Coalition says bigger trucks will increase bridge dangers in Oklahoma

Oklahoma Energy Today March 25, 2025

A study by the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks has a warning for Congress…don’t approve legislation to increase the maximum truck weight or length limits on federal highways.

It says such a move would create more bridge dangers in Oklahoma and virtually every other state in the country. In a letter to members of Congress, the Coalition stated any increase in weight limits on big trucks would create significant infrastructure damage.

“The U.S. Department of Transportation studied the impact of various longer and heavier truck configurations on interstates and U.S. highways and found that the additional cost of damage to both roads and bridges would require billions of dollars in new federal spending, adding even more to our budget deficit,” stated the Coalition in its letter.

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