Revised March 22, 2010 CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS Table of Contents Definitions Page 1 PERMITS AVAILABLE Page 2 TYPES OF PERMITS Page 2 BLANKET PERMIT Page 3 BOOK PERMIT Page 5 CONTAINERIZED CARGO PERMIT Page 7 SPECIAL HAULING PERMIT Page 7 SPECIAL VEHICLE PERMIT Page 9 FEES Page 10 DENIAL OF PERMIT – Conditions Page 13 SUSPENSION & REVOCATION OF PERMIT Page 14 FALSE STATEMENT IN APPLICATIONS Page 16 EXCEPTIONAL HAULING PERMIT Page 16 GENERAL CONDITIONS Page 17 DEFINTIONS Page 17 MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS Page 19 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS Page 19 COMBINATION OF VEHICLES Page 21 SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLES Page 23 COSTS AND DAMAGES Page 25 SAFETY Page 25 LIMITATIONS Page 28 MOVEMENT ON TOLL FACILITIES PROPERTY Page 29 HOURS OF MOVEMENT – GENERAL Page 30 EMERGENCY MOVEMENT Page 31 CONTINUOUS TRAVEL Page 33 SPECIFIC CONDITIONS Page 36 DEFINITIONS Page 36 VEHICLES OVER 45 TONS, OVER 60 TONS, Page 37 OVER 250 TONS STEEL RIMMED EQUIPMENT Page 38 ii TMS 9/9/10 ESCORT VEHICLES Page 39 SIGNING Page 39 ESCORTS – IN GENERAL Page 40 PRIVATE ESCORT – WHEN REQUIRED Page 40 PRIVATE ESCORT – EQUIPMENT AND Page 41 RESPONSIBILITIES ESCORTED VEHICLES – GENERAL Page 42 RESTRICTIONS POLICE ESCORT Page 43 CONTAINERIZED CARGO PERMITS Page 44 DEFINITIONS Page 44 PERMITS AVAILABLE Page 44 INDIVISIBLE LOAD DETERMINATION Page 45 ROUTES OF TRAVEL Page 45 AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PERMITS Page 55 PROCEDURES Page 55 FEES Page 55 DENIAL OF PERMIT Page 56 MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS Page 56 SUSPENSIONS Page 57 FALSE STATEMENT Page 58 COSTS AND DAMAGES Page 59 DIVISION OF BRIDGE DEVELOPMENT (SHA) WEIGHT, Page 60 AXLE CHARTS iii TMS 9/9/10 Title 11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Subtitle 04 STATE HIGHWAYADMINISTRATION Chapter 01 Permits for Oversize and Overweight Vehicles Authority: Transportation Article, §§-103(b), 4-204, 4-205(f), 8-204(b)—(d), (i), 24-112, 24-113; Article 88B, §§1, 3, 14; Annotated Code of Maryland 11.04.01.01 .01 Definitions A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated. B. Terms Defined. (1) "Administration" means the State Highway Administration. (2) "Axle weight" has the meaning stated in Transportation Article, Title 24, Annotated Code of Maryland. (3) "Excessive size" means an overall dimension of 16 feet or more in height, 16 feet or more in width, or 100 feet or more in length. (4) "Excessive weight" means a gross vehicle weight exceeding 60 tons (120,000 pounds). (5) "Oversize" means dimensions of length, width, or height that exceed the limits allowed by Transportation Article, Title 24, Annotated Code of Maryland. (6) "Overweight" means weights that exceed the limits allowed by Transportation Article, Title 24, Annotated Code of Maryland. (6.1) “Permittee” means the person or entity to whom a permit is issued by the Unit and includes the person who is operating a vehicle under authority of that permit. (7) "Special mobile equipment" means a vehicle that is not used primarily for highway transportation of people or property and is operated or moved on a highway only as an incident to its nonhighway use. (8) "Special vehicle" means a vehicle of special design which cannot comply with Maryland size or weight limits or qualify as special mobile equipment. The special vehicle may carry equipment for its designed purpose. (9) "Unit" means the Hauling Permits Unit of the Motor Carrier Division, Office of Traffic and Safety, State Highway Administration. 1 TMS 9/9/10 11.04.01-1 01-1 Unit Authority The Unit has the authority to issue permits for oversize and overweight vehicles. 11.04.01.02 .02 Permits Available A. There are six types of permits which may allow oversize or overweight vehicles to move on State highways. B. A person may move special mobile equipment or a vehicle which together with its load is oversize or overweight on State highways, under one of the following types of permits: (1) Blanket hauling permit; (2) Book permit (issues in books of ten); (3) Containerized cargo permit; (4) Special hauling permit; (5) Special vehicle permit; and (6) Exceptional hauling permit. C. A person may move a special vehicle under a special vehicle permit only. 2 TMS 9/9/10 11.04.01.03 .03 Blanket Hauling Permit A. Except as provided for in §E of this regulation, a blanket hauling permit may not be issued or used when a load can be dismantled or disassembled in such a way that moves can be made within the size and weight limits imposed by the laws of Maryland. B. A permit issued under this regulation for a vehicle which exceeds 27,000 pounds per axle but is less than or equal to 30,000 pounds per axle shall comply with COMAR 11.04.02.01-1E. C. Size. (1) A blanket hauling permit may be issued for a single oversize vehicle with overall dimensions which may not exceed 75 feet in length, 12 feet in width, or 14 feet in height. (2) The oversize vehicle shall be either: (a) Special mobile equipment as defined in Transportation Article §11-159 Annotated Code of Maryland ; or (b) A vehicle properly registered and carrying an oversize load or traveling empty to or from carrying an oversize load. D. Weight of Special Mobile Equipment. (1) A blanket hauling permit may be issued for a single overweight vehicle which is special mobile equipment . (2) The overweight equipment may not exceed: (a) A gross vehicle weight of 45 tons (90,000 pounds) including all tolerances; and (b) A single axle weight of 27,000 pounds. E-F. Repealed. G. Procedures. (1) To obtain a blanket hauling permit, the applicant shall submit an originally signed completed application on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Unit to the Hauling Permits Unit, Motor Carrier Division, Office of Traffic and Safety, State Highway Administration, 7491 Connelley Drive, Hanover, Maryland 21076. 3 TMS 9/9/10 (2) The application shall include the: (a) Name of the applicant; (b) Address and telephone number of the applicant; (c) Name of a contact person; (d) Name of the applicant's insurance company; (e) Make, year, model, license tag number, and state of issuance of the license tag; (f) Manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle; and (g) Requested starting date of the permit. (3) In addition to other information required by §G(2) of this regulation, applications for self-propelled special mobile equipment shall include a serial number, identification number, or other similar information specifically identifying the unit of special mobile equipment for which the permit is requested. (4) Except for permits issued under §§E and F of this regulation, the Unit may issue a blanket hauling permit that is valid for 30 days or for 1 year. (5) The Unit shall complete all blanks on the face of a blanket hauling permit before issuing the permit. (6) The permittee or user of a blanket hauling permit shall carry the original (not a copy) of the permit on the vehicle for which it was issued when moving the vehicle on a highway in the State. (7) A person may move a vehicle for which a blanket hauling permit has been issued on any highway under the jurisdiction of the Administration, during the period for which the permit is effective, without reporting any move to the Administration. (8) The person may not move a vehicle across a bridge when the gross vehicle weight or axle weight exceeds posted bridge limitations. (9) A permittee shall comply with all restrictions attached to the permit as well as any hauling permit restrictions posted on the Motor Carrier Division and CHART websites found at www.marylandroads.com . It is the responsibility of the permittee to review these websites for current hauling permit restrictions prior to any move being made under the authority of the permit. 4 TMS 9/9/10 11.04.01.04 .04 Book Permits A. The Unit may issue books of permits. Each book contains ten single trip book permits. B. A permit issued under this regulation for a vehicle which exceeds 27,000 pounds per axle but is less than or equal to 30,000 pounds per axle shall comply with COMAR 11.04.02.01-1E. C. One book permit shall be used for each movement of a qualified vehicle between the points and over the route designated on the permit. It also authorizes the return of an empty oversize vehicle to its starting place if the empty vehicle does not exceed the weight limits imposed by the laws of Maryland. D. Qualifications. (1) A vehicle and its load or special mobile equipment may not exceed: (a) A gross vehicle weight of 45 tons (90,000 pounds); (b) Overall dimensions of 85 feet in length, 13 feet in width, or 15 feet in height; and (c) A single axle weight of 27,000 pounds. (2) A vehicle traveling under a book permit shall be: (a) Properly registered in Maryland; or (b) Special mobile equipment displaying a special mobile equipment plate issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration of Maryland. 5 TMS 9/9/10 E. Procedures. (1) Before any movement may be made under any book permit, the permittee shall complete each of the following steps: (a) Advise the Unit of the date on which the permittee or another user authorized by the permittee proposes to move the vehicle and the specific route the permittee or the other user proposes to take; (b) Obtain approval of the date and route and a route verification number from the Unit; and (c) Enter the period of validity of the permit, the approved route, and the route verification number on the original and permittee's copy of the permit.