The West Virginia answer
Legal limits
First escort trigger
- Width
- 10'6" or morerev. · read · lowest across road classes
- Height
- over 15'rev. · read
- Length
- 75' or morerev. · read · lowest across road classes
- Rear overhang
- over 10'rev. · read
- Gross weight
- No trigger published
What the paper costs
- Single-trip base
- $20 · caveat ↓rev. · read
- Transaction / card
- None published · caveat ↓undated document · read
- How overweight is priced
- Priced by the milerev. · read
- Superload above
- The state publishes none
The short version: a West Virginia single-trip permit starts at $20 before bands, overweight and the transaction charge; an escort is first required at 10'6" or more wide; and the load becomes a superload at a gross weight the state does not publish. Everything below carries the West Virginia 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. West Virginia 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"undated document · read WVDOT: "8 feet 6 inches: Interstate, US, WV, and Local service routes with lanes 10 feet or greater." W. Va. Code § 17C-17-2(a): "any vehicle with a total outside width of one hundred two inches, exclusive of safety equipment authorized by the United States Department of Transportation, may be operated on any highway within the state designated by the United States Department of Transportation or the commissioner of the department of highways or on any highway having a minimum lane width of ten feet." THE 96 IN CASE IS REAL AND NARROW: "8 feet: Local service routes with lanes under 10 feet wide", from the same statute's general rule. It turns on lane width, which a quote does not state. |
| Height | 13'6"undated document · read WVDOT: "13 feet 6 inches: All routes." W. Va. Code § 17C-17-4(a): "A vehicle, including any load thereon, may not exceed a height of thirteen feet six inches". EXCLUSIVE, and uniform across every route class — the one dimension West Virginia does not vary by road. The same subsection puts the liability for low structures on the owner: damage "to any bridge or highway structure and to municipalities for any damage to traffic control devices or other highway structures where such bridges, devices or structures have a vehicle clearance of less than thirteen feet six inches" is the carrier's. |
| Semitrailer length | 53'undated document · read WVDOT: "53 feet: Semitrailer (measurement from tractor rear axle to trailer first axle cannot exceed 37 feet)." AND THE 53 FT IS CONDITIONAL ON THE KINGPIN SETTING: W. Va. Code § 17C-17-4(f) allows 48 ft generally and 53 ft only "where semitrailers have an axle spacing of not more than thirty-seven feet between the rear axle of the truck tractor and the front axle of the semitrailer". A quote states no kingpin dimension, so the 53 ft figure is recorded as the operative one — every modern 53 ft trailer is built to that spacing — and the condition is noted rather than evaluated. |
| Overall length | None published |
| Kingpin to rear axle | None published |
| Front overhang | None published |
| Rear overhang | None published |
| Gross weight | 80,000 lbundated document · read WVDOT: "80,000 lbs" on interstate highways with "Tolerance: None". THE SAME 80,000 lb ON US AND WV ROUTES CARRIES A 10% TOLERANCE, which the interstate figure does not — so an 87,000 lb load is over the limit on I-79 and inside the tolerance on a US route. The tolerance is recorded here rather than applied, because applying it would depend on the route class of every mile of the lane. W. Va. Code § 17C-17-9 (interstate) was last amended in 2004 and § 17C-17-9a (non-interstate) in 2005; both are old and both are actively in force. |
| Single axle | 20,000 lbundated document · read WVDOT: "20,000 lbs" on interstate highways, "Tolerance: None"; the same figure on US and WV routes carries the 10% tolerance. W. Va. Code § 17C-17-8 was last amended in the 1975 regular session — over fifty years old and still the operative text, which is an old statute in force rather than a stale document. |
| Tandem axle | 34,000 lbundated document · read WVDOT: "34,000 lbs" on interstate highways, "Tolerance: None". |
3. The West Virginia 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 |
|---|---|---|
| front overhang over 10' | 1 certified escort1 in front |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| rear overhang over 10' | 1 certified escort1 behind |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| the move runs on a named segment (WV:turnpike-i64-i77) and width of 12' or more or overall length over 75' or front overhang over 10' or rear overhang over 10' | 1 certified escort |
A DIFFERENT AGENCY from WVDOH. The Parkways A…undated document · read |
| width from 10'6" to 12' and the road is “county routes” or “local service narrow” | 1 certified escort1 in front |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| the vehicle is transporting building and width over 12' and the road is “interstate” | 1 certified escort1 behind |
The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretar…rev. · read |
| the vehicle is transporting building and width over 12' | 2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind |
The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretar…rev. · read |
| width from 12'1" to 14' | 1 certified escort |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| width from 12'1" to 14' and the road is “county routes” or “local service narrow” | 2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| width from 14'1" to 15' | 2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| the vehicle is transporting building and width over 14'6" and the road is “interstate” | 3 certified escorts1 in front2 behind |
The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretar…rev. · read |
| height over 15' | 1 certified escort1 in frontHeight pole required |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| width from 15'1" to 16' | 2 certified escorts |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| width from 15'1" to 16' and the road is “county routes” or “local service narrow” | 3 certified escorts2 in front1 behind |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| overall length from 75' to 95' and the road is “county routes” or “local service narrow” | 1 certified escort1 behind |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| overall length from 95'1" to 100' | 1 certified escort |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| overall length from 95'1" to 100' and the road is “county routes” or “local service narrow” | 2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| overall length over 100' | 2 certified escorts1 in front1 behind |
DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and li…rev. · read |
| the vehicle is transporting building and the road is “us and wv routes” or “county routes” | 1 certified escort1 in front |
The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretar…rev. · read |
The first trigger in each dimension
| Measurement | First escort trigger | First police escort trigger |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 10'6" or morerev. · read · varies by road class | None published |
| Height | over 15'rev. · read | None published |
| Length | 75' or morerev. · read · varies by road class | None published |
| Rear overhang | over 10'rev. · read | None published |
| Gross weight | None published | None published |
The same rules restated in plain sentences20 rules
- Overall width 10 ft 6 in to 12 ft on a two-lane road — one FRONT escort (a four-lane road requires none) — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall width 12 ft 1 in to 14 ft — at least one escort, whatever the road type (four-lane: at rear) — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall width 12 ft 1 in to 14 ft on a two-lane road — one FRONT and one REAR escort — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall width 14 ft 1 in to 15 ft — one FRONT and one REAR escort, on two-lane and four-lane roads alike — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall width 15 ft 1 in to 16 ft — at least two escorts; on the Interstate, two at the rear — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall width 15 ft 1 in to 16 ft on a two-lane road — TWO FRONT and one REAR escort — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall width 16 ft 1 in and above — escorts "as required by permit"; WVDOH publishes no count — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall length 75 ft to 95 ft on a two-lane road — one REAR escort (a four-lane road requires none) — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall length 95 ft 1 in to 100 ft — at least one escort, whatever the road type (four-lane: at rear) — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall length 95 ft 1 in to 100 ft on a two-lane road — one FRONT and one REAR escort — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Overall length over 100 ft — one FRONT and one REAR escort, on two-lane and four-lane roads alike — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Front overhang exceeding 10 ft — one FRONT escort, on two-lane and four-lane roads alike — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Rear overhang exceeding 10 ft — one REAR escort, on two-lane and four-lane roads alike — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- Height exceeding 15 ft — a FRONT pole car, in addition to any other escort — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above." rev. · read
- On the West Virginia Turnpike (I-64/I-77): 12 ft wide or more, over 75 ft long, or over 10 ft of overhang — one pilot car — A DIFFERENT AGENCY from WVDOH. The Parkways Authority operates I-64/I-77 as the West Virginia Turnpike and publishes its own pilot-car rule, which 157 CSR 5 does not contain. UNDATED. undated document · read
- Mobile home up to and including 12 ft wide on a two-lane highway — one FRONT escort — The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretary of State. Source of the $20 base fee, the $0.04 ton-mile charge, the mobile-home escort ladder, the police-escort commodity trigger and the superload provisions. rev. · read
- Mobile home over 12 ft wide on an expressway or interstate — one REAR escort — The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretary of State. Source of the $20 base fee, the $0.04 ton-mile charge, the mobile-home escort ladder, the police-escort commodity trigger and the superload provisions. rev. · read
- Mobile home over 14 ft 6 in wide on a multi-lane highway with pavement at least 24 ft wide — one FRONT and two REAR escorts — The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretary of State. Source of the $20 base fee, the $0.04 ton-mile charge, the mobile-home escort ladder, the police-escort commodity trigger and the superload provisions. rev. · read
- Mobile home over 12 ft wide on all other highways — one FRONT and one REAR escort — The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretary of State. Source of the $20 base fee, the $0.04 ton-mile charge, the mobile-home escort ladder, the police-escort commodity trigger and the superload provisions. rev. · read
- Moving a house or similar oversized structure — police escort, arranged with the local law-enforcement agency, at WVDOH's determination — The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretary of State. Source of the $20 base fee, the $0.04 ton-mile charge, the mobile-home escort ladder, the police-escort commodity trigger and the superload provisions. rev. · read
4. West Virginia single-trip permit fees
| Charge | Amount |
|---|---|
| Single-trip base | $20rev. · read 157 CSR 5: "Special Permits for single trips will be issued at a basic fee of $20.00 covering any oversize dimension, overweight, or both types of permits. In addition to the basic fee, an overweight fee of $.04 per ton mile will be assessed." ONE BASE FEE COVERS OVERSIZE, OVERWEIGHT OR BOTH — the ton-mile charge is the only thing that stacks on it. Restated identically on WVDOT's permit-types page ("Cost: $20.00 base fee plus $0.04 per ton-mile for overweight loads"), which corroborates an otherwise undated web source against the promulgated rule. The annual products are not single-trip alternatives and are not applied: $200 oversize-only, $500 oversize and overweight, $200 for mobile homes up to 14 ft wide, and $150 for the first 15 seagoing-container permits plus $15 each thereafter. |
| Transaction / card | None publishedundated document · read AN AFFIRMATIVE ABSENCE. No statutory or administrative percentage surcharge is promulgated by WVDOH. The FAQ describes payment "using a major credit card or via a pre-established escrow account managed through Bentley Systems" and names no surcharge on either. A SEPARATE $20 CHARGE EXISTS AND IS NOT A TRANSACTION FEE: WVDOT "may, at our discretion, charge $20 for all superload applications that are not activated (resulting in permits) within 30 days of the analysis" — that is a penalty for abandoning a superload application, is discretionary, and never attaches to an issued permit. |
| Route analysis review | Not yet covered |
| Route with no bridges | Not yet covered |
5. How West Virginia prices overweight
Priced by the mile. 157 CSR 5: "an overweight fee of $.04 per ton mile will be assessed." Per mile, on the excess tonnage, with no bands and no flat alternative.
The distance charge, with its rounding
Rounding is not a detail here: the same rate over the same miles can differ by a whole increment depending on which pounds are rounded and in which direction, so the rule is printed with the source's own words rather than applied silently.
| Gross weight | Axles | Rate and rounding | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80,001 lb and up | any | $0.04 per mile for each 2,000 lb above 80,000 lba part increment is not charged |
The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretar…rev. · read |
6. West Virginia 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.
West Virginia is not in the seasonal-restriction registry, so we hold no posting window for it and are not inventing one.
7. West Virginia'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 | None published |
| Width | None published |
| Height | None published |
| Length | None published |
| Short axle spacing | Not yet covered |
8. Route survey and bridge review
The dimensions at which West Virginia 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
Charges exist and no schedule is published. West Virginia publishes neither half of the question. The TRIGGER is a commodity test plus agency discretion rather than a dimension: 157 CSR 5 § 6.4.k requires police escort of "houses or other similar oversized structures that could cause significant disruptions to the normal flow of traffic", with "The Division of Highways shall determine the need for a police escort based on the information provided in the permit application and knowledge of the roads or highways being traveled." The RATE does not exist in published form — the West Virginia State Police posts no hourly, mileage, minimum-hours or per diem schedule on its site or anywhere in the Code of State Rules, and carriers coordinate directly with the local detachment or the municipal agency with jurisdiction. 157 CSR 5 was read in full.
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".
10. When you can move it
Holiday, curfew and night-travel windows are not yet encoded for West Virginia. 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 (7)
Every document behind West Virginia7 sources
- 157 CSR 5 — WVDOH rules governing hauling permits — West Virginia Secretary of State, Code of State Rules — The promulgated rule, filed with the Secretary of State. Source of the $20 base fee, the $0.04 ton-mile charge, the mobile-home escort ladder, the police-escort commodity trigger and the superload provisions.
rev. · read - WEST VIRGINIA — Permit Information (Central Permit Office) — West Virginia Division of Highways, Central Permit Office — DATED ON ITS FACE "Revised 3-17-2023", and linked from the WVDOT hauling-permits page as "Updated 3/17/2023". Pages 5-6 carry the ESCORT REQUIREMENTS ladders for overwidth, overlength, overhang and overheight — the GENERAL-FREIGHT thresholds that 157 CSR 5 does not contain. It is DOH POLICY rather than a promulgated rule, and it binds downward only: "Districts and Parkway Authority may require additional escort or movement requirements, but never less than those listed above."
rev. · read - West Virginia State Police — West Virginia State Police — Checked for an escort tariff and found none. The patrol publishes no statewide hourly, mileage or per diem schedule for commercial oversize escorts on its site or in the Code of State Rules.
undated document · read - West Virginia Turnpike — Safety and assistance — West Virginia Parkways Authority — A DIFFERENT AGENCY from WVDOH. The Parkways Authority operates I-64/I-77 as the West Virginia Turnpike and publishes its own pilot-car rule, which 157 CSR 5 does not contain. UNDATED.
undated document · read - WVDOT — Frequently asked questions, hauling permits — West Virginia Department of Transportation — UNDATED. Carries the statement that WVDOH publishes no route-by-route weight or clearance lists because every application is analysed dynamically — which is why the bridge fee cannot be predicted.
undated document · read - WVDOT — Legal size and weight limits — West Virginia Department of Transportation — The per-route-class limit table. UNDATED — the page carries no publication or revision stamp. Every figure on it is corroborated below against W. Va. Code Chapter 17C, which is what makes it usable.
undated document · read - WVDOT — Permit types and fees — West Virginia Department of Transportation — Source of the bridge-monitoring schedule. UNDATED. Restates the $20 base fee and $0.04 ton-mile charge in the same words as 157 CSR 5, which corroborates both.
undated document · read
Questions
How much is an oversize permit in West Virginia?
The single-trip base is $20, before the dimension bands, the overweight component and the transaction charge. The base alone is rarely what is paid.
When does West Virginia require a pilot car?
The first width trigger is 10'6" or more, and it varies by road class — the figure shown is the lowest across classes.
What is a superload in West Virginia?
West Virginia publishes no gross-weight superload threshold in the documents on file — see the superload section, which shows the dimensional triggers it does publish.