thousand(80,000) pounds.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

IC 9-20-5-3
Designation of heavy duty highways; conditions
    Sec. 3. The Indiana department of transportation may notdesignate an Indiana highway as a heavy duty highway unless thedepartment finds that the highway is:
        (1) so constructed and can be so maintained; or
        (2) in such condition;
that the use of the highway as a heavy duty highway will notmaterially decrease or contribute materially to the decrease of theordinary useful life of the highway.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

IC 9-20-5-4 Extra heavy duty highways; listing
    Sec. 4. In addition to the highways established and designated asheavy duty highways under section 1 of this chapter, the followinghighways are designated as extra heavy duty highways:
        (1) Highway 41, from 129th Street in Hammond to Highway312.
        (2) Highway 312, from Highway 41 to State Road 912.
        (3) Highway 912, from Michigan Avenue in East Chicago to theU.S. 20 interchange.
        (4) Highway 20, from Clark Road in Gary to Highway 39.
        (5) Highway 12, from one-fourth (1/4) mile west of theMidwest Steel entrance to Highway 249.
        (6) Highway 249, from Highway 12 to Highway 20.
        (7) Highway 12, from one and one-half (1 1/2) miles east of theBethlehem Steel entrance to Highway 149.
        (8) Highway 149, from Highway 12 to a point thirty-sixhundredths (.36) of a mile south of Highway 20.
        (9) Highway 39, from Highway 20 to the Michigan state line.
        (10) Highway 20, from Highway 39 to Highway 2.
        (11) Highway 2, from Highway 20 to Highway 31.
        (12) Highway 31, from the Michigan state line to Highway 23.
        (13) Highway 23, from Highway 31 to Olive Street in SouthBend.
        (14) Highway 35, from South Motts Parkway thirty-fourhundredths (.34) of a mile southeast to the point whereHighway 35 intersects with the overpass for Highway20/Highway 212.
        (15) State Road 249 from U.S. 12 to the point where State Road249 intersects with Nelson Drive at the Port of Indiana.
        (16) State Road 912 from the 15th Avenue and 169th Streetinterchange one and six hundredths (1.06) miles north to theU.S. 20 interchange.
        (17) U.S. 20 from the State Road 912 interchange three andseventeen hundredths (3.17) miles east to U.S. 12.
        (18) U.S. 6 from the Ohio state line to State Road 9.
        (19) U.S. 30 from Allen County/Whitley County Line Road(also known as County Road 800 East) to State Road 9.
        (20) State Road 9 from U.S. 30 to U.S. 6.
        (21) State Road 39 from Interstate 80 to U.S. 20.
        (22) State Road 3 north from U.S. 6 to U.S. 20, U.S. 20 westfrom State Road 3 to State Road 9, State Road 9 north fromU.S. 20 to the Michigan state line. However, the total grossweight, with load, of a vehicle or combination of vehiclesoperated with a special weight permit on these highways maynot exceed ninety thousand (90,000) pounds.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.12-1991, SEC.4;P.L.123-1993, SEC.1; P.L.124-1993, SEC.1; P.L.119-1995, SEC.2;P.L.45-1999, SEC.1; P.L.79-2000, SEC.3; P.L.147-2002, SEC.2;P.L.10-2004, SEC.1; P.L.17-2006, SEC.1; P.L.134-2007, SEC.1.
IC 9-20-5-4.5
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.123-1993, SEC.2.)

IC 9-20-5-5
Maximum size and weight limitations; extra heavy duty highways
    Sec. 5. The maximum size and weight limits for vehicles operatedwith a special weight permit on an extra heavy duty highway are asfollows:
        (1) A vehicle may not have a maximum wheel weight, unladenor with load, in excess of eight hundred (800) pounds per inchwidth of tire, measured between the flanges of the rim.
        (2) A single axle weight may not exceed eighteen thousand(18,000) pounds.
        (3) An axle in an axle combination may not exceed thirteenthousand (13,000) pounds per axle, with the exception of one(1) tandem group that may weigh sixteen thousand (16,000)pounds per axle or a total of thirty-two thousand (32,000)pounds.
        (4) Except as provided in section 4(22) of this chapter, the totalgross weight, with load, of any vehicle or combination ofvehicles may not exceed one hundred thirty-four thousand(134,000) pounds.
        (5) Axle spacings may not be less than three (3) feet, six (6)inches, between each axle in an axle combination.
        (6) Axle spacings may not be less than eight (8) feet betweeneach axle or axle combination.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.134-2007, SEC.2.

IC 9-20-5-6
Safety procedures; implementation
    Sec. 6. The Indiana department of transportation shall implementprocedures that, in cooperation with the state police department andlocal police departments, enhance the safety of citizens along andnear extra heavy duty highways listed in section 4 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8.

IC 9-20-5-7
Special weight permits; extra heavy duty highways
    Sec. 7. The owner or operator of a vehicle or combination ofvehicles having a total gross weight in excess of eighty thousand(80,000) pounds but less than one hundred thirty-four thousand(134,000) pounds must:
        (1) obtain a special weight registration permit;
        (2) register annually and pay annually a registration fee to thedepartment of state revenue; and
        (3) install an approved automated vehicle identifier in eachvehicle operating with a special weight permit;
to travel on an extra heavy duty highway.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.122-1993, SEC.2;

P.L.129-2001, SEC.30.

IC 9-20-5-8
Conditions under which permits not to be issued
    Sec. 8. The Indiana department of transportation may not issue apermit under this chapter for the operation of a vehicle if any of thefollowing conditions apply:
        (1) The owner or operator of the vehicle has not complied withIC 8-2.1-24.
        (2) The owner or operator of the vehicle has not provided theIndiana department of transportation with the owner's oroperator's Social Security number or federal identificationnumber.
        (3) The owner or operator of the vehicle has not registered thevehicle with the bureau, if the vehicle is required to beregistered under IC 9-18.
As added by P.L.122-1993, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.110-1995,SEC.30.