Rules And Regulations Restricting Heavy Loads On Closed Ways

Maine DOT Website, Aug 31, 2005

SUMMARY: The following rules and regulations restrict heavy loads on posted State and State Aid Highways from November 15 to June 1, pursuant to the Department’s authority under Title 29-A M.R.S.A., Section 2395.

1. DEFINITIONS A. The definitions contained in Title 29-A, Section 101 of the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated shall govern the construction of the words contained in this regulation. B. Gross weight is the combined weight of the vehicle and its load. C. Special Mobile Equipment. “Special Mobile Equipment” shall mean every self-propelled vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property but which is operated over the highways, including road construction or maintenance machinery, ditch-digging apparatus, stone crushers, air compressors, power shovels, cranes, graders, rollers, trucks used only as snowplows and for carrying sand for ballast only, well drillers and wood-sawing equipment used for hire.

This enumeration shall be deemed partial and shall not operate to exclude other such vehicles which are within the general terms of this section. 2. DESIGNATED CLOSED WAYS In order to prevent excessive damage to State and State-Aid Highways, the Director of Bureau of Maintenance and Operations or the Region Manager in whose Region the highway lies may close all or part of a highway to heavy vehicles during any time from November 15 to June 1. No vehicles shall travel over closed ways except those permitted by this regulation.

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