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<div class="entry-content"><div class="entry-content"> <div class="post-heading"> <h1>Delaware Oversize Permits</h1> </div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;">DELAWARE OVERSIZE PERMITS &amp; ESCORTS INFORMATION</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">PERMITS: </span>Permits are valid for five days.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">OPERATING TIME:</span> Travel permitted sunrise to sunset including Saturday and Sunday.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">RESTRICTED TRAVEL:</span> No travel on New Years, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Movement is to stop 12:00 noon the day before a holiday and can begin after 9:00 noon the day after the holiday. Ask the Permit Office to verify, as these may change from year to year.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LEGAL DIMENSIONS</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Length:</span> Interstate and Designated Highways ? 53? semi-trailers. 70? poles, steel, etc. including 5? rear overhang are legal. Shall not extend more than 10? beyond rear.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overhang:</span></p> <ul><li>6? rear</li><li>3? front</li></ul> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Width:</span> 8?-6? (8? on non-designated)</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 13? -6? (13? non-designated)</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Weight:</span> 80,000 Gross</p> <ul><li>Steer ? 20,000</li><li>Single ? 20,000</li><li>Tandem ? 34,000</li><li>Tridem ? 42,000</li></ul> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ROUTINE PERMIT LIMITS</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Length:</span> 120?</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Width:</span> 15?</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> 15?</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Weight:</span></p> <ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul><li>Single ? 20,000</li><li>Tandem ? 46,000</li><li>Tridem ? 69,000</li><li>5 Axles ? depends on spacings</li><li>6, 7, 8 axles ? 120,000</li></ul> </li></ul> </li></ul> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Loads exceeding these dimensions or weights have to be applied for as Super Load.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ESCORTS</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Length:</span></p> <ul><li>90? or over ? one rear escort</li><li>100? or over ? two escorts</li><li>120? ? two escorts &amp; State Police.</li></ul> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Overhang:</span> Over 15? ? one escort unless permit specifies otherwise.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Width:</span></p> <ul><li>Over 13? ? one escort</li><li>Over 14? ? two escorts</li><li>Over 15? ? two escorts &amp; State Police.</li></ul> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span></p> <ul><li>15? ? two escorts</li><li>17?-6? and over ? two escorts &amp; State Police</li><li>15? high and over, must have route survey</li></ul> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Weight:</span> Over 120,000 pounds ? two escorts &amp; State Police &amp; Bridge Survey</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">MISCELLANEOUS:</span> All loads that are reducible must be reduced. No exceptions, this includes buckets,<br> counterweights, blades, etc.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">SIGNS &amp; FLAGS:</span> Warning signs are required for all oversize movements. "Oversize Load? signs are to be displayed on all vehicles and loads exceeding legal width, length or rear overhang. Flags are required at the extremities on all over width loads. On loads with rear overhang in excess of 4?, one flag is required at the extreme rear of the load if it is 2? wide or less at that point; 2 flags required if it is over 2? wide.</p> </div><br><span style<="" body=""></span></div>
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