Idaho SR-55 bridge warning
A heads up to all RVers using SR-55 through Cascade. DOT has reduced the axle weight for ALL vehicles on the north bridge to 9K/axle and will be further reducing it to 6K/axle this week. They are seri...
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Jarlaxle wrote:The Texan wrote:
Yes, that is the bridge, the one everyone fishes from. Thunder Mountain Rd runs from just south of the airport to Warm Lake Rd, on the east side of town. Most RVs are within the weight allowed, with only the very large trailers and most Class A's excepted. However, there are several routes to the SP that you can take to bypass the bridge, if coming from the north. Coming from the south, the bridge is not a factor going to Cascade Lake SP.
An E450 is over 9000lbs on the rear axle! So are almost all A's.
The 9000lb limit was never accurate, it was 9 tons/axle. That too has been removed, it's now open to all legal weight loads, once vehcile(heavy) at a time.
