Rhode Island oversize permit office
Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) - Permit Section, Oversize/Overweight Permits. Call 401-462-1384, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday except holidays Eastern time.
From Rhode Island'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 in the Rhode Island OSOW Permit Portal; the rules also allow applications by mail, phone, or fax.
- Single trip fee
- A trip fee of twenty dollars ($20) is charged for the movement of non-divisible vehicles or loads.Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width one hundred two (102) inches · Height one hundred sixty-two (162) inches · Length semi-trailers shall not exceed forty eight and one half feet (48'6") in length, excluding bumpers and accessories (no overall limit for tractor-semitrailer combinations) · Weight 80,000 pounds grossSource
- Superloads
- Loads bigger or heavier than the New England Transportation Consortium permit limits are 'extra large' moves and must be applied for at least five working days ahead.Source
- How fast
- Extra large vehicle or load applications must be in at least five (5) working days before the move; buildings at least seven (7) days before.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Move from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, Monday to Friday.Source
- At night
- No night moves, except overweight-only loads within legal size that can keep up with traffic.
- Weekends
- No moves from sunset Friday to sunrise Monday.
- Holidays
- New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Victory Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. No moves on the holiday; on a weekday holiday you may move until noon the day before; a Sunday holiday also closes Monday, and a Saturday holiday closes Friday after noon. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 1 in Rhode Island, such as All of I-195, and I-95 from the Massachusetts line to Route 37 (mobile/modular homes over 12 ft wide, construction equipment over 13 ft wide, cranes): Moves allowed only sunrise-7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. All of them