§ 10-6-2. Height.

(a)

No vehicle unladen or with load, shall exceed a height of 13 feet six (6) inches.

(b)

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require either the public authorities or railroad companies to provide vertical clearances of overhead bridges or structures in excess of 12 feet six (6) inches, or to make any changes in the vertical clearances of existing overhead bridges or structures crossing streets. The operator or owner of vehicles operating on streets shall be held financially responsible for any damage to overhead bridges or structures that results from collisions therewith.

(c)

The operator or owner of any vehicle colliding with an overhead bridge or structure shall notify immediately, either in person or by telephone, the public authority, or railroad company, owning or maintaining the overhead bridge or structure, or a police officer, of the fact of such collision, and his name, address, operator's or chauffeur's license number, and the registration number of his vehicle. Failure to give such notice immediately, either in person or by telephone, shall constitute a misdemeanor.

(d)

On any highway on which there is an overhead bridge or structure having a vertical clearance of less than 13 feet six (6) inches, the commissioner of the department of highways shall cause to be erected no less than two (2) signs setting forth the height of the bridge or structure, such signs to be located at least 1,500 feet ahead of such bridge or structure. (Code 1963, Sec. 22-213)