Township of Whitehall, PA Restrictions on Size, Weight and Type of Vehicle and Load

§ 15-31 Vehicle weight limits established on certain streets and bridges.

On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of the maximum prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street, as the case may be:

Street or Bridge	Between	Maximum Gross Weight
Belleview Drive	Entire length between its westerly and easterly intersection with Schadt Avenue (SR 1008)	5 tons
Center Street	MacArthur Road (SR 0145) and Sixth Avenue	5 tons
Center Street	Sixth Avenue and Ruch Street	5 tons
Chestnut Street	Sixth Avenue and Ruch Street	5 tons
Columbia Street	Ringer Road and MacArthur Road (SR 145)	5 tons
Congress Street	13th Street North and Pennsylvania Street	5 tons
11th Street North	Sumner Avenue and Congress Street	5 tons
Florida Avenue	Fifth Street and Sumner Avenue	5 tons
Gallagher Road	Mauch Chunk Road (SR 1017) and Presidential Drive	5 tons
Highland Street	12th Street North and the turnaround east of 9th Street North	5 tons
Jordan Parkway	Mickley Road and Pennsylvania Avenue	5 tons
Lehnert Road	Township boundary with South Whitehall Township and Mickley Road	5 tons
Linden Lane	Mauch Chunk Road (SR 1017) and Belleview Drive	5 tons
New York Avenue	Fifth Street and Sumner Avenue	5 tons
Overlook Road	Township boundary with South Whitehall Township and Mickley Road	5 tons
Peachtree Road	Township boundary with South Whitehall Township and Columbia Street	5 tons
Pennsylvania Street	13th Street North and Congress Street	5 tons
Presidential Drive	Township boundary with South Whitehall Township and Mickley Road	5 tons
Ringer Road	Mechanicsville Road (SR 1012) and Columbia Street	5 tons
Ruch Street	West Coplay Road and Center Street on the westerly half within Whitehall Township	5 tons
Seiples Station Road	Mauch Chunk Road (SR 1017) and Mechanicsville Road (SR 1017)	5 tons
Sixth Avenue	Center Street and Chestnut Street	5 tons
Somerset Road	Between Schadt Avenue (SR 1008) and Belleview Drive	5 tons
Sumner Avenue	Fullerton Avenue (SR 1015) and Florida Avenue	5 tons
12th Street North	Highland Street and Pennsylvania Street	5 tons
Water Street	Eberhart Road (SR1010) and Lehigh Street (SR1014)	5 tons

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under §§ 4902(a) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $150 plus $150 for each 500 pounds, or part thereof, in excess of 3,000 pounds over the maximum allowable weight, and costs.

§ 15-32 Restrictions on size of vehicles on certain streets and bridges.

On the following bridges and streets or parts of streets, by authority granted by § 4902(a) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of the size restrictions prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street:

	Street or Bridge	Between	Restrictions
	(Reserved)

§ 15-33 Restrictions as to weight and size of vehicles on certain streets and bridges.

By reason of hazardous traffic conditions and other safety factors, by authority granted by § 4902(b) of the Vehicle Code, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle or combination in violation of the restriction prescribed below for that bridge or street or part of street.

	Street or Bridge	Between	Restrictions
	(Reserved)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be prosecuted under §§ 4902(b) and 4902(g-1) of the Vehicle Code, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 and not more than $100 and costs.

§ 15-34 Truck traffic restricted on certain streets.

It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle other than a passenger car on any of the following streets or parts of streets:

	Street	Between
	Andrew Circle	Full length
	Bridge Street	Church Street and L.R. 39111
	Columbia Street	MacArthur Road and Ash Street
	Fifth Street	Union Street and Fuller Street
	Fifth Street	St. Paul Street and Grape Street
	Fornaciari Drive	Main Street and MacArthur Road
	Front Street	Main Street and Second Street
	Hampshire Drive	Schadt Avenue and American Street
	Jefferson Street	Full length
	Jordan Boulevard	Grape Street and West Union
	Main Street (9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. only)	Schadt Avenue and Lehigh Avenue
	Michael Drive	Full length
	Mickley Avenue	Schadt Avenue and MacArthur Road
	Mickley Road	Schadt Avenue and Mickley Road
	Mickley Road	Northern intersection with MacArthur Road and southern intersection with MacArthur Road
	Mulberry Street	Quarry Street and Chestnut Street
	Orchard Drive	Schadt Avenue and Third Street
	Park Street	South Church Street and Bridge Street
	Peachtree Circle	Full length
	Reliance Street	Main Street and Bridge Street
	Robert Street	Full length
	Rural Drive	Mechanicsville Road and Mauch Chunk Road
	St. Paul Street	Fifth Street and Seventh Street
	Sixth Street	Grape Street and St. Paul Street
	Seventh Street	Grape Street and St. Paul Street
	Spring Mill Road	Spruce Street and MacArthur Road
	Spruce Street	Main Street and Roosevelt Street
	Summit Street	Third Street and Seventh Street
	Union Street	Mickley Road and Sixth Street

Provided, nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from driving an emergency vehicle on any of those streets or parts of streets, or from driving on any of those streets or parts of streets a truck or other commercial vehicle making local deliveries to or pickups from premises located along that street or part of a street.

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs.

§ 15-35 Buses prohibited on certain streets; exceptions.

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any bus on any of the following streets, or portions thereof, as herein designated:

Street	Between
Andrew Drive	Full length
Fifth Street	St. Paul Street and Grape Street
Michael Drive	Full length
Peachtree Circle	Full length
Robert Street	Full length
St. Paul Street	Fifth Street and Seventh Street
Seventh Street	Grape Street and St. Paul Street
Sixth Street	Grape Street and St. Paul Street
Summit Street	Third Street and Seventh Street

Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay fine of $25 and costs of prosecution.