Current through September 2, 2024
Section 39.03.01.305 - TIME OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR OVERSIZE LOADS01.Red-Coded Routes. Daylight travel until 2 p.m. on Friday or the day before a holiday, as identified in Subsection 305.04 of this section, no travel is allowed on Saturday or Sunday. Single-trip permits may allow travel during different time periods. Travel may resume at sunrise on Monday or the day following a holiday.02.Black-Coded Routes. Loads not over twelve (12) feet wide, one hundred twenty (120) feet long, and fifteen (15) feet high may travel twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week. Loads in excess of any of the preceding dimensions are required to follow the Pilot/Escort Vehicle Travel and Vertical Clearance of Structures Map restrictions and are limited to traveling before 4:00 p.m. on the day preceding a holiday. Travel may be resumed at sunrise on the day following the holiday.03.Interstate. Loads not over twelve (12) feet wide, one hundred and twenty (120) feet long, or fifteen (15) feet high may travel twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week; otherwise, follow the Pilot/Escort Vehicle Travel and Vertical Clearance of Structures Map for restrictions.04.Holidays. The following days are designated as holidays:05.Movement of Buildings. Excessively oversize loads may have additional restrictions to time of travel applied. At the discretion of the Department, movement of loads may be approved between 2 a.m. and sunrise to avoid traffic issues.06.Special Circumstances. Other time of travel restrictions may be noted on the permit due to special circumstances.07.Overlength Restrictions. Oversize vehicles operating under the authority of a special permit that exceeds seven (7) feet of front overhang, on any vehicle in the combination, are restricted to daylight travel only on two (2) lane, two (2) way highways.08.Heavy Commuter Traffic Restrictions. The movement of oversize permitted vehicles or loads which are more than thirteen (13) feet in width are prohibited from movement on State Roadways at times of heavy commuter traffic. Unless otherwise defined on the permit, the times of heavy commuter traffic will be 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. local time, Monday through Friday except as noted under Holiday restrictions. Restrictions to the operation of oversize permitted vehicles and/or loads during times of heavy commuter traffic will appear either on the face of the permit or in the attachments for annual permits. The location of heavy commuter occurs at the identified mile posts or within one (1) mile of the city limits of the following cities:a. Boise valley - I-84, MP 26 to MP 59;b. Coeur d'Alene - I-90, MP 0 to MP 17;f. Idaho Falls - I-15 MP 115 to MP 121;h. Pocatello valley - I-15 MP 67 to MP 74 and I-15B MP 0 to MP 5.5 and I-86 MP 58 to MP 63 and US-30 MP 331 to MP 336 and US 91 MP 100 to MP 103 and US 91 MP 77 to MP 82;j. Twin Falls - US 93 MP 41 to MP 53.09.Heavy Commuter Lane Restriction. Authorized oversize permitted vehicles operating during hours of heavy commuter traffic will be restricted to the furthest right-hand lane.10.Emergency Vehicles. Emergency movement of vehicles/loads responding to imminent hazards to persons or property will be exempt from the provisions of this section.11.Additional Department Approval and Allowance for Approval Time. Department approval may require up to twenty-four (24) working hours. Additional Department approval is required when vehicles or loads exceed. a. Sixteen (16) feet wide on red coded and black coded routes;b. Eighteen (18) feet wide on interstate highways;c. Sixteen (16) feet high on any route; ord. One hundred twenty (120) feet long on any route other than the interstate;e. One hundred fifty (150) feet long on the interstate.Idaho Admin. Code r. 39.03.01.305