Alabama oversize permit office
Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Permit Office - Vehicle Enforcement Office, Oversize/Overweight Permits. Call 800-499-2782, Mon - Fri: 7am - 4:45pm (CST) Central time.
From Alabama's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- How to get one
- Order online in ALPASS, or fax the application to 334-832-9084, call the permit office, or go in person in Montgomery.
- Single trip fee
- General (W/H/L): up to 100,000 lbs. $20; 100,000-125,000 lbs. $40; 125,000-150,000 lbs. $70; over 150,000 lbs. $110. Weight only: 80,000-100,000 lbs. $10; 100,001-125,000 lbs. $30; 125,001-150,000 lbs. $60; over 150,000 lbs. $100. Over height only $10.Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 102 inches (on highways with lanes 12 feet or more; 96 inches on lanes under 12 feet) · Height 13 1/2 feet · Length 57 feet for a truck-semitrailer combination or a semitrailer including load; 40 feet for a single vehicle · Weight 80,000 pounds gross on the Interstate, including all enforcement tolerancesSource
- Superloads
- A load is a superload in Alabama if it is over 16 feet wide, 16 feet high, 150 feet long, or 300,000 lbs. gross.Source
- How fast
- Single trip permits have a two-hour turnaround, so you get your permit in less than two hours.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Permitted loads may move in daylight hours only; the rule does not define daylight.Source
- Weekends
- No travel at any time on Sundays.
- Holidays
- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. No travel at any time on these days. Next datesSource