Florida oversize permit office
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), State Maintenance Office - State Permit Office (Over-Weight Over-Dimension Permits). Call (850) 410-5777, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday (no Saturday hours since January 01, 2024) Eastern time.
From Florida's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Apply online
- Permit Application System (PAS)Source
- How to get one
- Apply online in the Permit Application System (PAS) and print your trip permit once paid; a paper application by mail or walk-in is also available.
- Single trip fee
- Trip permit (10 days), overdimension: $5.00 up to 12 feet wide, 13 feet 6 inches high or 85 feet long; $15.00 up to 14 feet wide, 14 feet 6 inches high or 95 feet long; $25.00 up to 14 feet wide, 18 feet high or 120 feet long, and over. Overweight: $0.27 Per Mile up to 95,000 pounds, rising to $0.47 Per Mile up to 162,000 pounds, then $0.003 Per 1,000 Pounds Per Mile; plus $3.33 administrative cost over 80,000 pounds and a $5.00 transmission fee when applicable.Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 102" · Height 13'6" (14' for automobile transporters) · Length Single-unit vehicle 40'; truck tractor with semi-trailer which exceeds 48' with a kingpin distance which exceeds 41' needs a permit; straight truck with trailer 68' · Weight Legal limits established in Florida Statutes 316.535 (80,000 pounds overall gross, including all enforcement tolerances)Source
- How fast
- Trip permits for loads up to 16 feet wide, 18 feet high, 150 feet long and 200,000 pounds (140,000 pounds for self-propelled equipment) can be self-issued in PAS with no Permit Office review, if you route with the PAS GIS map.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Loads over 10 ft wide, 14 ft 6 in high or 80 ft long move in daytime only (the rule does not define daytime hours); up to 10 ft wide may move any day in daytime.Source
- At night
- Night moves only when FDOT's district traffic office recommends or requires it, with police escorts and lights outlining the load.
- Weekends
- Unless the permit says otherwise, no moves on weekends.
- Holidays
- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day. No moves all day on the holiday; a Saturday holiday also closes the Friday before, a Sunday holiday also closes the Monday after. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 1 in Florida, such as Congested areas (not named in the rule): Peak traffic hours (not defined): no loads over 12 ft wide or over 85 ft long unless the permit allows it. All of them