2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 189 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE 189.2225 Operation of certain overdimensional motor vehicles authorized in some counties -- Operation of certain overdimensional motor vehicles transporting agricultural commodities or materials authorized on all public roads.
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189.2225 Operation of certain overdimensional motor vehicles authorized in
some counties -- Operation of certain overdimensional motor vehicles
transporting agricultural commodities or materials authorized on all
public roads.
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In a county that does not have at least ten (10) miles of existing highway
designated by the Transportation Cabinet for operation of motor vehicles that
have a width of one hundred two (102) inches, a motor vehicle that does not
exceed the length requirements set forth in KRS 189.222(1)(b) or a width of
one hundred two (102) inches may be operated on the state-maintained
highway segments in that county with lane widths of ten (10) or more feet if
those highway segments are designated by the Transportation Cabinet as
capable of accommodating an eighty thousand (80,000) pound gross weight
limit. The Transportation Cabinet shall promulgate an administrative regulation
pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A that lists the counties and highway segments
that meet the criteria of this subsection.
Vehicles authorized to operate on state-maintained roads pursuant to
subsection (1) of this section shall be authorized to do so only until the
Transportation Cabinet promulgates an administrative regulation pursuant to
KRS Chapter 13A that designates more than ten (10) miles of highway in a
county as capable of accommodating motor vehicles with these dimensions.
A motor vehicle or combination motor vehicle transporting agricultural
commodities from a farm or transporting materials needed in the production of
agricultural commodities to a farm that does not exceed the length
requirements set forth in KRS 189.222(1)(b) or a width of one hundred two
(102) inches shall be allowed to operate on any public road in Kentucky.
The provisions of this section shall not authorize the weight limitation of any
highway or bridge to be exceeded.
The Transportation Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations
pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A to establish reasonable safety criteria for the
operation of motor vehicles pursuant to this section.
Effective:July 15, 1996
History: Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 162, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.
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