Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 700 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Title 700 CMR 11.00 - Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge › Section 11.05 - Vehicle Operations

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
General
. The legislative Acts and Resolves of the
			 General Court of Massachusetts relating to Motor Vehicles and the Registry of
			 Motor Vehicles Regulations, including without limitation, M.G.L. c. 89, M.G.L.
			 c. 90 and 540 CMR:
Registry of Motor Vehicles
insofar as they
			 are applicable to vehicular traffic on the Tobin Memorial Bridge, are hereby
			 adopted by the Department and shall be in full force and effect. Each Operator
			 shall observe
			 700 CMR 11.00. All rights,
			 privileges, licenses and permits, express or implied, for the use of the Tobin
			 Memorial Bridge by the Operator heretofore by the Massachusetts Port Authority
			 or hereafter granted by the Department shall be deemed to be revocable; and
			 each such right, privilege, license or permit shall, at the option of the
			 Department or its duly authorized representative, be deemed to be revoked and
			 canceled by and upon the breach of any such rule or regulation or upon the
			 violation of any applicable law or ordinance while upon said Tobin Memorial
			 Bridge.
(2)
Order or
			 Direction
. Each operator of a motor vehicle on the Tobin Memorial
			 Bridge shall comply at all times with any lawful order, signal or direction of
			 MassDOT or Police Officer. When traffic upon the Tobin Memorial Bridge is
			 controlled by traffic lights, signs, pavement markings or by mechanical or
			 electrical signals, each operator shall obey such lights, signs, markings and
			 signals unless a Bridge Official or Police Officer directs otherwise.
(3)
Prohibited
			 Traffic
. MassDOT or Police Officer(s) may prohibit from the Tobin
			 Memorial Bridge any motor vehicle which may endanger persons or property or
			 render the use of the Tobin Memorial Bridge unsafe, subject to reasonable
			 classification and in conjunction with the national standards and guidelines
			 developed by AASHTO. The Department shall issue notice of any prohibitions or
			 limitations prior to implementation through signposts on all roads immediately
			 leading to the Tobin Memorial Bridge and shall publish said prohibitions or
			 limitations on one or more occasions in daily newspapers of general
			 distribution, unless emergency action is deemed to be required, in the sole
			 discretion of the Department.
(4)
Prohibited Vehicles
.
(a)
Specific
. No
			 Person may operate the following motor vehicles on the Tobin Memorial Bridge
			 unless the Department, at its sole discretion, has granted permission to cross
			 the Tobin Memorial Bridge:
1. AASHTO Type H-20
			 Tractor - in excess of 20 tons.
2.
			 AASHTO Type 3 Tractor - in excess of 25 tons.
3. AASHTO Type 3S2 Tractor - in excess of 36
			 tons.
4. AASHTO Type HS20 Tractor -
			 in excess of 36 tons.
5. Motor
			 vehicles which exceed the maximum width of 8 feet - 0 inches.
6. Motor vehicles that exceed the maximum
			 height of 14 feet - 0 inches.
7.
			 Motor vehicles with a metal, solid or deflated pneumatic tire; and motor
			 vehicles with a tire in a worn or bald condition.
8. Motor vehicles carrying Dangerous Articles
			 as defined in
			 720 CMR 9.02:
Dangerous Articles
.
9. Motor vehicles carrying Hazardous
			 Materials as defined and listed in 49 CFR §§ 171 through 173, and
			 177.