Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 408 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - OPERATIONS DIVISION › Chapter 3 - PERMITS FOR MOVEMENT OF OVERWEIGHT AND/OR OVERDIMENSIONAL VEHICLES AND LOADS › Section 408-3-001 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
001.01
AXLE GROUP:
An assemblage of two or more consecutive axles considered together in
  determining their combined load effect on a bridge or pavement
  structure.
001.02
CONNECTING MECHANISM:
An arrangement of parts
  interconnecting two or more consecutive axles to the frame of a vehicle in such
  a manner as to equalize the load between axles.
001.03
DEPARTMENT:
The Department of Transportation of the State of Nebraska acting directly or
  through its duly authorized officers or agents.
001.04
DIVISIBLE
  LOAD:
Any load consisting of a product, material, or equipment
  which can be reduced in weight and/or size to the specified regulatory
  limit.
001.05
DUMMY
  AXLE:
A single axle attached to a vehicle or vehicle combination
  in a manner so that it does not articulate or substantially equalize the load
  and does not carry at least the lesser of 8,000 pounds or 8 percent of the
  gross weight of the vehicle or vehicle combination.
001.06
ESCORT
  VEHICLE:
Escort vehicle, as used in these rules shall mean a
  single vehicle (standard size truck or car) at least 60 inches wide. The
  vehicle shall have clearly visible and operating yellow or amber flashing,
  rotating or strobe lighting the base of which shall be mounted a minimum of 53
  inches above the roadway on top of the vehicle and be of sufficient size to be
  seen at a distance of not less than 800 feet. "OVERSIZE LOAD" signs shall be
  displayed on the escort vehicle at a location clearly visible from the front
  and from the rear and the signs shall be no less than 5 feet long by 12 inches
  high with 8-inch letters. Red flags shall be required on all four corners of
  the escort vehicle. Escort vehicle may also be required to maintain radio
  communication with the operator of the permitted vehicle.
001.07
FLAG:
A plain
  red cloth or orange, fluorescent cloth marker having a minimum size of 18
  inches square in good repair and free of printing or other markings.
001.08
GROSS WEIGHT:
The weight of a vehicle and/or vehicle combination with or without
  load.
001.09
HEIGHT:
The total vertical dimension of any vehicle
  above the ground surface including any load and load-holding device
  thereon.
001.10
HIGHWAY:
The entire width between the boundary limits
  of any roadway that is on the State and/or Federal system of roadways when any
  part thereof is open to the public for the purposes of vehicular
  traffic.
001.11
HOLIDAY/LONG HOLIDAY:
Standard dates listed on the
  Department's website. Travel is restricted for all over-dimensional permitted
  vehicles on Holidays and Long Holidays. The specific hours of restriction for
  each Holiday/Long Holiday are shown on the Department's website and will be
  designated on each permit.
001.12
INTERSTATE:
Interstate shall mean Nebraska's National
  System of Interstate and Defense Highways as identified in §
									39-2103 and §
									39-2104
001.13
LENGTH:
The
  total longitudinal dimension of any vehicle or combination of vehicles,
  including any load or load-holding devices thereon.
001.14
LOAD:
A
  weight or quantity or anything which cannot be readily reduced in size resting
  upon something else regarded as its support.
001.15
LONG COMBINATION VEHICLE
  (LCV):
Any combination of a truck-tractor and two or more trailers
  or semi-trailers.
001.16
NON-DIVISIBLE LOAD:
A vehicle or load that cannot be
  dismantled, disassembled, or reduced in size or weight without great difficulty
  to meet the statutory size and/or weight limits.
001.17
MANUFACTURED HOUSING
  (CABIN TRAILER/HOUSE TRAILER/MOBILE HOME/MANUFACTURED HOME/TRAILER
  COACH):
A vehicle or device, other than a motor vehicle, for human
  occupancy which can be drawn by a motor vehicle.
001.18
MOTOR
  VEHICLE:
A vehicle which is propelled by any power other than
  muscular power.
001.19
OWNER:
A person, other than a lien-holder, having
  property in or title to a vehicle, including a person entitled to the use and
  possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but
  excluding a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
001.20
PERMIT APPLICANT
  (APPLICANT):
An individual, firm, partnership, corporation or
  association making application for a special permit to transport a vehicle,
  combination of vehicles, and/or load which is overweight or overdimensional and
  under whose authority and responsibility such vehicle or load is
  transported.
001.21
PERMITTEE:
An applicant for a special permit who has
  received written permission to make an oversize and/or overweight
  movement.
001.22
POLE
  CAR:
An escort vehicle traveling in front of the permitted load or
  permitted vehicle that has a height pole attached to the front of the escort
  vehicle that is used to verify the clearance of overhead obstructions during
  the transport of overdimensional loads. The measured height at the top of the
  height pole shall be a minimum of three inches higher than the highest point of
  the permitted load. A height pole is a measuring device that is precisely
  attached to the front of a pilot car vehicle that is used to measure the height
  of overhead obstructions during the transport of over-dimensional
  loads.
001.23
SELF-PROPELLED SPECIALIZED MOBILE EQUIPMENT:
Equipment, including self-propelled oil well servicing units, designed to be on
  a short chassis to accommodate off-road usage and which cannot be broken down
  or is not divisible because of its original equipment design.
001.24
SIGNS:
Signs
  posted on an overdimensional vehicle or vehicle combination to warn the public
  and the authorities about an approaching overdimensional vehicle. Signs shall
  read "OVERSIZE LOAD." Signs other than those required in Section
  001.06, shall be no less than 7
  feet long and 18 inches high. The signs shall be constructed of yellow material
  with black letters at least 10 inches high.
001.25
SEMI-TRAILER:
A vehicle designed for carrying persons or property and drawn by a truck
  tractor on which part of its weight and load rests.
001.26
SINGLE AXLE:
An assembly of two or more wheels, whose centers are in one transverse vertical
  plane or may be included between two parallel transverse vertical planes 40
  inches apart extending across the full width of the vehicle.
001.27
SINGLE AXLE
  WEIGHT:
The total weight transmitted to the road by a single
  axle.
001.28
SPECIAL
  PERMIT:
A written authorization to move or operate on a highway a
  vehicle, combination of vehicles or vehicles with indivisible load of size
  and/or weight exceeding the limits prescribed for vehicles in regular
  operation.
001.28A
SINGLE TRIP
  PERMIT:
A permit for the movement of a vehicle or vehicle
  combination, with or without load, from a point of origin to a destination
  point.
001.28B
CONTINUOUS ("ANNUAL") PERMIT:
A permit issued for the
  frequent or repeated movement of a vehicle or a combination of vehicles, with
  or without loads, to several locations within an area or on designated highways
  approved by the Department and defined on the permit for a designated period of
  time not to exceed one year.
001.28C
CONDITIONAL INTERSTATE
  USE PERMIT:
A permit issued for vehicles weighing up to 95,000
  pounds on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (Interstate).
  No vehicle can exceed 20,000 pounds on a single axle or 34,000 pounds on a
  tandem axle. The overall gross weight of a group of two or more consecutive
  axles must conform to the requirements of the Nebraska bridge
  formula.