Current through August 30, 2024
(a) A long
combination vehicle (LCV) with a cargo-carrying length that does not exceed 95
feet, measured from the front of the first cargo-carrying vehicle to the rear
of the last cargo-carrying vehicle or load, including the connecting device,
may operate upon one or more of the following routes, if individual trailers or
semi-trailers in an LCV do not exceed 48 feet in cargo-carrying length:
(1) the Sterling, Seward and Glenn Highways,
Alaska Route 1 (AK-1), from Homer to the junction with the Palmer-Wasilla
Highway in Palmer;
(2) the Tok
Cutoff, AK-1, from the junction with the Richardson Highway, Alaska Route 4
(AK-4), in Gakona Junction to the junction with the Alaska Highway, Alaska
Route 2 (AK-2), in Tok;
(3) the
Alaska Highway, AK-2, from the Canadian border to the junction with the
Richardson Highway, AK-4, in Delta Junction;
(4) the Seward, Glenn, and Parks Highways,
AK-1 and Alaska Route 3 (AK-3), from the Potter Weigh Station in Anchorage to
the junction with the Parks Highway, AK-3, to the junction with the Richardson
Highway, AK-2, in Fairbanks via the Mitchell Expressway; for purposes of this
paragraph, the lead trailer in a truck tractor, two-trailer LCV may have a
cargo carrying length of 53 feet, if the total cargo carrying length, including
the connecting device, does not exceed 95 feet;
(5) the Richardson Highway, AK-4 and AK-2,
from the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry terminal in Valdez to the junction
with the Mitchell Expressway, AK-3, in Fairbanks;
(6) the Seward Highway, Alaska Route 9
(AK-9), from the junction with the Sterling Highway, AK-1, to Seward;
(7) the Kenai Spur Highway, from the junction
with the Sterling Highway, AK-1, to Nikishka Dock.
(b) A long combination vehicle, consisting of
a truck and one cargo-carrying vehicle whose overall length does not exceed 90
feet may operate upon the
(1) Seward and Glenn
Highways, AK-1, from the Potter Weigh Station in Anchorage to the junction with
the Palmer-Wasilla Highway in Palmer;
(2) Parks Highway, AK-3, from the junction
with the Glenn Highway, AK-1, to the junction with the Richardson Highway,
AK-2, in Fairbanks via the Mitchell Expressway; and
(3) Richardson and Alaska Highways, AK-2,
from the junction with Gaffney Road in Fairbanks to Milepost 1412 of the Alaska
Highway, near Delta Junction.
(c) A long combination vehicle, consisting of
a truck and one cargo-carrying vehicle, a truck tractor and one cargo-carrying
vehicle, or a truck tractor and two cargo-carrying vehicles, whose overall
length does not exceed 95 feet may operate upon the
(1) Haines Highway, Alaska Route 7 (AK-7),
from the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry terminal in Haines to the Canadian
border;
(2) Glenn Highway, AK-1,
from the junction with the Palmer-Wasilla Highway in Palmer to the junction
with the Richardson Highway, AK-4, in Glennallen;
(3) North Slope Haul Road between Fairbanks
and Prudhoe Bay, consisting of the
(A)
Richardson Highway, Steese Expressway, and Elliot Highway, AK-2, from the
junction with the Mitchell Expressway, AK-3, in Fairbanks to the junction with
the Dalton Highway, Alaska Route 11 (AK-11); and
(B) Dalton Highway, AK-11, from the junction
with the Elliot Highway, AK-2, to Prudhoe Bay; and
(4) Klondike Highway, Alaska Route 98
(AK-98), from the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry terminal in Skagway to the
Canadian border.
(d) A
long combination vehicle configured in a truck tractor and a triple
cargo-carrying vehicle combination may operate only on the Glenn and Parks
Highways, AK-1 and AK-3, between Anchorage and Fairbanks during the period from
May 1 through September 30 of each year by permit issued under this chapter,
with notice provided by the applicant to municipalities along the route, if
(1) each combination, including load, does
not exceed 120 feet in overall length;
(2) each individual vehicle in the
combination does not exceed 28.5 feet in length;
(3) the power vehicle engine power rating is
not less than 400 horsepower; and
(4) except on the steering axle, each axle
has four mounted tires or wide-base single tires.
(e) During movements, a long combination
vehicle must
(1) stop operations during
inclement weather conditions; and
(2) display an "oversize" or "long load" sign
at the rear of the vehicle combination in accordance with Section 2.6 of the
Administrative Permit Manual: Oversize and Overweight Permits,
adopted by reference in
17 AAC 25.320(b).
(f) A vehicle that meets the requirements of
this section may move to or from routes specified in (a) - (d) of this section
to access or return from terminals or facilities for fuel, servicing,
delivering or receiving cargo, or food and rest for the vehicle's operator. A
vehicle must use the most direct interconnecting truck route wherever possible
when moving to or from the specified routes. Vehicle movement off the state
highway system is subject to local ordinance. A vehicle moving to or from
specified routes may not travel further than a five-mile distance from these
routes, except if using the following roads:
(1) Johnson Road, from where it intersects
the Richardson Highway, AK-2, near Salcha;
(2) Kalifornsky Beach Road;
(3) Bridge Access Road, connecting
Kalifornsky Beach Road and the Kenai Spur Road;
(4) Dayville Road;
(5) the Steese Highway, Alaska Route 6
(AK-6), from the junction with the Elliot Highway, AK-2, in Fox to Milepost
30;
(6) the Palmer-Wasilla Highway
extension, from the intersection with the Parks Highway, AK-3, to the
intersection with Knik-Goose Bay Road;
(7) Knik-Goose Bay Road, from the
intersection with the Palmer-Wasilla Highway extension to the intersection with
Point MacKenzie Road;
(8) Point
MacKenzie Road, from the intersection with Knik-Goose Bay Road to the
intersection with South Don Young Road;
(9) South Don Young Road, from the
intersection with Point MacKenzie Road to Port MacKenzie;
(10) a road other than one listed in (1) -
(9) of this subsection, if the department determines that the
(A) road will accommodate the necessary
movement;
(B) necessity for the use
will exist for more than 30 days; and
(C) frequency of the transits makes the
issuance of overlength vehicle permits under this chapter
impractical.
(g) A vehicle authorized to operate under
this section must operate with its headlights illuminated at all
times.
(h) Except as provided in
this section, a long combination vehicle may not operate on any route on the
state highway system without a permit issued by the department.
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
