The Alabama answer
Legal limits
First escort trigger
- Width
- over 12'rev. · read · lowest across road classes
- Height
- over 15'6"rev. · read
- Length
- over 90'rev. · read
- Rear overhang
- over 5'rev. · read
- Gross weight
- over 300,000 lbundated document · read
What the paper costs
- Single-trip base
- $10 · caveat ↓rev. · read
- Transaction / card
- $4 · caveat ↓rev. · read
- How overweight is priced
- Graduated weight bandsrev. · read
- Superload above
- 300,000 lb and up · caveat ↓undated document · read
The short version: a Alabama single-trip permit starts at $10 before bands, overweight and the transaction charge; an escort is first required at over 12' wide; and the load becomes a superload at over 300,000 lb. Everything below carries the Alabama document it came from, that document's own revision date, and the date we read it.
1. Where the load goes next
The jurisdictions this one borders, each chip carrying the fact that decides whether that crossing is the expensive one — so the row is itself a small comparison. A multi-state lane is the actual job, and from here it is one click per state rather than a return to an alphabetical index.
2. Alabama legal limits
Anything over one of these needs a permit. Every value links to the document that sets it.
| Measure | Legal limit |
|---|---|
| Width | 8'6"rev. · read SB110, effective 2025-10-01, states a flat 102 in "exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices approved by the Department of Transportation". Ala. Admin. Code r. 450-3-1-.02 still states 8 ft on roads with lanes under 12 ft and 8 ft 6 in on roads with 12 ft lanes — see `al-legal-width-conflict`. |
| Height | 13'6"rev. · read "No vehicle, semitrailer, or trailer shall exceed in height 13 1/2 feet, including load." Alabama is one of the lower height states — a 13 ft 9 in load that is legal in Washington or Missouri needs a permit here. |
| Semitrailer length | Not yet covered |
| Overall length | None published |
| Kingpin to rear axle | None published |
| Front overhang | 5'rev. · read The administrative code's reading — five feet at each end. SB110 reads as five feet in TOTAL across both ends; see `al-overhang-total-vs-each-end-conflict`, which fires whenever the two readings can differ. The per-end figure is used here because it is the only one the model can hold, and it is the reading that flags FEWER loads as over the limit, so it does not manufacture an over-dimension the state may not assert. |
| Rear overhang | 5'rev. · read Same rule and same conflict as the front overhang. Note that an escort is separately required over five feet of rear overhang, so this limit and the escort trigger sit on the same number. |
| Gross weight | 80,000 lbrev. · read "the overall gross weight may not exceed 80,000 pounds, including the allowable load tolerance." This is the INTERSTATE ceiling and the tolerance is already inside it — it must not receive the one-tenth calculation again. The same provision applies W=500 (LN/(N-1) + 12N + 36) to any group of two or more consecutive axles, which can bind below 80,000 lb; that is checked separately in `bridgeFormula.ts`. Off the Interstate, Alabama uses a Computed Gross Weight Table plus a one-tenth tolerance instead — see `al-non-interstate-limits-unknown`. |
| Single axle | 20,000 lbrev. · read Interstate ceiling, "including the allowable load tolerance". The non-Interstate base is also 20,000 lb but takes the separate one-tenth tolerance on top. |
| Tandem axle | 34,000 lbrev. · read Interstate ceiling, "including the allowable load tolerance". Alabama publishes NO flat non-Interstate tandem figure — the statute uses axle count, spacing and its Computed Gross Weight Table instead — which is a recorded unknown, not an omission. |
3. The Alabama escort ladder
Not one number per dimension — the whole staircase. Each row is a condition the state actually publishes, what it requires when that condition holds, and the clause it comes from. Where a rule requires escorts and the source states no number, the row says that in the source's own words rather than reporting no requirement.
| When | What is required | Source |
|---|---|---|
| rear overhang over 5' | 1 certified escort1 behind |
"Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one …rev. · read |
| front overhang of 10' or more | 1 certified escort1 in front |
"Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one …rev. · read |
| the road is “divided” or “interstate” or “multilane undivided” and width from 12' (exclusive) to 14' | 1 certified escort1 behind |
">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Road…rev. · read |
| the road is “two lane” and width over 12' and width from 12' (exclusive) to 14' | 1 certified escort1 in front |
">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Road…rev. · read |
| width over 14' | 2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind |
"Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one …rev. · read |
| height over 15'6" | 1 certified escort1 in frontHeight pole requiredAdvisory: The administrative code calls it a "height indicator" and ALDOT's presentation calls it a "Height Pole". Neither publishes a construction, mounting or calibration specification — no material, no required clearance above the load, no mounting method — so nothing has been assumed about the equipment beyond the requirement to carry it. |
"Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one …rev. · read |
| width over 16' or height over 16' or overall length over 150' or gross weight over 300,000 lb | Escorts required; the source states no number — at least 2. Published as: “A minimum of two (2) State Trooper or Police Escorts are required for all Superloads. Additional Trooper escorts may be required under certain conditions.”Cannot be reduced to a number: ALDOT: "A minimum of two (2) State Trooper or Police Escorts are required for all Superloads. Additional Trooper escorts may be required under certain conditions." The memorandum does not say where those two ride for a width-, height- or weight-triggered superload — only the length trigger over 150 ft has published positions — so no position is asserted. A detailed route survey is required for every superload, performed by the applicant or its agent at the applicant's cost, and a weighted superload additionally needs a Special Work Authorization so ALDOT's Bridge Rating Office can analyse every structure on the route. Neither the survey nor the Special Work Authorization has a published cost, and no separate superload permit surcharge appears on ALDOT's fee sheet. Most superloads must travel between 9:00 PM and 6:00 AM Sunday through Thursday unless the permit office approves otherwise. |
superload at width 16 ft, height 16 ft, lengt…undated document · read |
| overall length from 90' (exclusive) to 125' | 1 certified escort1 behind |
">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Road…rev. · read |
| overall length over 125' | 2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind |
">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Road…rev. · read |
| overall length over 150' | 1 police escort in front1 police escort behindCannot be reduced to a number: Ala. Admin. Code r. 450-3-1-.05: "Front and rear law enforcement escorts are required for lengths in excess of 150 feet." These are troopers, not pilot cars. ALEA charges a $200.00 administrative fee for each escort application, $100.00 per hour per arresting officer with a four-hour minimum, mileage at the current IRS rate calculated from each officer's residence or office and back, $12.00 subsistence for an escort over four hours, $12.75 per diem for 6–12 hours and $34.00 for 12 hours or more. Billable time starts 30 minutes before the scheduled start and ends 30 minutes after completion. Cancelling more than 24 hours out costs $200.00; cancelling inside 24 hours costs $200.00 plus four hours' pay per assigned officer. The hours cannot be known in advance and the IRS mileage rate is not a fixed published figure, so no law-enforcement amount is included in the permit total. Note also that r. 450-3-1-.05 assigns private front and rear escorts over 125 ft and law-enforcement front and rear over 150 ft without saying whether the private pair is still required above 150 ft; both readings are on the table and neither has been adopted. |
"Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one …rev. · read |
The first trigger in each dimension
| Measurement | First escort trigger | First police escort trigger |
|---|---|---|
| Width | over 12'rev. · read · varies by road class | None published |
| Height | over 15'6"rev. · read | None published |
| Length | over 90'rev. · read | over 150'rev. · read |
| Rear overhang | over 5'rev. · read | None published |
| Gross weight | over 300,000 lbundated document · read | None published |
The same rules restated in plain sentences28 rules
- Over 12 ft up to 14 ft wide on a two-lane road — one front escort — ">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Roads, or 1 Rear Escort on Multi-lane Highways."; ">90’ – 125’ = 1 Rear Escort"; ">125’ = 1 Front Escort and 1 Rear Escort"; ">15’6” = 1 Front Escort with Height Pole" rev. · read
- Over 12 ft up to 14 ft wide on a multi-lane highway — one rear escort — ">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Roads, or 1 Rear Escort on Multi-lane Highways."; ">90’ – 125’ = 1 Rear Escort"; ">125’ = 1 Front Escort and 1 Rear Escort"; ">15’6” = 1 Front Escort with Height Pole" rev. · read
- Over 14 ft wide — one front and one rear escort on all roads — "Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one (1) front and one (1) rear escort on all roads."; height indicator over 15'6"; law-enforcement escorts over 150 ft; rear escort over 5 ft rear overhang; front escort at 10 ft or more front overhang rev. · read
- Over 15 ft 6 in high — one front escort carrying a height indicator — "Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one (1) front and one (1) rear escort on all roads."; height indicator over 15'6"; law-enforcement escorts over 150 ft; rear escort over 5 ft rear overhang; front escort at 10 ft or more front overhang rev. · read
- Over 90 ft up to 125 ft long — one rear escort — ">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Roads, or 1 Rear Escort on Multi-lane Highways."; ">90’ – 125’ = 1 Rear Escort"; ">125’ = 1 Front Escort and 1 Rear Escort"; ">15’6” = 1 Front Escort with Height Pole" rev. · read
- Over 125 ft long — one front and one rear escort — ">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Roads, or 1 Rear Escort on Multi-lane Highways."; ">90’ – 125’ = 1 Rear Escort"; ">125’ = 1 Front Escort and 1 Rear Escort"; ">15’6” = 1 Front Escort with Height Pole" rev. · read
- Rear overhang over 5 ft — one rear escort — "Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one (1) front and one (1) rear escort on all roads."; height indicator over 15'6"; law-enforcement escorts over 150 ft; rear escort over 5 ft rear overhang; front escort at 10 ft or more front overhang rev. · read
- Front overhang of 10 ft or more — one front escort — "Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one (1) front and one (1) rear escort on all roads."; height indicator over 15'6"; law-enforcement escorts over 150 ft; rear escort over 5 ft rear overhang; front escort at 10 ft or more front overhang rev. · read
- Over 150 ft long — front and rear law-enforcement escorts — "Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one (1) front and one (1) rear escort on all roads."; height indicator over 15'6"; law-enforcement escorts over 150 ft; rear escort over 5 ft rear overhang; front escort at 10 ft or more front overhang rev. · read
- Superload — a minimum of two State Trooper or police escorts, position unpublished — superload at width 16 ft, height 16 ft, length 150 ft or weight 300,000 lb; two State Trooper escorts minimum; bucket truck over 16'5"; utility notification over 16'6"; detailed route survey for all superloads undated document · read
- Over 16 ft 5 in high — a bucket truck is required, and over 16 ft 6 in utility notification may be too — superload at width 16 ft, height 16 ft, length 150 ft or weight 300,000 lb; two State Trooper escorts minimum; bucket truck over 16'5"; utility notification over 16'6"; detailed route survey for all superloads undated document · read
- A house over 17 ft high — route survey and utility notification — "Houses greater than seventeen (17) feet in height require a route survey and utility notification." rev. · read
- Between 8 ft and 8 ft 6 in wide — the statute and the administrative code disagree about whether a permit is needed on a narrow-laned road — 102 in width; 13 1/2 ft height; 28 1/2 ft doubles; 65 ft car hauler; 80 ft stinger-steered; overhang "a total of five feet beyond both the front and rear, inclusive"; Interstate axle and gross limits including the allowable load tolerance rev. · read
- Truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer units — 28 ft each in the administrative code and 28 ft 6 in in the statute — "LEGAL WIDTH: Eight (8) feet wide on roads with less than twelve (12) foot lanes; eight (8) feet and six (6) inches on roads with at least twelve (12) foot lanes."; 40/57/28 ft lengths; 65 ft car haulers, 75 ft stinger-steered; "LEGAL OVERHANG (FRONT AND REAR): Five (5) feet." rev. · read
- Stinger-steered automobile transporters — 75 ft in the administrative code and 80 ft in the statute — 102 in width; 13 1/2 ft height; 28 1/2 ft doubles; 65 ft car hauler; 80 ft stinger-steered; overhang "a total of five feet beyond both the front and rear, inclusive"; Interstate axle and gross limits including the allowable load tolerance rev. · read
- Overhang at both ends, or over 5 ft at one end — the statute allows five feet in total and the administrative code reads as five feet at each end — 102 in width; 13 1/2 ft height; 28 1/2 ft doubles; 65 ft car hauler; 80 ft stinger-steered; overhang "a total of five feet beyond both the front and rear, inclusive"; Interstate axle and gross limits including the allowable load tolerance rev. · read
- Gross weight exactly 80,000 lb — the fee sheet puts it inside the first overweight band and the administrative code starts that band a pound higher — Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "A fee of $4 will be added to each credit card transaction" rev. · read
- Gross weight exactly 100,000 lb — ALDOT’s General table gives this load two different fees — Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "A fee of $4 will be added to each credit card transaction" rev. · read
- Gross weight exactly 125,000 lb — ALDOT’s General table gives this load two different fees — Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "A fee of $4 will be added to each credit card transaction" rev. · read
- Exactly 12 ft wide — the presentation starts the escort band above 12 ft and the administrative code starts it at 12 ft — ">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Roads, or 1 Rear Escort on Multi-lane Highways."; ">90’ – 125’ = 1 Rear Escort"; ">125’ = 1 Front Escort and 1 Rear Escort"; ">15’6” = 1 Front Escort with Height Pole" rev. · read
- Exactly 90 ft long — the presentation starts the escort band above 90 ft and the administrative code starts it at 90 ft — ">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Roads, or 1 Rear Escort on Multi-lane Highways."; ">90’ – 125’ = 1 Rear Escort"; ">125’ = 1 Front Escort and 1 Rear Escort"; ">15’6” = 1 Front Escort with Height Pole" rev. · read
- Exactly 125 ft long — the administrative code assigns this length to both escort configurations at once — "Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one (1) front and one (1) rear escort on all roads."; height indicator over 15'6"; law-enforcement escorts over 150 ft; rear escort over 5 ft rear overhang; front escort at 10 ft or more front overhang rev. · read
- Boats, manufactured housing, portable buildings and modular homes — the fee row’s "12’ x 75’" does not say whether both dimensions or either triggers the higher fee — Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "A fee of $4 will be added to each credit card transaction" rev. · read
- Alabama’s escort table is keyed on "Multi-lane Highways", which is not the same class as "divided" — ">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Roads, or 1 Rear Escort on Multi-lane Highways."; ">90’ – 125’ = 1 Rear Escort"; ">125’ = 1 Front Escort and 1 Rear Escort"; ">15’6” = 1 Front Escort with Height Pole" rev. · read
- Non-Interstate weight limits — a computed table and a one-tenth tolerance, not a single number — 102 in width; 13 1/2 ft height; 28 1/2 ft doubles; 65 ft car hauler; 80 ft stinger-steered; overhang "a total of five feet beyond both the front and rear, inclusive"; Interstate axle and gross limits including the allowable load tolerance rev. · read
- ALDOT may require escorts beyond the published thresholds, and publishes no weight-based pilot-car trigger — "Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one (1) front and one (1) rear escort on all roads."; height indicator over 15'6"; law-enforcement escorts over 150 ft; rear escort over 5 ft rear overhang; front escort at 10 ft or more front overhang rev. · read
- Pilot-car operator certification — the rule requires a course Alabama may no longer run — "Drivers of escort vehicles must be a minimum of 18 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, and have completed a pilot/escort flagging course which equals or exceeds Alabama’s course within 12 months of Alabama’s course availability." rev. · read
- The $4 transaction fee is charged on card payments only — Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "A fee of $4 will be added to each credit card transaction" rev. · read
4. Alabama single-trip permit fees
| Charge | Amount |
|---|---|
| Single-trip base | $10rev. · read The common floor of ALDOT's two published columns: "Over Height Only Violation $10", "Boats, M/H, Portable Buildings, Modular Home 12’(3.66) x 75’(22.86) $10", and "Weight Only 80,000 – 100,000 lbs. $10". Corroborated by Ala. Admin. Code r. 450-3-1-.10's catch-all "Other overweight loads not herein specified..$10.00". |
| Transaction / card | $4rev. · read "A fee of $4 will be added to each credit card transaction" — a fixed amount, not a percentage, and no percentage surcharge appears anywhere on the schedule. It applies to card payments; a permit paid another way would not carry it. |
| Route analysis review | Not yet covered |
| Route with no bridges | Not yet covered |
Dimension bands
| Band | Fee |
|---|---|
| over legal length, height or width — flat dimensional charge | $10rev. · read "an additional $10.00 is added to the fee." Added to the $10 base it reproduces ALDOT's "W/H/L: up to 100,000 lbs. $20" row exactly, and added to each Weight Only band it reproduces the rest of the General column. |
5. How Alabama prices overweight
Graduated weight bands. ALDOT prices the overweight component in four flat gross-weight steps with no mileage and no axle multiplier: "Weight Only 80,000 – 100,000 lbs. $10 100,001 – 125,000 lbs. $30 125,001 – 150,000 lbs. $60 Over 150,000 lbs. $100". The bands below hold what remains of each of those totals after the $10 permit base, which is what makes the base, the dimensional add-on and the increment sum back to ALDOT's printed figures.
The bands, as published
| Gross weight | Axles | Fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80,001 lb – 100,000 lb | any | $0 | Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "…rev. · read |
| 100,001 lb – 125,000 lb | any | $20 | Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "…rev. · read |
| 125,001 lb – 150,000 lb | any | $50 | Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "…rev. · read |
| 150,001 lb and up | any | $90 | Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "…rev. · read |
6. Alabama seasonal posting windows
A permit priced against an unposted-road assumption in March is simply wrong, and wrong in the expensive direction. This is the window we watch, the basis for that window in the state's own orders or statute, and the authority that posts it.
Alabama is not in the seasonal-restriction registry, so we hold no posting window for it and are not inventing one.
7. Alabama's superload threshold
Above one of these, the state stops issuing over the counter and prices the move after an engineering review.
| Trigger | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Gross weight | over 300,000 lbundated document · read "a Superload will be defined as any load where one or more of the following dimensions are exceeded: ... Weight 300,000 lbs. gross weight" — "exceeded", so 300,000 lb exactly is not yet a superload. The memorandum carries no date, so this row is effective only from our retrieval date. |
| Width | over 16'undated document · read |
| Height | over 16'undated document · read |
| Length | over 150'undated document · read |
| Short axle spacing | Not yet covered |
8. Route survey and bridge review
The dimensions at which Alabama triggers a physical route inspection or an engineering review, and what the agency charges to review it.
| Measurement | Inspection / review trigger |
|---|---|
| Width | Not yet covered |
| Height | Not yet covered |
| Length | Not yet covered |
9. Police escorts
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency publishes a rate. One officer costs at least $600 before mileage.
What the schedule does not price4 items
- Mileage at the current IRS rate, calculated from each officer's residence or office and back. The IRS rate is not a fixed published figure and the officers' origins are not known before ALEA assigns them.
- $12.00 subsistence for an escort over four hours; $12.75 per diem for 6–12 hours and $34.00 for 12 hours or more. Which applies depends on the hours actually worked.
- Cancellation: $200.00 more than 24 hours out, or $200.00 plus four hours' pay per assigned officer inside 24 hours.
- Billable time starts 30 minutes before the scheduled start and ends 30 minutes after completion, so the charged hours always exceed the moving hours.
10. When you can move it
Holiday, curfew and night-travel windows are not yet encoded for Alabama. The seasonal picture — which is a different question — is in section 6 above.
Why those windows are absent rather than estimated
They are not guessed at here. What we do publish is the seasonal weight-restriction picture, with the date we last read each state's own bulletin — a curfew invented from a plausible pattern is worth less than an honest gap, because a reader cannot tell the two apart on the page.
11. Permit office
The agency behind each figure above is linked from that figure. We publish no per-state permit-office phone number.
Why there is no phone number here
We are not publishing per-state permit-office phone numbers yet, and the reason is worth stating: the two seed lists available for them are both demonstrably stale — the federal one gives two different states the same phone number — and a wrong number on a page like this costs somebody a morning. The agency behind each figure above is linked from that figure, which is the part we can stand behind today.
12. What this does not include
Named rather than gestured at, because each of these can exceed the permit itself. Every item is listed; open one for why it is excluded.
Line haul, fuel and driver time
This is a permit fee, not a freight rate.
Civilian pilot car rates
We hold no rate data, and the two commercial sites that publish market rates disagree by nearly a factor of two on the same service.
Route-survey engineering
The agency's review fee is shown where the state publishes one; the engineer's own fee is a private cost with no schedule.
Bonds and escrow
Set per move by the agency, and in at least one state the escort is billed at actual cost against it.
Utility coordination and line lifts
Arranged with each utility, priced by each utility.
Second-issuer permits
A toll, bridge or city authority inside the same state issues its own permit, and a state total that omits it is missing a whole permit.
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13. Every source behind this page (9)
Every document behind Alabama9 sources
- Ala. Admin. Code ch. 450-3-1 — Escort vehicle operator requirements — Alabama Department of Transportation — "Drivers of escort vehicles must be a minimum of 18 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, and have completed a pilot/escort flagging course which equals or exceeds Alabama’s course within 12 months of Alabama’s course availability."
rev. · read - Ala. Admin. Code r. 450-3-1-.02 — Definitions (legal dimensions) — Alabama Department of Transportation — "LEGAL WIDTH: Eight (8) feet wide on roads with less than twelve (12) foot lanes; eight (8) feet and six (6) inches on roads with at least twelve (12) foot lanes."; 40/57/28 ft lengths; 65 ft car haulers, 75 ft stinger-steered; "LEGAL OVERHANG (FRONT AND REAR): Five (5) feet."
rev. · read - Ala. Admin. Code r. 450-3-1-.05 — Escorts — Alabama Department of Transportation — "Loads greater than 14 feet wide require one (1) front and one (1) rear escort on all roads."; height indicator over 15'6"; law-enforcement escorts over 150 ft; rear escort over 5 ft rear overhang; front escort at 10 ft or more front overhang
rev. · read - Ala. Admin. Code r. 450-3-1-.07 — House moves — Alabama Department of Transportation — "Houses greater than seventeen (17) feet in height require a route survey and utility notification."
rev. · read - Ala. Admin. Code r. 450-3-1-.10 — Permit fees — Alabama Department of Transportation — "From 80,001 pounds up to 100,000 pounds.........$10.00"; "Other oversized vehicles, loads, and equipment not herein specified.......................................$20.00"; "Other overweight loads not herein specified..$10.00"; "When the overweight vehicle or combination of vehicles and loads is over the maximum length, height, or width specified by law, an additional $10.00 is added to the fee."
rev. · read - Alabama Act 2025 (SB110, enrolled) — size and weight limits — Alabama Legislature — 102 in width; 13 1/2 ft height; 28 1/2 ft doubles; 65 ft car hauler; 80 ft stinger-steered; overhang "a total of five feet beyond both the front and rear, inclusive"; Interstate axle and gross limits including the allowable load tolerance
rev. · read - ALDOT — Alabama Superload Requirements (PDF, undated) — Alabama Department of Transportation — superload at width 16 ft, height 16 ft, length 150 ft or weight 300,000 lb; two State Trooper escorts minimum; bucket truck over 16'5"; utility notification over 16'6"; detailed route survey for all superloads
undated document · read - ALDOT — Permit Fees, March 11 2025 (PDF) — Alabama Department of Transportation — Weight Only and General W/H/L weight bands; "A fee of $4 will be added to each credit card transaction"
rev. · read - ALDOT — Rules and Regulations Presentation (PDF, post-harmonisation June 2017) — Alabama Department of Transportation — ">12’ – 14’ = 1 Front Escort on Two-lane Roads, or 1 Rear Escort on Multi-lane Highways."; ">90’ – 125’ = 1 Rear Escort"; ">125’ = 1 Front Escort and 1 Rear Escort"; ">15’6” = 1 Front Escort with Height Pole"
rev. · read
Questions
How much is an oversize permit in Alabama?
The single-trip base is $10, before the dimension bands, the overweight component and the transaction charge. The base alone is rarely what is paid.
When does Alabama require a pilot car?
The first width trigger is over 12', and it varies by road class — the figure shown is the lowest across classes.
What is a superload in Alabama?
Alabama's published gross-weight superload line is over 300,000 lb. It is not 80,000 lb; that is the federal legal gross limit, not a superload threshold.