Springfield, MA Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Weight cap
- 2 tons on Pine & Thompson Streets
- Pine Street hours
- 6:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m.
- Thompson Street hours
- restricted at any time
- Fine
- $100 per offense
Summary
Springfield bars commercial trucks from crossing named streets, including Pine Street and Thompson Street, capped at two tons during set hours, unless they're loading or unloading at a residence or business right there.
Except as otherwise by ordinance or order provided and except for the purpose of receiving or discharging a load at any residence or place of business along the streets specified, no person having charge of any commercial motor vehicle, not a passenger vehicle, shall cause or permit the same to pass in any direction over any part of the streets listed below:
Name of Street Weight Limit Location Restrictions Edgemont Street [Added 4-12-2001] Entire length Forest Park Avenue Between Fort Pleasant Avenue and Sumner Avenue Holly Street, Indian Orchard [Added 5-31-2001] Entire length Pasco Road [Added 10-3-2000; amended 5-31-2001] Between Page Boulevard and Essex Street Pine Street 2 tons Entire length Between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day South Branch Parkway [Added 5-31-2001] Entire length Thompson Street 2 tons Between St. James Avenue and State Street At any time
B. Whoever shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of the aforesaid section shall, for each and every offense, pay a fine of $100.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4680006; v21 updated 2025-12-15; through 12-15-2025).
Full Breakdown
§ 385-4 lists specific Springfield streets, Edgemont Street, Forest Park Avenue, Holly Street, Pasco Road, Pine Street, South Branch Parkway, and Thompson Street, that a commercial motor vehicle (any non-passenger commercial vehicle) may not cross, except to receive or discharge a load at a residence or place of business on that street. Pine Street's restriction caps vehicles at two tons over its entire length between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.; Thompson Street's two-ton cap between St. James Avenue and State Street applies at any time. The street list was built up piecemeal between 2000 and 2001.
Violations & Fines
Running a restricted commercial vehicle over a banned street draws a $100 fine for each offense under § 385-4B.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a delivery truck ever use a restricted street?
Which Springfield streets carry a commercial-truck restriction?
Sources & Official References
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