New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Chapter 9 - NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Subchapter 1 - TRAFFIC CONTROL ON, AND USE OF, NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY PROPERTY › Section 19:9-1.9 - Limitations on use of Roadway

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Use of the
				  Roadway and entry thereon by the following, unless otherwise authorized by the
				  Authority, is prohibited:
1.
				  Pedestrians;
2. Bicycles with or
				  without motors and any other two or three-wheel vehicles, excluding
				  motorcycles;
3. Motorcycles, during
				  high winds or other adverse weather conditions as directed by the Authority or
				  the New Jersey State Police;
4.
				  Vehicles drawn by animals;
5.
				  Animals led, ridden or driven on the hoof;
6. Vehicles loaded with animals or poultry
				  not properly confined;
7. Vehicles
				  with improperly inflated pneumatic tires; also vehicles with tires in such
				  condition that they are, in the judgment of the Authority or the New Jersey
				  State Police, unsafe for use upon the Roadway;
8. Farm implements and farm machinery,
				  whether self-propelled or towed;
9.
				  Passenger vehicles and passenger vehicle-drawn trailers with improperly secured
				  loads:
i. Passenger vehicles and passenger
				  vehicle-drawn trailers carrying any load on the top or sides with lateral or
				  horizontal projection in excess of 12 inches from body of vehicle or vertical
				  projection in excess of 24 inches from body of vehicle;
10. Vehicles with metal tires or solid tires
				  worn to metal and vehicles with caterpillar treads;
11. Construction equipment other than motor
				  trucks or truck cranes capable of maintaining 45 miles per hour;
12. Except for the Interstate 95 Extension,
				  any vehicle operated pursuant to a special permit issued pursuant to
				  39:3-84, unless said permit or its
				  equivalent is issued by the Authority;
13. Passenger vehicles or passenger
				  vehicle-drawn trailers being towed by other vehicles, unless both vehicles and
				  the connecting and control devices between them meet the following
				  requirements:
i. Not more than one vehicle is
				  being towed;
ii. A hitch bar is
				  used in combination with chain strong enough to hold if the bar became
				  disconnected from either vehicle; and
iii. Brakes, brake lights and directional
				  signals on both vehicles are controlled by the driver of towing vehicle and
				  synchronized. A trailer with a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less may be
				  operated without brakes if it is towed by a vehicle whose gross weight is at
				  least 2 1/2 times the gross weight of the trailer;
14. Vehicles with loads extending more than
				  four feet:
i. Beyond the rear of the vehicle
				  body or other supporting member; or
ii. Beyond the rear of vehicle-drawn
				  trailer;
15. Vehicles
				  with improperly secured loads;
16.
				  Vehicles so loaded or operated that the contents or any part thereof may be
				  scattered on the Roadway;
17.
				  Vehicles that are not capable of maintaining a speed of at least 35 miles per
				  hour on a level grade;
18. Vehicles
				  not otherwise specified in this section that create a probable hazard to other
				  vehicles or to persons;
19. During
				  winds or during the prevalence of other adverse weather conditions, house
				  trailers, horse trailers, boat trailers, utility trailers, motorcycles and all
				  passenger vehicle-drawn trailers (applicable on the Turnpike only, and as may
				  be directed on the Parkway);
20.
				  Vehicles in tow:
i. With an axle or
				  combination of axles raised off the ground and supported by cable, chains,
				  rope, dollies or other devices, except that Class 1 vehicles in tow with front
				  axle off the ground and supported by dollies with safety chains are permitted
				  to enter and use the Turnpike provided that the brake lights and turn signals
				  of the tow dolly trailering system or towed vehicle are connected to and
				  operating in conjunction with the towing vehicle's lights;
ii. Without axles raised, if interconnected
				  with rope, chains, cable or pipe or tow bars without chains; or
iii. By a fifth wheel crane or hoist mounted
				  on a truck-tractor.
21.
				  Vehicles owned or operated by a member or employee of a diplomatic mission,
				  where said member or employee of the diplomatic mission has been sent prior
				  written notice from the Authority that said member or employee violated any
				  provision of N.J.A.C. 19:9 and who, subsequent to said notice, committed
				  another violation of a provision of N.J.A.C. 19:9. Upon the occurrence of the
				  second violation, said vehicle or vehicles shall be escorted off the Roadway at
				  the nearest point of exit or interchange;
22. Commercial motor vehicles, trailers and
				  semitrailers, including, but not limited to, farm trucks, while loaded with hay
				  or straw when the extreme overall dimension is greater than 102 inches in
				  width, without special permit;
23.
				  Drive-away saddlemount vehicle transporter combinations and drive-away
				  saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter combinations, wherein a tractor
				  is hauling additional tractors, as defined at
				  23
				  CFR 658.5, exceeding an overall length of 75
				  feet;
24. Buses exceeding 45 feet
				  in length, excluding bumpers, and articulated buses exceeding 61 feet in
				  length, excluding bumpers;
25.
				  Vehicles operated with a tandem trailer combination, commonly known as a
				  "double bottom," if one or more of the individual trailers exceeds 28 feet, six
				  inches in length; and
26. Vehicles,
				  or combination of vehicles, including any load thereon, exceeding the following
				  maximum dimensions:
i. Height: 13 feet, six
				  inches;
ii. Width: eight feet, six
				  inches;
iii. Length: Semitrailer in
				  excess of 53 feet in length when in a tractor-semitrailer combination, private
				  utility, house-type semitrailer, or trailer with a length of any single vehicle
				  in excess of 35 feet, private utility, house-type semitrailer, and towing
				  vehicle combination in excess of 45 feet and private utility, house-type
				  trailer, and towing vehicle combination in excess of 50 feet, except that
				  single recreational vehicles of up to 40 feet in length and combination
				  recreational vehicles of up to 62 feet in length may operate on the
				  Roadway;
iv. Gross weight: 80,000
				  pounds;
v. Weight on single axle:
				  22,400 pounds;
vi. Weight on tandem
				  axle: 34,000 pounds; or
vii. Weight
				  on tri-axle: 56,400 pounds; and
27. Notwithstanding (a)1 through 26 above,
				  limitations, a combination of vehicles designed, built, and used to transport
				  other motor vehicles may carry a load that does not exceed 65 feet overall
				  length, including load overhang. The overhang shall be limited to seven feet
				  and may not exceed three feet at the front and four feet at the rear.