Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 7 - MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Division 10 - Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission › Chapter 25 - Motor Carrier Operations › Section 7 CSR 10-25.020 - Oversize/Overweight Permits

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment relocates language regarding
				  blanket permits of overlength public utility movements and overwide movements
				  of sludge disposal units from the area describing multiple commodity blanket
				  permits to the area that describes single commodity blanket permits. It also
				  corrects an axle-spacing distance measurement for an alternative configuration
				  of an 8-axle load configuration. Another correction clarifies that two (2)
				  escort vehicles are required when oversized units travel on a two- (2-) lane
				  route off of the interstate system.
(1) General Regulations for
				Oversize/Overweight Permits.
(A) In the
				design and fabrication of all vehicles, machinery, equipment, structures,
				buildings, or other units or components, careful consideration must be given to
				the legal and physical limitations applicable to all available forms of
				transportation between point of fabrication and the original or subsequent
				destinations.
(B) Permits will not
				be granted for travel on the state highway system for movement of a load
				reducible in size or weight, except for-
1.
				Farm products (hay), and farm equipment with dual tires, and construction
				equipment with blade/bucket attached, but only as permitted in sections (6) and
				(10);
2. Emergency response
				vehicles loaded with salt, sand, chemicals, or a combination thereof, with or
				without a plow or blade attached in front, and being used for the purpose of
				spreading the material on state highways that are or may become slick or
				icy;
3. Military vehicles
				transporting marked military equipment or material. Reducible portions of any
				oversize or overweight load shall include, but are not limited to, any
				attachment, accessory, member, or assembly designed to be detached with hand
				tools; or
4. A vehicle carrying raw
				fluid milk products from a farm and/or raw milk products to or from a milk
				plant, receiving station or transfer station.
(C) Unladen vehicles or combinations are to
				comply with legal size and weight limitations as listed in Chapter 304 of the
Missouri Revised Statutes
unless exceptions can be justified
				by safety considerations based on an oversize or overweight object to be
				transported by the vehicle.
(D)
				Economic factors in either the saving of time or costs for routing will not be
				considered of primary importance in the routing process and the department
				reserves the right to designate routing and travel time for all movements.
				Safety, structure capacities and clearances, roadway widths, and traffic
				volumes will all be considered in route determination. The routing will use the
				designated state highway system and be as direct as possible. When other
				streets or highways off the state highway system are used, it will be the
				responsibility of the applicant to obtain approval from the agency responsible
				for that off-state highway and adhere to all bridge capacity postings off the
				state highway system.
(E)
				Limitations for all oversize and overweight load movements will be determined
				by the least hazardous road conditions and volume of traffic which will be
				encountered and the practical capacity of the roadway, structures, and the
				vehicle involved, based upon axle loads. All responses to requests for routing
				approval prior to application are furnished for general information only. Due
				to constantly changing highway conditions such routing approval is subject to
				change without notice.
(F)
				Exceptions may be made for feasible oversize and/or overweight movements
				certified as essential to national defense, upon receipt of written
				documentation by designated officials within the Defense Department.
(G) Permits may specify maximum and minimum
				speeds to reduce hazards or control impact factors on pavement or structures
				and may specify lane restrictions while crossing structures to provide for
				better load distribution to the structural members of that structure. Power
				units shall have sufficient weight and power to handle the load safely and
				maintain reasonable speeds.
(H)
				Each single trip permit covers the movement of one (1) load only, between one
				(1) origin and one (1) destination, except for the multi-stop permit designed
				for transportation of farm implement delivery only (legal loads are not
				considered for multi-stop permits since permits are not required for legal
				loads). Moves must be completed in seven (7) moving days.
(I) Movement is restricted on the following
				holidays: New Year's Day (January 1), Memorial Day (last Monday in May),
				Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving
				Day (fourth Thursday in November), and Christmas Day (December 25).
1. The restriction for Thanksgiving will
				begin at 12:00 noon on Wednesday and apply until one-half (1/2) hour before
				sunrise on the following Monday.
2.
				When Christmas and/or New Year's Day fall on Friday or Saturday, the
				restriction will begin at 12:00 noon on the day preceding the holiday. Movement
				will resume one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise the following Monday. When
				Christmas and/or New Year's Day fall on Sunday, the restriction will begin at
				12:00 noon on the preceding Friday. Movement will resume one-half (1/2) hour
				before sunrise the following Monday.
3. In the event Independence Day falls on
				Saturday, the restriction begins at 12:00 noon on the preceding Friday.
				Movement will resume one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise the following Sunday.
				If Independence Day falls on Sunday, the restriction begins at 12:00 noon on
				the preceding Saturday. Movement will resume one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise
				the following Monday.
4. On all
				holidays not mentioned in paragraphs (1)(I)1., 2., and 3., the restriction will
				begin at 12:00 noon on the day preceding the holiday. Movement will resume
				one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise on the day following the holiday.
(J) The permittee may travel a
				distance of one (1) mile onto another contiguous state highway for food, fuel,
				repairs, and rest, provided that no structures are crossed, no posted weight
				limits are exceeded, travel under overhead structures can be completed safely,
				and oversize loads do not cause an obstruction. All other provisions of the
				permit must be followed.
(K)
				Travel under permit must be with properly licensed, insured, and permitted
				vehicles under Chapters 260, 301 through 307, 390, and 622 of the
Missouri Revised Statutes
, and vehicles must be licensed for
				maximum weights in order to obtain overweight permits.