Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY › Title 740 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 o f
			 Motor Vehicles Regulations, including without limitation, M. G. L. c. 89,
			 M.G.L. c. 90 and 540 CMR insofar as they are applicable to vehicular traffic on
			 the Tobin Memorial Bridge, are hereby adopted by the Authority and shall be in
			 full force and effect. Each Operator shall observe
			 740 CMR 11.00
et
			 seq
., any rules and regulations hereafter promulgated by the
			 Authority, the Authority's Management Directives and Executive Director's
			 Memoranda. All rights, privileges, licenses and permits, express or implied,
			 for the use of the Tobin Memorial Bridge by the Operator heretofore or
			 hereafter granted by the Authority shall be deemed to be revocable; and each
			 such right, privilege, license or permit shall, at the option of the Authority
			 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
			 a Bridge Official 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
. The Director may prohibit from the
			 Tobin Memorial Bridge any motor vehicle which may endanger persons or property
			 or to render the use of Tobin Memorial Bridge unsafe, subject to reasonable
			 classification, and in conjunction with the national standards and guidelines
			 developed by AASHTO or successor organization. The Director 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 Authority.
(4)
Prohibited
			 Vehicles.
(a)
Specific
. No Person may operate the following motor
			 vehicles on the Tobin Memorial Bridge unless the Director, at his/her 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' - 0".
6. Motor vehicles that exceed the maximum
			 height of 14' - 0".
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.
9. Motor vehicles carrying Hazardous
			 Materials as defined and listed in 49 CFR §§ 171 through 173, and
			 177.