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Missouri oversize and overweight permits

Every figure here carries the Missouri document behind it.

8 source documents on fileoldest revision 2020-08-28last retrieved 2026-09-0131 escort rules in effectNo source conflicts on fileFree · no account needed

The Missouri answer

Legal limits

Width
8'6" · caveat ↓rev. · read
Height
14' · caveat ↓rev. · read
Overall length
The state publishes none
Gross weight
80,000 lb · caveat ↓rev. · read

First escort trigger

Width
over 12'6"undated document · read · lowest across road classes
Height
over 15'6"rev. · read
Length
over 110'undated document · read · lowest across road classes
Rear overhang
No trigger published
Gross weight
over 160,000 lbundated document · read · lowest across road classes

What the paper costs

Single-trip base
$15 · caveat ↓rev. · read
Transaction / card
$0.25 + 2% of the total · caveat ↓undated document · read
How overweight is priced
Graduated weight bandsrev. · read
Superload above
160,000 lb and up · caveat ↓rev. · read

The short version: a Missouri single-trip permit starts at $15 before bands, overweight and the transaction charge; an escort is first required at over 12'6" wide; and the load becomes a superload at over 160,000 lb. Everything below carries the Missouri document it came from, that document's own revision date, and the date we read it.

Corridor

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.

ArkansasEscort at over 12' (worst road class)IowaEscort at over 12'IllinoisEscort at over 14'6"KansasEscort at over 14' (worst road class)KentuckyEscort at over 12' (worst road class)NebraskaEscort at 12' or moreOklahomaEscort at over 12' (worst road class)TennesseeEscort at over 10' (worst road class)
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Escort ladder

3. The Missouri 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.

WhenWhat is requiredSource
the road is “divided” or “interstate” or “multilane undivided” and width from 12'6" (exclusive) to 14'
1 certified escort1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” and width from 12'6" (exclusive) to 14'
1 certified escort1 in front
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “divided” or “interstate” and width from 14' (exclusive) to 16'
1 certified escort1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” or “multilane undivided” and width from 14' (exclusive) to 16'
2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
height over 15'6"
1 certified escort1 in frontHeight pole requiredAdvisory: 7 CSR 10-25 specifies only that "The height detection vehicle shall have a vertical clearance detection device and have direct, continuous, uninterrupted, two- (2-) way communication with the power unit". Missouri publishes no numerical pole setting or clearance offset above the load — its own superload route-survey form has a field reading "Height Pole Setting (if load exceeds 15’6”)" and leaves it to the applicant to fill in. The height-detection vehicle serves as the front escort unless the table prescribes more than one.
 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
the road is “two lane” and height over 16'
2 certified escorts2 in front
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
width from 16' (exclusive) to 18'
2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” and width from 16' (exclusive) to 18'
3 certified escorts2 in front1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
height over 18'
1 police escort in frontCannot be reduced to a number: MoDOT's current table requires a law-enforcement escort above 18 ft of height on every highway class, with no published rate and no stated position. Separately, 7 CSR 10-25 requires that "If the loaded height exceeds seventeen feet (17’), the applicant shall provide a written document from the appropriate utility company indicating approval to disturb aerial lines across the route" — a third-party arrangement whose cost is not a state charge and is not in the total.
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
width over 18'
2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind1 police escort in frontCannot be reduced to a number: MoDOT requires a law-enforcement escort above 18 ft of width on every highway class. Missouri publishes no hourly, mileage or fixed rate for it — 7 CSR 10-25 says only that "All future permitting authority for a carrier may be revoked if the Missouri State Highway Patrol, local or military law enforcement agencies acting as escorts, are not reimbursed for superload escorting services" — and the rule does not say whether the trooper leads or trails. No police-escort amount is included in the total.
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” and width over 18'
3 certified escorts2 in front1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” or “multilane undivided” and overall length from 110' (exclusive) to 125'
1 certified escort1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
overall length from 125' (exclusive) to 200'
1 certified escort1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” and overall length from 150' (exclusive) to 200'
2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
overall length over 200'
1 certified escort1 behind1 police escort behindCannot be reduced to a number: A law-enforcement escort is required above 200 ft on every highway class under MoDOT's current table. Missouri publishes no rate for it and does not state whether the trooper leads or trails; the position recorded here follows the civilian escort the table pairs it with and is not asserted as MoDOT's. No police-escort amount is in the total.
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” and overall length over 200'
2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” and gross weight from 160,000 lb (exclusive) to 220,000 lb and another rule already applies (mo-width-over-12-6-to-14-two-lane) or another rule already applies (mo-width-over-14-to-16-two-lane-or-undivided) or another rule already applies (mo-width-over-16-to-18) or another rule already applies (mo-width-over-18) or another rule already applies (mo-length-over-110-to-125-not-divided) or another rule already applies (mo-length-over-125-to-200) or another rule already applies (mo-length-over-200) or another rule already applies (mo-height-over-15-6)
1 certified escort1 in front
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” and gross weight from 220,000 lb (exclusive) to 350,000 lb
1 certified escort1 in front
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
gross weight over 350,000 lb
2 certified escorts1 in front1 behindAdvisory: 7 CSR 10-25 additionally requires that "If the gross vehicle weight exceeds three hundred fifty thousand (350,000) pounds, an additional power unit must accompany the load", which Motor Carrier Services may waive for a move limited in length. The extra tractor is the carrier's cost and is not a state fee.
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read
the road is “two lane” and gross weight over 350,000 lb
3 certified escorts2 in front1 behind
 width, length, height and weight escort thres…undated document · read

The first trigger in each dimension

MeasurementFirst escort triggerFirst police escort trigger
Widthover 12'6"undated document · read · varies by road classover 18'undated document · read
Heightover 15'6"rev. · read over 18'undated document · read
Lengthover 110'undated document · read · varies by road classover 200'undated document · read
Rear overhangNone publishedNone published
Gross weightover 160,000 lbundated document · read · varies by road classNone published
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Permit fees

4. Missouri single-trip permit fees

ChargeAmount
Single-trip base$15rev. · read "Single trip oversize permits—fifteen dollars ($15);" and "Single trip overweight permits up to and including one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) pounds gross weight—fifteen dollars ($15) plus twenty dollars ($20) per each ten thousand (10,000) pounds in excess of legal gross weight". The $15 is common to both, so it is the base and the weight increments sit on top of it.
Transaction / card$0.25 + 2% of the totalundated document · read "These fees equate to 2% of the transaction total, plus + 25 cents per transaction." MoDOT applies the percentage to the total and adds the 25 cents afterwards; this engine adds the flat amount first, a difference of half a cent that can round one cent high. Paying by eCheck costs a flat 50 cents with no percentage.
Route analysis review$425rev. · read The 0–50 mile step of the bridge and roadway analysis fee, which is also the minimum escrow. It rises to $625 for 51–200 miles and $925 over 200 miles. An identical reapplication is charged once if the original study is under 30 days old above 300,000 lb or under 60 days old below it, and modifying dimensions or weights after an analysis has completed costs a further $425.
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Overweight model

5. How Missouri prices overweight

Graduated weight bands. 7 CSR 10-25 charges "twenty dollars ($20) per each ten thousand (10,000) pounds in excess of legal gross weight" on top of the $15 base — a weight-increment formula, not a per-mile or per-axle rate. Distance enters Missouri's schedule only in the bridge and roadway analysis fee above 160,000 lb ($425 for 0–50 miles, $625 for 51–200, $925 over 200), and 160,000 lb is also where the permit stops being routine.

7 CSR 10-25 — MoDOT oversize/overweight permit rule — rev. · read

The bands, as published

Gross weightAxlesFeeSource
80,001 lb – 90,000 lb any $20 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
90,001 lb – 100,000 lb any $40 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
100,001 lb – 110,000 lb any $60 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
110,001 lb – 120,000 lb any $80 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
120,001 lb – 130,000 lb any $100 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
130,001 lb – 140,000 lb any $120 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
140,001 lb – 150,000 lb any $140 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
150,001 lb – 160,000 lb any $160 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
160,001 lb – 170,000 lb any $180 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
170,001 lb – 180,000 lb any $200 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
180,001 lb – 190,000 lb any $220 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
190,001 lb – 200,000 lb any $240 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
200,001 lb – 210,000 lb any $260 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
210,001 lb – 220,000 lb any $280 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
220,001 lb – 230,000 lb any $300 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
230,001 lb – 240,000 lb any $320 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
240,001 lb – 250,000 lb any $340 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
250,001 lb – 260,000 lb any $360 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
260,001 lb – 270,000 lb any $380 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
270,001 lb – 280,000 lb any $400 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
280,001 lb – 290,000 lb any $420 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
290,001 lb – 300,000 lb any $440 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
300,001 lb – 310,000 lb any $460 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
310,001 lb – 320,000 lb any $480 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
320,001 lb – 330,000 lb any $500 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
330,001 lb – 340,000 lb any $520 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
340,001 lb – 350,000 lb any $540 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
350,001 lb – 360,000 lb any $560 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
360,001 lb – 370,000 lb any $580 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
370,001 lb – 380,000 lb any $600 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
380,001 lb – 390,000 lb any $620 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
390,001 lb – 400,000 lb any $640 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
400,001 lb – 410,000 lb any $660 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
410,001 lb – 420,000 lb any $680 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
420,001 lb – 430,000 lb any $700 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
430,001 lb – 440,000 lb any $720 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
440,001 lb – 450,000 lb any $740 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
450,001 lb – 460,000 lb any $760 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
460,001 lb – 470,000 lb any $780 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
470,001 lb – 480,000 lb any $800 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
480,001 lb – 490,000 lb any $820 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
490,001 lb – 500,000 lb any $840 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
500,001 lb – 510,000 lb any $860 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
510,001 lb – 520,000 lb any $880 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
520,001 lb – 530,000 lb any $900 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
530,001 lb – 540,000 lb any $920 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
540,001 lb – 550,000 lb any $940 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
550,001 lb – 560,000 lb any $960 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
560,001 lb – 570,000 lb any $980 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
570,001 lb – 580,000 lb any $1,000 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
580,001 lb – 590,000 lb any $1,020 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
590,001 lb – 600,000 lb any $1,040 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
600,001 lb – 610,000 lb any $1,060 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
610,001 lb – 620,000 lb any $1,080 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
620,001 lb – 630,000 lb any $1,100 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
630,001 lb – 640,000 lb any $1,120 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
640,001 lb – 650,000 lb any $1,140 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
650,001 lb – 660,000 lb any $1,160 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
660,001 lb – 670,000 lb any $1,180 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
670,001 lb – 680,000 lb any $1,200 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
680,001 lb – 690,000 lb any $1,220 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
690,001 lb – 700,000 lb any $1,240 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
700,001 lb – 710,000 lb any $1,260 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
710,001 lb – 720,000 lb any $1,280 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
720,001 lb – 730,000 lb any $1,300 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
730,001 lb – 740,000 lb any $1,320 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
740,001 lb – 750,000 lb any $1,340 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
750,001 lb – 760,000 lb any $1,360 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
760,001 lb – 770,000 lb any $1,380 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
770,001 lb – 780,000 lb any $1,400 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
780,001 lb – 790,000 lb any $1,420 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
790,001 lb – 800,000 lb any $1,440 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
800,001 lb – 810,000 lb any $1,460 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
810,001 lb – 820,000 lb any $1,480 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
820,001 lb – 830,000 lb any $1,500 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
830,001 lb – 840,000 lb any $1,520 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
840,001 lb – 850,000 lb any $1,540 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
850,001 lb – 860,000 lb any $1,560 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
860,001 lb – 870,000 lb any $1,580 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
870,001 lb – 880,000 lb any $1,600 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
880,001 lb – 890,000 lb any $1,620 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
890,001 lb – 900,000 lb any $1,640 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
900,001 lb – 910,000 lb any $1,660 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
910,001 lb – 920,000 lb any $1,680 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
920,001 lb – 930,000 lb any $1,700 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
930,001 lb – 940,000 lb any $1,720 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
940,001 lb – 950,000 lb any $1,740 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
950,001 lb – 960,000 lb any $1,760 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
960,001 lb – 970,000 lb any $1,780 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
970,001 lb – 980,000 lb any $1,800 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
980,001 lb – 990,000 lb any $1,820 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
990,001 lb – 1,000,000 lb any $1,840 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,000,001 lb – 1,010,000 lb any $1,860 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,010,001 lb – 1,020,000 lb any $1,880 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,020,001 lb – 1,030,000 lb any $1,900 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,030,001 lb – 1,040,000 lb any $1,920 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,040,001 lb – 1,050,000 lb any $1,940 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,050,001 lb – 1,060,000 lb any $1,960 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,060,001 lb – 1,070,000 lb any $1,980 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,070,001 lb – 1,080,000 lb any $2,000 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,080,001 lb – 1,090,000 lb any $2,020 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,090,001 lb – 1,100,000 lb any $2,040 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,100,001 lb – 1,110,000 lb any $2,060 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,110,001 lb – 1,120,000 lb any $2,080 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,120,001 lb – 1,130,000 lb any $2,100 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,130,001 lb – 1,140,000 lb any $2,120 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,140,001 lb – 1,150,000 lb any $2,140 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,150,001 lb – 1,160,000 lb any $2,160 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,160,001 lb – 1,170,000 lb any $2,180 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,170,001 lb – 1,180,000 lb any $2,200 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,180,001 lb – 1,190,000 lb any $2,220 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,190,001 lb – 1,200,000 lb any $2,240 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,200,001 lb – 1,210,000 lb any $2,260 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,210,001 lb – 1,220,000 lb any $2,280 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,220,001 lb – 1,230,000 lb any $2,300 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,230,001 lb – 1,240,000 lb any $2,320 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,240,001 lb – 1,250,000 lb any $2,340 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,250,001 lb – 1,260,000 lb any $2,360 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,260,001 lb – 1,270,000 lb any $2,380 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,270,001 lb – 1,280,000 lb any $2,400 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,280,001 lb – 1,290,000 lb any $2,420 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,290,001 lb – 1,300,000 lb any $2,440 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,300,001 lb – 1,310,000 lb any $2,460 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,310,001 lb – 1,320,000 lb any $2,480 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,320,001 lb – 1,330,000 lb any $2,500 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,330,001 lb – 1,340,000 lb any $2,520 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,340,001 lb – 1,350,000 lb any $2,540 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,350,001 lb – 1,360,000 lb any $2,560 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,360,001 lb – 1,370,000 lb any $2,580 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,370,001 lb – 1,380,000 lb any $2,600 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,380,001 lb – 1,390,000 lb any $2,620 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,390,001 lb – 1,400,000 lb any $2,640 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,400,001 lb – 1,410,000 lb any $2,660 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,410,001 lb – 1,420,000 lb any $2,680 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,420,001 lb – 1,430,000 lb any $2,700 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,430,001 lb – 1,440,000 lb any $2,720 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,440,001 lb – 1,450,000 lb any $2,740 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,450,001 lb – 1,460,000 lb any $2,760 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,460,001 lb – 1,470,000 lb any $2,780 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,470,001 lb – 1,480,000 lb any $2,800 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,480,001 lb – 1,490,000 lb any $2,820 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,490,001 lb – 1,500,000 lb any $2,840 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,500,001 lb – 1,510,000 lb any $2,860 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,510,001 lb – 1,520,000 lb any $2,880 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,520,001 lb – 1,530,000 lb any $2,900 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,530,001 lb – 1,540,000 lb any $2,920 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,540,001 lb – 1,550,000 lb any $2,940 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,550,001 lb – 1,560,000 lb any $2,960 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,560,001 lb – 1,570,000 lb any $2,980 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,570,001 lb – 1,580,000 lb any $3,000 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,580,001 lb – 1,590,000 lb any $3,020 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,590,001 lb – 1,600,000 lb any $3,040 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,600,001 lb – 1,610,000 lb any $3,060 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,610,001 lb – 1,620,000 lb any $3,080 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,620,001 lb – 1,630,000 lb any $3,100 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,630,001 lb – 1,640,000 lb any $3,120 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,640,001 lb – 1,650,000 lb any $3,140 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,650,001 lb – 1,660,000 lb any $3,160 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,660,001 lb – 1,670,000 lb any $3,180 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,670,001 lb – 1,680,000 lb any $3,200 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,680,001 lb – 1,690,000 lb any $3,220 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,690,001 lb – 1,700,000 lb any $3,240 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,700,001 lb – 1,710,000 lb any $3,260 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,710,001 lb – 1,720,000 lb any $3,280 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,720,001 lb – 1,730,000 lb any $3,300 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,730,001 lb – 1,740,000 lb any $3,320 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,740,001 lb – 1,750,000 lb any $3,340 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,750,001 lb – 1,760,000 lb any $3,360 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,760,001 lb – 1,770,000 lb any $3,380 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,770,001 lb – 1,780,000 lb any $3,400 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,780,001 lb – 1,790,000 lb any $3,420 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,790,001 lb – 1,800,000 lb any $3,440 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,800,001 lb – 1,810,000 lb any $3,460 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,810,001 lb – 1,820,000 lb any $3,480 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,820,001 lb – 1,830,000 lb any $3,500 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,830,001 lb – 1,840,000 lb any $3,520 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,840,001 lb – 1,850,000 lb any $3,540 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,850,001 lb – 1,860,000 lb any $3,560 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,860,001 lb – 1,870,000 lb any $3,580 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,870,001 lb – 1,880,000 lb any $3,600 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,880,001 lb – 1,890,000 lb any $3,620 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,890,001 lb – 1,900,000 lb any $3,640 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,900,001 lb – 1,910,000 lb any $3,660 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,910,001 lb – 1,920,000 lb any $3,680 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,920,001 lb – 1,930,000 lb any $3,700 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,930,001 lb – 1,940,000 lb any $3,720 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,940,001 lb – 1,950,000 lb any $3,740 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,950,001 lb – 1,960,000 lb any $3,760 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,960,001 lb – 1,970,000 lb any $3,780 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,970,001 lb – 1,980,000 lb any $3,800 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,980,001 lb – 1,990,000 lb any $3,820 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
1,990,001 lb – 2,000,000 lb any $3,840 the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule…rev. · read
Seasonal posting

6. Missouri 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.

Seasonal posting

Programme
Local roads only — the state system is not postedMoDOT runs no annual spring thaw programme. Missouri restrictions are local and episodic; MoDOT publishes any exceptional embargo on its motor-carrier notices page, which is the page linked here.
Issuing authority
MoDOT — Important notices for motor carriersMissouri Department of Transportation

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Superload

7. Missouri's superload threshold

Above one of these, the state stops issuing over the counter and prices the move after an engineering review.

TriggerThreshold
Gross weightover 160,000 lbrev. · read "generally in excess of ... one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) pounds gross weight". The word "generally" is the regulation's own, and MoDOT's route-survey Q&A adds axle weight and non-routine configuration as further routes into superload treatment — see `mo-superload-definition-conflict`. Two weeks should be allowed for the route evaluation, and $2,000,000 combined single-limit automobile liability is required.
Widthover 16'rev. · read
Heightover 16'rev. · read
Lengthover 150'rev. · read
Short axle spacingNot yet covered

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Route survey

8. Route survey and bridge review

The dimensions at which Missouri triggers a physical route inspection or an engineering review, and what the agency charges to review it.

MeasurementInspection / review trigger
WidthNot yet covered
Heightover 17'rev. · read "If the loaded height exceeds seventeen feet (17’), the applicant shall provide a written document from the appropriate utility company indicating approval to disturb aerial lines across the route."
Lengthover 150'rev. · read Above 150 ft the applicant must use department-approved roadway geometric modelling software or physically drive the proposed route.
Police escorts

9. Police escorts

Charges exist and no schedule is published. MoDOT requires a law-enforcement escort over 18 ft wide, over 200 ft long and over 18 ft high, and publishes no hourly, mileage or fixed rate. 7 CSR 10-25 says only that permitting authority may be revoked if escorting agencies are not reimbursed.

This is a positive finding: we searched and there is nothing to quote. It is not the same as "no police escort is ever required here".

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Travel restrictions

10. When you can move it

Holiday, curfew and night-travel windows are not yet encoded for Missouri. 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.

Who issues it

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.

Scope

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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Provenance

13. Every source behind this page (8)

Every document behind Missouri8 sources
  • 7 CSR 10-25 — MoDOT oversize/overweight permit rule — Missouri Department of Transportation — the seventeen-row special-permit fee schedule; escort positioning at 300 ft; height detection over 15 ft 6 in; codified law-enforcement triggers at 16 ft wide, 150 ft long and 17 ft high; superload thresholds "generally in excess of sixteen feet (16’) wide, sixteen feet (16’) high, one hundred fifty feet (150’) long and/or over one hundred sixty thousand (160,000) pounds"
    rev. · read
  • MoDOT — Escort requirements table (2026, undated) — Missouri Department of Transportation — width, length, height and weight escort thresholds by divided, multilane undivided and two-lane highway; the Kansas City and St Louis bridge-crawl requirement
    undated document · read
  • MoDOT — Important notices to motor carriers (2026 escort pilot) — Missouri Department of Transportation — "The threshold for law enforcement escorts for overwidth loads on two-lane highways is currently 16’ and will now apply when the load exceeds 18’ in width."; the same for 150 ft to 200 ft of length and 17 ft to 18 ft of height
    rev. · read
  • MoDOT — Legal limits summary — Missouri Department of Transportation — "Legal Gross Weight is 80,000 lbs. unless specialized equipment."
    rev. · read
  • MoDOT — Route surveys for superload moves in Missouri (undated Q&A) — Missouri Department of Transportation — a superload also "Exceeds ... The maximum allowable weight on an axle; and/or • Is not arranged in a routine configuration"; survey contents including utility letters over 17 ft
    undated document · read
  • MoDOT Motor Carrier Services — payment fees — Missouri Department of Transportation — "These fees equate to 2% of the transaction total, plus + 25 cents per transaction."; eCheck "Transaction fee: 50 cents"
    undated document · read
  • RSMo §304.170 — Width, height and length limits — Missouri Revisor of Statutes — width 102 in; height 14 ft on the interstate system and designated routes, 13 1/2 ft on all other highways; single vehicle 45 ft; truck-tractor/semitrailer 60 ft with a 53 ft semitrailer on the interstate; other combinations 65 ft / 55 ft
    rev. · read
  • RSMo §304.180 — Axle and gross weight limits — Missouri Revisor of Statutes — single axle 20,000 lb; tandem axle 34,000 lb, a tandem being axles more than 40 in and not more than 96 in apart; a general-freight steering axle limited to the manufacturer's rating and never over 12,000 lb
    rev. · read
Common questions

Questions

How much is an oversize permit in Missouri?

The single-trip base is $15, before the dimension bands, the overweight component and the transaction charge. The base alone is rarely what is paid.

When does Missouri require a pilot car?

The first width trigger is over 12'6", and it varies by road class — the figure shown is the lowest across classes.

What is a superload in Missouri?

Missouri's published gross-weight superload line is over 160,000 lb. It is not 80,000 lb; that is the federal legal gross limit, not a superload threshold.

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