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49 U.S.C. § 31112

Property-carrying unit limitation

United States · Title 49 — TRANSPORTATION · Status: effective

Transportation & Motor Vehicles
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49 U.S.C. § 31112, Property-carrying unit limitation, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/490651
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In this section— A State may not allow by any means the operation, on any segment of the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and those classes of qualifying Federal-aid Primary System highways designated by the Secretary of Transportation under section 31111(e) of this title, of any commercial motor vehicle combination (except a vehicle or load that cannot be dismantled easily or divided easily and that has been issued a special permit under applicable State law) with more than one property-carrying unit (not including the truck tractor) whose property-carrying units are more than— In addition to the vehicles allowed under subsection (b) of this section— Oregon may allow the operation of a truck tractor and 2 property-carrying units not in actual lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis on June 1, 1991, if— the operation occurs on United States Route 20, United States Route 26, United States Route 30, or Oregon Route 201 in the vicinity, or between any, of— This section may not be construed—

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