Too wide? Legal Width Restrictions

PhotoRuss wrote:
Very recently I came across a Coachmen brochure which mentioned that some states restrict access on some or all roads to vehicles which are 96" or less in width. Looking into this further I found a document that listed 22 states (by my count) which restrict vehicles to 96" in width on non-designated roads. Tennessee restricts vehicles to 96" in width on all roads.

I doubt that RV builders would ignore such a limit if it was widespread. According to the most recent version of Tennessee's rules I can find, even there the actual limit is 8'6", or 102". (See quote below- it's a lot of legalese that requires the use of the shortest possible local roads route etc., but it's the permission you need nevertheless.)

I think that the same is true elsewhere, and that unless a road is specifically posted with a narrower width limit, you're good to go.

State of Tennessee wrote:
55-7-202.A.4(d)
Notwithstanding the limitations in subsection (a), a motor vehicle, as defined in § 55-1-103, or a trailer or semitrailer, whose width, including any part of the load, does not exceed eight feet six inches (8¢ 6²) (that is, four feet three inches (4¢ 3²) on each side of the center line of the vehicle), and whose height, including any part of the load does not exceed thirteen feet six inches (13¢ 6²), may be operated on the federal and state highway system. Any such vehicles may use and must confine themselves to the shortest reasonable route to and from the federal and state highway system, and terminals; or, in the case of household goods carriers, to and from points of loading and unloading. Access to facilities in interchange areas adjoining these highways for food, fuel, repairs and rest shall not be denied.