RouteAllNew Jersey Oversize Load Signs, Flags And Lights
Sources Reviewed: October 23, 2026
New Jersey’s published equipment guidance makes sign placement depend on escort count. With no escort, signs are on the oversize combination; with escorts, the warning faces are distributed according to whether the car leads or follows. Do not reduce that layout to a universal truck-front-and-rear rule.
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What Banner Specification Does The Published Guidance Give?
N.J.A.C. 13:18-1.13 in the NJDOT courtesy copy specifies WIDE LOAD or OVERSIZE LOAD, black letters at least 10 inches high on yellow. Its overall minimum is 6 feet wide by 1 foot high. The SUPERLOAD-hosted March 2017 guidebook gives the same layout.
Those dates matter: the courtesy copy itself bears a 2018 expiration statement. Its equipment text agrees with the more recently indexed rule reproduction, but a driver should resolve any conflicting current permit instruction with the issuing authority rather than assuming an old PDF settles it.
Where Do Signs Go With Zero, One Or Two Escorts?
The published rule puts front and rear signs on the oversize combination when no escort is needed. With one escort, the outward warning is split between that car and the opposite end of the combination. With two, it identifies the front lead-car sign and rear following-car sign.
Write the roles onto the trip diagram. If the crew changes from a lead to a following arrangement, check the exposed warning faces again. A sign facing inward toward the convoy does not answer the approaching-public-traffic requirement.
What Does The State Guidance Say About Flags And Lamps?
Sections 1.14–1.15 specify red warning flags at least 18 inches square and illuminated low-beam headlamps and red tail lamps on escorts, towing and towed vehicles. The flag instructions distinguish corners from an irregular projecting load’s outer extremities.
Keep flags, required road lamps and special warning equipment as separate lines. Do not let a banner cover a lamp or plate. Resolve unusual cargo geometry with the carrier before attaching flags at convenient locations that do not represent the load.
Why Is A Toll-Road Or Crew Change A Separate Review?
New Jersey’s permit program distinguishes the state permit process from toll-authority approval. An equipment layout checked for one leg should not obscure the need to review the next authority’s actual conditions.
Give a relief crew the permit, current instructions and sign-position diagram together. If the readily available state guidebook is older than the issued packet, retain the packet and ask for clarification of the specific conflict. Do not solve it by selecting whichever summary is less restrictive.
How Can RouteAll Help Prepare This State Leg?
Import the issued New Jersey permit into RouteAll, review the extracted roads against the document and share the reviewed route with the crew. Use the permit packet to check marking conditions separately. RouteAll does not inspect warning equipment or certify compliance; a route shown in the app does not approve signs, flags or lamps.
Before You Roll
Confirm the escort count and positions, identify each outward-facing sign, and check flags and road lamps against the current permit before dispatch.
Further Reading
Sources And Scope
The accessible primary documents are dated March 2017 and a courtesy rule copy carrying a 2018 expiration statement. Their marking text was cross-checked with the current indexed rule reproduction; this is not a claim that either PDF was newly enacted in 2026. Follow the current issued conditions and obtain clarification of conflicts.
- NJDOT N.J.A.C. 13:18 Courtesy Copy — 1.13–1.15 equipment text; PDF bears a March 2018 expiration statement.
- New Jersey SUPERLOAD Guidebook, March 2017 — Agency-system-hosted equipment and placement diagrams.
- NJDOT Oversize And Overweight Vehicles — Current permit-program entry point and separate authority scope.