New Jersey

Escort Requirements:

When escorts are needed & number of escorts:

• One escort vehicle is required when the width, including load, exceeds 14’ and/or when the length exceeds 100’. A Lead escort is required on highways with fewer than 4 traffic lanes. A Chase escort is required for highways with 4 or more lanes.

• Two escort vehicles (Lead and Chase) are required when the width, including load, exceeds 16’ and/or when the length exceeds 120’.

• One additional escort vehicle is required when an oversize vehicle or combination of vehicles is traveling during the nighttime hours of sunset to sunrise.

• When the height, including load, exceeds 14’, utility employees need to be present if the load is conveyed along/across a public road or highway near the overhead wires of a street railway, traction company, or electric light or power company.

• When 3 escort vehicles are required, there will be one Lead pilot, one Chase pilot, and the third will travel in the adjacent lane alongside the escorted vehicles on all highways with 3 or more lanes. When 3 or more highway lanes are not available, the third escort vehicle will become an additional Chase pilot.

Super loads:

New Jersey no longer defines super loads.