Georgia oversize permit office
Georgia Department of Public Safety, Oversize Permit Unit. Call (844) 837-5500, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
From Georgia's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- How to get one
- Order your permit online in GAPROS, or call the permit line at (844) 837-5500 during business hours.
- Single trip fee
- Standard Single Trip Permits–$30.00 (up to 16' width/height, 150,000 lbs.); Superload Single–$125.00; Superload Plus–$500.00; Mega Load–$500.00Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8'6" · Height 13'6" · Length 100 ft. (including overhang) · Weight 80,000 lbs. grossSource
- Superloads
- Your load is a superload if it is wider or taller than 16 ft, or weighs 150,001 lbs or more; over 180,000 lbs is a Superload Plus.Source
- How fast
- Superloads can take up to 3 days to approve, and Superload Plus permits up to 3 weeks.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Move only from 30 minutes after sunrise to 30 minutes before sunset unless your permit says otherwise, and never between 6-9 a.m. or 4-6 p.m. Monday to Friday.Source
- At night
- No night moves unless your permit says so; loads up to 125,000 lbs with no oversize dimensions may run around the clock except in bad weather and on the listed holidays.
- Weekends
- The page says moves may run Monday through Sunday but also lists travel days as Monday through Saturday; single-trip permit days do not count Sundays.
- Holidays
- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. No moves on the holiday itself; the state does not publish a longer window. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 1 in Georgia, such as Atlanta, inside I-285: No permitted loads inside or through the I-285 loop at any time unless picking up or delivering there (carry proof). All of them