This rule was filed as:  18 NMAC 23.3.

 

TITLE 18               TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS

CHAPTER 23       HIGHWAY HEIGHTH, LENGTH AND WEIGHT LIMITATIONS

PART 3                 MOVEMENT OF FOURTEEN FOOT MANUFACTURED HOMES ON DESIGNATED FOUR LANE HIGHWAYS WITHOUT AN ESCORT

 

 

18.23.3.1 ISSUING AGENCY:  New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department

P. O. Box 1149  Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1149  (505) 827-5499

[10/31/98; 18.23.3.1 NMAC – Rn, 18 NMAC 23.3.1, Recompiled 11/16/01]

 

18.23.3.2 SCOPE:  All movers of manufactured homes and general public.

[10/31/98; 18.23.3.2 NMAC – Rn, 18 NMAC 23.3.2, Recompiled 11/16/01]

 

18.23.3.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY:  This rule is adopted pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 66-7-413C(4).

[10/31/98; 18.23.3.3 NMAC – Rn, 18 NMAC 23.3.3, Recompiled 11/16/01]

 

18.23.3.4 DURATION:  Permanent.

[10/31/98; 18.23.3.4 NMAC – Rn, 18 NMAC 23.3.4, Recompiled 11/16/01]

 

18.23.3.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:  October 31, 1998, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section or paragraph.

[10/31/98; 18.23.3.5 NMAC – Rn, 18 NMAC 23.3.5, Recompiled 11/16/01]

 

18.23.3.6 OBJECTIVE:  The purpose of this rule is to designate which four-lane highways within the State of New Mexico are safe for the operation and movement of fourteen foot wide manufactured homes without an escort pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 66-7-413C(4).

[10/31/98; 18.23.3.6 NMAC – Rn, 18 NMAC 23.3.6, Recompiled 11/16/01]

 

18.23.3.7 DEFINITIONS:  "Manufactured Home" means a moveable or portable housing structure that exceeds either a width of eight feet or a length of forty feet, constructed to be towed on its own chassis and designed to be installed with or without a permanent foundation for human occupancy.

[10/31/98; 18.23.3.7 NMAC – Rn, 18 NMAC 23.3.6, Recompiled 11/16/01]

 

18.23.3.8 DESIGNATED HIGHWAYS:  The following four lane divided highways and portions thereof are deemed safe for the operation and movement of fourteen foot wide manufactured homes without an escort:

                A.            Interstate 10 - In its entirety from the Arizona State line to the Texas State line for a total of 164.3 miles.

                B.            Interstate 25 - In its entirety from the junction of the I10/I25 Interchange in Las Cruces to the Colorado State line for a total of 462.1 miles.

                C.            Interstate 40 - In its entirety from the Arizona State line to the Texas State line for a total of 373.5 miles.

                D.            US 54/70 - from the Alamogordo north City Limit to Jct. US 70 in Tularosa for a total of 9.8 miles.

                E.             US 60/84 - from Jct. NM 224 east to the Texas State line excluding the portion within the Clovis City Limits and the Texico City Limits for a total of 20.8 miles.

                F.             US 62/180 - from south Jct. US 285 in Carlsbad east to the Texas State line for a total of 76.2 miles

                G.            US 64 - from Jct. US 666 south of Shiprock to Jct. NM 544 excluding the portion within the Farmington City Limits for a total of 48.1 miles.

                H.            US 70 - from Jct. I25 Interchange in Las Cruces east to the Alamogordo west City Limit for a total of 62.2 miles.

                I.              US 70 - from Jct. US 54 in Tularosa east to Jct. NM 244 for a total of 38.6 miles.

                J.             US 70/380 - from beginning of four lane 7.6 miles east of Lincoln/Chavez County Line to the Roswell west City Limit for a total of 9.0 miles.

                K.            US 70 - from Portales east City Limit to Clovis south City Limit for a total of 14.7 miles.

                L.             US 84/285 - from the Santa Fe north City Limit to the Espanola south City Limit for a total of 30.2 miles.

                M.           US 180 - from Bayard to Silver City for a total of 10.5 miles.

                N.            US 285 - from Jct. NM 31 north of Loving to Jct. US 62/180 in Carlsbad for a total of 11.7 miles.

                O.            US 285 - from Jct. NM 137 north of Carlsbad to Jct. NM 2 north of Artesia for a total of 21.1 miles.

                P.             US 550 - from Farmington north City Limit to Jct. NM 173 in Aztec for a total of 15.0 miles.

                Q.            NM 18 - from Jct. NM 234 east of Eunice to Jct. US 82 in Lovington for a total of 40.9 miles.

                R.            NM 68 - from Espanola north City Limit to Jct. NM 582 for a total of 13.2 miles.

                S.             NM 122 - from Jct. NM 606 to Milan west City Limit for a total of 7.3 miles.

[10/31/98; 18.23.3.8 NMAC – Rn, 18 NMAC 23.3.8, Recompiled 11/16/01]

 

18.23.3.9 MUNICIPALITIES REQUIRING ESCORT:  Fourteen foot wide manufactured homes may not travel without escort within the city limits of the following municipalities, as the governing bodies of those municipalities have withheld their consent. The above limitation does not apply to Interstate Highways passing through such municipalities.

                A.            Truth or Consequences

                B.            Tucumcari

                C.            Las Vegas

                D.            Espanola

                E.             Wagon Mound

                F.             Farmington

                G.            Alamogordo

                H.            Santa Fe

                I.              Las Cruces

                J.             Texico

                K.            Roswell

                L.             Santa Rosa

                M.           Portales

                N.            Albuquerque

                O.            Clovis

[10/31/98; 18.23.3.9 NMAC – Rn, 18 NMAC 23.3.9, Recompiled 11/16/01]

 

 

HISTORY OF 18.23.3 NMAC:

Pre NMAC  History:  The material in this Part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records and Archives under: SHD Rule 79-1, Regulation - Fourteen Foot Mobile Homes - Escort Service, filed April 3, 1979; and SHD Rule 80-1, Regulation - Fourteen Foot Mobile Homes - Escort Service, filed April 15, 1980.

 

 

History of Repealed Material:  [RESERVED]