Alert: The following services will be unavailable on Saturday, January 5, 2013 from 12 a.m. (midnight) to 6 a.m. CST due to system maintenance.
Oversize-overweight permits
Apply for a permit
Permit information and requirements
- Determine if a permit is required
- Hours of operation for permitted vehicles
- Lighting, flagging and signage requirements
- Trans 252 - Escort vehicles
- Wisconsin Statute Chapter 348 - Vehicles - size, weight and load law
Forms and applications
Weight restriction program
Seasonal weight exemptions
- Frozen road exemption for unpeeled forest products, abrasives or salt
- Seasonal harvest exemption Chapter trans 348.17(5)
- Seasonal manure exemption Chapter trans 348.17(6)
Emergency permits
Bridge information for routing purposes
- Bridge height and weight map for multiple trip permit holders
- Bridge heights less than legal on Wisconsin highways
- Bridges with weight-postings on Wisconsin highways
Motor carrier enforcement and truck safety
- Hours-of-service regulation (U.S. DOT website)
- Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)
- Motor carrier enforcement
- Safety and weight enforcement facilities (SWEF)
- Wisconsin State Patrol home page
- Wisconsin State Patrol NE Region Escort - inspection request procedure
Maps and publications
- Official state trunk highway system maps
- Winter road conditions
- Wisconsin Commercial Driver’s Manual
- Wisconsin long truck operators map
- Wisconsin trucker’s guide
- Work zones and detour information
- Work zones all states (Federal Highway Administration)
If you have questions:
- Email: oversize-permits.dmv@dot.wi.gov
- Call: (608) 266-7320
- FAX: (608) 264-7751
- Write to the address below:
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Motor Carrier Services
PO Box 7980
Madison, WI 53707-7980
Questions about the content of this page:
Motor Carrier Services, oversize-permits.dmv@dot.wi.gov
Last modified: May
6, 2013
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