Special permits for oversize or overweight loads
When a truck or other vehicle is too wide, too long, too tall, or too heavy for normal roads, a special permit is needed to drive it on Missouri roads. The state transportation department can give out these permits for one trip or for a set period of time, and the permit spells out which roads and bridges can be used. Farm products up to 14 feet wide can get a free permit to move at night. Manufactured homes only need the permits listed in this law, nothing extra.
304.200. s for oversize or overweight loads — s for issuing — when valid. — 1. The of the state of transportation, for and when the public safety or public interest so justifies, shall special permits for vehicles or equipment exceeding the limitations on width, length, height and weight herein specified, or which are unable to maintain minimum speed limits. Such s shall be issued only for a single trip or for a definite period, not beyond the date of expiration of the vehicle , and shall the highways and bridges which may be used the of such permit.
2. The chief engineer of the state department of transportation shall upon proper and at no charge issue a special permit to any person allowing the movement on state and federal highways of between and sunrise not in excess of fourteen feet in width. Special permits allowing movement of oversize loads of farm products shall allow for movement between sunset and sunrise, subject to requirements for safety lighting on the load, appropriate limits on load dimensions and appropriate of high traffic density between sunset and sunrise on the route to be traveled. The chief engineer may also issue upon proper application a special permit to any person allowing the movement on the state and federal highways of concrete pump trucks or well-drillers equipment. For the purposes of this section, "farm products" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 400.9-109.
3. for the of special permits shall be prescribed by the and filed with the . No rule or portion of a rule pursuant to the authority of section 304.010 and this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the of .
4. The officer in charge of the of the streets of any may issue such permits for the use of the streets by such vehicles within the limits of such municipalities.
5. In to transport manufactured homes, as defined in section 700.010, on the roads, highways, bridges and other thoroughfares within this state, only the applicable permits required by this section shall be obtained.
(RSMo 1939 §§ 8384, 8405, 8406, A.L. 1943 p. 663, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1972 S.B. 546, A.L. 1979 S.B. 44, A.L. 1983 H.B. 539, A.L. 1985 S.B. 221 merged with S.B. 152, A.L. 1988 S.B. 686, A.L. 1989 S.B. 278, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 1996 S.B. 677, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1142 merged with H.B. 1948, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032 merged with S.B. 974)
Prior revision: 1929 §§ 7776, 7787, 7788
Over-dimension and overweight motor vehicles or loads, authority of , 226.008
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