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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/06/19 05:49, Mateusz Konieczny
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<div style="16px" text-align="left">How weight limit signs in
Australia looks like? Especially on bridges?<br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left">I found <a
href="https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/signs/regulatory"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/signs/regulatory</a><br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left">with "Bridge load limit signs"
that have two examples:<br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left"><a
href="https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/42824/r6-3.png"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/42824/r6-3.png</a><br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left"><a
href="https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0013/42700/r6-17.png"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0013/42700/r6-17.png</a><br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left">is the same set of signs used
in 5 other states?<br>
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Similar<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/378221/hvdh-section5.pdf">https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/378221/hvdh-section5.pdf</a><br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left">is "per axle group" commonly
used or is it an extremely rare curiosity?<br>
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Most don't drive trucks so they pay no attention to them. <br>
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There are maximum weights and dimensions that vehicle have to comply
with. Major roads have bridges that withstand those maximums so they
have no signs for that. It is only on lesser roads where a bridge
cannot carry that maximum load that you should find these signs. I
would think short bridges may well carry axle limits. <br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left">is this sign using short ton
or long ton or normal tonnes (=1000 kg) as an unit? <br>
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We are a metric country now. So 1tonne = 1000kg.<br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left">According to sources that I
also encountered design like US signs, like<br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R12-1.svg"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R12-1.svg</a><br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left">is at least sometimes used in
Australia.<br>
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<div style="16px" text-align="left">Is it correct? (my sources
were quite dubious so...)<br>
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Unfortunately the road signs are under Australian Standard, AS
1743:2018. Australian Standards are copyright ... most will say that
is ridiculous! <br>
But there we are. So finding examples of signs can be difficult. I
can go and look at the AS, but I cannot copy it (I did have the
capability at work, but had to declare it - special licence) ... I
can photo signs beside the road ... There are some examples in learn
to drive booklets, but I have not found any with the truck weight
limits as yet. <br>
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Some older signs may still be found but they will be replace with AS
1743:2018 signs. <br>
See
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/StandardsTechnical/RoadandTrafficEngineering/TrafficManagement/AustralianStandardSigns/Pages/home.aspx">https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/StandardsTechnical/RoadandTrafficEngineering/TrafficManagement/AustralianStandardSigns/Pages/home.aspx</a>
for some old examples. <br>
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