Maximum Width

August 19, 2020

The total width of a vehicle, including a load, may not be greater than 102 inches. (Does not include safety devices such as mirrors)

Autos

  • The total width of a passenger vehicle and its load may not be greater than eight feet.
  • A passenger vehicle may not carry a load extending more than three inches beyond the left side line of its fenders or more than six inches beyond the right side line of its fenders.

Exceptions

  1. Highway building or maintenance machinery that is traveling:
    1. during daylight on a public highway other than a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways; or
    2. for not more than 50 miles on a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways;
  2. A vehicle traveling during daylight on a public highway other than a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways or traveling for not more than 50 miles on a highway that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways if the vehicle is:
    1. A farm tractor or implement of husbandry; or
    2. A vehicle on which a farm tractor or implement of husbandry, other than a tractor or implement being transported from one dealer to another, is being moved by the owner of the tractor or implement or by an agent or employee of the owner:
      1. to deliver the tractor or implement to a new owner;
      2. to transport the tractor or implement to or from a mechanic for maintenance or repair; or
      3. in the course of an agricultural operation;
  3. Machinery that is used solely for drilling water wells, and that is traveling:
    1. during daylight on a public highway other than interstate highways; or
    2. for not more than 50 miles on a Interstate Highway
  4. A vehicle owned or operated by a public, private, or volunteer fire department; or
  5. A motor vehicle used exclusively to transport and spread fertilizer.
  6. A single motor vehicle used exclusively to transport seed cotton modules, cotton, cotton burrs, or equipment used to transport or process cotton, may not be operated on a highway or road if the vehicle is wider than 10 feet