Utah oversize permit office
Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), Motor Carrier Division - Trucking (Oversized, Overweight) Permits. Call (801) 965-4892, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Weekends & State/Federal Holidays. Mountain time.
From Utah's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- How to get one
- Buy the permit online with a major credit card before you enter Utah, and carry it (paper or electronic) in the truck.
- Single trip fee
- Single Trip $60.00 (combination overweight/oversize non-divisible load permit up to 125,000 GVW); over 125,000 pounds GVW: minimum $80.00, maximum $540.00 by fee tableSource
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8 foot 6 inches · Height 14 feet · Length 53 feet semi-trailer (no overall limit for a tractor-semitrailer with a trailer 53 feet or less) · Weight 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weightSource 1Source 2
- Superloads
- Loads over 17'6" high, over 17' wide, or over 300,000 lbs. gross get extra processing, only Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mountain Time.Source
- How fast
- Loads over the superload thresholds may take up to 14 days to approve.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Daylight means half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset; bigger loads may move only in daylight.Source
- At night
- Night moves need a pilot escort and extra lights; not allowed at night over 14 ft wide (freeway) or 12 ft wide (secondary), or over 105 ft long, 14 ft 6 in high or 10 ft overhang.
- Holidays
- Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day. Loads over 12 ft wide, 105 ft long or 14 ft 6 in high stop from 2 p.m. the day before until sunrise the day after; for Monday holidays, stop 2 p.m. Friday to midnight, travel Saturday sunrise to Sunday midnight, then stop until Tuesday sunrise. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 6 in Utah, such as Highways south of Perry Willard Interchange (I-15 Exit 357) (loads over 12 ft wide, 105 ft long or 14 ft 6 in high): Mon-Fri 6-9 a.m. and 3:30-6 p.m. (Mountain). All of them