CHAPTER 395
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4503, TITLE 21, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:
Section 1. Amend Section 4503 (j), Title 21, Delaware Code, by deleting the number and word "60,000 pounds" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "the gross weight given for the respective distance between the first and last axle of the group of axles measured longitudinally to the nearest foot as set forth in the table in Subsection (1);"
Section 2. Amend Section 4503 by deleting Subsection (I) as it now appears and inserting in lieu thereof a new Subsection (1) as follows:
(1) The total gross weight imposed on the highway by any group of two or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or of any combination of vehicles shall not exceed that given in the following table for the respective distance between the centers of the first and last axles of said two or more consecutive axles:
TABLE FOR MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHTS
Distance in feet Maximum load
between first and in pounds
last axles of any carried on
group any groups
Less than 4 feet 20,000
4 feet 36,000
5 feet 36,000
6 feet 36,000
7 feet 36,000
8 feet 36,000
9 feet 36,000
10 feet 36,000
11 feet 36,000
12 feet 36,470
13 feet 37,420
14 feet 38,360
15 feet 39,300
16 feet 40,230
17 feet 41,160
18 feet 42,080
19 feet 42,990
20 feet 43,900
21 feet 44,800
22 feet 45,700
23 feet 46,590
24 feet 47,470
25 feet 48,350
26 feet 49,220
27 feet 60,000
28 feet 60,000
29 feet 60,000
30 feet 60,500
31 feet 61,500
32 feet 62,500
33 feet 63,400
34 feet 64,400
35 feet 65,300
36 feet 66,200
37 feet 67,200
38 feet 68,100
39 feet 69,000
40 feet 70,000
41 feet 70,800
42 feet 71,700
43 feet 72,600
44 feet or more 73,280
Approved May 23, 1962.