[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR356.7]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 356_MOTOR CARRIER ROUTING REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 356.7  Tacking.



    Unless expressly prohibited, a motor common carrier of property 

holding separate authorities which have common service points may join, 

or tack, those authorities at the common point, or gateway, for the 

purpose of performing through service as follows:

    (a) Regular route authorities may be tacked with one another;

    (b) Regular route authority may be tacked with irregular route 

authority;

    (c) Irregular route authorities may be tacked with one another if 

the authorities were granted pursuant to application filed on or before 

November 23, 1973, and the distance between the points at which service 

is provided, when measured through the gateway point, is 300 miles or 

less; and

    (d) Irregular route authorities may be tacked with one another if 

the authorities involved contain a specific provision granting the right 

to tack.