OAR 734-073-0056: Truck-Tractor and Semitrailer Combinations — National Network Highways
Edition: Current OARD snapshotEffective: 2025-03-13Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The Federal Highway Administration determined Oregon’s grandfathered semitrailer length to be 53 feet, allowed by the STAA 1982. The length of a semitrailer operated in Oregon on the National Network Highways designated by the STAA 1982 must not exceed 53 feet. The overall length is not restricted. (2) The length of any load carried on the semitrailer authorized in section (1) of this rule must not extend beyond the rear of the semitrailer by more than five feet. (3) The National Network Highways in Oregon approved for operation by this rule consist only of those highways listed in Code of Federal Regulations Title 23, Part 658, Appendix A. These routes are shown in green on Route Map 7, revised August 2023. Route Map 7 is by reference made part of Division 73 rules, and is available from the CCD Over-Dimension Permit Unit. (4) A permit is not required for the dimensions and routes authorized by this rule.
Official history and status
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 810.060, 184.619 & 823.011
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 810.050, 818.030, 818.200 & 818.220
History: DOD 1-2025, amend filed 03/13/2025, effective 03/13/2025 HWD 19-2020, minor correction filed 05/21/2020, effective 05/21/2020 HWD 5-2011, f. & cert. ef. 5-27-11 HWD 2-2005, f. & cert. ef. 3-18-05 TO 2-2001, f. & cert. ef. 6-14-01 HWY 8-1997, f. & cert. ef. 8-26-97 HWY 1-1995, f. & cert. ef. 9-18-95 HWY 4-1992, f. & cert. ef. 3-25-92
This rule cites
- section (1) of this rule — target_record_not_published
- this rule — target_record_not_published
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