Minnesota oversize permit office
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations (OFCVO) - Permits. Call 651-296-6000, General information: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Trip logging (route approval) assistance: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Monday - Friday) Central time.
From Minnesota's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Apply online
- MnDOT Permitting and Routing SystemSource
- How to get one
- Order single trip, annual or seasonal permits online in MnDOT's permitting system; a single trip permit also needs route approval.
- Single trip fee
- Fee: $15 + Damage Assessment FeeSource
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8' - 6" · Height 13' - 6" · Length 75' - 0" (combination vehicles); 45' - 0" (single vehicles) · Weight 80,000 lbs.Source
- Superloads
- A load is a superload in Minnesota if it is over 16 feet high, 16 feet wide, 150 feet long or 250,000 lbs. GVW; superload review takes 5 business days to months.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- No daylight-only rule: in general, travel is not restricted unless the permit says otherwise.Source
- At night
- In the Twin Cities seven-county metro, loads wider than 16 ft may move only 12 a.m. to 5 a.m., Monday to Friday, unless the permit says otherwise.
- Weekends
- From Memorial Day to Labor Day, no travel statewide 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays and Sundays when wider than 12 ft 6 in or longer than 110 ft.
- Holidays
- Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Fishing Opener. Loads wider than 12 ft 6 in or longer than 110 ft may not travel from 2 p.m. the day before the holiday to 2 a.m. the day after; Fishing Opener 2026 is restricted 2 p.m. Fri May 8 to 2 a.m. Sat May 9 and 2 p.m. Sun May 10 to 2 a.m. Mon May 11. Overweight-only loads are not restricted unless the permit says so. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 3 in Minnesota, such as Minneapolis/St. Paul (Twin Cities) metro: Weekdays 6-8:30 a.m. and 3:30-6 p.m., when wider than 14 ft 6 in or longer than 110 ft, unless the permit says otherwise. All of them