Minnesota Load Limit Spring restrictions

The ENDING DATE of Winter Load Increases and the STARTING DATE of Spring Load Restrictions on all highways in the NORTH-CENTRAL FROST ZONE will be Monday, March 12, 2012 at 12:01 AM.
The ENDING DATE of Winter Load Increases and the STARTING DATE of Spring Load Restrictions on all highways in the NORTH FROST ZONE will be Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 12:01 AM.
Spring Load Restrictions are already in effect in the SOUTHEAST, SOUTH and METRO FROST ZONES.
The STARTING DATE of Spring Load Restrictions in the CENTRAL FROST ZONE has already been announced (effective Friday, March 9, 2012 at 12:01 AM.)
Road Restriction maps indicating the locations of weight restricted routes and those state highways open to maximum ten-ton axle weights are listed on the MnDOT Seasonal Load Limits website at www.dot.state.mn.us/materials. Click on “Seasonal Load Limits,” then click on “Spring Load Restrictions (SLR).” Also available is a text list of the restricted segments along with exceptions to the map.
OVERWEIGHT PERMITS
No overweight permits are issued during the Spring Load Restriction period. Middle-range overweight permits become available within each frost zone when Spring Load Restriction is lifted. Full-summer overweight permits become available within each frost zone starting two to three weeks after Spring Load Restrictions are lifted.
For questions about enforcement call: Minnesota Department of Public Safety State Patrol - Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (651) 405-6196
For questions about over legal weight/size "heavy haul" trucking call: Minnesota Department of Transportation Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations - Oversize/Weight Permits (651) 296-6000
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The ending dates for Spring Load Restrictions are based on how weather is affecting roadway strength. These dates are established by monitoring roadway strength as weather conditions change. Therefore, the ending dates for Spring Load Restrictions are variable.
Note that the ending date of the Winter Load Increases is NOT directly tied to the start of Spring Load Restrictions, ALTHOUGH they COULD be the same date.
All changes are made with a minimum three-day notice.
As soon as a date is set, MnDOT will report this date on its 24-hour automated message center at 1-800-723-6543 for the USA and Canada, and locally at 651-366-5400 for the Minneapolis/St Paul area. This information is also published on the MnDOT Seasonal Load Limits website: www.dot.state.mn.us/materials.