2015 Mississippi Code
Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
Chapter 5 - SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD
§ 63-5-31 - Gross weight of vehicle and loads; Table II

Subject to the limitations imposed on wheel and axle loads by Section 63-5-27, and to the further limitations hereinafter specified, the total combined weight (vehicles plus load) on any group of axles shall not exceed the value given in the following table (Table II) corresponding to the distance in feet between the extreme axles of the group, measured longitudinally to the nearest foot, on those highways or parts of highways found by the Mississippi Transportation Commission to be suitable to carry such increased load limits from an engineering standpoint, and so designated as such by order of said commission entered on its minutes and published once each week for three successive weeks in a daily newspaper of general circulation in this state:

TABLE II

Distance in feet between Maximum load in pounds

the extreme of any group of axles carried on any group of axles

4 32,000

5 32,000

6 32,000

7 32,000

8 32,610

9 33,779

10 34,942

11 36,097

12 37,246

13 38,387

14 39,522

15 40,649

16 41,770

17 42,883

18 43,990

19 45,089

20 46,182

21 47,267

22 48,346

23 49,417

24 50,482

25 51,539

26 52,590

27 53,633

28 54,670

29 55,699

30 56,722

31 57,737

32 58,746

33 59,747

34 60,742

35 61,729

36 62,710

37 63,683

38 and greater 64,650 maximum

Moreover, in addition to the per axle weight limitations specified by Section 63-5-27, the maximum load carried on a combination of vehicles shall be subject to the following additional limitations: The maximum load carried on any group of two (2) axles shall not exceed twenty-seven thousand (27,000) pounds in instances where one or more of such axles is a driving axle (that is, an axle turned by the vehicle's engine power).

An axle group shall consist of any two (2) or more consecutive axles of any vehicle or combination of vehicles.