Delaware oversize permit office
Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Division of Transportation Solutions - Hauling Permit Office. Call (302) 744-2700 Eastern time.
From Delaware's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Apply online
- DelDOT Oversize/Overweight Permit SystemSource
- How to get one
- Apply online in the DelDOT OSOW Permit System or through a third-party permit service; applications are not accepted by phone, in person or by fax.
- Single trip fee
- Load Code 1 Oversize (single trip): Fee - $30.00. Load Code 2 Overweight: $30.00 plus weight fee of $10.00 for each 8,000 lbs. or portion thereof over legal weight. Superload: $60.00 plus the same weight fee.Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8 feet - 6 inches · Height 13 feet - 6 inches · Length 53 feet semitrailer on Interstate and U.S. Routes; 60 feet combination on all other highways; 40 feet single motor vehicle · Weight 80K lbs for 5 or more axles (2 axles = 40K lbs.; 3 axles = 65K lbs.; 4 axles = 73280 lbs.)Source
- Superloads
- Your load is a superload if it is 15 feet or more wide, 15 feet or more high, 120 feet or more long, or weighs 120,000 lbs. or more.Source
- How fast
- Superload applications typically take 5 business days (length only) or 10 business days (width only) to process.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Oversize loads move sunrise to sunset, Monday through Sunday; sunrise and sunset are the National Weather Service times when the sun is first and last seen.Source
- At night
- Loads up to 75 ft long, 12 ft wide, 14 ft 6 in high and 120,000 lb may move 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday to Friday if the permit approves it; other night moves only if DelDOT authorizes them, with extra lights and escorts.
- Weekends
- Weekends are allowed; but from May 15 to October 1, loads that can't keep within 10 mph of the speed limit may not move from noon Friday to noon Monday on I-95, I-295, I-495, US 13, SR 1 (New Castle) and US 9, US 13, US 113, SR 1, SR 18, SR 24, SR 26, SR 54, SR 404 (Kent and Sussex).
- Holidays
- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day. No oversize or overweight moves on these days; DelDOT posts the exact days and hours each year on its OSOW permit system's Holiday Restrictions page. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 1 in Delaware, such as New Castle County: I-95, I-295, I-495, US 13, SR 1; Kent and Sussex: US 9, US 13, US 113, SR 1, SR 18, SR 24, SR 26, SR 54, SR 404: May 15-Oct 1, noon Friday to noon Monday, for loads that can't travel within 10 mph of the posted speed. All of them