Kentucky Overweight Permit

May 21, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
You need a Kentucky Overweight Permit when your truck, trailer, or load exceeds Kentucky’s legal weight limits on public highways.
Kentucky Overweight Permit

A permit is required when you exceed any of these limits:

  • Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW): over 80,000 lbs

  • Single axle: over 20,000 lbs

  • Tandem axle: over 34,000 lbs

  • Tridem or quad axle groups exceeding Kentucky axle formulas

  • Bridge formula limits exceeded
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