West Virginia oversize permit office
West Virginia Department of Transportation (Division of Highways) - Permit Section, Central Permit Office. Call (304) 558-9547, 7:30am – 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Eastern time.
From West Virginia's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Apply online
- WV GotPermitsSource
- How to get one
- Apply online at wv.gotpermits.com (West Virginia only, no convenience fee) or gotpermits.com (multi-state, convenience fee); if the route analysis passes you print the permit, otherwise it goes to the permit office. Walk-ins are also accepted in Charleston.
- Single trip fee
- $20.00 base fee plus $0.04 per ton-mile for overweight loads.Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8 feet 6 inches (Interstate, US, WV, and local service routes with lanes 10 feet or greater) · Height 13 feet 6 inches: All routes · Length 53 feet: Semitrailer · Weight 80,000 lbs gross (Interstate, no tolerance; US and WV routes, 10% tolerance); 65,000 lbs on local service routesSource
- Superloads
- Anything over single-trip limits is a superload: over 16' wide or 120,000 lbs gross (or axle limits of 28,000 single, 45,000 tandem, 50,000 tri, 55,000 quad).Source
- How fast
- Self-issued permits usually generate within a few minutes; standard single-trip permits are normally processed within 24 hours, and superloads need 48 hours or more.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Oversize loads move sunrise to sunset only.Source
- At night
- No night moves for oversize loads; only overweight-only loads (up to 110,000 lbs on the Turnpike, 135,000 lbs elsewhere) may run 24 hours on request.
- Weekends
- Loads up to 14 ft wide may move seven days (weekend travel on request; not on the Turnpike unless within its limits); wider loads move Monday-Friday only, and loads over 16 ft wide only Sunday mornings until noon.
- Holidays
- Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day. No travel on the holiday; for Memorial Day and Labor Day, no travel Saturday through Monday (per WVDOH's 2024 high travel days list). Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 8 in West Virginia, such as Charleston area: I-64 Exits 39-85, I-77 Exits 85-106, US-119 from Ruth to I-64, and all routes within 5 miles of Charleston (escorted loads): Daylight saving time: none 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m.; Eastern Standard Time: travel only 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All of them