Colorado Oversize/Overweight Permits
The CO DOT is in authority of handling a variety of permits including legal dimensions, routine permit limits, and escort requirements, login, phone number operating times and restricted travel for state’s roads.
Colorado DOT Office ph# (515-897-0698) For More Information
Colorado Oversize Permits can be ordered at the Colorado state website or by calling Phone Number: 515-897-0698
Colorado Permit Regulatory Office
What are Colorado Oversize Permits?
Colorado requires oversize permits for vehicles and loads exceeding the standard legal size and weight limits on its roads. These licenses guarantee that huge loads be transported effectively and legally, while also security facility integrity and public safety.
– Colorado Single Trip Permits: These permits are issued for one-time travel within the state.
– Colorado Annual Permits: Offers long-term authority for the transportation of heavy loads on a regular basis.
– Colorado Overhang Permits: Control weights that extend beyond the front or rear of the vehicle.
– Colorado Overweight Permits: Allowance for loads that exceed regular weight limitations.
Colorado Permits: Oversize permits in Colorado are valid for five consecutive travel days. A permit is necessary to enter the state.
Colorado Operating Hours: from half hour before sunrise until after half hour sunset. Loads up to 12 feet wide can move at night as long as they have the right lighting (see below for marks, flags, and lights). For night travel, loads bigger than 12 feet but less than 14 feet need a guard.
Colorado Limited Travel: The appendix that comes with the large permit lists the curfew times. The tallest thing that can be on I-70 at the Eisenhower Tunnel is 13 feet 11 inches. Over-height loads have to go around the tunnel on US6. If your load is bigger than 11 feet, you have to stop and ask for permission to go through the tunnel. bigger loads can still use it, though. Loads coming into or leaving Denver on city streets need a city pass, but Denver takes a long time to process these (about two to three days on average).
Colorado Legal Dimensions and Routine Permit Limits
Colorado Legal Dimensions | Width | 8’6″ | | Height | 14’6″ (13’ non-designated roads) | |Overhang| Front 4’ rear 10’ &more than 4’rear requires lights for night travel | Length | 57′4” on trailer, highways & legal load| | Weight | 80,000lbs (gross) on interstate and 85,000lbs non-interstate, Steering axle20,000lbs Single – 20,000lbs, Tandem 36,000lbs, Tridem 54,000|
Colorado Routine Permit Limits
| Width | 17’ | | Height | 16’ more than 14’ 6” road survey required| | Length | 130’ for 4 lane| | Weight |Single 22,000 to 27,000lbs, Tandem 42,000 to 50,000lbs, Tridem 55,000 to 70,000lbs & Quad 60,000 to 75,000lbs| The maximum weights that can be used vary based on the type of road and the distance between the axles. Superloads are loads wider than 17 feet or weighing more than 200,000 pounds. They need to be approved for 6 to 10 days.
Colorado Oversize All Permit Fees
| Oversize single-trip | $15⁵ | | Oversize 30-day | $30⁵ | | Oversize/overweight single-trip | $75⁵ | | Oversize/overweight 30-day | $75⁵ | | Oversize annual | $360⁵ | | Oversize/overweight annual | $600⁵ |
Colorado Oversize Permits Escorts
| Length | - More than 85 feet on some two- and four-lane roads – one escort - Over 110 feet on a two-lane road or over 115 feet on a road with four or more lanes—one escort |Overhang| - 25’ more than – 1 escort | Width | - more than 13 feet on interstate highways—needs either a rear escort or an amber light that flashes at the back. - The following rules usually apply to most routes (called "green routes"); some smaller routes may have extra rules: Highways with two lanes: Width: - People over 13 feet must have an aide or an amber light flashing at the back. - Over 15 feet—needs two guards or one front guard and an amber light flashing at the back. Highways with four lanes: Width: - If you are over 13 feet, you need either a rear guard or an amber light that flashes at the back. - Over 15 feet—needs two guards or one front guard and an amber light flashing at the back. | Heights | For heights beyond 13′-6″, a route study may be needed; however, an escort is often not necessary. Instruction: All pilot car vehicles in Colorado are required to be at least 60 inches wide.
Instruction: All pilot car vehicles in Colorado are required to be at least 60 inches wide.
In addition to: If the load is too big to legally move with or without the blade, the dozer blade can be taken off and put on the same cart as the dozer. Colorado Chain Law: All business vehicles, including truck tractors, that drive on I-70 between Dotsero (milepost 133) and Morrison (milepost 259) from September 1 to May 31 must have enough chains to follow Colorado's chain law. Fines may be given for not following the rules. Tractor-trailers with tandem, tridem, or quad trailers that carry items that can be broken down and are heavier than the weight limit can now get permits. Loads that are too big or too heavy must have "Oversize Load" signs on the front and back of them. They aren't needed and shouldn't be used just for heavy loads. Wide or long loads need flags on all four sides and at the end of any extra 4 feet of length. For traveling at night with big loads, the front of the vehicle needs to have a bright orange light, and the back needs to have two or three of them. After dark, loads that are too long or have an overhang in the back (over 10 feet) can go with a bright amber light on the front of the car and one to three cluster lights on the overhang (red for rear overhang, amber for front overhang). For overnight overhang travel (10′ or less back overhang but more than 4′), the end of the load projection must have a red light or lamp that can be seen from 500 feet away.
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| Width | 8’6″ | 17’ | | Height | 14’6″ designated roads & 13’ non designated| 16′ more than 14’6” road survey required| | Length | 57′4” on designated road,| 130’ | |Overhang| 4’ front, 10’ rear & more than 4’ rear required for night travel | | Weight | 80,000lbs (gross), Steering axle 20,000, Single 20,000lbs, Tandem – 36,000lbs, Tridem 54,000lbs | Single-22,000 to 27,000lbs, tandem 42,000 to 50,000lbs, Tridem 55,000 to 65,000lbs & Quad 60,000 to 72,000lbs. Learn more For detailing information
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How to Obtain Colorado Oversize Permits - Online: Apply through the CO DOT system website. - Phone: Contact the permit office at 515-897-0698 - In-Person: Visit Port of Entry locations or the Central Commercial Vehicle Permit Office¹.
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Frequently asked about Colorado Oversize Permits
When the load exceeds legal dimension or size, its called oversize load then you need an oversize permit for operate legally in state or province
You will need an Oversize Permit when your vehicle or load exceeds the legal width, height, length, or weight limits that set by state or provincial guidelines. We can help you determine if your load requires an oversize permit, contact us at 515-897-0698 to get your Oversize or Overweight permit,
Our permit services start at just $25. Prices are depending on configuration of your load or type of permit, the state or province, and the specifics of the load.
Permit processing times is depending by state and province, but we strive to provide fast and reliable services to ensure your permits are ready quickly, often within the same day.
A Superload permit is required for vehicles or loads that are too big or heavy or exceed standard oversize or overweight limits, typically it involving complex routing and special requirements.
