New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 18 - EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
Subchapter 1 - PERMITS FOR OVERDIMENSIONAL OR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES
Section 13:18-1.2 - Requirement of permit

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:18-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Except as provided in (c) below, a single-trip permit is required for each one-way trip of an oversize or overweight vehicle that exceeds the dimension or weight provisions of 39:3-84.

(b) In the event the vehicle is both oversize and overweight, a single-trip permit will be issued for each one-way trip.

(c) An annual ocean borne containerized cargo multiple-trip permit may be issued for a tractor semitrailer combination engaged in the transportation of sealed containers of the type commonly used for the conveyance of freight transportation in international ocean going commerce as follows:

1. Sealed containers transported under an annual ocean borne containerized cargo multiple-trip permit shall bear the seal of the United States Custom Service, the seal of another governmental agency or the seal of a shipper;

2. The combined gross vehicle weight of any tractor semitrailer combination, including load or content conveying sealed containers, shall not exceed 90,000 pounds. The tractor semitrailer combination per-axle combined weight shall not exceed 38,000 pounds for any one tandem axle unit in any tractor semitrailer combination and shall not exceed 56,400 pounds for any tri-axle trailer configuration. Additionally, vehicles shall conform with the axle limitations in 39:3-84 and the maximum tire load limit in 13:18-1.10(a)2. Vehicles or combination of vehicles that exceed these weight limits may not use an annual ocean borne containerized cargo multiple-trip permit and shall obtain a single-trip permit as described in (a) above;

3. The original annual ocean borne containerized cargo multiple-trip permit, as issued by the Motor Vehicle Commission, shall be carried in the tractor semitrailer combination whenever the trip requires such a permit. Photocopies or other reproductions of a permit shall specifically not be acceptable in lieu of the original permit. In the absence of the physical possession of the original permit, the trip shall be deemed as having been made without a valid permit;

4. Travel shall not be on segments of routes crossing structures identified by the New Jersey Department of Transportation on a valid permit as restricted to vehicles or combination of vehicles transporting ocean borne sealed containers described above. Information regarding the structures not accessible to these vehicles can be found on the permit, on the Department's website at http://nj.gotpermits.com or by calling the New Jersey Department of Transportation Bureau of Structural Engineering at 609-530-2579. If travel over these routes cannot be avoided, a single-trip permit as described in (a) above shall be required and other restrictions may apply;

5. Annual ocean borne containerized cargo multiple-trip permits shall not be valid for the transportation of oversized or overdimensional loads; and

6. Making timely application for the issuance or reissuance of an annual ocean borne containerized cargo multiple-trip permit shall be the sole responsibility of the person(s) who desires to have or utilize such permits. The Motor Vehicle Commission shall not be responsible for mailing annual ocean borne containerized cargo multiple-trip permit renewal forms to persons whose permits are about to expire.

(d) Consistent with 23 U.S.C. § 127(a)(13), permits will be issued for a vehicle carrying fluid milk products, which is considered a load that cannot be easily dismantled or divided (non-divisible), and that vehicle may exceed the gross weight limit of 80,000 pounds or the maximum weight allowed by the Federal Bridge Formula.

(e) Consistent with 23 U.S.C. § 127(m), permits will be issued because the weight limitations under 23 U.S.C. § 127(m) do not apply to a Covered Heavy-Duty Tow and Recovery Vehicle, which is a vehicle that is transporting a disabled vehicle from the place where the vehicle became disabled to the nearest appropriate repair facility, and which has a gross vehicle weight that is equal to or exceeds the gross vehicle weight of the disabled vehicle being transported.

(f) Consistent with 23 U.S.C. § 127(r), permits will be issued up to 86,000 pounds, based upon a limit up to 24,000 pounds on a single steering axle, 33,500 pounds on a single drive axle, 62,000 pounds on a tandem axle, or 52,000 pounds on a tandem rear drive steer axle, for an Emergency Vehicle, which is a vehicle designed to be used under emergency conditions to transport personnel and equipment and to support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other hazardous situations.

(g) Consistent with 23 U.S.C. § 127(s), permits will be issued up to 82,000 pounds plus the difference between the natural gas tank and fueling system and a comparable diesel tank and fueling system for a Natural Gas Vehicle, which is a vehicle operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas.

(h) Consistent with 49 U.S.C. § 31111, permits will be issued for the transport of cargo or general freight on a backhaul if it complies with weight limitations for a truck tractor and semitrailer combination.

(i) Consistent with 49 U.S.C. § 31111, permits will be issued for a stinger-steered automobile transporter, which is a vehicle combination designed and used for the transport of assembled highway vehicles, with a length of 80 feet or more, a front overhang of more than four feet, and a rear overhang of more than six feet.

(j) Consistent with 49 U.S.C. § 31111, permits will be issued when a Towaway Trailer Transporter Combination is in excess of 82 feet. A Towaway Trailer Transporter Combination is a combination of vehicles consisting of a trailer transporter towing unit and two trailers or semitrailers with a total weight that does not exceed 26,000 pounds and that does not carry property or inventory of a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of such trailers or semitrailers.

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