Arizona Administrative Code › Title 17 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 6 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OVERSIZE AND OVERWEIGHT SPECIAL PERMITS › Article 4 - TRANSPORT PROVISIONS › Section R17-6-412 - Highway-specific Restrictions, Requirements, Conditions, and Allowances

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The Department
				may temporarily prohibit operation of an oversize or overweight envelope or
				special permitted vehicle, or impose additional weight restrictions,
				requirements, conditions, or allowances, if safe transport on a highway under
				the Department's jurisdiction is unavoidably affected by a temporary
				construction or maintenance project, incident, or emergency situation as
				indicated on the Department's Arizona Traveler Information System at
				AZ511.gov.
B. The Department shall
				post to its website at
www.azdot.gov
all updates to any temporary or permanent highway restrictions, requirements,
				conditions, or allowances affecting a route listed under Table 4 as appropriate
				for safe transport of an oversize or overweight vehicle or vehicle and
				load.
C. A permittee and driver
				shall check the Department's website at
www.azdot.gov
daily for updates to any
				temporary or permanent highway restrictions, requirements, conditions, or
				allowances affecting safe transport of an oversize or overweight vehicle or
				vehicle and load on a route listed under Table 4.
D. A permittee or driver of an oversize or
				overweight vehicle or load shall not access a route listed under Table 4 unless
				operating in full compliance with all indicated permanent highway restrictions,
				requirements, conditions and allowances, including any additional instructions
				indicated on the envelope or special permit issued by the Department.
E. When more than two escort vehicles are
				required on a route listed under Table 4 due to excess height, length, width,
				or weight, only two law enforcement escorts are required to ensure the public
				safety. Multiples of two law enforcement escorts are not required for each
				excess dimension unless specifically required under a class C special
				permit.
F. A permittee
				and driver shall additionally check daily for up-to-date information on traffic
				conditions, road closures, and restrictions by:
1. Accessing the Department's Arizona
				Traveler Information System at AZ511.gov; or
2. Contacting a highway project engineer at
				the ADOT district office identified on the Department's website as the office
				responsible for oversight of the permittee's applicable transport
				route.
G. The
				information contained in Table 4 reflects highway restrictions, requirements,
				conditions, and allowances applicable on the effective date of this Section.
				The Department shall publish real-time updates as an addendum to Table 4 and
				make those updates available on its website at
www.azdot.gov
, the Arizona Central
				Commercial Permits Office, the Class C Unit, and all Arizona Port of Entry
				locations. This information is critical for ensuring safe transport of an
				oversize or overweight vehicle or load and is subject to immediate change as
				provided under this Section.