Section 35650 Of Article 3. Limit Changes On State Highways From California Vehicle Code >> Division 15. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 3.
35650
. The Department of Transportation, whenever it determines
after an engineering investigation that any highway under its
jurisdiction will with safety to itself sustain vehicles and loads
weighing more than the maximum weight limits set forth in this code,
shall have authority to declare and to fix a weight limit for the
highway greater than the maximum weight limit set forth in this code.
Thereafter it shall be lawful to operate or move vehicles and loads
of a gross weight upon the highways designated, equal to but not in
excess of the maximum weight limit fixed by the department.