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Minnesota Truck-Weight Compliance Program
Overview | Workshops | Key Resources | Truck-Weight Calculations | Videos | County Weight Information
Overview
Each year, truck traffic is increasing along with the number of trucks registered in Minnesota. The Minnesota Truck-Weight Compliance Program, recently funded through 2009, addresses concerns of state, county, city, and township transportation authorities about damage to routes resulting from the heavier truck traffic. The program promotes voluntary compliance to significantly reduce damage to public roads and highways-and the resulting repairs and expense-due to overweight vehicles.
This Minnesota Truck-Weight Compliance Program Web site, developed in 2006 for Mn/DOT's State Aid Office by Minnesota LTAP, includes a number of useful features:
- A clickable, county-level Minnesota state map for finding basic county-level truck weight information, including restrictions for bridges and seasonal loads
- A schedule for upcoming Minnesota Truck-Weight Compliance Training workshops
- Links to key resources for state and national information on load restrictions, permits, and regulations
- Sample truck-weight calculations with quizzes to check your knowledge of current truck-weight compliance issues
- Training videos Roads and Loads: Finding a Balance and How Heavy Is Too Heavy
The resources found here may be especially useful to trucking entities, scale operators, farm truck owners and operators, aggregate haulers, truck manufacturers, township and county authorities, new truck dealers, out-of-state companies bound by Minnesota’s legal weight limits, and truck driving students. For technical questions about the program or course content, please contact instructor Greg Hayes, 218-684-1764, Greg.Hayes@northlandcollege.edu.