Trucking Advisory: Labor Day weekend travel restrictions for over-dimension loads and ODOT Motor Carrier office closures

For more information:

(503) 373-0000, option 1 for information about holiday travel restrictions for over-dimension loads

(503) 378-6699 for information about registration services

 

Trucking Advisory: Labor Day weekend travel restrictions for over-dimension loads and ODOT Motor Carrier office closures

 

In observance of Labor Day, Monday, September 2, the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Motor Carrier Division (MCTD) offices will be closed.

 

Exception: The ODOT Motor Carrier Division 24-hour Registration Service Center (503-378-6699) will be available on Labor Day, Monday, September 2 to offer basic registration services such as temporary passes and trip permits. The Service Center will have limited staff September 2; expect longer wait times on the phone. Carriers with established MCTD Accounts and approved for Trucking Online may obtain credentials online at www.oregontruckingonline.com.

 

Holiday travel restrictions for over-dimension loads over Labor Day Weekend

• Non-divisible loads (including mobile homes and modular units) cannot be moved if over 8´ 06" in width from noon Friday, August 30 until one half hour before sunrise Tuesday, September 3. Exceptions: When the overall width does not exceed 14 feet, movement is allowed on Interstates, U.S. 97 and any route east of U.S. 97 shown in Black on Route Map 6 (for mobile / modular units) or Route Map 9 (for other Non-divisible loads) on Saturday, August 31 and Sunday September 1 (no movement on Friday after noon or all day Monday). See Special Transportation Permit Attachment H and Route Map 2 for authorized dimensions and hauling hours authorized at night during the holiday weekend.

 

• Triple trailer combinations cannot operate on those routes shown as Holiday or Holiday & Weekend restricted on Route Map 5 from 4 p.m. Friday, August 30 until sunrise Tuesday, September 3.

 

• Towed units cannot be moved if over 8´ 06" in width or towing a combination of vehicles from 2 p.m. Friday, August 30 until 1/2 hour before sunrise Tuesday, September 3. Exception: This rule does not apply when the tow vehicle is performing the initial emergency removal of a disabled unit from the highway or when the disabled vehicle or combination of vehicles is operating under a rule or variance permit allowing movement prior to the emergency. See Special Transportation Permit Attachment H for specific hauling hours and days for over-width movements.

 

• Long logs, poles, and pilings cannot be moved if over 105´ in overall combination length from 2 p.m. Friday, August 30 until sunrise Tuesday, September 3.

 

Summertime weekend daytime travel restrictions for over-width loads ARE LIFTED

 

After this weekend, the summertime weekend daytime hauling restrictions for over-width loads are lifted until next year (beginning Memorial Day), with the exception for the major holidays which will have restrictions.

  

Refer to the over-dimension operations web page to view any of the above maps or attachments: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/MCT/OD.shtml

 

For more information about ODOT Motor Carrier Division holiday schedules and hours of operation, visit the division’s website at http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/MCT/index.shtml.

 

For updated information on highway work and current travel information throughout Oregon, visit www.tripcheck.com or call the toll-free Oregon road report at 511 or (800) 977-6368.