N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21 § 950.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 950.3 - Types of traffic excluded from use of the facilities

(a) Dangerous or unsafe vehicles.

Vehicles loaded in such a manner or with such materials or so constructed or equipped as possibly to endanger persons or property or likely to render the use of the bridges, plazas, yards, terminals, warehouses, or buildings unsafe, are not allowed in or upon said areas or buildings. Without limiting the foregoing the following types of vehicles are not allowed in or upon said areas and buildings:

(1) Vehicles with persons standing on the outside thereof, or trucks with persons sitting on the rear with feet dangling.

(2) Vehicles having flat tires.

(3) Construction vehicles with metal tires, tracks or solid rubber tires.

(4) Pushcarts, wheelbarrows, velocipedes and similar vehicles. Bicycles may be walked, not ridden, on bridge sidewalks and other walk areas normally provided for pedestrian traffic.

(5) Vehicles loaded with garbage, papers, loose hay, straw or loose materials not effectively covered.

(6) Vehicles loaded with animals or poultry not properly confined.

(7) Vehicles overloaded to such an extent that the means of propulsion are insufficient.

(8) Vehicles with inadequate brakes.

(9) Vehicles transporting explosives and other dangerous materials or articles, unless permitted under section 950.6 of this Part.

(10) Buses with passengers standing between the driver and the front entrance door or so located as to obstruct the view of the driver both front and/or sides.

(11) Vehicles emitting excess smoke or fumes.

(12) Vehicles exceeding the following specifications:

Rainbow Bridge:
Overhead clearance .......	131/2 feet
Maximum vehicle width .......	12 feet
Load limit .......	standard loading
Whirlpool Rapids Bridge:
Overhead clearance .......	13 feet
Maximum vehicle width .......	13 feet
Load limit .......	standard loading
Lewiston-Queenston Bridge:
Overhead clearance .......	16 feet 2 inches
Maximum vehicle width .......	12 feet
Load limit .......	standard loading

Vehicles desiring to cross Rainbow or Lewiston-Queenston bridges with loads of 50 tons or over, and to cross Whirlpool Rapids Bridge with loads over 40 tons, and exceeding the limits as to width or overhead clearances above set forth, must obtain special permission from the commission for such crossing under such terms and conditions as the commission in its sole discretion shall prescribe. The commission reserves the right to determine whether any vehicle is of unusual or unconventional design, weight or construction.

(13) Other vehicles which in the sole and exclusive judgment of the bridge employee in charge of the facility, are likely to delay traffic unreasonably, damage the facility or endanger persons or property.

(b)All vehicles.

Before using any portion of the facilities, all vehicles shall be subject to inspection when, in the opinion of the bridge employee then in charge, such inspection shall be deemed necessary to determine whether such use would be in violation of these rules and regulations, and if in the sole and exclusive judgment of the bridge employee in charge a vehicle is determined to be unsafe then the transportation of such vehicle shall be prohibited.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 950.3