Simplify Your Oversize/Overweight Loads
Note: For state regulations, see OD Regulations By State
The Village of Burr Ridge and the Burr Ridge Police Department issue oversized permits for weight, length, width, and height to loads that are indivisible. The permits available include:
Single Trip - This permit allows for one trip to or from the desired location within Burr Ridge. The move can be made within 7 calendar days excluding Saturday's after 12 noon and Sunday's. The fee for this permit is $20.00.
The Burr Ridge Police Department has partnered with Oxcart Permits to streamline the overweight permitting process. The completed permit must be with the vehicle described in the permit at all times while operating on the streets within the Village and shall be exhibited upon demand to any enforcement officer.
It is the duty of the permittee to read and familiarize himself/herself with the permit provisions upon receipt. Undertaking of the permit move is deemed conclusive evidence of acceptance of the permit. The Police Department sends out statements monthly to Companies with approved accounts. No permits will be issued to companies with accounts that are more than 60 days past due.
Agreement: The acceptance of the permit by
the grantee constitutes an agreement that the movement will be made strictly in
compliance with the terms set forth in the permit and the applicable provisions
of the Department Policy contained in the current issue of the publication
"OVERSIZE AND OVERWEIGHT PERMIT MOVEMENTS ON STATE HIGHWAYS."
Jurisdiction: The permit is effective only
insofar as the Department has jurisdiction and does not release the grantee
from complying with other existing laws that may apply to the movement.
Overweight Movements: An overweight permit
authorizes the movement of a vehicle or a reasonably disassembled single object
loaded on a vehicle combination. If stated in the permit, the object may
include an attachment; however, it must be securely mounted on the object being
moved. The attachment may not be hauled as a separate object on the vehicle
combination.
Locations Where Permit is not
Valid: The
permit is not valid on any highway or bridge posted for a load limit less than
the gross weight of the move, on any highway closed to traffic, and on any
highway not maintained by the Village of Burr Ridge. The permittee must obtain
permission from the proper authority to use local streets or highways not
maintained by the Village of Burr Ridge or from the Illinois State Toll Highway
Authority if over the Tollway.
Public and Private Liability: The grantee assumes all
responsibility for injury to persons or damage to public or private property,
including his own, caused directly or indirectly by the transportation of
vehicles or vehicles and objects authorized under this permit. The grantee
agrees to hold the Village of Burr Ridge or the State of Illinois harmless from
all suits, claims, damages, or proceedings of any kind and to indemnify the
Village of Burr Ridge or the State of Illinois for any claim it may be required
to pay arising from the movement.
Liability Insurance: Owners and/or operators of
escort vehicles or vehicles with oversize loads exceeding 10 ft. in width, 13
ft. 6 in. in height, I 10 ft. in length, or overweight must have in effect or
be self-insured in the minimum amount of $500,000 per occurrence combined
bodily injury and property damage.
Authorized Times of Movements: Movements are authorized from
one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sunset, Monday through
Friday, and from one half hour before sunrise until noon on Saturday. Movements
are further restricted on specified holidays, beginning at noon the day
preceding the holiday or the holiday weekend. The specified holidays are: New
Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and
Christmas Day.
Highway Conditions: Move shall not be made when
highway is covered with snow or ice.
Inclement Weather: When visibility is unduly
impaired by rain, snow, fog smog, or at any time travel conditions are
considered to be unsafe by the Department or State Police, the police may
direct or escort a vehicle off the roadway to a place of safety.
Right of Way During Movement: Insofar as practical,
movements shall be confined to a single traffic lane and shall be made in such
a manner that the rest of the roadway will be open at all times so the flow of
other traffic will not unnecessarily be obstructed. Also, insofar as
practicable, other traffic will be given the right-of-way over this movement.
The driver shall remove the vehicle from the roadway when necessary to allow an
accumulation of traffic to pass or when so directed by a police officer.
Speed: Maximum speed shall be 45
m.p.h. on all permit movements or 5 m.p.h. above the minimum posted speed
limit, EXCEPT when otherwise specified in the permit. Legal weight, legal
height movements up to and including 10 ft. wide are allowed to travel at the
legal maximum speed limit.
Legal Height Movements: Permit authority is not
required for the movement of vehicle(s), inclusive of load, not exceeding the
legal height limitation of 13 ft. 6 inches established in chapter 15, The
Illinois vehicle code. Therefore, no action is taken by the Department, either
separately or in conjunction with authorizing an otherwise oversize or
overweight movement, to ensure adequate clearance of structures for a
vehicle(s), inclusive of load, not exceeding 13 ft. 6 in. overall height.
Red Flags: The extremities of all
oversize vehicles, vehicle combinations or loads, and all protruding objects
shall be marked with clean red flags not less than 18 inches square.
Escort Vehicles: One escort vehicle will be
required on all loads more than 14 ft. 6 in. and two vehicles for 16 ft. wide
or greater. Escort vehicles shall display red flags at the extremities, display
"OVER SIZE LOAD" signs, be equipped with an operating rotating or
flashing amber light mounted on top, and be operated by properly licensed
operators at least 18 years of age. A pole for measuring vertical clearances
shall be mounted on the lead escort vehicle for moves in excess of 14 ft. 6 in.
in height. The driver of the escort vehicle must be in radio contact with the
driver of the permit vehicle.
Restrictions in Cook Counts: Movements exceeding 10ft in
width, 13ft 6in in height, and 88,000 pounds gross weight are prohibited on the
expressways in Cook County, except Interstate 80, Interstate 57 from US Route 6
(159th Street) south, Illinois 394 from Interstate Route 80 South. Interstate
Route 290 north of St. Charles Road and Illinois Route 53.
Within the area bounded by 95th street, Illinois Route 50
(Cicero Ave.), Illinois Route 38 (Roosevelt Road), Central Avenue, Touhy
Avenue, and Lake Michigan that is in the City of Chicago, and on expressways in
Cook County north of Interstate Route 80 and east of Illinois Route 83, permit
movements not exceeding 10 ft. in width are authorized between the hours of
9:30 am and 3:00 pm (until noon on Saturday). Movements exceeding 10ft. but
less than 12ft. in width are authorized only between the hours of 7:00 pm and
6:00 am. Moves 12ft. or more in width must be made between midnight and 6:00
am. Movements exceeding 10ft in width and having an origin or destination
within this area may travel during hours of darkness in Cook County for a
distance of up to 10 miles outside the nearest boundary of this area.
Movements over 12 ft. in width within Cook County that
are not subject to the restrictions in paragraph “B” are authorized only
between the hours of 9:30 am and 3:00 pm (until noon on Saturday).
Contact should be made with the City of Chicago
(312.744.4696) regarding permit requirements for movements on all streets and
highways within the city other than the expressways.
House Trailers: The overall width of the house trailer includes doorknobs, awnings, or any other attachments. The towing unit of house trailers over 8 feet but not more than 10 feet wide shall be at least 3/4-ton truck. The towing vehicle of a house trailer over 10 feet but not more than 12 feet wide shall be at least a 1 -ton truck with dual wheels. The towing vehicle of a house trailer over 12 feet but not more than 14 feet wide shall be at least a 2-ton truck with dual wheels. Movement of house trailers over 12 feet wide is prohibited when wind gusts exceed 25 mph.
Special Provisions
To Apply for the Village of Burr Ridge Oversize/Overweight Permit see http://www.burr-ridge.gov/police-department-3/police-mission-statement/truck-permits/