Section Trans 255.12 - 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 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.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Transportation Trans 255.12
Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91; emerg. cr. (7), eff. 2-1-05; CR 05-009: cr. (7) Register June 2005 No. 594, eff. 7-1-05; correction in (2) made under s. 13.93(2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register June 2005 No. 594.