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Kentucky Oversize Permits Phone Number (972) 220-9831

Validity: Kentucky Oversize Permits are valid for ten days.

Operating Time: Continue travel is allowed 24 hours in a week including Saturday Sunday Except for the restrictions (see restricted travel) and super loads.

Restricted Travel: Travel is restricted between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM, as well as 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM, in Boone, Kenton, or Campbell Counties (Greater Cincinnati region), Jefferson County (mainly Louisville), Fayette County (Greater Lexington), and on the KY 2155 bridge connecting Kentucky and Indiana.

Kentucky Legal Dimensions

Length: 53’ for trailer and load on designated routes and interstate 65’ for truck and trailer on other routes.

Overhang: 5’ for rear at 48’ trailer, 53’ semi-trailer and load.

Width: 8′ on designated routes and 8’ 6″ on non-designated routes and interstate.

Height: 13′ 6″

Weight: 80,000lbs gross weight
Single Axle_20,000lbs.
Tandem Axles_34,000lbs.
Tridem Axles_48,0000lbs.

Types of Oversize Permits

Maximum Load Dimensions with permits in Kentucky

Length: Up to 110’ on four-lane routes and 75’ on two-lane routes.
Overhang: The trailer length is rounded to the right next’, using 1/3 additions. The total overhang cannot exceed 35′.
Width: 16’
Height: 15′ 6”
Note: Loads higher than 15′-6″ are not allowed to pass through Kentucky. If the carrier can arrange a safe route, a one-time permission may be given, however these permits are seldom provided.

Weight: Single Axle_24,000lbs.
Tandem Axles_45,000lbs / 5 axles_48,000lbs / 6 more.
Tridem Axles_60,000lbs.
Quad Axles_80,000lbs.
5 Axles_96,000lbs Gross.
6 Axles_120,000lbs Gross.
7 Axles_134,000 to 140,000 on other routes and 120,000lbs on two-lane routes. On a four-lane route, a booster axle should be utilized instead of a rear tridem if the weight exceeds 134,000lbs.
Note: These weights are differently depending on routes.

Superload: Weighing approximately 300,000 pounds gross does not qualify you as a superload.

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Contact Unique Permits:

Call the customer service number provided on the Unique Permits website.

Provide Details:

Share the necessary details about your vehicle and load, including dimensions, weight, and route.

Provide Payment Authorization

Complete the payment process over the phone using your preferred payment method.

Permit Agent Processing

Once processed, you will receive your oversize permit via email or fax.

Sings, Lights and flags Requirements and Additional Information in Kentucky


Sings, Lights and flags Requirements: Loads over 10′-6″ in width need “Oversize Load” signage. Any large load needs flags at all four corners. Flags are required for excessive lengths, but no signage are needed.

Additional Information: Blades, buckets, and similar things wider than 14′ must be removed, although they may be raised with the load. Smaller things may be separated and carried with the load, regardless of their additional weight.

Escort or Pilot Car Requirements in Kentucky

Length:
•More than 75’ to 85’ on two-lane routes needed 1 pilot car.
•More than 85’ on two-lane routes needed 1 front and 2 rear pilot cars.
•More than 120’ on four-lane or more lane divided routes needed 3 pilot cars.

Overhang: More than 10’ on two-lane route, four-lane routes and more lane divided routes needed 1 pilot car. Some routes may need two pilot cars.

Width:
•More than 10’ 6” to 12’ on two-lane routes needed 1 pilot car.
•More than 12’ on four-lane or more lane divided routes needed 1 pilot car.
•More than 12’ to 14’ on two-lane routes needed 2 pilot cars.
•More than 14’ on four-lane or more lane divided routes may need 2 pilot cars.
•More than 16’ on four-lane or more lane divided routes needed 3 pilot cars.

Height: More than 14’ 11” on two-lane, four-lane or more lane divided routes needed 1 pilot car for front with high pole.

You may reach the Kentucky Overweight/Over-Dimensional Permit Office at (972) 220-9831.

Vehicles that exceed the legal size and weight restrictions need a special permission. Without a permission, the maximum dimensions are normally 8’ 5” feet wide and 13’ 5” to 14’ 5” feet high.

The maximum permitted width of a load without a permission is 8’ 5” feet.

This permit enables temporary use of Kentucky roadways for up to ten days. It is often used for short-term purposes such as KYU, IFTA, and IRP permits.

The maximum length for a single unit vehicle is 45 feet, whereas a tractor-semitrailer combination is 65 feet.

Vehicles without a special authorization have a maximum width of 8’ 5” feet.

Trailers must follow the same size and weight requirements as other vehicles. The maximum measurements without a permission are 8’ 5” feet wide and 13’ 5” to 14’ 5” feet high.

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