United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 49. TRANSPORTATION |
SubTitle VI. MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS |
Part B. COMMERCIAL |
Chapter 311. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY |
SubChapter II. LENGTH AND WIDTH LIMITATIONS |
§ 31114. Access to the Interstate System
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(a) Prohibition on Denying Access.— A State may not enact or enforce a law denying to a commercial motor vehicle subject to this subchapter or subchapter I of this chapter reasonable access between— (1) the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways (except a segment exempted under section 31111(f) or 31113(e) of this title) and other qualifying Federal-aid Primary System highways designated by the Secretary of Transportation; and (2) terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and points of loading and unloading for household goods carriers, motor carriers of passengers, or any truck tractor-semitrailer combination in which the semitrailer has a length of not more than 28.5 feet and that generally operates as part of a vehicle combination described in section 31111(c) of this title. (b) Exception.— This section does not prevent a State or local government from imposing reasonable restrictions, based on safety considerations, on a truck tractor-semitrailer combination in which the semitrailer has a length of not more than 28.5 feet and that generally operates as part of a vehicle combination described in section 31111(c) of this title.
Historical And Revision
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Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
31114(a) | 49 App.:2312(a). | Jan. 6, 1983, Pub. L. 97–424, § 412, 96 Stat. 2160; Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–554, §§ 104(c), 106, 98 Stat. 2831, 2832; Dec. 18, 1991, Pub. L. 102–240, § 4006(b)(2), 105 Stat. 2151. |
31114(b) | 49 App.:2312(b). |
In subsection (a), the words “Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways” are substituted for “Interstate and Defense Highway System” for consistency in the revised chapter.