PA state and local road load limits

Some are waiting for truckers to go down the wrong roads in pa. I know for a fact in malvern pa outside of Philadelphia. The warehouse I went put up an article the town depended on revenue from truck fines it was allocated in their budget 150k per year. Never went to that place again.
It may not happen to you to you but to be on the safe side I would call the company where I'm delivering to & see what they say. If need be call that local police if you think you might run into trouble. These locals in pa have their own cmv enforcement. I live in "take all you can from your citizens" pa

 

Local pickup or delivery is an exemption from many restrictions.

 

As long as there is no alternative. No, not a n easy alternative, but any alternative. If it causes you to go 20 miles out of the way, well too bad as that's the truck route.

 

Try to call the company itself and get directions coming in.

A lot of the bigger companies will have directions for you and some places there's just certain ways you have to go in.

Light Bridges you will always get a ticket for. No truck except for local delivery you may get away with that.

 

Yup.

 

In the oilfield in pa don't get caught on a road your not bonded for. That was stressed big time. Lots of 10k roads and bridges around me too. Heard of some steep fines. Signs are iffy. Some roads will have signs posted and others not

 

Pennsylvania has two types of weight restricted roads, one because it is designed to reduce traffic and one because the road or bridges can't handle the weight.

Posted and Bonded Roadways

The traffic plan roads, controlled under the concept of "excess mainteance agreements" are called "posted and bonded" and with very few exceptions you can not use these roads, even if your customer is on it and it is the only way into them, unless either your company or the customer has posted a damage bond for the road.

The others are no go for any reason, even overweight emergency vehicles can't use them. This is especially true if you see the weight sign at or just before a bridge. Do not use that route. The fines are heavy and the courts don't have any leniency for these violations.

Pennsylvania also has roads that don't allow any trailer over 96" wide, doubles or in some cases any trailer over 28'. There are even a few roads that limit traikers to 45' or less or overall truck length.

I suggest downloading the latest copy of the Pennsylvania truckers map and keeping up to date as the posted and bonded program changes often, with roads being placed into the program just because a project is about to start like the construction of a well pad or a new building.
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/public/pubsforms/Publications/TruckersMap.pdf

 

For a town to depend on truck fines, it sounds like they intentionally put up the signs near the warehouse. I think town officials should be indicated