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INFRASTRUCTURES * USA - MnDOT cites issues for new truck weight restrictions
Rochester,MN,USA -The Austin News Post-Bulletin, by Elizabeth Jones -8 Jan 2009: -- A Mower County bridge is among six in the region that the Minnesota Department of Transportation has placed weight restrictions for vehicles... The restrictions will go into effect over the next week for six steel beam span bridges located on southeast Minnesota highways. Statewide, about 30 bridges will be reposted with additional weight restrictions for safety reasons... The bridge in Mower County is on Minnesota Highway 105 over Woodbury Creek, located 0.7 miles north of the Iowa border. Single unit trucks are restricted to 24 tons. Semi trailer trucks and double trailer trucks are limited to 40 tons gross weight...
* High-tech weigh station keeps trucks moving on I-4
Seffner,FL,USA —The St. Petersburg Times, by Jessica Vander Velde -January 9, 2009: -- Trucks won't have to stop as they pass through the new high-tech weigh station on Interstate 4, which opened Monday... Chugging by at 45 mph, the trucks have their weight registered, speed calculated, dimensions measured and axles counted by underground sensors... All in about 10 seconds... At the old Plant City weigh station, the same process could take up to 10 minutes if traffic was heavy, said Troy Thompson, captain of Florida Department of Transportation's Motor Carrier Compliance Office... (Photo: SKIP O\u2019ROURKE/The Times - The new station between Mango and McIntosh roads opened Monday. The Florida Department of Transportation project cost $35-million and took about a year to complete)Labels: weight restrictions
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