Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-25 - Size, Weight, and Load Limits

Section 31-25-1. - Compliance with chapter required. - § 31-25-1. Compliance with chapter required. (a)(1) Except in reference...

Section 31-25-2. - Vehicles exempt from limitations. - § 31-25-2. Vehicles exempt from limitations. (a) The provisions of...

Section 31-25-3. - Maximum width. - § 31-25-3. Maximum width. (a) The total outside width of...

Section 31-25-4. - Maximum height. - § 31-25-4. Maximum height. (a) No vehicle including any load...

Section 31-25-5. - Maximum length of single vehicle and load. - § 31-25-5. Maximum length of single vehicle and load. (a)...

Section 31-25-6. - Maximum number and length of coupled vehicles. - § 31-25-6. Maximum number and length of coupled vehicles. (a)...

Section 31-25-7. - Front and rear extensions of load. - § 31-25-7. Front and rear extensions of load. (a) Subject...

Section 31-25-8. - Pole trailers. - § 31-25-8. Pole trailers. The limitations as to the length...

Section 31-25-9. - Prevention of leakage of load. - § 31-25-9. Prevention of leakage of load. No vehicles shall...

Section 31-25-10. - Fastening of load and covering. - § 31-25-10. Fastening of load and covering. (a) No person...

Section 31-25-11. - Connections between coupled vehicles. - § 31-25-11. Connections between coupled vehicles. When one vehicle is...

Section 31-25-12. - Flags on tow chains. - § 31-25-12. Flags on tow chains. When one vehicle is...

Section 31-25-12.1. - Vehicles to be towed in right lane. - § 31-25-12.1. Vehicles to be towed in right lane. (a)...

Section 31-25-13. - Axle load limit. - § 31-25-13. Axle load limit. (a) The gross weight imposed...

Section 31-25-14. - Maximum weight and tandem axles. - § 31-25-14. Maximum weight and tandem axles. (a) It shall...

Section 31-25-15. - Investigations as to safety of buses, trucks, and trailers. - § 31-25-15. Investigations as to safety of buses, trucks, and...

Section 31-25-16. - Authorized weight shown in registration — Exceeding limit. - § 31-25-16. Authorized weight shown in registration — Exceeding limit....

Section 31-25-17. - Identification of trucks and truck-tractors. - § 31-25-17. Identification of trucks and truck-tractors. (a) Every motor...

Section 31-25-18. - Weighing of suspected overweight vehicles. - § 31-25-18. Weighing of suspected overweight vehicles. Any proper officer...

Section 31-25-19. - Removal of excess from overweight vehicles. - § 31-25-19. Removal of excess from overweight vehicles. Whenever a...

Section 31-25-20. - Refusal to submit to weighing or removal of excess load. - § 31-25-20. Refusal to submit to weighing or removal of...

Section 31-25-21. - Power to permit excess size or weight of loads. - § 31-25-21. Power to permit excess size or weight of...

Section 31-25-22. - Application for excess load permit. - § 31-25-22. Application for excess load permit. (a) The application...

Section 31-25-23. - Conditions and restrictions on excess load permits. - § 31-25-23. Conditions and restrictions on excess load permits. (a)...

Section 31-25-24. - Carrying and inspection of permits. - § 31-25-24. Carrying and inspection of permits. Every permit, including...

Section 31-25-25. - Seasonal weight restrictions by local authorities. - § 31-25-25. Seasonal weight restrictions by local authorities. (a) Local...

Section 31-25-26. - Prohibition of commercial vehicles by local authorities. - § 31-25-26. Prohibition of commercial vehicles by local authorities. Local...

Section 31-25-27. - Weight restrictions. - § 31-25-27. Weight restrictions. (a) State highways. The state traffic...

Section 31-25-27.1. - Weight restrictions on the Veterans Memorial Parkway — East Providence. - § 31-25-27.1. Weight restrictions on the Veterans Memorial Parkway —...

Section 31-25-27.2. - Weight restrictions on Route 114 — Bristol. - § 31-25-27.2. Weight restrictions on Route 114 — Bristol. (a)...

Section 31-25-27.3. - Weight restrictions on Route 114 — Johnston. - § 31-25-27.3. Weight restrictions on Route 114 — Johnston. (a)...

Section 31-25-27.4. - Weight restrictions on South Main Street — Coventry. - § 31-25-27.4. Weight restrictions on South Main Street — Coventry....

Section 31-25-27.5. - Weight restrictions on state roadways — East Providence. - § 31-25-27.5. Weight restrictions on state roadways — East Providence....

Section 31-25-27.6. - Weight restrictions on Route 15 — Armistice Boulevard — Pawtucket. - § 31-25-27.6. Weight restrictions on Route 15 — Armistice Boulevard...

Section 31-25-27.7. - Weight restrictions on route 114 — Warren. - § 31-25-27.7. Weight restrictions on route 114 — Warren. (a)...

Section 31-25-27.8. - Weight restrictions within North Smithfield town hall area. - § 31-25-27.8. Weight restrictions within North Smithfield town hall area....

Section 31-25-27.9. - Weight restrictions on Smith Avenue in Smithfield. - § 31-25-27.9. Weight restrictions on Smith Avenue in Smithfield. (a)...

Section 31-25-27.10. - Weight restrictions on Forest Avenue and Turner Road — Middletown. - § 31-25-27.10. Weight restrictions on Forest Avenue and Turner Road...

Section 31-25-27.11. - Weight restrictions on Limerock Road — Smithfield and Lincoln. - § 31-25-27.11. Weight restrictions on Limerock Road — Smithfield and...

Section 31-25-27.12. - Commercial vehicles prohibited on Chases Lane in Middletown. - § 31-25-27.12. Commercial vehicles prohibited on Chases Lane in Middletown....

Section 31-25-28. - Liability for damages from oversize or overweight. - § 31-25-28. Liability for damages from oversize or overweight. (a)...

Section 31-25-29. - Refuse-hauling vehicles — Exemption from permit. - § 31-25-29. Refuse-hauling vehicles — Exemption from permit. Notwithstanding any...

Section 31-25-30. - Repealed. - § 31-25-30. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 122, §...