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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 1 - Motor Vehicles: Size and Weight › 17 AAC 25.012 - Legal vehicle size

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The width of a
				vehicle, including load, may not exceed 102 inches. Equipment may extend no
				more than three inches beyond the 102-inch width limitation on each side of the
				vehicle if the equipment is attached to the vehicle. However, the following
				items are not subject to the maximum width requirements of this subsection:
(1) rear view mirrors;
(2) turn signal lamps;
(3) handholds for entry into or egress from
				the cab;
(4) splash and spray
				suppressant devices;
(5)
				load-induced tire bulge;
(6)
				recreational vehicle awnings in the retracted position;
(7) manufacturer-installed appurtenances,
				including alternating-current (AC) power outlets and exhaust fans.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 1 - Motor Vehicles: Size and Weight › 17 AAC 25.014 - Allowable long combination vehicle length on certain routes

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A long
				combination vehicle (LCV) with a cargo-carrying length that does not exceed 95
				feet, measured from the front of the first cargo-carrying vehicle to the rear
				of the last cargo-carrying vehicle or load, including the connecting device,
				may operate upon one or more of the following routes, if individual trailers or
				semi-trailers in an LCV do not exceed 48 feet in cargo-carrying length:
(1) the Sterling, Seward and Glenn Highways,
				Alaska Route 1 (AK-1), from Homer to the junction with the Palmer-Wasilla
				Highway in Palmer;
(2) the Tok
				Cutoff, AK-1, from the junction with the Richardson Highway, Alaska Route 4
				(AK-4), in Gakona Junction to the junction with the Alaska Highway, Alaska
				Route 2 (AK-2), in Tok;
(3) the
				Alaska Highway, AK-2, from the Canadian border to the junction with the
				Richardson Highway, AK-4, in Delta Junction;
(4) the Seward, Glenn, and Parks Highways,
				AK-1 and Alaska Route 3 (AK-3), from the Potter Weigh Station in Anchorage to
				the junction with the Parks Highway, AK-3, to the junction with the Richardson
				Highway, AK-2, in Fairbanks via the Mitchell Expressway; for purposes of this
				paragraph, the lead trailer in a truck tractor, two-trailer LCV may have a
				cargo carrying length of 53 feet, if the total cargo carrying length, including
				the connecting device, does not exceed 95 feet;
(5) the Richardson Highway, AK-4 and AK-2,
				from the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry terminal in Valdez to the junction
				with the Mitchell Expressway, AK-3, in Fairbanks;
(6) the Seward Highway, Alaska Route 9
				(AK-9), from the junction with the Sterling Highway, AK-1, to Seward;
(7) the Kenai Spur Highway, from the junction
				with the Sterling Highway, AK-1, to Nikishka Dock.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 1 - Motor Vehicles: Size and Weight › 17 AAC 25.015 - Specialized equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A rotating drum
				transit mix concrete truck with a booster axle or a lift axle, or both, may
				operate on the state highway system for the movement of specialty manufactured
				products or other loads if the gross weight of the vehicle and the axle weights
				are not greater than the standards set out in
				17 AAC 25.013. Weight adjustment
				controls for the booster axle and the lift axle must be located outside the
				driver's compartment and not within reach of the driver while the truck is in
				motion. The up-and-down position control that controls the booster axle and the
				lift axle must be a single control, and may be located in the cab of the
				vehicle. The lift axle must be in the down position and engaged to carry a
				minimum of 6,000 pounds to be counted as a tridem axle group.
(b) A saddlemount combination with an overall
				length not exceeding 97 feet may operate on the state highway system and may
				include one full mount in the combination. The saddlemount combination must be
				in compliance with 23 C.F.R.
				658.13, revised as of April 1, 2021 and
				adopted by reference.
(c) An
				automobile carrier may operate on the state highway system under the
				requirements of 23 C.F.R.
				658.13, revised as of April 1, 2021 and
				adopted by reference.
(d) A boat
				transporter may operate on the state highway system under the requirements of
				23 C.F.R.
				658.13, revised as of April 1, 2021 and
				adopted by reference.
(e) A dry
				bulk tank products hauler may be used for the movement of products on the state
				highway system. Weight shifting may occur, if the legal gross weight of the
				vehicle is not exceeded and the weight shifted does not exceed 2,000 pounds per
				axle.
(f) A jeep may be used if
				authorized in a permit issued under
				17 AAC 25.320.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS 44.42.030
AS
					 45.75.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 1 - Motor Vehicles: Size and Weight › 17 AAC 25.017 - Supplemental axles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless a vehicle is authorized to use
				supplemental axles under a permit issued under
				17 AAC 25.320, supplemental axles
				may be used on vehicles operating on the state highway system only as provided
				in this section. Supplemental axles must have a manufacturer's rating equal to
				the weight being carried on the axle, but no less than 10,000 pounds on the
				axle.
(b) Supplemental axles may
				only be used on trailers and rotating drum transit mix concrete trucks for
				legal gross vehicle weight calculations. The weight adjustment controls for
				supplemental axles must be located outside the driver's compartment and not
				within reach of the driver while the vehicle is in motion. A rotating drum
				transit mix concrete truck with a lift axle must comply with
				17 AAC 25.015(a).
				The up-and-down position controls for liftable belly axles may be located in
				the driver's compartment on bulk tank delivery vehicles, but these controls may
				only be activated when entering or exiting delivery terminals, including
				service stations. Adjustable air ride suspension systems may be used, if the
				tires are not lifted off the roadway.
(c) Repealed 10/7/2001.
(d) Belly axles may be used on trailers and
				semitrailers operating on the state highway system. A belly axle on vehicles
				first placed into service in this state after June 30, 1990 must be
				self-steering. The department will use the vehicle registration required by AS
				28.10 as evidence of the date that the vehicle or trailer was placed in service
				in this state.
(e) Repealed
				10/7/2001.
The definition of "supplemental axle", formerly set out in
					 17 AAC 25.017(e),
					 has been relocated to
					 17 AAC 25.900.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS 44.42.030
AS
					 45.75.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 1 - Motor Vehicles: Size and Weight › 17 AAC 25.100 - Road closures and restrictions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The Department
				of Transportation and Public Facilities may prohibit the operation of vehicles
				upon any highway or may impose restrictions on any aspect of vehicle operation
				on any highway whenever the highway, in the judgment of the commissioner, may
				be seriously damaged or destroyed by such operation or whenever it is deemed
				necessary by the commissioner in the interests of safety to the traveling
				public. The restrictions shall be effective after due notice has been given to
				the public except in an emergency requiring immediate action.
(b) Except for steering axles, whenever
				weight restrictions imposed by the commissioner or the commissioner's
				representative are stated as a percentage of legal allowable weights, the
				percentage shall be applied to the maximum allowable axle loading of
				17 AAC 25.013(a)(4) and (5).
(c) Repealed 8/13/95.
As of Register 77, the reference to the Department of
					 Highways has been corrected to refer to the Department of Transportation and
					 Public Facilities.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 19.10.100
AS 44.42.020
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 1 - Motor Vehicles: Size and Weight › 17 AAC 25.119 - Definitions for 17 AAC 25.011 - 17 AAC 25.119

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  17 AAC 25.011 -
				  17 AAC 25.119, unless the context
				  requires otherwise, "equipment" means air conditioning units, heating or
				  cooling units, air compressors, winches, bumpers, flexible fender extensions,
				  bolsters, log bunks, binder chains, clearance lights, rub rails, rock guards,
				  mud flaps, pin pockets, door handles, steps, tire chain hangers, backup lights,
				  forks or fork lifting devices, front mounted animal control devices, hydraulic
				  lift gates, headache racks, or mechanical fastening devices.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS 44.42.030
AS
					 45.75.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 2 - Commercial Motor Vehicles: Safety and Hazardous Materials › 17 AAC 25.200 - Transportation of hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or hazardous waste

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				driving a commercial motor vehicle, or a company whose business involves the
				operation of a commercial motor vehicle upon a highway or vehicular way or
				area, shall comply with the transportation of hazardous materials, hazardous
				substances, or hazardous waste regulations adopted by the United States
				Department of Transportation and contained in the following provisions, as
				revised as of March 15,2023 and adopted by reference, except as otherwise
				provided in (b) of this section:
(1)
										49 C.F.R.
				105.5 (Definitions for 49 C.F.R. Parts 105 -
				110);
(2)  49 C.F.R. Part 107
				 (Hazardous Materials Program Procedures);
(3)  49 C.F.R. Part 171  (General Information,
				Regulations, and Definitions);
(4)
				 49 C.F.R. Part 172  (Hazardous Materials Table, Special Provisions, Hazardous
				Materials Communications, Emergency Response Information, and Training
				Requirements);
(5) 49 C.F.R. Part
				173 (Shippers--General Requirements for Shipments and Packaging);
(6)  49 C.F.R. Part 177  (Carriage by Public
				Highway);
(7)  49 C.F.R. Part 178
				 (Specifications for Packagings);
(8)  49 C.F.R. Part 180  (Continuing
				Qualification and Maintenance of Packagings).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 2 - Commercial Motor Vehicles: Safety and Hazardous Materials › 17 AAC 25.210 - Safe operation of commercial motor vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				driving a commercial motor vehicle, or a company whose business involves the
				operation of a commercial motor vehicle upon a highway or vehicular way or
				area, shall comply with the regulations relating to the management,
				maintenance, operation, or driving of commercial motor vehicles, adopted by the
				United States Department of Transportation and contained in the following
				provisions, as revised as of March 15, 2023 and adopted by reference, except as
				otherwise provided in (b) of this section:
(1)  49 C.F.R. Part 381  (Waivers, Exemptions,
				and Pilot Programs);
(2)  49 C.F.R.
				Part 385  (Safety Fitness Procedures);
(3)  49 C.F.R. Part 387  (Minimum Levels of
				Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers);
(4)  49 C.F.R. Part 390  (Federal Motor Carrier
				Safety Regulations; General);
(5)
				 49 C.F.R. Part 391  (Qualifications of Drivers and Longer Combination Vehicle
				(LCV) Driver Instructors);
(6)  49
				C.F.R. Part 392  (Driving of Commercial Motor Vehicles);
(7)  49 C.F.R. Part 393  (Parts and Accessories
				Necessary for Safe Operation);
(8)
				 49 C.F.R. Part 396  (Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance);
(9)  49 C.F.R. Part 397  (Transportation of
				Hazardous Materials; Driving and Parking Rules);
(10)  49 C.F.R. Part 399  (Employee Safety and
				Health Standards).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 2 - Commercial Motor Vehicles: Safety and Hazardous Materials › 17 AAC 25.220 - Hours of service

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person
				driving a commercial motor vehicle, or a company whose business involves the
				operation of a commercial motor vehicle upon a highway or vehicular way or
				area, shall comply with the regulations relating to the management, operation,
				or driving of commercial motor vehicles, adopted by the United States
				Department of Transportation and contained in  49 C.F.R. Part 395  (hours of
				service of drivers), as revised as of March 15, 2023 and adopted by reference,
				except as provided in (b) of this section.
(b) The federal regulations in 49 C.F.R. that
				are adopted by reference in (a) of this section are revised as follows:
(1) repealed 4/12/2013;
(2)
										49 C.F.R.
				395.13(a) is revised to
				read: "An enforcement officer may declare a driver out of service and notify
				the motor carrier of the declaration, upon finding at the time and place of
				examination that the driver has violated the out of service criteria set out in
				49 C.F.R.
				395.13(b).";
(3)
										49 C.F.R.
				395.13(c)(2) is revised to
				read: "A motor carrier shall complete the carrier certification portion of
				Driver/Vehicle Examination Report form and deliver the copy of the form
				personally, by electronic mail, or by mail to the division not later than 15
				working days following the date of examination. If the motor carrier mails the
				form, delivery is considered made on the day it is postmarked.";
(4) repealed 4/12/2013.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 2 - Commercial Motor Vehicles: Safety and Hazardous Materials › 17 AAC 25.230 - Commercial motor vehicle inspections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An enforcement
				officer may
(1) require the operator of a
				commercial motor vehicle to stop the motor vehicle and submit to commercial
				vehicle safety inspections and tests;
(2) inspect and test all components of a
				commercial motor vehicle, including the interior of the cab, the inside of
				cargo compartments, and all exterior equipment;
(3) remove and reapply cargo compartment
				sealing devices; and
(4) enter
				upon, inspect, and examine all land, buildings, and equipment of a motor
				carrier, and inspect and copy all accounts, books, records, memoranda,
				correspondence, and other documents of that carrier.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 2 - Commercial Motor Vehicles: Safety and Hazardous Materials › 17 AAC 25.240 - Unsafe or defectively equipped commercial motor vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An enforcement
				officer may issue a citation to the driver or owner of a commercial motor
				vehicle that is not in safe mechanical condition or properly equipped as
				required in AS 28 or in
				17 AAC 25.200 -
				17 AAC 25.250. A citation issued
				under this section must specify the section of AS 28 or
				17 AAC 25.200 -
				17 AAC 25.250 that has been
				violated and the repair or adjustment to be made, and must require the driver
				or owner to appear in court after a period of at least five days, holidays and
				weekends excluded, from the date of the violation.
(b) The citation issued under (a) of this
				section requires the driver or owner of the commercial motor vehicle specified
				in the citation to repair the commercial motor vehicle so that it is in safe
				condition and its equipment is in proper repair and adjustment. Except as
				provided in (c) of this section, the citation also requires the owner or driver
				to secure a certificate of inspection and approval before any further driving
				or movement on a highway or vehicular way or area.
(c) A person may not drive or move a
				commercial motor vehicle after being directed under this section to have it
				repaired or adjusted, except as may be necessary to return the commercial motor
				vehicle to the residence or place of business of the owner or driver of the
				commercial motor vehicle or to a garage, until the commercial motor vehicle and
				its equipment have been repaired or adjusted as required by the citation. If
				repair or adjustment of a commercial motor vehicle or its equipment is found
				necessary upon inspection, the owner or driver of the commercial motor vehicle
				may obtain the repair or adjustment at a place of that person's choosing,
				within a 100-mile radius of the place where the citation issued under (a) of
				this section was issued, or otherwise at the nearest place of repair.
(d) If a commercial motor vehicle is, in the
				reasonable judgment of the person issuing the citation, in a condition that
				further driving or movement would be hazardous, the person issuing the citation
				may require that the commercial motor vehicle not be driven or moved under its
				own power, or that it be driven to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
				This section does not preclude the impounding of a commercial motor vehicle
				under AS
				19.10.375 or
				AS
				28.05.091.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 19.10.310
AS 19.10.340
AS 19.10.370
AS 19.10.399
AS
					 45.75.131
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 2 - Commercial Motor Vehicles: Safety and Hazardous Materials › 17 AAC 25.250 - Definitions for 17 AAC 25.200 - 17 AAC 25.250

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The definitions
				in 49 C.F.R. 390.5,
				adopted by reference in
				17 AAC 25.210(a),
				apply in 17 AAC 25.200 - 17 AAC 25.250,
				except that for vehicles operating in intrastate commerce that have a gross
				vehicle weight, gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight, or gross
				combination weight rating less than 26,001 pounds, "commercial motor vehicle"
				has the meaning given in
				AS
				19.10.399, with the exception of commercial
				motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials for which a placard is required
				under  49 C.F.R. Part 172, adopted by reference in
				17 AAC 25.200(a),
				or a commercial motor vehicle designed or used to transport more than 15
				individuals, including the driver.
(b) In
				17 AAC 25.200 - 17 AAC 25.250,
				unless the context requires otherwise,
(1)
				"vehicular way or area" has the meaning given in
				AS
				19.10.399;
(2) "working day" means a day other than
				Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.310 - Weigh stations and traffic stops

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A commercial
				motor vehicle must stop for weighing and vehicle inspection where an official
				highway sign indicates that a weigh station is in operation or at the direction
				of an enforcement officer.
(b) In
				this section,
(1) "commercial motor vehicle"
				means a motor vehicle of more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating
				(GVWR) or gross combination weight rating (GCWR) used in commerce;
(2) "gross combination weight rating" has the
				meaning given that term in
				AS
				19.10.399;
(3) "gross vehicle weight rating" has the
				meaning given that term in
				AS
				19.10.399.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.320 - Permits for oversize or overweight vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will issue a permit authorizing the movement of a vehicle or load of a size or
				weight exceeding the limitations specified in this chapter if the department
				determines that
(1) the overweight vehicle or
				load is a non-divisible vehicle or load; or
(2) each of the following requirements is
				met:
(A) the state's best interests are
				served by the permit;
(B) the
				usefulness of the highways traveled is not diminished;
(C) the safety of other users is not
				compromised;
(D) the traveling
				public will not be unreasonably inconvenienced.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.330 - Applications for permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application
				for a permit must specifically describe the vehicle and the load to be moved,
				the origin, destination, proposed route, date and times of movement, and other
				items pertinent to the operation of the vehicle under the permit and requested
				on the application form provided by the division. The application must describe
				the characteristics of the vehicle or load that create the necessity for the
				permit and, if the applicant believes that the vehicle or load is a
				non-divisible vehicle or load, an explanation of the reasons for this
				belief.
(b) An application for a
				permit is a certification by the applicant that the information on the
				application is correct, that the applicant is a duly authorized representative
				of the owner or lessee of the vehicle, and that the vehicle driver, owner, and
				lessee will comply with the conditions and restrictions indicated in the
				permit.
(c) As a condition for
				issuance of a permit, the driver, owner, and lessee of the vehicle for which
				the permit was issued shall agree to indemnify and hold the state and its
				officers, agents, and employees harmless from suit, damages, and other claims
				arising as a result of the movement of the vehicle or load under the permit. If
				the department determines it to be in the state's best interest, the department
				will require the posting of a surety bond or other suitable instrument,
				conditioned upon the satisfaction of liability for injury to persons or damage
				to property arising as a result of the movement of the vehicle or load under
				the permit.
As of Register 162 (July 2002), the regulations attorney
					 made a technical revision under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6), to
					 17 AAC 25.330(c).
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS 44.42.030
AS
					 45.75.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.335 - Weighing allowance

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will weigh vehicles in their as-found condition and will grant weight
				allowances, as described in this section, to the weight limits set out in
				17 AAC 25.013.
(b) The department will observe the following
				procedures if enforcing the gross weight requirements in
				17 AAC 25.013
(1) from October 1 through April 30 of each
				year, in addition to the amount allowed in
				17 AAC 25.013, an additional 1,500
				pound allowance will be granted for snow and ice build-up, if evidence of that
				build-up exists; this allowance is the maximum allowance regardless of the
				make-up of the vehicle combinatiory;
(2) whenever the department finds a
				violation, it will give a warning, issue the driver of the vehicle a citation,
				or inspect the vehicle, and
(3) if
				the vehicle grpss weight is over the amount allowed in
				17 AAC 25.013 and paragraph (1) of
				this subsection by more than 1,000 pounds, the vehicle will directed to a
				location to unload the excess weight from the vehicle.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.340 - Enforcement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If an enforcement officer has reason to
				believe that a vehicle or load is oversize, is overweight, violates
				17 AAC 25.210, or violates a
				requirement adopted by reference in
				17 AAC 25.210, the enforcement
				officer may require the driver to stop for inspection or for weighing by means
				of portable scales or at the nearest weigh station.
(b) A driver of a vehicle may not refuse to
				stop and submit the vehicle and load to weighing or inspection.
(c) If the movement of a vehicle or load is
				authorized by a permit issued under
				17 AAC 25.320, upon request by an
				enforcement officer, the driver shall produce the permit for
				inspection.
(d) a permit that has
				been altered is void upon the alteration.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS 44.42.030
AS 45.75.050
AS
					 45.75.131
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.350 - Stop orders

Current through May 31, 2024
An enforcement officer may order that movement of a vehicle
				  be stopped, if that vehicle violates the safety, size, weight, or load
				  limitations of this chapter or the terms of an oversize or overweight permit
				  issued under
				  17 AAC 25.320, and if the
				  enforcement officer considers stopping the vehicle's movement necessary to
				  protect the public safety or the highway and its apparatus. If ordered to stop
				  its movement, the driver of the vehicle shall move the vehicle to a location
				  specified by the enforcement officer and arrange to bring the vehicle into
				  compliance with this chapter or the permit within 72 hours. Vehicles abandoned
				  on a highway right-of-way or other public property in excess of 72 hours may be
				  removed at the owner's or lessee's expense.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.360 - Offloading of vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
An enforcement officer may order the removal of a portion of
				  a load if the officer determines that the size or weight of a vehicle or load
				  violates the size, weight, or load limitations of this chapter or the terms of
				  an oversize or overweight permit issued under
				  17 AAC 25.320 and if the
				  enforcement officer considers removal necessary to protect the public safety or
				  the highway and its apparatus. If ordered to remove a portion of a load, the
				  driver of the vehicle shall move the vehicle to the location specified by the
				  enforcement officer and remove the portion of the load. The vehicle and the
				  load must not interfere with the movement of traffic and must be removed from
				  the highway right-of-way or other public property within 72 hours. The owner or
				  lessee of the vehicle shall bear the expense of unloading and removing the
				  excess load. Loads abandoned on a highway right-of-way or other public property
				  in excess of 72 hours will be removed at the owner's or lessee's
				  expense.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.370 - Revocation of permits

Current through May 31, 2024
The department may revoke a permit based upon a violation of
				  the terms and conditions of its issuance or the alteration of a permit without
				  the department's consent, or for a violation of this chapter.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.375 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To appeal from a denial under
				17 AAC 25.320, from an order under
				17 AAC 25.350 or
				17 AAC 25.360, or from a permit
				revocation under
				17 AAC 25.370, an aggrieved person
				must make a written appeal to the division director. Any appeal must be
				received by the division director not later than seven days after the date of
				the denial, order, or revocation. The written appeal must set out the grounds
				for the appeal and any argument in support of the appeal. A denial, order, or
				revocation from which an appeal is made remains in effect until a final
				decision is issued under (b)(5) or (c) of this section.
(b) As the division director considers
				necessary to resolve disputed questions of fact, the division director shall,
				within 10 days after receiving an appeal, hold a hearing in substantial
				accordance with the following procedures:
(1)
				the division director may designate an employee of the department to conduct
				the hearing, if the designated employee did not take part in the original order
				or revocation;
(2) the department
				will provide at least five days' notice of the time and place of the hearing to
				the appellant;
(3) written
				statements may be submitted;
(4)
				the hearing will be recorded;
(5)
				within 10 days after the hearing, the division director shall issue a written
				decision affirming, modifying, or reversing the original order or
				revocation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 3 - Oversize and Overweight Vehicles › 17 AAC 25.380 - Oversize and overweight vehicle permit fees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				The department will calculate a total permit fee from one or more of the
				following component fees, if applicable under (b) of this section:
(1) for a single move by a vehicle or load
				that is oversize only, other than a vehicle or load that is exempt under
				17 AAC 25.012(b) (3), and except as provided in (5) of this
				subsection,
(A) the basic processing charge
				is $40;
(B) a surcharge will be
				added for excess width as follows, if applicable:
(i) for an overall width in excess of 10 feet
				and no more than 16 feet, $25;
(ii)
				for an overall width in excess of 16 feet, $35; and
(C) a surcharge will be added for excess
				height as follows, if applicable:
(i) for an
				overall height in excess of 16 feet and no more than 16.5 feet, $25;
(ii) for an overall height in excess of 16.5
				feet, $35;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 4 - Unified Carrier Registration › 17 AAC 25.400 - Unified Carrier Registration program requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To own or
				operate a commercial motor vehicle in this state as a motor carrier or motor
				private carrier, or provide services as a freight forwarder, broker, or leasing
				company in interstate commerce, a company or individual shall register annually
				in the Unified, Carrier Registration program established under
				49 U.S.C.
				14504a.
(b) Each registration must be accompanied by
				a fee, the amount of which will be determined annually by the Secretary of the
				United States Department of Transportation under
				49 U.S.C.
				14504a. Registration fees for Unified Carrier
				Registration will be published by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
				Administration under  49 C.F.R. Part 367  (standards for registration with
				states)s. Annual fees must be paid directly through the Unified Carrier
				Registration National Registration System.
(c) An enforcement officer may order that
				movement of a vehicle be stopped if a registrant fails to pay the fee required
				under (b) of this section. If a vehicle ordered to stop movement, the driver of
				the vehicle shall move the vehicle to a location specified by the enforcement
				officer. The stop movement order remains in effect until the registrant
				provides proof of payment of the fees.
The approved Internet website for annual registration is
www.ucr.gov
. Questions relating to the Unified
					 Carrier Registration program can be directed to the Commercial Vehicle Customer
					 Service Center by calling (907)
					 365-1200.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 5 - Waivers › 17 AAC 25.800 - Waiver of provisions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The commissioner, or the commissioner's
				designee, will waive a requirement of this chapter for a particular state
				highway system route, or a portion of that route, if the commissioner, or the
				commissioner's designee, issues a written determination that the
(1) state's best interests are served by the
				waiver;
(2) usefulness of the
				particular highway is not diminished;
(3) safety of other users is not compromised;
				and
(4) traveling public will not
				be unreasonably inconvenienced.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 25 - Operations, Wheeled Vehicles › Article 6 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 25.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this
				  chapter
(1) "axle" means the common
				axis of rotation of two or more wheels, whether power-driven or freely
				rotating, attached to the vehicle for the purpose of carrying a portion of the
				vehicle weight, including any load;
(2) "axle group" means two or more axles
				where an individual axle is spaced less than 8 feet and 1 inch from any other
				axle, as measured from the centers of the axles;
(3) "belly axle" means a single axle on a
				trailer or semitrailer that is located at least 8 feet and 1 inch from the
				nearest rear axle of a vehicle;
(4)
				"booster axle" means an axle on a truck that is designed to transfer a portion
				of the truck weight to the steering axle, and that is located more than 8 feet
				and 1 inch from the nearest axle;
(5) "cargo-carrying length" means the portion
				of the cargo-carrying unit of a vehicle with two or more such units, measured
				from the front of the first unit to the rear of the last units, including the
				hitch(es) between the units, with the exception of the upper coupler on a
				beverage semitrailer and the B-train assembly between the first and second
				semitrailers
(6) "cargo-carrying
				unit" means any portion of a vehicle combination, other than the truck tractor,
				used for carrying cargo, including a trailer, semitrailer, or the cargo
				carrying section of a single-unit truck
(7) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				transportation and public facilities;
(8) "department" means the Department of
				Transportation and Public Facilities;
(9) "division" means the division of
				measurement standards and commercial vehicle compliance within the
				department;
(10) "dromedary" means
				a box, tank, deck, or plate that does not exceed 10 feet in length, and that
				may be used to carry cargo on a truck tractor;
(11) "emergency" means a condition that is
				potentially hazardous to life or property, or that prevents a damaged highway
				from being used by the public;
(12)
				"enforcement officer" means a
(A) peace
				officer; or
(B) department employee
				who is
(i) authorized by the commissioner of
				transportation and public facilities under
				AS
				45.75.131; and
(ii) appointed as a special officer by the
				commissioner of public safety under
				AS
				18.65.010;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 28 - Buses › 17 AAC 28.010 - Maximum size limitation of buses

Current through May 31, 2024
To operate on a state highway, a bus may not exceed the
				following maximum limitations:
(1) the
			 width, including equipment, of no greater than 120 inches; and
(2) the length, including equipment, of no
			 longer than 50 feet for a non-articulated bus and the length, including
			 equipment, of no longer than 65 feet for an articulated bus.
Authority:
AS
				  19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS
				  44.42.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 28 - Buses › 17 AAC 28.012 - Equipment described

Current through May 31, 2024
For the determination of size of buses under this chapter,
				equipment includes the following items:
(1) air-conditioning units;
(2) air compressors;
(3) bumpers;
(4) mirrors;
(5) flexible fender extensions;
(6) splash and spray suppression
			 devices;
(7) bolsters;
(8) tire bulges due to load;
(9) baggage;
(10) specialty components;
(11) mechanical fastening devices;
(12) length and width exclusive devices
			 described in  25 C.F.R. 658(e) and (g)  (1993).
Authority:
AS
				  19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS
				  44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 28 - Buses › 17 AAC 28.015 - Limitations on bus equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) All bus
			 equipment, except for mirrors, may extend no more than four inches from the
			 body width of the bus.
(b) Mirrors
			 may be mounted not less than four feet above the roadway surface and may extend
			 no more than 12 inches from the body width of the bus.
(c) Equipment may not overhang the front
			 bumper or the rear bumper of the bus by more than 30 inches and is subject to
			 the size specifications set out in
			 17 AAC 28.020.
Authority:
AS
				  19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS
				  44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 28 - Buses › 17 AAC 28.020 - Restrictions on buses by size or type

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For buses 40
			 feet or less in length, including equipment - this size of bus may operate on
			 the entire state highway system without an oversized vehicle permit if the bus
			 is
(1) not wider than 102 inches excluding
			 equipment, and
(2) not higher than
			 14 feet including equipment.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 28 - Buses › 17 AAC 28.025 - Operating requirements for longer buses

Current through May 31, 2024
Buses, including articulated buses, with length greater than
				forty feet, including equipment, must
(1) operate with headlights on at all
			 times;
(2) during operations on
			 highways with two traveling lanes, allow queues of five or more following
			 vehicles to pass at the first opportunity;
(3) if multiple lanes are available, use the
			 far right lane except when passing another vehicle or preparing for a left
			 turn;
(4) carry one blanket,
			 measuring at least six feet by three feet, for each seat on the bus;
			 and
(5) carry two collapsible
			 stretchers.
Authority:
AS
				  19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.05.060
AS 44.42.020
AS
				  44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 28 - Buses › 17 AAC 28.030 - Specially designated highways

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Buses described
			 in 17 AAC 28.020(b)
			 may operate without an oversized vehicle permit upon the following portions of
			 the state highway system
(1) the Alaska
			 Highway, Alaska Route 2 (AK-2) from Fairbanks (Gaffney Road Junction) to the
			 Canadian Border;
(2) Richardson
			 Highway, Alaska Route 4 (AK-4) from Delta Junction to Valdez (Ferry
			 Terminal);
(3) Glenn Highway,
			 Alaska Route 1 (AK-1) from Anchorage (Gambell Street at its intersection with
			 East Fifth Avenue) to Glennallen;
(4) Tok Cutoff, AK-1 from Tok to its junction
			 with AK-4;
(5) Seward Highway,
			 Alaska Route 9 (AK-9) from Seward (Ferry Terminal) to its junction with
			 AK-1;
(6) Seward Highway, AK-1 from
			 its junction with AK-9 to Anchorage (Gambell Street at its intersection with
			 East Fifth Avenue);
(7) Sterling
			 Highway, AK-1 from Homer (Ferry Terminal) to its junction with AK-9;
(8) Parks Highway, Alaska Route 3 (AK-3) from
			 its junction with AK-1 to Fairbanks (Gaffney Road Junction);
(9) Steese Highway, Alaska Route 6 (AK-6)
			 from its junction with Alaska Route 2 (AK-2) (at Fox) to Circle;
(10) Dalton Highway, Alaska Route 11 (AK-11)
			 from its junction with AK-6 (near Livengood) to Deadhorse;
(11) Steese Highway, AK-2 from Fairbanks
			 (Gaffney Road Junction) to its junction with AK-6 (at Fox);
(12) Elliot Highway, AK-2 from its junction
			 with AK-6 (at Fox) to its junction with AK-11 (near Livengood);
(13) Haines Highway, Alaska Route 7 (AK-7)
			 from Haines (Ferry Terminal) to the Canadian Border;
(14) Klondike Highway, Alaska Route 98
			 (AK-98) from Skagway (Ferry Terminal) to the Canadian Border;
(15) Egan Drive and Glacier Highway, Alaska
			 Route 7 (AK-7) from Juneau (Main Street at its intersection with Egan Drive) to
			 Echo Cove; and
(16) Mendenhall Loop
			 Road from its junction with AK-7 to Mendenhall Glacier Visitors
			 Center.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 28 - Buses › 17 AAC 28.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise in this chapter
(1) "bus" means a vehicle designed primarily
			 for the transportation of persons rather than property that has capacity for at
			 least 16 passengers;
(2) "oversize
			 vehicle permit" means a permit issued under 17 AAC 25 by the department to
			 authorize oversize vehicles to travel on state highways;
(3) "traveling surface" means the portion of
			 the highway designed for the movement of vehicles, including shoulders and
			 auxiliary lanes.
As of Register 161 (April 2002), the regulations attorney
				  made a technical revision under
				  AS
				  44.62.125(b)(6), to
				  17 AAC 28.900(2),
				  to reflect the repeal of 3 AAC 35, the relocation of regulations addressing
				  overweight and oversize vehicle permits to 17 AAC 25, and the corresponding
				  transfer of regulatory authority to the Department of Transportation and Public
				  Facilities.
Authority:
AS
				  19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS
				  44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 35 - Toll Highways › 17 AAC 35.010 - Industrial use highways

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Under the
			 provisions of AS 44.62 the department will, in its discretion, by regulation,
			 designate a specified highway as an industrial use highway if its design
			 features allow it to accommodate long or heavy loads.
(b) Except as provided in
			 17 AAC 35.020(d),
			 use of a vehicle on an industrial use highway is controlled by the permit
			 system established under
			 17 AAC 35.020 - 17 AAC 35.100 if
			 the vehicle's length or width exceeds the limitations in 17 AAC 25.
(c) Interested parties may, by written
			 request, petition the commissioner for designation of a particular route as an
			 industrial use highway. The written request must include
(1) a descriptive summary of the condition of
			 the existing facility and its capability to accommodate long or heavy
			 loads;
(2) the design changes for
			 the roadway or structures and any other improvements necessary to allow the
			 facility to accommodate long or heavy loads;
(3) the costs of the design changes or other
			 improvements necessary to allow the facility to accommodate long or heavy
			 loads;
(4) the proposed uses that
			 dictate designation of the facility as an industrial use highway;
(5) the economic, environmental, and social
			 impact, and the degree to which designation of the highway as an industrial use
			 highway will improve the general welfare of the people of the state;
			 and
(6) various means of financing
			 the cost of the changes to the facility necessary to allow it to accommodate
			 long or heavy loads.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 35 - Toll Highways › 17 AAC 35.020 - Industrial use highway permits

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A vehicle whose
			 length exceeds the limitations of 17 AAC 25 but whose length is not more than
			 90 feet, including load, or whose weight exceeds the gross vehicle weight
			 limitations of
			 17 AAC 25.060 but whose gross
			 vehicle weight is not more than 200,000 pounds, will, in the department's
			 discretion, be issued an industrial use highway permit to operate on an
			 industrial use highway if the length and weight do not exceed those specified
			 by the department for the industrial use highway.
(b) Subject to (c) of this section, an
			 overweight or oversize permit referred to in
			 17 AAC 25.010, and issued under 3
			 AAC 35, is not required for a vehicle for which an industrial use highway
			 permit has been issued under
			 17 AAC 35.030.
(c) A vehicle whose gross vehicle weight or
			 whose length exceeds the weight or length limits specified for a particular
			 industrial use highway may not operate on that industrial use highway unless it
			 has a valid overweight or oversize permit issued under 3 AAC 35 and the permit
			 fee, as calculated under
			 17 AAC 35.050, has been
			 paid.
(d) A vehicle used on an
			 industrial use highway which has neither an industrial use highway permit nor
			 an overweight or oversize permit issued under 3 AAC 35, is subject to the
			 weight and size limitations of
			 17 AAC 25.010(a).
(e) Application for an industrial use highway
			 permit for a single trip must be made at least 24 hours before the applicant
			 intends to move the vehicle on the highway. Application for an industrial use
			 highway permit allowing multiple movements must be made at least 14 days before
			 the applicant intends to commence operations. A permit will not be issued until
			 the department has reviewed the permit application. In reviewing the permit
			 application, the department will, in its discretion, conduct extensive analyses
			 and will, in its discretion, solicit public comment.
(f) A permit application form may be obtained
			 at the department office designated for the specific industrial use highway,
			 and a completed application must be submitted to the department. However, if
			 the commissioner has delegated authority to issue industrial use highway
			 permits to another state agency under
			 17 AAC 35.030(f),
			 a permit application form may also be obtained from that state agency and the
			 completed application must be submitted to that state agency as described in
			 (e) of this section rather than to the department.
See the editor's note following
				  17 AAC 35.030 regarding the
				  designation of another state agency for industrial use highway permit
				  issuance.
Authority:
AS
				  19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.05.125
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS
				  44.42.030