Section 254.12. Route limitations.

 

(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 14 feet in width, 14 1 ⁄ 2 feet in height or 150 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 108 th 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.

History: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420 , eff. 1-1-91; emerg. cr. (6), eff. 2-1-05; correction in (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register June 2005 No. 594 ; CR 05-009 : cr. (6) Register June 2005 No. 594 , eff. 7-1-05; CR 13-093 : am. (2) Register July 2014 No. 703 , eff. 8-1-14.