2006 Minnesota Statutes

169.832 WEIGHT LIMITATIONS ON DESIGNATED ROUTES.
    Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 8.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 9.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 10.[Repealed, 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 11. Designation of route. (a) The commissioner may designate any street or highway
route or segment of a route to carry the gross weights permitted under sections 169.822 to
169.829. Any designation of a route pursuant to this subdivision, other than a trunk highway
route, is subject to the approval of the local authority having jurisdiction over the route. A route
may not be designated if the commissioner finds that designation:
(1) creates an undue hazard to traffic safety; or
(2) is inconsistent with structural capacity of the route, including consideration of the volume
of traffic expected to occur on the route after designation.
(b) Notwithstanding any finding under paragraph (a), clause (2), the commissioner shall
designate any route which is needed to provide:
(1) a connection between significant centers of population or commerce, or between other
designated routes; or
(2) access to a transportation terminal; or
(3) temporary emergency service to a particular shipping or receiving point on the route.
(c) The commissioner may undesignate any route when continued designation is inconsistent
with the provisions of this subdivision, subject to the approval of any local authority having
jurisdiction over the route.
(d) Any route designation or undesignation shall be effective when adopted. The
commissioner may designate or undesignate any route when requested by any local authority
having jurisdiction over the route.
    Subd. 11a. Weight-limitation route designation by local government. Notwithstanding
subdivision 11, the governing body of a county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town may
designate any street or highway under its jurisdiction that has been designed and built to carry
such weights to carry weight permitted under sections 169.822 to 169.829. Designations by the
governing body of a county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town under this subdivision are
not subject to the approval of the commissioner.
    Subd. 12.[Repealed, 1981 c 81 s 2; 1981 c 321 s 12]
    Subd. 13.[Repealed, 1999 c 230 s 46]
History: 1977 c 248 s 7; 1981 c 81 s 1; 1981 c 321 s 5; 1986 c 398 art 13 s 10; 2004 c
295 art 1 s 11