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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 253 - Multiple trip overweight and oversize permits for vehicles operating near the Wisconsin-Michigan border › Section Trans 253.06 - Validity

Current through June 24, 2024
A permit issued under this chapter is valid only if all of the
				following conditions are met:
(1)
			 PERMITTED VEHICLE ONLY. It is used for the vehicle described in the application
			 and permit.
(2) PERMIT CONDITIONS
			 FOLLOWED. All conditions of the permit are met, including all maximum axle,
			 axle combination, total weight and length limitations, and restrictions on
			 speed, time or route of travel.
(3)
			 VEHICLE ELIGIBLE FOR PERMIT. The vehicle meets all the requirements of this
			 chapter.
(4) AREA OF OPERATION. The
			 vehicle is operated in Wisconsin, within 11 miles of the Wisconsin-Michigan
			 border.
(5) LAWFUL OPERATION. The
			 driver of the vehicle is obeying all Wisconsin laws contained in chs. 194 and
			 340 to 349, Stats., and chs.
			 Trans 305 and 325 to
			 327.
(6) PERMIT CARRIED ON VEHICLE.
			 The driver carries the permit with attached local road approval letters in the
			 vehicle and available for inspection by any police officer, representative of
			 the department or any local authority or person in charge of maintaining the
			 highway being used.
(7) OBEY POSTED
			 WEIGHT AND SPEED LIMITS. The vehicle does not exceed any posted weight limit
			 for a bridge or highway or any temporary weight restriction due to construction
			 or seasonal conditions, and does not exceed any posted speed limits.
(8) MINIMUM FOLLOWING DISTANCE MAINTAINED.
			 The driver maintains a distance of 500 feet between the vehicle and any
			 preceding vehicle on the highway, whenever reasonable and practical.
(9) ALLOW PASSING. The driver allows
			 approaching or overtaking traffic to pass.
(10) INSURANCE MAINTAINED. Insurance on the
			 vehicle is maintained in accordance with s.
			 Trans
			 253.08.
(11) PROPER REGISTRATION. If the vehicle is
			 required to be registered by Wisconsin or Michigan law, registration shall be
			 at not less than the permit weight or at the maximum available registration
			 weight, whichever is less.
(12)
			 OPERATION ON PAVEMENT SURFACE. The right wheels of the vehicle do not leave the
			 roadway, except to allow traffic to pass.
(13) ALCOHOL USE PROHIBITED. The driver does
			 not:
(a) Consume any alcohol beverage within 4
			 hours of being on duty time, regardless of alcohol content.
(b) Have an alcohol concentration above
			 0.0.
(c) Possess an intoxicating
			 beverage, regardless of alcohol content.
Note: Section
				346.63(7)
				(a), Stats., is applicable to all drivers of
				commercial motor vehicles.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 253 - Multiple trip overweight and oversize permits for vehicles operating near the Wisconsin-Michigan border › Section Trans 253.065 - Times of operation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise specified in a
			 permit, a vehicle or load, or both, that is overweight, but not oversize, may
			 operate 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays.
(2) Except as otherwise specified in a
			 permit, no oversize vehicle or vehicle combination operating under a permit
			 that is equal to or less than 12 feet in width, 13 1/2 feet in height, and 100
			 feet in length may operate:
(a) Between 4:00
			 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Sunday.
(b)
			 Between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Friday between the 4th Friday in May and
			 Labor Day.
(c) Between 4:00 p.m.
			 and 11:00 p.m. on any holiday, or when Independence Day falls on Sunday, on the
			 following Monday.
(d) Between 4:00
			 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on the day before any holiday, except that this restriction
			 does not apply to Independence Day when it falls on a Sunday.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 253 - Multiple trip overweight and oversize permits for vehicles operating near the Wisconsin-Michigan border › Section Trans 253.07 - Transfers

Current through June 24, 2024
In the event of a breakdown or other circumstance requiring a
				change of the power unit or trailer identified on the permit, the permit holder
				may transfer the permit to another vehicle, under the control of the permittee,
				following the completion of a new application and the issuance of a new permit.
				The words, "This is a transfer from permit [LESS THAN] original permit number
				[GREATER THAN]," shall be written on the bottom of the
				application.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 253 - Multiple trip overweight and oversize permits for vehicles operating near the Wisconsin-Michigan border › Section Trans 253.08 - Insurance and liability conditions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A permittee
			 shall:
(a) Pay any claim for any bodily injury
			 or property damage resulting from operation under the permit for which the
			 permittee is legally responsible.
(b) Hold the state, its subdivisions,
			 officers, employees and agents harmless from any claim which may arise from
			 operation over public highways under the permit.
(c) Be liable for all damage which any
			 highway or its appurtenances may sustain by reason of any operation under the
			 permit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 253 - Multiple trip overweight and oversize permits for vehicles operating near the Wisconsin-Michigan border › Section Trans 253.09 - Denial, suspension or revocation of permit

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
			 may deny, suspend, or revoke a permit for good cause, pursuant to s.
			 348.25(7),
			 Stats. Grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit include
			 the following:
(a) Violation of any condition
			 of a permit.
(b) Preventing an
			 employee of the department or a law enforcement officer from performing his or
			 her official duties, or interfering with the lawful performance of his or her
			 duties.
(c) Physically assaulting
			 an employee of the department or a law enforcement officer while performing his
			 or her official duties.
(d) Making
			 a material misstatement in an application for a permit.
(e) Unauthorized alteration of a
			 permit.
(f) Refusal or failure,
			 without just cause, to produce required records.
(g) Nonpayment of the application fee or
			 payment by a check that is subsequently dishonored by the drawee or
			 bank.
(h) Upon the request of the
			 state of Michigan if that state has refused to issue permits to the permit
			 holder or has suspended, revoked or cancelled a permit or license held by the
			 permit holder for cause.
(i)
			 Violation of any other applicable provision under ch. 348, Stats., or this
			 chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Unless otherwise stated, the definitions
			 of words and phrases in ss.
			 340.01
			 and
			 348.01(2),
			 Stats., and s.
			 Trans
			 250.02 apply to this chapter.
(2) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Issuing authority" means the department
			 of transportation or the officer in charge of maintenance of local highways.
Note: The officer in charge of maintenance of local highways
				varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and may include the county highway
				commissioner; the city, town or village engineer; and the head of a city, town,
				or village transportation or public works department, or other person.
(b) "Permit" means single trip
			 oversize or overweight permits authorized under s.
			 348.26(2),
			 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.03 - Permit application

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An application for a permit shall be
			 submitted to an issuing authority on a form approved by the department, and in
			 accordance with s.
			 348.26,
			 Stats.
(2) An application for a
			 permit for the use of a state trunk highway shall be made to the department in
			 any of the following ways:
(a) In person, at
			 the department's central or region offices.
(b) By mail, addressed to the department's
			 central office.
(c) By the
			 telephone call-in procedure, described in ch. Trans 275.
(d) By authorized permit service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.04 - Permit amendments

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An application for an amendment to a
			 permit shall be made to the issuing authority which issued the original
			 permit.
(2) An application for an
			 amendment may be made in the same manner as an application for an original
			 permit.
(3) The request shall
			 specify the permit number of the permit to be amended.
(4) A request for an extension of a permit
			 may be made any time until the third day after the expiration date of the
			 permit.
(5) An issuing authority
			 may grant only one extension to a permit.
(6) Except as provided in sub. (7), a permit
			 issued for less than 2 weeks may be extended not more than 2 weeks.
(7) An issuing authority may extend a permit
			 not more than 2 additional weeks where highway or other conditions remain
			 unchanged, or as the issuing authority deems necessary.
Limitations on the amendment of permits are in s.
				  Trans
				  250.10.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.05 - Eligibility

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Any vehicle or vehicle and load to be
			 considered as operating under a permit shall satisfy requirements for a permit
			 under s.
			 348.25,
			 Stats.
(2) An issuing authority may
			 not issue a permit for mobile homes or camping trailers under this
			 chapter.
(3) An issuing authority
			 may not issue a permit for transporting loads or articles which could
			 reasonably be divided in a manner as to allow transporting of loads or articles
			 in 2 or more loads that are not oversize or overweight, or both.
(4) An issuing authority may not issue a
			 permit to transport more than one article if the vehicle, load, or vehicle and
			 load is overweight.
Note: This section prohibits, among other things, the addition
				of an extra boom section to a load that is transported under a permit for an
				overweight vehicle, load, or vehicle and load. Transporting necessary blocking
				for a load, or transporting the necessary blocking on an otherwise empty
				vehicle to and from the origin or destination of the load is not
				prohibited.
(5) An issuing
			 authority may not issue a permit for a vehicle and load exceeding 100 feet in
			 overall length when the rear supporting axle is at or near the rear of the load
			 unless the rear support is separately steered.
(6) An issuing authority may issue a permit
			 only for a vehicle equipped with pneumatic tires.
(7) The issuance of a permit is not a
			 guarantee of the sufficiency of any highway or structure for the transporting
			 of the vehicle, load, or vehicle and load.
(8) A permit may not authorize the operation
			 of more than 2 vehicles in combination.
Note: This does not prohibit the use of dollies to support or
				assist in supporting one or both ends of a trailer.
(9) A permit may authorize the operation of
			 vehicle combinations consisting of a truck-tractor and semi-trailer with an
			 earth-mover being transported with its power unit resting on the bed of a
			 semi-trailer and its single rear axle trailing on the roadway behind the
			 semi-trailer, in which case the gross weight of the rear axle of the earth
			 mover may not exceed 35,000 pounds.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.06 - Validity

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A permit is valid only for the vehicle
			 described in the application and permit.
(2) An issuing authority may suspend a
			 permit, or any of its conditions, because of seasonal highway conditions.
Note: Examples of seasonal highway conditions include spring
				thaw, flooding and traffic congestion.
(3) No condition of a permit may modify any
			 law or regulation limiting loads because of local conditions, including load
			 limits on bridges and highways, seasonal weight restrictions, or load limits
			 imposed because of construction.
(4) A permit is not valid during periods when
			 adverse weather or road conditions, such as fog, smoke, heavy rain, snow or
			 ice, or wind velocity, impair the safety of a movement under the
			 permit.
(5) A permit may not be
			 used in combination with a multiple trip permit to authorize the movement of an
			 oversize or overweight vehicle, load, or vehicle and load.
(6) A permit is valid only on the route
			 specified in the permit.
(7) A
			 permit is valid only for the movement specified in the permit, which may
			 include the return trip on the reverse route if requested and approved, and
			 which includes the movement of the empty vehicle, whether or not oversize or
			 overweight, to and from the place of pickup or delivery of the permitted
			 load.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.07 - Registration requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A vehicle
			 operating under a permit shall be registered as required by Wisconsin Statutes,
			 and shall be registered at not less than the permit weight or at the maximum
			 available registration weight, whichever is less.
(2) All other operational permits required by
			 the department or other agencies having jurisdiction shall be
			 obtained.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.08 - Driver and operating requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The driver of a
			 vehicle operating under a permit shall carry the permit in the vehicle to which
			 it applies and shall have the permit available for inspection by any police
			 officer, representative of the issuing authority, or person in charge of the
			 maintenance of the highway being used.
(2) The driver of a vehicle operating under a
			 permit shall, whenever reasonable and practicable, maintain a distance of not
			 less than 1,000 feet between the permitted vehicle and any vehicle the driver
			 is following, unless actually engaged in overtaking and passing another
			 vehicle.
(3) The driver of a
			 vehicle operating under a permit shall allow traffic approaching or overtaking
			 the permitted vehicle to pass, where it is safe to do so.
(4) The maximum speed of any vehicle with a
			 load 16 feet or wider operating on highways without paved shoulders shall be 35
			 miles per hour.
(5) Except as
			 provided in sub. (4), or unless a lower speed is specified in the permit, a
			 vehicle operating under a permit may be operated at the posted speed
			 limit.
(6) The right wheels of the
			 towed unit may not leave the roadway, except to allow traffic to
			 pass.
A "roadway" does not include paved or unpaved shoulders. s.
				  340.01(54),
				  Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.09 - Maximum size, weight and loading limitations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The maximum
			 size, axle, axle combination, and total weight limitations authorized by a
			 permit may not be exceeded.
(2)
			 Property transported under a permit shall be loaded to minimize its size and
			 weight.
(3) An oversize vehicle
			 used for transporting loads under a permit shall be reduced to legal size
			 whenever possible when being operated without load.
Note: Legal sizes are set forth in ch. 348 and s.
				349.16,
				Stats.
(4) A load
			 transported under a permit may not extend beyond the front of the power unit,
			 beyond the left fender line of the transporting vehicle, or more than 6 inches
			 beyond the right fender of the transporting vehicle, unless the overhang is
			 minimized by suitable positioning of the load upon the vehicle.
(5) Loads consisting of more than one
			 article, none of which are oversize, may not be transported under the
			 permit.
(6) Vehicles and loads
			 which, when reasonably divided, would not be oversize or overweight, may not be
			 transported under the permit.
(7)
			 Loads which, when reasonably repositioned on the transporting vehicle would not
			 be oversize or overweight, may not be transported under the permit.
(8) Loads consisting of more than one
			 article, one or more of which are oversize, may be transported under a permit
			 only if:
(a) The vehicle and load is not
			 overweight, and
(b) The other
			 articles transported do not cause the vehicle and load to be oversize in any
			 manner differently from the largest single article.
Note: For example, if a storage tank which is overwidth and
				overheight (but not overlength) is the single largest article transported, then
				a toolbox which is not wider, and is not higher, and does not make the vehicle
				and load overlength or overweight may also be transported.
However, a beam placed crosswise which makes the overall width
				wider than the storage tank may not be transported as an additional article.
				Similarly, a beam placed lengthwise which makes the vehicle and load overlength
				may not be transported as an additional article.
Finally, if the vehicle and load were overweight, then no
				additional article may be transported.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.10 - Equipment requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LIGHTING. An oversize vehicle, or a
			 vehicle with an oversize load operating during the hours of darkness, shall be
			 equipped with the following additional lamps:
(a) For a vehicle with a load which extends
			 beyond the width of the vehicle:
1. At the
			 outermost extremity of the foremost edge of the projecting load, an amber lamp
			 visible from the front and side.
2.
			 At the outermost extremity at the rearmost edge of the projecting load, a red
			 lamp visible from the rear and side.
3. Any portion of an overwidth load extending
			 beyond the width of the foremost or rearmost edge of the vehicle or load, shall
			 be marked with an amber lamp visible from the front, both sides, and
			 rear.
4. The overwidth portion of a
			 load measuring 3 feet or less from front to rear, shall be marked with an amber
			 lamp visible from the front, both sides and rear, except that if the overwidth
			 projection is located at or near the rear it shall be marked by a red lamp
			 visible from front, side and rear.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.11 - Times of operation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise specified in a
			 permit, a vehicle, load, or vehicle and load that is overweight, but not
			 oversize, may operate 24 hours a day, including weekends and
			 holidays.
(2) Except as otherwise
			 specified in a permit, no oversize vehicle or vehicle combination operating
			 under a permit that is equal to or less than 12 feet in width, 131/2 feet in
			 height, and 100 feet in length, may be operated:
(a) Between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on
			 Sunday.
(b) Between 4:00 p.m. and
			 11:00 p.m. on Friday between the 4th Friday in May and Labor Day.
(c) Between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on any
			 holiday, or, when Independence Day falls on Sunday, on the following
			 Monday.
(d) Between 4:00 p.m. and
			 11:00 p.m. on the day before any holiday, except that this restriction does not
			 apply to Independence Day when it falls on a Sunday.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.12 - Route limitations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No vehicle, vehicle combination, or load
			 exceeding 16 feet in width may be operated or transported upon any portion of
			 the national system of interstate and defense highways unless the permit
			 contains a special condition authorizing movement with a greater width upon the
			 interstate highway system.
(2) No
			 permit allowing the dimensions of a vehicle or load to exceed 11 feet in width,
			 131/2 feet in height or 100 feet in length is valid on any part of the
			 Milwaukee county expressway system constructed pursuant to s.
			 59.84,
			 Stats., except on U.S. highway 45 between West Florist Avenue and West Hampton
			 Avenue and on interstate highway 94 between the Waukesha county line and 108th
			 Street.
(3) Self-propelled,
			 carry-all scrapers operating under a permit may not be operated on the
			 interstate highway system, the Milwaukee county expressway system, or on U.S.
			 highway 41 between Green Bay and Milwaukee.
(4) An oversize or overweight vehicle may not
			 be operated on a highway, whether loaded or empty, at any time that the permit
			 is not valid.
(5) A permit issued
			 by the department for a movement which is partly on the state trunk highway
			 system and partly on other classes of highways is valid only on state
			 highways.
(6) An issuing authority
			 may issue a permit under extraordinary circumstances when, in the opinion of
			 the issuing authority, public health and welfare is better served, and may
			 impose additional conditions to promote the safe operation of the vehicle.
			 Extraordinary circumstances include, but are not limited to, the construction
			 and repair of the Milwaukee County Freeway System.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.13 - Power unit change

Current through June 24, 2024
In the event of a breakdown or unavailability of the power
				unit listed on the application and permit, another power unit may be
				substituted, provided that the make and vehicle identification number, or
				license number and state, of the substitute power unit are written on the
				permit. The issuing authority shall be advised by telephone prior to operating
				the substitute power unit with the oversize load. Changes in the terms of the
				permit, other than the identification of the power unit, require a written
				request and a written amendment to the permit authorizing the change. The
				driver of a vehicle operating under a permit shall have the amended permit in
				the driver's possession prior to the movement of the load.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.14 - Insurance and liability conditions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In applying for
			 and accepting a permit, a permittee agrees to:
(a) Pay any claim for any bodily injury or
			 property damage resulting from operation under the permit for which the
			 permittee is legally responsible.
(b) Hold the state, its subdivisions,
			 officers, employees and agents harmless from any claim which may arise from
			 operation over public highways under the permit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.15 - General conditions and requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A permittee
			 shall comply with all applicable statutes, ordinances, rules and policies of
			 any state agency or subdivision of the state, unless they are modified by the
			 conditions of the permit.
(2) When
			 a vehicle operating under a permit is overheight, the permittee shall give
			 prior notice to the owners of overhead wires, cables, or other facilities which
			 may be affected.
(3) A properly
			 equipped escort vehicle as described in ch. Trans 252 shall accompany a vehicle
			 and load:
(a) When any part of a vehicle or
			 load extends beyond the left of the roadway centerline on 2-way
			 roadways,
(b) When any part of a
			 vehicle or load extends beyond the left edge of the right hand lane on highways
			 with more than 2 lanes, or
(c) On a
			 highway designated in the permit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.16 - Special conditions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) When a load is transported under a
			 permit, the permittee may be required by an issuing authority to provide a
			 traffic officer or flag person to direct traffic, 2 escorts, or police
			 escort.
(2) All loads 16 feet wide
			 or wider shall have 2 properly equipped escorts.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 254 - Single Trip Permits For Oversize Or Overweight Vehicles Or Loads › Section Trans 254.17 - Denial, suspension or revocation of permit

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An issuing
			 authority may deny, suspend, or revoke a permit for good cause, pursuant to s.
			 348.25(7),
			 Stats. Grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit include:
(a) Violation of any condition of a
			 permit.
(b) Preventing an employee
			 of an issuing authority or a law enforcement officer from performing his or her
			 official duties, or interfering with the lawful performance of his or her
			 duties.
(c) Physically assaulting
			 an employee of an issuing authority or a law enforcement officer while
			 performing his or her official duties.
(d) Making a material misstatement in an
			 application for a permit.
(e)
			 Unauthorized alteration of a permit.
(f) Refusal or failure, without just cause,
			 to produce required records.
(g)
			 Payment of an application fee with a worthless check.
(h) Violation of any other applicable
			 provision under ch. 348, Stats., or this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Unless otherwise stated, the definitions
			 of words and phrases in ss.
			 340.01
			 and
			 348.01(2),
			 Stats., and s.
			 Trans
			 250.02 apply to this chapter.
(2) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Issuing authority" means the department
			 of transportation.
(b) "Permit"
			 means multiple trip oversize or overweight permits authorized under s.
			 348.27(2),
			 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.03 - Permit application

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An application for a permit shall be
			 submitted to an issuing authority on a form approved by the department, and in
			 accordance with s.
			 348.27,
			 Stats.
(2) An application for a
			 permit for the use of a state trunk highway shall be made to the department in
			 any of the following ways:
(a) In person, at
			 the department's central or region offices.
(b) By mail, addressed to the department's
			 central office.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.04 - Permit amendments

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An application for an amendment to a
			 permit shall be made to the issuing authority which issued the original
			 permit.
(2) An application for an
			 amendment may be made in the same manner as an application for an original
			 permit.
(3) The request shall
			 specify the permit number of the permit to be amended.
Limitations on the amendment of permits are in s.
				  Trans
				  250.10.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.05 - Eligibility

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Any vehicle or vehicle and load to be
			 considered as operating under a permit shall satisfy requirements for a permit
			 under s.
			 348.25,
			 Stats.
(2) An issuing authority may
			 not issue a permit for mobile homes or camping trailers under this
			 chapter.
(3) An issuing authority
			 may not issue a permit to transport loads or articles which could reasonably be
			 divided in a manner as to allow transporting of loads or articles in 2 or more
			 loads that are not oversize or overweight, nor may the permit be issued for the
			 transporting of more than one article if the vehicle, load, or vehicle and load
			 is overweight.
Note: This section prohibits, among other things, addition of
				an extra boom section to a load that is transported under a permit for an
				overweight vehicle, load, or vehicle and load. Transporting necessary blocking
				for a load, or transporting the necessary blocking on an otherwise empty
				vehicle to and from the origin or destination of the load, is not
				prohibited.
(4) An issuing
			 authority may not issue a permit for a vehicle and load exceeding 100 feet in
			 overall length when the rear supporting axle is at or near the rear of the load
			 unless the rear support is separately steered.
(5) An issuing authority may issue a permit
			 only for a vehicle equipped with pneumatic tires.
(6) The issuance of a permit is not a
			 guarantee of the sufficiency of any highway or structure for the transporting
			 of the vehicle, load, or vehicle and load.
(7) A permit may not authorize the operation
			 of more than 2 vehicles in combination except that a vehicle combination
			 consisting of a truck-tractor and semi-trailer, operating under a permit, may
			 transport a 2-axle carry-all scraper with the axle of the scraper power unit
			 resting on the bed of the semi-trailer and the rear axle of the scraper resting
			 on the roadway. The gross weight of the rear axle of the scraper may not exceed
			 35,000 pounds.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.06 - Validity

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A permit is valid only for the vehicle
			 described in the application and permit.
(2) An issuing authority may suspend a
			 permit, or any of its conditions, because of seasonal highway
			 conditions.
(3) No condition of a
			 permit may modify any law or regulation limiting loads because of local
			 conditions, including load limits on bridges and highways, seasonal weight
			 restrictions, or load limits imposed because of construction.
(4) A permit is not valid during periods when
			 adverse weather or road conditions, such as fog, smoke, heavy rain, snow or
			 ice, or wind velocity, impair the safety of a movement under the
			 permit.
(5) Operation under a
			 permit includes the movement of an empty vehicle to and from the place of
			 pickup or delivery of the permitted load.
(6) When a vehicle operating under a permit
			 is overheight, the permittee is responsible for ensuring that the vehicle
			 clear, by at least 3 inches, all overhead structures along the route. If an
			 overheight vehicle hits an overhead structure, the permit becomes invalid
			 immediately at the time the overhead structure is hit.
Examples of overhead structures are bridges, overpasses,
				  power lines, utility lines and traffic devices.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.07 - Registration requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A vehicle
			 operating under a permit shall be registered as required by Wisconsin Statutes,
			 and shall be registered at not less than the permit weight or at the maximum
			 available registration weight, whichever is less.
(2) All other operational permits required by
			 the department or other agencies having jurisdiction shall be
			 obtained.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.08 - Driver and operating requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The driver of a
			 vehicle operating under a permit shall carry the permit in the vehicle to which
			 it applies and shall have the permit available for inspection by any police
			 officer, representative of the issuing authority, or person in charge of the
			 maintenance of the highway being used.
(2) The driver of a vehicle operating under a
			 permit shall, whenever reasonable and practicable, maintain a distance of not
			 less than 1,000 feet between the permitted vehicle and any vehicle the driver
			 is following, unless actually engaged in overtaking and passing another
			 vehicle.
(3) The driver of a
			 vehicle operating under a permit shall allow traffic approaching or overtaking
			 the permitted vehicle to pass, where it is safe to do so.
(4) The maximum speed of any vehicle with a
			 load 16 feet or wider operating on highways without paved shoulders shall be 35
			 miles per hour.
(5) Except as
			 provided in sub. (4), or unless a lower speed is specified in the permit, a
			 vehicle operating under a permit may be operated at the posted speed
			 limit.
(6) The right wheels of the
			 towed unit may not leave the roadway, except to allow traffic to
			 pass.
A "roadway" does not include paved or unpaved shoulders. s.
				  340.01(54),
				  Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.09 - Maximum size, weight and loading limitations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The maximum
			 size, axle, axle combination, and total weight limitations authorized by a
			 permit may not be exceeded.
(2)
			 Property transported under a permit shall be loaded to minimize its size and
			 weight.
(3) An oversize vehicle
			 used for transporting loads under a permit shall be reduced to legal size
			 whenever possible when being operated without load.
Note: Legal sizes are set forth in ch. 348 and s.
				349.16,
				Stats.
(4) A load
			 transported under a permit may not extend beyond the front of the power unit,
			 beyond the left fender line of the transporting vehicle, or more than 6 inches
			 beyond the right fender of the transporting vehicle, unless the overhang is
			 minimized by suitable positioning of the load upon the vehicle.
(5) Loads consisting of more than one
			 article, none of which are oversize, may not be transported under the
			 permit.
(6) Vehicles and loads
			 which, when reasonably divided, would not be oversize or overweight, may not be
			 transported under the permit.
(7)
			 Loads which, when reasonably repositioned on the transporting vehicle, would
			 not be oversize or overweight, may not be transported under the
			 permit.
(8) Loads consisting of
			 more than one article, one or more of which are oversize, may be transported
			 under a permit only if:
(a) The vehicle,
			 load, or vehicle and load is not overweight, and
(b) The other articles transported do not
			 cause the vehicle and load to be oversize in any manner differently from the
			 largest single article.
Note: For example, if a storage tank which is overwidth and
				overheight (but not overlength) is the single largest article transported, then
				a toolbox which is not wider, and is not higher, and does not make the vehicle
				and load overlength or overweight may also be transported.
However, a beam placed crosswise which makes the overall width
				wider than the storage tank may not be transported as an additional article.
				Similarly, a beam placed lengthwise which makes the vehicle and load overlength
				may not be transported as an additional article.
Finally, if the vehicle and load were overweight, then no
				additional article may be transported.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.10 - Equipment requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LIGHTING. An oversize vehicle, or a
			 vehicle with an oversize load operating during the hours of darkness, shall be
			 equipped with the following additional lamps:
(a) For a vehicle with a load which extends
			 beyond the width of the vehicle:
1. At the
			 outermost extremity of the foremost edge of the projecting load, an amber lamp
			 visible from the front and side.
2.
			 At the outermost extremity at the rearmost edge of the projecting load, a red
			 lamp visible from the rear and side.
3. Any portion of an overwidth load extending
			 beyond the width of the foremost or rearmost edge of the vehicle or load shall
			 be marked with an amber lamp visible from the front, both sides, and
			 rear.
4. If the overwidth portion
			 of a load measures 3 feet or less from front to rear, that portion shall be
			 marked with an amber lamp visible from the front, both sides and rear, except
			 that if the overwidth projection is located at or near the rear it shall be
			 marked by a red lamp visible from front, side and rear.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.11 - Times of operation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as otherwise specified in a
			 permit, a vehicle, load, or vehicle and load that is overweight, but not
			 oversize, may operate 24 hours a day, including weekends and
			 holidays.
(2) Except as otherwise
			 specified in a permit, no oversize vehicle or vehicle combination operating
			 under a permit that is equal to or less than 12 feet in width, 131/ 2 feet in
			 height, and 100 feet in length may operate:
(a) Between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on
			 Sunday.
(b) Between 4:00 p.m. and
			 11:00 p.m. on Friday between the 4th Friday in May and Labor Day.
(c) Between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on any
			 holiday, or, when Independence Day falls on Sunday, on the following
			 Monday.
(d) Between 4:00 p.m. and
			 11:00 p.m. on the day before any holiday, except that this restriction does not
			 apply to Independence Day when it falls on a Sunday.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.12 - Route limitations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No vehicle, vehicle combination, or load
			 exceeding 16 feet in width may be operated or transported upon any portion of
			 the national system of interstate and defense highways unless the permit
			 contains a special condition authorizing movement with a greater width upon the
			 interstate highway system or portion thereof.
(2) No permit allowing the dimensions of a
			 vehicle or load to exceed 11 feet in width, 131/2 feet in height or 100 feet in
			 length is valid on any part of the Milwaukee county expressway system
			 constructed pursuant to s.
			 59.84,
			 Stats., except on U.S. highway 45 between West Florist Avenue and West Hampton
			 Avenue and on interstate highway 94 between the Waukesha county line and 108th
			 Street.
(3) Self-propelled
			 carry-all scrapers operating under a permit may not be operated on the
			 interstate highway system, the Milwaukee county expressway system, or on U.S.
			 highway 41 from Green Bay to Milwaukee.
(4) An oversize or overweight vehicle may not
			 be operated on a highway, whether loaded or empty, at any time that the permit
			 is not valid.
(5) A permit
			 authorizes the use of any of the highways of the state, subject to the
			 limitations stated in the permit.
(6) A permit is not valid for the operation
			 of any vehicle upon class "B" highways, as classified in accordance with s.
			 348.16,
			 Stats., with gross weights exceeding those permitted by statute on class "B"
			 highways unless written permission has first been obtained from the officer in
			 charge of the maintenance of the highway.
(7) An issuing authority may issue a permit
			 under extraordinary circumstances when, in the opinion of the issuing
			 authority, public health and welfare is better served, and may impose
			 additional conditions to promote the safe operation of the vehicle.
			 Extraordinary circumstances include, but are not limited to, the construction
			 and repair of the Milwaukee County Freeway System.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.13 - Transfers

Current through June 24, 2024
In the event of a breakdown or other circumstance requiring a
				change of the power unit identified on the permit, transfers to another
				vehicle, under the control of the permittee, may be made following the
				completion of a new application and the issuance of a new permit. The words,
				"This is a transfer from permit # ," shall be written on the bottom of the
				application. The original permit shall be sent to the issuing authority with
				the transfer application.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.14 - Insurance and liability conditions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In applying for
			 and accepting a permit, a permittee agrees to:
(a) Pay any claim for any bodily injury or
			 property damage resulting from operation under the permit for which the
			 permittee is legally responsible.
(b) Hold the state, its subdivisions,
			 officers, employees and agents harmless from any claim which may arise from
			 operation over public highways under the permit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.15 - General conditions and requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A permittee
			 shall comply with all applicable statutes, ordinances, rules and policies of
			 any state agency or subdivision of the state, unless they are modified by the
			 conditions of the permit.
(2) When
			 a vehicle operating under a permit is overheight, the permittee shall give
			 prior notice to the owners of overhead wires, cables, or other facilities which
			 may be affected.
(3) A properly
			 equipped escort vehicle as described in ch. Trans 252, shall accompany a
			 vehicle and load:
(a) When any part of a
			 vehicle or load extends beyond the left of the roadway centerline on 2-way
			 roadways,
(b) When any part of a
			 vehicle or load extends beyond the left edge of the right hand lane on highways
			 with more than 2 lanes, or
(c) On a
			 highway designated in the permit.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 255 - Multiple trip permits for oversize or overweight vehicles or loads › Section Trans 255.16 - Denial, suspension or revocation of permit

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An issuing
			 authority may deny, suspend, or revoke a permit for good cause, pursuant to s.
			 348.25(7),
			 Stats. Grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit include:
(a) Violation of any condition of a
			 permit.
(b) Preventing an employee
			 of an issuing authority or a law enforcement officer from performing his or her
			 official duties, or interfering with the lawful performance of his or her
			 duties.
(c) Physically assaulting
			 an employee of an issuing authority or a law enforcement officer while
			 performing his or her official duties.
(d) Making a material misstatement in an
			 application for a permit.
(e)
			 Unauthorized alteration of a permit.
(f) Refusal or failure, without just cause,
			 to produce required records.
(g)
			 Payment of an application fee with a worthless check.
(h) Violation of any other applicable
			 provision under ch. 348, Stats., or this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 256 - Single Trip Trailer-Train Permits › Section Trans 256.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Unless otherwise stated, the definitions
			 of words and phrases in ss.
			 340.01
			 and
			 348.01(2),
			 Stats., and s.
			 Trans
			 250.02 apply to this chapter.
(2) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Issuing authority" means the department
			 of transportation, or the officer in charge of maintenance of local highways.
Note: The officer in charge of maintenance of local highways
				varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and may include the county highway
				commissioner; the city, town or village engineer; and the head of a city, town,
				or village transportation or public works department, or other person.
(b) "Permit" means single trip
			 trailer-train permits authorized under s.
			 348.26(3),
			 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 256 - Single Trip Trailer-Train Permits › Section Trans 256.03 - Permit application

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An application for a permit shall be
			 submitted to an issuing authority on a form approved by the department, and in
			 accordance with s.
			 348.26,
			 Stats.
(2) An application for a
			 permit for the use of a state trunk highway shall be made to the department in
			 any of the following ways:
(a) In person, at
			 the department's central or region offices.
(b) By mail, addressed to the department's
			 central office.
(c) By the
			 telephone call-in procedure, described in ch. Trans 275.
(d) By authorized permit service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 256 - Single Trip Trailer-Train Permits › Section Trans 256.04 - Permit amendments

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An application for an amendment to a
			 permit shall be made to the issuing authority which issued the original
			 permit.
(2) An application for an
			 amendment may be made in the same manner as an application for an original
			 permit.
(3) The request shall
			 specify the permit number of the permit to be amended.
(4) A request for an extension of a permit
			 may be made any time until the 3rd day after the expiration date of the
			 permit.
(5) An issuing authority
			 may grant only one extension to a permit.
(6) Except as provided in sub. (7), a permit
			 issued for less than 2 weeks may be extended not more than 2 weeks.
(7) An issuing authority may extend a permit
			 not more than 2 additional weeks where highway or other conditions remain
			 unchanged, or as the issuing authority deems necessary.
Limitations on the amendment of permits are in s.
				  Trans
				  250.10.