Are overweight permits available for divisible loads?
Yes. There are specific criteria authorizing overweight permits to divisible loads. (a) The secretary of transportation, or designee, may issue permits to department vehicles used for the emergent preservation of public safety and/or the infrastructure (i.e., snow removal, sanding highways during emergency winter conditions, emergent debris removal or retainment, etc.). The permits will also be valid for the vehicles in transit to or from the emergent worksite. The special permits may allow: (i) Weight on axles in excess of what is allowed in RCW 46.44.041; (ii) Movement during hours of the day, or days of the week, that may be restricted in WAC 468-38-175; (iii) Exemption from the sign requirements of WAC 468-38-155(7) if weather conditions render such signs ineffectual; and (iv) Movement at night, that may be restricted by WAC 468-38-175(3), by vehicles with lights that meet the standards for emergency maintenance vehicles established by the commission on equipment. (b) Additional we
