West Virginia HR 16: Urging Congress to allow vehicles traveling on interstate highways in West Virginia to have the same maximum gross vehicle weight and axle configuration as currently permissible for vehicles traveling on U.S. routes in West Virginia

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HOUSE RESOLUTION 16

(By Delegates Sypolt, 
Williams, Walker, Pyles and Jennings)

[Introduced March 2, 2020]

Urging Congress to allow 
vehicles traveling on interstate highways in West Virginia to have the same 
maximum gross vehicle weight and axle configuration as currently permissible 
for vehicles traveling on U.S. routes in West Virginia.

Whereas, Federal 
law currently imposes a maximum gross vehicle weight of 80,000 pounds on 
interstate highways, without any tolerance, and with axle weight restrictions 
and the bridge formula often reducing such maximum weight; and

Whereas, West Virginia also has an 80,000-pound 
maximum gross vehicle weight limit, but permits a 10-percent tolerance, raising 
the permissible maximum weight to 88,000 pounds; and 

Whereas, Vehicles transporting commodities through 
West Virginia often reach our state on interstate highways, but leave the 
interstate highways system and switch to West Virginia’s local roads, taking 
advantage of the higher weight limit on such routes; and

Whereas, Such practice increases traffic on West 
Virginia’s mountainous country roads, raises safety concerns, and limits 
economic avenues; and

Whereas, Interstates could safely support the same 
weight restrictions as those on U.S. routes in West Virginia given that the 
design standards used for both systems are identical and the weight increase 
would be minimal; and

Whereas, The West Virginia Department of 
Transportation, Division of Highways, is poised to address any questions Congress 
or the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, may 
have to demonstrate the feasibility of this request; and

Whereas, Providing an exception to the existing weight 
limits and restrictions in Title 23 of the United States Code, including the 
bridge formula, for vehicles operating on interstate highways in West Virginia 
will allow more vehicles to travel the safer interstate highways and expand 
economic access throughout West Virginia; and

Whereas, Congress has previously provided exceptions 
to the maximum gross vehicle weight on interstate highways for several states 
of the United States; therefore, be it 

Resolved by the House of 
Delegates:

That Congress is urged to allow vehicles traveling on 
interstate highways in West Virginia to have the same maximum gross vehicle 
weight and axle configuration as currently permissible for vehicles traveling 
on U.S. routes in West Virginia; and, be it 

Further 
Resolved, That the 
Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the 
President and Secretary of the United States Senate, to the Speaker and Clerk 
of the United States House of Representatives, and to the members of West 
Virginia’s congressional delegation.

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