SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES.

Dallas City Code ch. 28, art. IX

in effect

Dallas City Code § 28-64 WEIGHT OF LOAD ON ENUMERATED BRIDGES, PER AXLE.

SEC. 28-64. WEIGHT OF LOAD ON ENUMERATED BRIDGES, PER AXLE. (a) A person commits an offense if he operates a motor vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer or semitrailer, or a combination of such vehicles over or upon the bridges designated below, when the motor vehicle, truck- tractor, trailer or semitrailer, or combination of such vehicles has an actual load in excess of 5000 pounds per axle: Custer Street 260 feet east of Easter Avenue Dickerson Street 250 feet south of Hidden Creek J. J. Lemmon Road 800 feet south of Cedardale Road Parkdale Street 1400 feet northeast of James Street Simpson Stuart Road 470 feet west of Locust Drive Wagon Wheels Trail 440 feet northwest of Lancaster Road (b) A person commits an offense if he operates a motor vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer, or semitrailer, or combination of such vehicles, over or upon the bridges designated below when the motor vehicle, truck- tractor, trailer, or semitrailer, or combination of such vehicles has an actual load in excess of 3000 pounds per axle: Glenda Lane 200 feet east of Ables Drive (c) A police officer, having reason to believe that the axle load or gross weight of a loaded vehicle is unlawful, is authorized to weigh the vehicle by means of portable or stationary scales, or cause it to be weighed by a public weigher, and to require that the vehicle be driven to the nearest available scales for the purpose of weighing. If the axle load or gross weight of a vehicle exceeds the axle load or maximum gross weight authorized by this article or state law, the police officer shall demand and require the operator or owner of the vehicle to unload that portion of the load necessary to decrease the axle load or gross weight of the vehicle to the maximum axle load or gross weight authorized by law; provided, however, that if the load consists of livestock, perishable merchandise, or merchandise that may be damaged or destroyed by the weather, then the operator shall be permitted to proceed to the nearest practical unloading point before discharging the excess cargo. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 19749)

Dallas City Code § 28-65 VEHICLES CARRYING GREATER LOADS THAN AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 28-64.

SEC. 28-65. VEHICLES CARRYING GREATER LOADS THAN AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 28-64. Motor vehicles carrying greater loads than permitted by Section 28-64, and within the maximum limits as provided by Article 6701d-11, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes, may travel over streets, highways, roadways, and bridges designated as state or federal highways, or bus or truck routes, as designated by the federal government and the highway department of the state or by city ordinance; provided, that an oversized motor vehicle shall not travel or move over any street, state or federal highway, roadway, bridge, or park road where the city has an ordinance prohibiting such travel. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-66 CIVIL LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OF ARTICLE.

SEC. 28-66. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OF ARTICLE. A person violating any provision of this article shall be civilly liable to the city for damages to any street, highway, park road, or bridge located within the city, resulting from such violation. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-67 SIGNS WARNING OF MAXIMUM LOAD LIMIT ON BRIDGES.

SEC. 28-67. SIGNS WARNING OF MAXIMUM LOAD LIMIT ON BRIDGES. The traffic engineer shall post appropriate warning signs on the right-hand side of the street, roadway, highway, or parkway leading to the entrance of each of the bridges designated in this article. These signs shall contain a warning of the maximum load limit for the designated bridge. (Ord. 14584)

Dallas City Code § 28-68 ROUTES FOR OVER-SIZE EQUIPMENT; DAMAGE CAUSED BY OVER-SIZE EQUIPMENT.

SEC. 28-68. ROUTES FOR OVER-SIZE EQUIPMENT; DAMAGE CAUSED BY OVER-SIZE EQUIPMENT. Pursuant to Article 6701a, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes, all state or federal highways within the city are designated as routes for over-size equipment; provided, that any person damaging a state or federal highway within the city shall be civilly liable to the city for the damages. (Ord. 14584)

Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-147296Fetched: 10/26/2026