Wisconsin Legislature: Ch. Trans 254 TOC

Trans 254.01Trans 254.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards and procedures for the issuance of single trip oversize or overweight permits, pursuant to s. 348.26 (2), Stats.

Trans 254.01 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91.

Trans 254.02Trans 254.02 Definitions.

Trans 254.02(1)(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.

Trans 254.02(2)(2) As used in this chapter:

Trans 254.02(2)(a)(a) “Issuing authority” means the department of transportation or the officer in charge of maintenance of local highways.

Trans 254.02 NoteNote: 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.

Trans 254.02(2)(b)(b) “Permit” means single trip oversize or overweight permits authorized under s. 348.26 (2), Stats.

Trans 254.02(2)(c)(c) “Restricted-travel holidays” means days on which the department restricts the travel of oversize vehicles in anticipation of significantly increased traffic volume. The department shall issue and make available a list of restricted-travel holidays for each year by no later than November 30 of the prior year. In the event no list is published, “restricted-travel holidays” means January 1; the Saturday and Sunday of Easter weekend; the last Monday in May and the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday; July 4; the Monday after July 4, if July 4 falls on a Sunday; the first Monday in September and the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday; the Saturday and Sunday initiating the Wisconsin gun deer hunting season; the fourth Thursday in November; the Saturday and Sunday following the fourth Thursday in November if that Sunday is the final day of the Wisconsin gun deer hunting season; December 24; December 25; and December 31.

Trans 254.02 NoteNote: Oversize travel will typically be restricted on the peak travel days associated with the holidays listed in par. (c), as well as peak travel times associated with the department of natural resources traditional statewide gun deer hunting season. The list of restricted-travel holidays is available at http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov or by request to the DMV Motor Carrier Services Permit Unit, 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 151, P.O. Box 7980, Madison, WI 53707-7980.

Trans 254.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91; CR 13-093: cr. (2) (c) Register July 2014 No. 703, eff. 8-1-14.

Trans 254.03Trans 254.03 Permit application.

Trans 254.03(1)(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.

Trans 254.03(1m)(1m) The application shall include all requested information, including the applicant’s electronic mail address.

Trans 254.03(2)(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:

Trans 254.03(2)(a)(a) In person, at the department’s central office.

Trans 254.03(2)(b)(b) By mail, addressed to the department’s central office.

Trans 254.03(2)(c)(c) Online through the department’s oversize/overweight automated issuance system.

Trans 254.03(2)(d)(d) By authorized permit service.

Trans 254.03(3)(3) An application for a permit for the use of a highway maintained by a local authority shall be submitted to the applicable local authority in the manner prescribed by the local authority. An application for a permit for the use of a state trunk highway within the geographical boundaries of a local authority shall be submitted to the applicable local authority in the manner prescribed by the local authority.

Trans 254.03 NoteNote: Forms used by the department in administering this rule are MV2600 oversize/overweight single trip permit information; MV2604 single trip application; MV2605 single trip permit general conditions; MV2926 military permit application; MV2955 building(s) transport application. These forms may be obtained in person at or by written request to the DMV Motor Carrier Services Section, Permit Unit, 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 151, P.O. Box 7980, Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7980. These forms are also available online at http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov. Forms used by issuing authorities other than the department may be obtained from those authorities.

Trans 254.03 NoteThe department’s oversize/overweight automated issuance system is available online at http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/business/carriers/osow-autosys.htm.

Trans 254.03 NotePermit application procedures are established in s. Trans 250.025.

Trans 254.03 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91; correction in (2) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., Register 2013 No. 686; CR 13-093: cr. (1m), am. (2) (a), r. and recr. (2) (c) Register July 2014 No. 703, eff. 8-1-14.

Trans 254.04Trans 254.04 Permit amendments.

Trans 254.04(1)(1) An application for an amendment to a permit shall be made to the issuing authority which issued the original permit.

Trans 254.04(2)(2) An application for an amendment may be made in the same manner as an application for an original permit.

Trans 254.04(3)(3) The request shall specify the permit number of the permit to be amended.

Trans 254.04(4)(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.

Trans 254.04(5)(5) An issuing authority may grant only one extension to a permit.

Trans 254.04(6)(6) Except as provided in sub. (7), a permit issued for less than 2 weeks may be extended not more than 2 weeks.

Trans 254.04(7)(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.

Trans 254.04 NoteNote: Limitations on the amendment of permits are in s. Trans 250.10.

Trans 254.04 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91.

Trans 254.05Trans 254.05 Eligibility.

Trans 254.05(1)(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.

Trans 254.05(2)(2) An issuing authority may not issue a permit for mobile homes or camping trailers under this chapter.

Trans 254.05(3)(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.

Trans 254.05(4)(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.

Trans 254.05 NoteNote: 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.

Trans 254.05(5)(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.

Trans 254.05(6)(6) An issuing authority may issue a permit only for a vehicle equipped with pneumatic tires.

Trans 254.05(7)(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.

Trans 254.05(8)(8) A permit may not authorize the operation of more than 2 vehicles in combination.

Trans 254.05 NoteNote: This does not prohibit the use of dollies to support or assist in supporting one or both ends of a trailer.

Trans 254.05(9)(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.

Trans 254.05 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91.