Abnormal Loads

Are you planning on moving an Abnormal Load through or within Clackmannanshire? If so, find out what routes you should use below!

The road layout and structure in most urban areas has been designed to cater for a maximum size & weight of vehicle. The normal size & weight limits are contained in the Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulations 1986, and it is unlawful to exceed these.

However some loads are very large or heavy and cannot reasonably be divided up in either size or weight for the purposes of transport. These loads have to be transported on special vehicles, which are larger and heavier than normal lorries.

When loads do not comply with the Construction & Use Regulations, the following advance notification procedures apply:-

Weight limit of application	Roads & Bridges Authority Notice	Police Notice	Working Days Notice
Any maximum plated axle weight over 10,000kg or 11,500kg for drive axle	Yes		2 days, with indemnity to Roads & Bridges Authority
Any maximum plated motor vehicle weight over: 18,000kg 2 axle 26,000kg 3 axle 32,000kg 4 axle 40,000kg 5axle 44,000kg 6 axle (44,000kg 5 axle)(combined transport operation only)	Yes		2 days, with indemnity to Roads & Bridges Authority
Any maximum plated weight over 80,000kg	Yes (5 days)	Yes (2 days)	2 or 5 days, with indemnity to Roads & Bridges Authority

Vehicle Dimension	Roads & Bridges Authority Notice	Police Notice	Working Days Notice
Width of load or vehicle over 3m		Yes	2 days
Width of load or vehicle over 4.3m	Yes	Yes	5 days, with indemnity to Roads & Bridges Authority
Width of any lateral projection over 305mm either side of vehicle body		Yes	2 days
Length of vehicle or load over 18.75m (includes articulated vehicles)		Yes	2 days
Length of a combination of vehicles carrying the load over 25.9m		Yes	2 days
Length exceeding 30m rigid	Yes	Yes	5 days, with indemnity to Roads & Bridges Authority
Length of any forward or rearward projection beyond foremost or rearmost point of a vehicle carrying the load exceeds 3m		Yes

NOTE: There is no statutory limit governing the overall height of a load, however, wherever possible it should not exceed 4.95m (16' 3") in order that the maximum use can be made of the road network

If you are bringing an Abnormal Load through Clackmannanshire, check the Bridge Information document to determine if the route that you're planning to use is acceptable.

You MUST still contact the Roads & Transportaion Service and Central Scotland Police, before movement of the load.

ALLOA TOWN CENTRE

Vehicles passing through Alloa on the A907 should use the following route to bypass the town centre:-

Eastbound:- A907 Stirling Road - T/R @ ARNSBRAE Roundabout - Smithfield Loan - Mini Roundabout T/R Bellevue Road - T/L @ Caledonian Road - T/R @ Glasshouse Loan - cont Castle Street - T/R @ Lime Tree Walk - T/L @ Bowhouse Road - cont Forth Crescent - cont Devon Road - T/R @ Auld Brig Road - T/R @ Shillinghill Roundabout onto A907 Clackmannan Road.

Westbound:- The reverse of the above.

A map of this route can be downloaded from the document link below.