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Rand McNally Releases 40th Edition of the Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas
Rand McNally’s new annual edition of its Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas marks the 40th anniversary of the professional drivers’ atlas.

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Rand McNally’s new annual edition of its Motor Carriers’ Road Atlas marks the 40th anniversary of the professional drivers’ atlas.
The 2021 edition features fully updated truck-accessible roads, state trucking regulations, and fuel tax charts, and is available in paperback as well as a version with laminated pages and a stay-flat spiral binding.
The new edition has thousands of updates to the maps as well as revised regulatory and state/province information, including:
Updated U.S. state and Canadian province maps
Revised restricted routes, low-clearance, and weigh station locations
22-page mileage directory (includes more than 40,000 truck-route-specific, city-to-city mileages)
Updated fuel tax chart
Revised state and province information (weight and size limitations, registration guidelines, and contact information for state police and operating authorities)
Hotlines for road construction and conditions
Updated toll system contact information for each state
Updated review of Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) regulations
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