La. Admin. Code tit. 73, § I-701 - General Regulations
A. An
oversize or overweight permit must be obtained from the Department of
Transportation and Development's Truck Permit Office to operate a vehicle which
exceeds the legal size or weight on the highway.
B. In general, oversize and overweight
permits are issued only for indivisible vehicles and loads. Indivisible
vehicles or loads are those which cannot be easily divided, broken down, or
dismantled to conform to the legal limitations.
1. Exceptions
a. When all parts which have been or can be
easily divided or dismantled from a shipment weigh 500 pounds or less, these
parts may be moved along with the indivisible part of the shipment as one
load.
b. Vehicles transporting an
oversize/ overweight dozer will be allowed to remove its blade or sideboom and
haul it on the same vehicle.
c.
Vehicles transporting pipe loaded across a vehicle, rather than lengthwise,
will be eligible for overwidth permits as long as the width of the vehicle and
load does not exceed 8 feet 8 inches.
d. Vehicles transporting up to three bundles
of prepackaged oil field pipe may not exceed 10 feet in width.
e. Vehicles transporting farm products in
their natural state will be eligible for harvest season permits.
f. Vehicles transporting forest products in
their natural state will be eligible for a natural forest product
permit.
g. Vehicles transporting
pulpwood or plywood bolts loaded across a vehicle, rather than lengthwise, will
be eligible for forest product permits as long as the width does not exceed 9
feet.
h. Waste disposal trucks
transporting divisible loads will be eligible for waste disposal truck
permits.
i. Vehicles transporting
oversize loads will only be allowed to create either over height or over length
as long as there is at least one permitted dimension, and all the dimensions
for the load are shown on the permit. Overwidth dimensions may never be
created.
j. Trucks transporting
commodities from a port located on the Mississippi River via a bridge over the
Mississippi River to a facility located in the same parish as the
bridge.
C.
The department reserves the right to impose conditions upon the issuance of
special permits and may impose requirements, such as additional axles, routing,
date, time of day, speed limit, escort(s), etc. All expense of any condition or
requirement is to be paid for by the applicant. All costs incidental to
permits, such as, telephone charges, wire service charges, insurance, or escort
fees must be borne by the applicant.
D. Permits must be obtained before movement
of an oversize or overweight vehicle or load begins or before the vehicle
enters Louisiana. Permits are not issued by DOTD enforcement units; they can
only be obtained from the truck permit office in Baton Rouge.
E. A permit must be carried in the vehicle
for which it was issued, or in the escort vehicle, and must be available at all
times for inspection by the proper authorities.
F. All other traffic and safety laws and
regulations must be obeyed.
G.
Vehicles must be licensed for the maximum allowable license weight in order to
obtain an overweight permit.
H.
Serial numbers must be provided for construction equipment, such as, draglines,
cranes, dozers, backhoes, generators, and tractors which are being moved on
oversize/overweight permits.
Notes
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