Kentucky oversize permit office
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Motor Carriers - Overweight/Over-Dimensional (OW/OD) Permits. Call (502) 564-1257, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time.
From Kentucky's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- How to get one
- Apply online on the Kentucky Overweight/Over-Dimensional Portal; permits are not issued over the phone.
- Single trip fee
- A Single Trip permit cost $60. (4% service fee for credit card payments; $3 fee for ACH.)Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8-FT and 06-IN on interstates and designated highways; 8-FT on all other state-maintained highways · Height 13-FT and 06-IN (car haulers 14-FT and 00-IN) · Length 53-FT semitrailer in a single semitrailer combination on interstates and designated highways; 65-FT overall combination on all other state-maintained highways · Weight 80,000 pounds gross (Class AAA highways; Class AA 62,000 pounds, Class A 44,000 pounds)Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- No daylight-only rule: permitted loads may travel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week unless the permit says otherwise; mobile homes may move in daylight hours only.Source
- At night
- Night moves are allowed for all permitted loads except mobile homes, unless the permit says otherwise.
- Weekends
- No weekend limits, except mobile homes may not move on Sunday (Monday through Saturday only).
- Rush-hour curfews
- 6 in Kentucky, such as Boone County: Mon-Fri 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. All of them