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The width of your semi can’t be larger than 102 inches, except for Hawaii where it is 2.74 m (108 inches). The minimum length limit for a standard semi trailer is 14.63 m (48 feet) or the grandfathered limit for a particular State. A state cannot impose an overall vehicle length limit on a truck tractor/semi trailer on reasonable access routes, even if the trailer exceeds the minimum length required by Federal law.
Please see chart below for grandfathered limits set in 1982.
STATE | Feet and Inches | Meters |
Alabama | 53-6 | 16.31 |
Alaska | 48-0 | 14.53 |
Arizona | 57-6 | 17.53 |
Arkansas | 53-6 | 16.31 |
California | 48-0a | 14.63 |
Colorado | 57-4 | 17.48 |
Connecticut | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Delaware | 53-0 | 16.15 |
District of Columbia | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Florida | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Georgia | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Hawaii | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Idaho | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Illinois | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Indiana | 48-6b | 14.78 |
Iowa | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Kansas | 57-6 | 17.53 |
Kentucky | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Louisiana | 59-6 | 18.14 |
Maine | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Maryland | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Massachusetts | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Michigan | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Minnesota | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Mississippi | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Missouri | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Montana | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Nebraska | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Nevada | 53-0 | 16.15 |
New Hampshire | 48-0 | 14.63 |
New Jersey | 48-0 | 14.63 |
New Mexico | 57-6 | 17.53 |
New York | 48-0 | 14.63 |
North Carolina | 48-0 | 14.63 |
North Dakota | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Ohio | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Oklahoma | 59-6 | 18.14 |
Oregon | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Pennsylvania | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Puerto Rico | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Rhode Island | 48-6 | 14.78 |
South Carolina | 48-0 | 14.63 |
South Dakota | 53-0 | 16.15 |
Tennessee | 50-0 | 15.24 |
Texas | 59-0 | 17.98 |
Utah | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Vermont | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Virginia | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Washington | 48-0 | 14.63 |
West Virginia | 48-0 | 14.63 |
Wisconsin | 48-0c | 14.63 |
Wyoming | 57-4 | 17.48 |
Please view https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/publications/size_regs_final_rpt/index.htm#ttst for up to date federal guidelines.