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 408-3-003 - APPLICATION FOR, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING, OVERWEIGHT AND/OR OVERDIMENSIONAL PERMITS

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01 Application
  for the following permits may be made at the Department's official website,
http://dot.nebraska.gov
, the
  Department's Permit Office in Lincoln, or one of the Department's District
  offices. All permits will be issued utilizing the Department's automated permit
  system.
003.02 The following types
  of permits are available utilizing the Department's automated permit system:
Single Trip:
Overdimensional Only
Overweight Only
Overdimensional and Overweight
Self-Propelled Vehicle
Two-Axle Flotation
Manufactured Housing:
New Dealer
Pre-Owned
Continuous:
Local Overdimensional Only
Local Overweight Only
Local Overdimensional and Overweight
Local Self Propelled
Local Two-Axle Flotation
Statewide Envelope
Statewide Empty Trailer
Other:
Conditional Interstate Use
Building/Slow-Moving Large Object
Garbage/Refuse
Seasonally-Harvested Products
Annual Implement of Husbandry for I-80 (Only for
				  Dealers)
Interstate Baled Livestock Forage Permit
Highway 75 Implement of Husbandry Permit
Extra-Long Vehicle Combinations
003.03 The
  granting of a permit shall not constitute a waiver of any license or
  registration requirements imposed by the State of Nebraska.
003.04 The granting of a permit does not
  waive any liability or responsibility of the applicant which might accrue from
  any property damage, including damage to the highways, or for personal
  injuries.
003.05 The granting of a
  permit does not exempt the applicant from compliance with any ordinances, Rules
  and Regulations of any local authority.
003.06 Before granting any permit, the
  Department, at its discretion, may also require the vehicle owner or operator
  to furnish a certificate showing the amount of public liability and property
  damage insurance carried. The Department, at its discretion, may also require
  the vehicle owner or operator to furnish additional security to the Department,
  in an amount and manner to be determined by the Department, to indemnify it for
  all damage that may be done to the highway or any highway appurtenance by such
  vehicle.
003.07 A vehicle or
  combination of vehicles for which an application for an overweight permit is
  requested pursuant to this section shall be registered under Section
  60-305.09 Neb. Rev. Stat. or
  60-331 Neb. Rev. Stat. for the
  maximum gross vehicle weight that is permitted pursuant to Sections
  60-6,294 and
  60-6,295 Neb. Rev. Stat., before a
  permit shall be issued.
003.08 The
  granting of a permit shall not be construed as waiving any weight limitation
  which has been or may be established on any highway or any bridge
  thereon.
003.09 A permit will only
  be granted for the movement of any vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeding
  the legal weight limitation, with or without load, when all tires on the
  permitted vehicle are pneumatic tires.
003.10 Dummy axles shall be disregarded in
  determining the lawful weight of a vehicle or vehicle combination for operation
  on the Nebraska Highway System. Dummy axle shall mean an 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.
003.11 The Department
  may, if deemed necessary, require the applicant to furnish a "weigh ticket"
  from a certified scale on each axle and the gross weight of the vehicle or
  vehicle combination and may require the weighing in the presence of a
  representative of the Department or a representative of the Nebraska State
  Patrol.
003.12 A load shall be
  transported by a vehicle or combination of vehicles so that the least width or
  length dimension becomes the width of the load. The load shall be transported
  such that no part of it will extend across the centerline of the road except
  when necessary to avoid a collision with objects located near the edge of the
  road.
003.13 Peak Travel Time
  Restrictions - Lincoln-Omaha Areas. Travel under an overdimensional vehicle
  permit will not be allowed Monday through Friday from 7:00 am to 9:00 am and
  from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on the routes or within the areas described below:
003.13A
Routes or
  Areas:
003.13A1
City
  of Lincoln:
Those parts of the following State Highways within the
  corporate limits of Lincoln, not including Interstate 80: Highways 2, 6, 34 and
  77 (except where Highway 77 co-exists with I-80) (See Appendix A, Map
  2)
003.13A2
Omaha Urban
  Area:
All State Highways in and near the Omaha urban area
  including National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, bounded by and
  including (See Appendix A, Map 3):
Highway NE-36 on the north,
Highway NE-31/US-6 to the west,
Highway NE-370 to the South, and the Iowa border to the east.
003.13A3 The Omaha Urban Area also
  includes Interstate 80 from the Iowa border to milepost 432 at the Gretna
  Interchange (See Appendix A, Map 3).