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Federal Bridge Formula
        Distance in feet between the extremes of any group of 2 or more consecutive axles
MAXIMUM LOAD IN POUNDS CARRIED
ON ANY GROUP OF 2 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE AXLES
2 axles3 axles4 axles5 axles6 axles7 axles8 axles9 axles
4
5
6
7
8

9
10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------34,000
34,000
34,000
34,000
34,000
38,000
39,000
40,000



34,000
42,000
42,500
43,500
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------44,000
45,000
45,500
46,500
47,000
48,000
48,500
49,500
50,000
51,000
51,500
52,500
53,000
54,000
54,500
55,500
56,000
57,000
57,500
58,500
59,000
60,000
50,000
50,500
51,500
52,000
52,500
53,500
54,000
54,500
55,500
56,000
56,500
57,500
58,000
58,500
59,500
60,000
60,500
61,500
62,000
62,500
63,500




58,000
58,500
59,000
60,000
60,500
61,000
61,500
62,500
63,000
63,500
64,000
65,000
65,500
66,000
66,500
67,500
68,000








66,000
66,500
67,000
68,000
68,500
69,000
69,500
70,000
71,000
71,500
72,000
72,500
73,000












74,000
74,500
75,000
75,500
76,500
77,000
77,500
78,000
78,500
















82,000
82,500
83,000
83,500
84,500




















90,000
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------64,000
64,500
65,500
66,000
65,500
67,500
68,000
68,500
69,500
70,000
70,500
71,500
72,000
72,500
73,500
74,000
74,500
75,500
76,000
76,500
77,500
78,000
78,500
79,500
80,00068,500
69,000
70,000
70,500
71,000
71,500
72,500
73,000
73,500
74,000
75,000
75,500
76,000
76,500
77,500
78,000
78,500
79,000
80,000
80,500
81,000
81,500
82,500
83,000
83,50074,000
74,500
75,000
75,500
76,000
77,000
77,500
78,000
78,500
79,000
80,000
80,500
81,000
81,500
82,000
83,000
83,500
84,000
84,500
85,000
86,000
86,500
87,000
87,500
88,00079,000
80,000
80,500
81,000
81,500
82,000
82,500
83,500
84,000
84,500
85,000
85,500
86,000
87,000
87,500
88,000
88,500
89,000
89,500
90,500
91,000
91,500
92,000
92,500
93,00085,000
85,500
86,000
86,500
87,000
87,500
88,500
89,000
89,500
90,000
90,500
91,000
91,500
92,500
93,000
93,500
94,000
94,500
95,000
95,500
96,500
97,000
97,500
98,000
98,50090,500
91,000
91,500
92,000
93,000
93,500
94,000
94,500
95,000
95,500
96,000
96,500
97,500
98,000
98,500
99,000
99,500
100,000
100,500
101,000
102,000
102,500
103,000
103,500
104,000
58
59
60
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------84,000
85,000
85,50089,000
89,500
90,00094,000
94,500
95,00099,000
99,500
100,500104,500
105,000
105,500