Code of Maine Rules › 99 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 420 - MAINE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Chapter 1 - RULES GOVERNING THE USE OF THE MAINE TURNPIKE › Section 420-1-10 - Overlimit Permits

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Vehicles or combinations in excess of the permitted length
				  or width provided in Section
				  7(L) of these rules
				  ("overlimit vehicles") may be admitted to the Turnpike by permit, in accordance
				  with all applicable provisions of these rules and such other limitations and
				  conditions as may be provided in the permit.
A. Permits will be valid for one day only and
				will be issued pursuant to application submitted on forms provided by the
				Authority. In addition to the applicable fare in the regulator Fare Schedule, a
				permit fee of ten ($10.00) dollars shall be paid at the time of such
				application.
B. Permits will not be
				issued for any vehicles which, with the load thereon, exceeds 14 feet six
				inches (14'6") in overall width.
C.
				Vehicles which, with the load thereon, exceed ten (10) feet in overall width
				will be allowed to enter or exit the Turnpike only at Toll Plazas designated by
				the Authority, from time to time, as accommodating wide loads.
D. The right is reserved to deny permits to
				any vehicle which may be unsafe or hazardous to persons or property and to
				limit the validity of any permit with respect to speed, times of travel,
				weather, or traffic conditions. Otherwise, the State of Maine statutes, rules
				and regulations from time to time in effect governing the movements of
				overlimit vehicles and loads in excess in eight feet, six inches (8'6") in
				width, shall apply to all vehicles operated on the Turnpike pursuant to permits
				issued under this section, subject to the following modifications:
1. Except as otherwise authorized under
				subsection
				5, below, movement of overlimits is
				permitted only between ½ hour before sunrise through ½ hour after
				sunset. If the destination cannot be reached within this time period, the
				overlimit vehicle must depart at the nearest allowable exit.
2. Overlimit vehicles will not be allowed to
				park at Turnpike concession areas or other parking areas overnight or for
				extended periods of time.
3.
				Overlimit vehicles will not be allowed to travel on the Turnpike during those
				periods of time when paving, repaving, bridge work, construction work or other
				type of maintenance is under way which will require the restriction of the
				movement of vehicles and loads in excess of 8 feet 6 inches (8'6") in width,
				unless specifically authorized by a permit issued by the Maine Turnpike
				Authority under subsection
				10(F),
				below.
4. Overlimit vehicles will
				only be permitted if such vehicles can be operated in a safe and adequate
				manner, at a minimum speed of forty-five (45) miles per hour while traveling on
				the Turnpike, weather and road conditions permitting, and construction
				equipment will only be permitted if such equipment is truck mounted and such
				truck as so loaded can be operated in a safe and adequate manner at a minimum
				speed of 45 miles per hour.
5.
				Notwithstanding subsection
				1, above, the State Police and the
				Authority may jointly authorize night moves of overlimit vehicles at such times
				and in such areas where public safety will not be adversely affected. In such
				cases, either the Authority or the State Police may require that Maine State
				Police personnel be present to escort vehicles performing the night
				moves.