2011 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 348. Vehicles--size, weight and load.
348.16 Weight limitations on class "B" highways.

348.16

348.16 Weight limitations on class "B" highways.

348.16(1)

(1) In this section:

348.16(1)(b)

(b) "Class `B' highway" includes those county trunk highways, town highways and city and village streets, or portions thereof, which have been designated as class "B" highways by the local authorities pursuant to s. 349.15.

348.16(2)

(2) Except as provided in sub. (3) and s. 348.175 and subject to any modifications made by a city of the first class pursuant to s. 349.15 (3), no person, without a permit therefor, shall operate on a class "B" highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles imposing wheel, axle, group of axles, or gross weight on the highway exceeding 60 percent of the weights authorized in s. 348.15 (3).

348.16(3)

(3) Any motor vehicle whose operation is pickup or delivery, including operation for the purpose of moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business or residence that has an entrance on a class "B" highway, may pick up or deliver on a class "B" highway without complying with the gross vehicle weight limitations imposed by sub. (2).

348.16 - ANNOT.

History: 1981 c. 312; 2001 a. 16; 2009 a. 177.