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Frozen road declaration

The frozen road declaration is normally in effect from mid December to late February or early March. Eligibility for increased weight limitations is restricted to vehicles hauling peeled or unpeeled forest products cut crosswise not including woodchips, or abrasives or salt for highway winter maintenance. For legally licensed vehicles hauling these loads, no special permit is required during this period. Legally licensed means currently registered for 80,000 pounds, or the maximum gross vehicle weight, if less than 80,000 pounds.

Local county or township road maintenance authorities are responsible for determining when local and county roads are frozen or thawing. Questions related to frozen road conditions on local or county roads should be referred to the maintaining authority for those roads.

Call (608) 266-8417 for a recorded message of the current status of the frozen road declaration.

Map (6.2 MB) Updated 3/17/08

Suspension Declaration Updated 3/17/08

History Updated 3/17/08

Maintenance manual 37.05 Updated 12/5/02

Frozen road maximum axle weight limitations Updated 3/10/04

Temporary use of the raw forest products (RF) overweight permit

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Questions about weight restriction program and the content of this page:
Mike Sproul, michael.sproul@dot.state.wi.us
Questions about overweight/oversize permits:
Motor carrier services, oversize-permits.dmv@dot.state.wi.us, (608) 266-7320 
Last modified: May 5, 2008