Key:maxbogieweight
 maxbogieweight
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Maximum allowed weight per bogie (tandem axle group). 
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The maximum allowed weight per bogie (tandem axle group).
Usage
Add the tag to a way or area (typically a bridge).
If a unit is not specified, the value is assumed to be in tonnes (British English, 'metric tons' in American English). In the United States, the weight given on signs is either in short tons (abbreviated as either "tons" or "T") or pounds (abbreviated "lbs"). You must explicitly specify the unit if it is not in metric tonnes. See page Units for possible units and format.
There isn't currently an established way of distinguishing between tandem and tri axle groups, a distinction made in Romania and some U.S. states.[1]
In some regions, such as Switzerland and Ohio,[2] closely spaced axles are considered a bogie (axle group) for the purpose of per-bogie weight restrictions. There isn't currently an established way to indicate the distance between axles that is considered an axle group.[3]
Examples
Australia:
maxaxleload=*
maxbogieweight=*
(how to distinguish between tandem and tri-axle group?)
Denmark:
maxbogieweight=7
Estonia:
maxbogieweight=13
Finland:
maxbogieweight=13
Norway:
maxbogieweight=10
Romania:
maxbogieweight=6.5
(use dot as decimal separator)
Romania:
?
Sweden:
maxbogieweight=10
United States
Ohio:
maxaxleload:emergency=12 st
maxbogieweight:emergency=26 st
Texas:
maxaxleload=17500 lbs
maxbogieweight=17500 lbs
Texas:
maxbogieweight=28000 lbs
Texas:
maxweight=23000 lbs
maxaxleload=10000 lbs
maxbogieweight=10000 lbs
Texas:
maxweight=60000 lbs
maxbogieweight=28000 lbs
Texas:
maxaxleload=10400 lbs
maxbogieweight=16200 lbs
Lookalikes
This is a restriction per axle in tandem, not per tandem axle group:
United States ( Texas):
maxaxleload=25000 lbs
maxaxleload:conditional=8000 lbs @ (bogie)
See also
References
- ↑ Posting Signs and How They Are Used, Iowa Department of Transportation
- ↑ Ohio axle weight guidelines
- ↑ Relatedly, minaxledistance=* has been applied where a sign enforces a minimum distance between axles. Presumably a shorter distance, if not banned outright, would be considered a single axle group for the purpose of an axle weight restriction.