{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-thurrock-crossing-regulations-1998/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-thurrock-crossing-regulations-1998/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1908",
  "legislation_title": "The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dartford-thurrock-crossing-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Abnormal loads",
  "text": "(1) No person shall, except with the permission of the crossing operator, take or cause or permit to be taken—\n(a) into the tunnels any vehicle which exceeds any of the dimensions or weights set out in column (1) of the table below;\n(b) onto the bridge any vehicle which exceeds any of the dimensions or weights set out in column (2) of the table below.\n(1)\n(2)\nOverall height\n4.87 metres\nno restriction\nOverall length\n18.75 metres\n27.4 metres\nOverall width\n02.75 metres\n03.65 metres\nTotal weight\n38,000 kilograms\n38,000 kilograms\nAxle weight\n11,180 kilograms\n11,180 kilograms\nWheel weight\n05,090 kilograms\n05,090 kilograms\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, the weight of a vehicle shall be taken to include the weight of any trailer drawn by it and of any load carried on the vehicle or any such trailer.\n(3) The permission of the crossing operator referred to in paragraph (1) above may be granted subject to conditions and it shall be the duty of the person to whom permission is granted to comply with any such conditions or procure that any such conditions are complied with.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/2949",
      "affecting_title": "The Dartford-Thurrock Crossing (Amendment) Regulations 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1908/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:52.614548+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}