{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-39-12-05","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 39-12-05","heading":"Weight limitations for vehicles on interstate system","body":"A person may not operate on a highway which is part of the interstate system any vehicle:\n1.With a single axle that carries a gross weight in excess of twenty thousand pounds [9071.85 kilograms] or a wheel load over ten thousand pounds [4535.92 kilograms]. A wheel may not carry a gross weight over five hundred fifty pounds [249.48 kilograms] for each inch [2.54 centimeters] of tire width except that such limits may not be applied to tires on the steering axle. Steering axle weights are limited to twenty thousand pounds [9071.85 kilograms] or the axle rating established by the manufacturer, whichever is lower. Axles spaced forty inches [101.60 centimeters] apart or less are considered as one axle and, on axles spaced over forty inches [101.60 centimeters] and under eight feet [2.44 meters] apart, the axle load may not exceed seventeen thousand pounds [7711.07 kilograms] per axle. The wheel load, in any instance, may not exceed one-half the allowable axle load. Spacing between axles is measured from axle center to axle center.\n2.Subject to the limitations imposed by subsection 1 on tires, wheel, and axle loads, the gross weight of which exceeds that determined by the formula of: W = 500 (LN/ + 12N + 36) N-1 where W equals maximum weight in pounds carried on any group of more than one axle; L equals distance in feet between the extremes of any group of consecutive axles; and N equals number of axles in the group under consideration, except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of thirty-four thousand pounds [15422.14 kilograms] each, providing the overall distance between the first and last axles of the consecutive sets of tandem axles is at least thirty-six feet [10.97 meters]. The gross weight may not exceed eighty thousand pounds [36287.39 kilograms].","path":["Title 39 Motor Vehicles","Chapter 39-12 Size, Width, And Height Restrictions"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c12.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"6a8f71321f0184c42f444e64f3f6d7b96aec19732d859424714326f4eca1da8c","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-39-12-04","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-39-12-05.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}