Spring thaw restrictions · Wisconsin

Wisconsin Spring Thaw Weight Restrictions

Zone-based Class II restrictions of 6 tons single / 10 tons tandem, 24 tons gross. Announced by zone, and the same page also carries the frozen-road law, which moves in the opposite direction.

Check WisDOT — Seasonal weight restriction programs before you dispatch.

This page mirrors the state's publication with a timestamp; it is not the authority. Read 1 day(s) ago (2026-09-08). The document states no date of its own. Open the state's own page.

In force on 2026-09-09

Status unknown — check the state

We hold no confirmed restriction list for Wisconsin right now. That is not the same as "no restrictions" — open the state's page below.

The source, and how we read it

HTML table · Partly machine-readablePolled weekly (off season)
Publisher
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Authoritative page
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/com-drv-vehs/mtr-car-trkr/ssnl-wt-rsrctns/default.aspx
Format
HTML table — Partly machine-readable
What we do with it
Watched for change and linked. We do not synthesise a limit from a map or a PDF.
Posting season
01-15 to 05-15 — Wisconsin runs TWO opposed seasonal programmes on the same page. The frozen-road law RAISES limits in deep winter and can end at any thaw; Class II spring thaw restrictions then LOWER them on ~1,400 miles of state highway. 2026: Class II began Mar 6 (Zones 2-5) and Mar 10 (Zone 1), and ended Apr 30. Polling opens in mid-January because the frozen-road declaration ends, without notice, on the first warm spell.
Polling cadence today
Outside Wisconsin's posting window by 117 days — polled weekly, so an unscheduled restriction and a broken source are both found before the season opens.
If our copy goes stale
It errs toward showing a restriction the state has already lifted, because this source publishes only what is currently in force.

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