Permit advice: Business or Bypass?

If the State DOT issued the Permit with the route you are to take, then follow the permitted route. If you don't follow the permitted route issued by the state then you can be ticketed for being off route. There may be road factors/construction/etc that is the reason they route you the way they do.

 

Oh boy....just wait till some of the super truckers on here get word that your under 10 wide and running a beacon.......

 

Stay on the truck route. 278B is not the same as 278.

B would be the business route. Permits will say Bypass after the highway number.

 

Usually, the business route was the old highway and the current highway was the bypass built around the town.

 

Phone number on Arkansas permit, call and ask.

Remember you are not wider than your mirrors, relax.

 

A "NO THRU TRUCKS" sign generally means just that, but you need to follow that permit. If the truck route around has construction and is temporarily width restricted, they might just route you through town in which case your permit trumps that sign.

If in doubt, pick up the phone.

 

Find Colorado City,TX on the map.

We were routed up US87 from San Angelo heading to Lubbock. 53 meter blades. But 87 was under construction and they routed us US87,TX163, i20B, TX 208 to US84.

Oneof the guys didn't read his permits and followed his dumb front car straight into that heavy construction on 87, nw of 163. Where 163 goes through the middle of the town, that road used to be marked TX208B. Two trucks went through that and got stopped by the cops and made the local news. 208 used to be marked 208 Bypass, but now, it's plain ol 208. When we went through there, the sign designated 208 as the TRUCK ROUTE. There's a huuuge difference between 208B and 208 Bypass. B is usually the business route. Bypass will be marked BYPASS on the permit.

Why would they ever route an oversized through a Business Route?

Look on the map of Dallas/Fort Worth. We were routed up i45, i20, i820, us287B, us287 to Amarillo. That's the common superload route. There was massive construction (still is, 8years later) on the north side of FtWorth where 287 comes off i35w. Yes, there are a couple stop lights, but it's straight roads and easy access for the biggest of loads. And it bypassed all of that tight, crazy construction the DFW area is known for.

Anyway, looking at a road atlas still needs to be done, because some times, the routing isn't clear. You want to be that guy that never misses. It means extra money in the long run.

Luck in battle.