(a) The department
will issue a permit authorizing the movement of a vehicle or load of a size or
weight exceeding the limitations specified in this chapter if the department
determines that
(1) the overweight vehicle or
load is a non-divisible vehicle or load; or
(2) each of the following requirements is
met:
(A) the state's best interests are
served by the permit;
(B) the
usefulness of the highways traveled is not diminished;
(C) the safety of other users is not
compromised;
(D) the traveling
public will not be unreasonably inconvenienced.
(b) As conditions for a permit issued under
(a)(1) or (2) of this section, the department may establish time limitations
for movement, designate routes, limit the number of trips, or otherwise
restrict the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles and loads. The
movement of permitted oversize or overweight vehicles or loads must comply with
the conditions of the permit and the requirements for towing vehicles, pilot
cars, warning signs and lights, hours of darkness, and other safety
considerations specified in the department's
Administrative Permit
Manual: Oversize and Overweight Permits, revised as of April 2023 and
adopted by reference.
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(c) Subject to its determination that the
requirements listed in (a)(2)(A) - (D) of this section are met, the department
will, in a permit issued under (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section, authorize
movement of an oversize or overweight vehicle or load over an extended period
of up to one year. However, in a permit issued under (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this
section, the department will not authorize movement over an extended period for
any of the following vehicles:
(2) vehicles or loads over 15 feet high,
other than vehicles or loads exempt under
17 AAC
25.012(b);
(3) vehicles or loads over 17 feet high
operating between the Fox Weigh Station and Prudhoe Bay on the Dalton and
Elliott Highways;
(4) vehicles or
loads that exceed legal length under this chapter;
(5) vehicles or loads with an overhang that
exceeds 10 feet;
(6) vehicles or
loads that exceed 125 percent of legal weight under this chapter.
(d) Issuance of a permit does not
relieve the vehicle operating under the permit from the requirement of
17 AAC 25.310.
(e) If a vehicle operating under a permit
breaks down to a degree that roadside repairs are impractical or impossible, a
similar vehicle may be substituted for the vehicle described in the permit if
the substitute vehicle is validly registered under AS 28.10 and if the
substitution does not materially alter the conditions listed on the original
application for the permit. The driver, owner, or lessee shall report a
substitution at the nearest weigh station along the route of travel or to the
division's commercial vehicle customer service center.
(f) The department may deny a permit to a
person who has incurred three or more violations under
AS
45.75.380(a)(10) or (11)
during the 90-day period immediately preceding the date the person submits the
permit application.
Notes
17 AAC 25.320
Eff. 10/7/2001, Register 160; am 11/16/2004,
Register 172; am 12/31/2006, Register 180; am 12/30/2010, Register 196; am
4/12/2013, Register 206; am 11/26/2015,
Register
216, January 2016; am 12/6/2018,
Register
228, January 2019; am 4/4/2020,
Register
234, April 2020; am 1/11/2024,
Register
249, April 2024
Copies of the Department of Transportation and Public
Facilities' Administrative Permit Manual: Oversize and Overweight Permits,
adopted by reference in
17 AAC 25.320, are available for
inspection at the offices of the Department of Transportation I and Public
Facilities, Division of Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle
Compliance, 11900 Industry Way, Building M, Suite 2, Anchorage, Alaska 99515,
or may be viewed at http://dot.alaska.gov/mscve/.
The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities,
Division of Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle Compliance, Commercial
Vehicle Customer Service Center is located at 11900 Industry Way, Building M,
Suite 2, Anchorage, Alaska, telephone:
907-365-1200.
Authority:
AS
19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.10.060
AS 44.42.020
AS 44.42.030
AS
45.75.050