Nebraska oversize permit office
Nebraska Department of Transportation - Permits Office (Oversize/Overweight Truck Permits). Call 402-471-0034, M-F, 7:30am-4:30pm, except holidays Central time.
From Nebraska's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Apply online
- Automated Truck Permit SystemSource
- How to get one
- Apply yourself online in the Automated Truck Permit System; office staff will not fill out the permit for you.
- Single trip fee
- Single trip - Overdimensional Only = $15.00; Single trip - Overweight Only = $20.00; Single trip - Overweight and Overdimensional = $25.00Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8 feet 6 inches · Height 14 feet 6 inches · Length Semi-trailer 53 feet; combination of vehicles 65 feet; single vehicle 40 feet · Weight 80,000 lbs on Interstate-designated routes; 94,000 lbs on US and State routesSource
- Superloads
- A load over 16 feet wide, 15 feet 11 inches high, 150 feet long, or over 160,000 pounds gross is a superload and needs review by the Lincoln Permit Office.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Oversize loads move only from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, unless the permit says otherwise.Source
- Holidays
- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. No oversize travel from noon the last workday before the holiday until sunrise the day after (2026: Memorial Day noon Fri May 22 to sunrise Tue May 26; Thanksgiving noon Wed Nov 25 to sunrise Mon Nov 30); the hours are printed on each permit. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 2 in Nebraska, such as Lincoln: Highways 2, 6, 34 and 77 inside city limits (not I-80): Mon-Fri 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. All of them