Maximum vehicle weights allowed on certain bridges and streets.
El Paso City Code § 12.40.070
in effect12.40.070 - Maximum vehicle weights allowed on certain bridges and streets.
No person shall drive any vehicle on that part of the following described bridges or streets if such vehicle, with its load and any trailer or attachment, has a gross weight in excess of the amounts hereinafter set forth:
A. The bridge immediately south of the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge across the Rio Grande, extending from Paisano Drive, across the river, to the property of the El Paso Brick Company and McNutt Road in New Mexico, with a load limit of eighteen thousand pounds gross vehicle weight;
B. Courchesne Bridge across the Rio Grande with a load limit of twenty-one thousand pounds tandem axle weight;
C. Borderland Bridge across the Rio Grande with a load limit of seventeen thousand pounds tandem axle weight;
D. Country Club Road (FM 260) between Doniphan Drive and the city limits with a roadway load limit of fifty-eight thousand four hundred twenty pounds gross vehicle weight;
E. Westside Drive (FM 260) between Country Club Road and the city limits with a roadway load of fifty-eight thousand four hundred twenty pounds gross vehicle weight;
F. Gibson Veck Road between Frontera Road and the city limits with a roadway load limit of seven thousand pounds gross vehicle weight;
G. First Avenue bridge over the Franklin Canal between Coles Street and Cypress Street with a load limit of twelve thousand five hundred pounds gross vehicle weight.
(Ord. 15696 § 1, 2004; Ord. 11758 §§ 1, 2, 1994: prior code § 20-135)
Source: City of El Paso, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/el_paso/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT12VETR_CH12.40SIWECLRE_12.40.070MAVEWEALCEBRSTFetched: 10/28/2026