Four reference guides for owner-operators and dispatchers who need the answer now, not a brochure. Every number below is read off an official state DOT publication and carries the date it was checked.
What each state DOT actually charges for a single-trip OS/OW permit — all 48, and why thirteen of them cannot be reduced to one number. Searchable, sortable, every figure dated and linked to its source.
8 min read · 48 statesNew Hampshire is lowest at $6, Ohio highest at $75. Thirteen states do not use a flat rate at all — they price on weight, width, envelope or distance.
Gross, single, tandem, tridem and quad for all 48, the bridge formula worked through, and the two states where the legal gross rises with the axle count — Michigan reaches 164,000 lbs at eleven. Plus what each state charges to go over.
9 min read · 48 statesThe federal baseline is 8'6" wide, 13'6" high, 53' trailer and 80,000 lbs — but that height figure is only right in about half the country. Where states go stricter, and the divisible-load rule that gets drivers ticketed.
6 min readEscort rules are a function of dimension and road tier — the same load can need a front escort on a two-lane and a rear escort on a multilane. Plus night, weekend and holiday blackouts.
7 min readThere is no federal definition — each state sets its own trigger, and they range from 14 to 18 feet wide. All 48 states’ triggers on width, height, length and weight, plus the 26 published review windows.
8 min read · 48 statesEach state's figures carry their own verification date. We re-read the source fee schedule on a rolling cycle and republish when a DOT changes a number, so a stale figure is dated rather than silently wrong.
Because we have not yet verified that state's figure against its own DOT publication. Publishing an estimate that looks authoritative is how every other permit blog ends up quoting numbers that are years out of date. Call us and we will price any state today.
No. Every figure in these guides is the state DOT's own fee. Permigo's flat $20 service fee per state permit is separate and always shown separately.
$20 flat per state permit. A permit agent answers, 7am–7pm CT, seven days a week.
