New Jersey oversize permit office
New Jersey Department of Transportation - Oversize/Overweight Permits (issued for the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission). Call 609.963.2085, 7:30 am and 4 pm, Monday through Friday Eastern time.
From New Jersey's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Apply online
- NJDOT at GotPermits (SUPERLOAD)Source
- How to get one
- Register your company on NJDOT at GotPermits and apply online; every application, even from a permit service or in person, is entered there.
- Single trip fee
- Base fee $10.00 for either an oversize or overweight single-trip permit; $20.00 for an oversize and overweight single-trip permit; plus $1.00 per foot over 14 feet wide or over 63 feet long, $5.00 per 2,000 pounds over the axle or gross limit, and $12.00 plus a 5% service charge per permit transaction.Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 102 inches · Height 13 feet, 6 inches · Length 53 feet (semitrailer in a tractor-semitrailer combination) · Weight 80,000 pounds grossSource
- How fast
- Some permits are issued by the system right away; ones sent for state or bridge review usually get a reply in 1 business day, but allow up to 3 business days.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Oversize permits are valid only from sunrise to sunset, and not when visibility is under 500 ft or roads are hazardous.Source
- At night
- No night moves (sunset to sunrise) unless the Chief Administrator grants a written waiver with the application; a load moving at night on a waiver needs one extra escort.
- Holidays
- New Year's Day, Friday before Memorial Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Friday before Labor Day, Labor Day, Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. No oversize moves all day on these days; a Sunday holiday also bans the following Monday, and a Saturday holiday bans the preceding Friday. Next datesSource