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Wisconsin Oversize Permits and Travel Hours

Wisconsin Oversize Permits and Travel Hours

WisDOT OSOW single trip fees, the escort chart, the 12 ft / 13 ft 6 in / 150 ft hours split, the 2026 holiday list, metro curfews and frost zones

Quick answer

When can oversize loads travel in Wisconsin?

Once a load passes 12 ft of width, 13 ft 6 in of height or 150 ft of length, it moves only in daylight, not from noon Saturday to sunrise Sunday or 4 to 8 PM Sunday, and not on WisDOT's published holidays (Trans 254.11(3)). Smaller oversize loads have no hours limit except in Columbia, Dane, Milwaukee, Rock and Waukesha counties, and overweight-only loads may run 24 hours a day.

Updated October 2026 by the HTS Logistics broker team (FMCSA MC# 1178470).

Checked October 2026; the issued permit controls

Wisconsin publishes its own restricted-travel holiday list each year, one of several states in our oversize permits by state guide that do, and the 2026 list adds Easter weekend and both gun-deer-season weekends to New Year's, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, closing state highways from noon the day before to any load past 12 ft of width, 13 ft 6 in of height or 150 ft of length. WisDOT's Oversize-Overweight (OSOW) Permit Unit in Madison issues the permits under Wis. Stat. 348.25 to 348.29 and the Trans 250 to 276 rules.

HTS Logistics is a licensed broker (MC 1178470), not a carrier: for heavy haul into Wisconsin we book the carrier, order the WisDOT single trip permit and the separate local permits for county and town roads, and request State Patrol escorts when WisDOT's chart calls for them. Milwaukee and Madison set the tightest clocks, so a delivery there is planned around the expressway and Beltline curfews first.

When Wisconsin requires a permit and how to get one

Single trip permits are ordered online in WisDOT's system at wi.gotpermits.com, where most are automatically analyzed and approved (SP4075), by mail with a 10-day minimum turnaround, or through a commercial permit service, which may add its own fee. A single trip is valid 5 days for one trip on the named route, a return trip is free if requested on the original application, and permits can be requested up to 5 days ahead. WisDOT must grant or deny an application within 30 days of receiving it complete (Trans 250.025).

A WisDOT single trip permit covers State, U.S. and Interstate highways only (MV2605 condition 3), so each county, town, city or village leg needs a permit from that road's maintaining official, who may also issue one for state trunk highways inside its boundaries (Wis. Stat. 348.26(2)). Multiple trip permits of 3 to 12 months let the carrier route itself on any highway within the permit limits, but exceeding Class B weights still needs written local permission (Trans 255.12), and a single trip permit may not be combined with a multiple trip permit for the same move (Trans 254.06(5)).

Permit office

Issuing office
WisDOT Bureau of Highway Maintenance, Oversize-Overweight (OSOW) Permit Unit
Address
P.O. Box 7980, Madison, WI 53707-7980; overnight to 4822 Madison Yards Way, 3rd Floor South, Madison, WI 53705, with a 24-hour drop box at the Hill Farms building's south entrance
Phone
(608) 266-7320; fax (608) 264-7751
Roads covered
State, U.S. and Interstate highways for single trips; county, town, city and village roads need the local maintaining authority's permit

Fees

WisDOT single trip permit fees (Wis. Stat. 348.25(8)(a); Trans 250.03; MV2600)
PermitFee
Overlength only $15
Overwidth or overheight (may include overlength) $20
Overwidth and overheight $25
Overweight, including any oversize, up to 90,000 lb $20
Overweight, 90,001–100,000 lb $35
Overweight, 100,001–150,000 lb $45 to $85, rising $10 per 10,000 lb
Overweight above 150,000 lb $85 plus $10 per 10,000 lb or fraction
Single trip sealed load (CS) $30
Single trip within an annual permit's size or weight $5, plus $15 per 10,000 lb above the annual permit's gross
Special investigation and amendment fees (Trans 250.05, 250.06)
ChargeFee
Region review, single trip over 16 ft wide $10 per WisDOT region crossed
Bridge review, single trip over 150,000 lb $10 per employee-hour
Size or weight amendment The fee difference, at least $10
Extension of an unused single trip permit $10; free if the permit was issued for under 15 days and stays within 15
Towing unit change First change before use free, then $10 each

Investigation fees are charged whether or not a permit issues; MV2600 describes them as $10 per district route review and $10 per structure review.

Annual multiple trip permit fees (Wis. Stat. 348.25(8)(b); MV2614, 7/2026)
PermitAnnual fee
Length only $60
Width and/or height $90
Overweight up to 90,000 lb $200
Overweight up to 100,000 lb, then each added 10,000 lb $350, plus $100 per 10,000 lb up to $1,050 at 170,000 lb
Consecutive month permits One-twelfth of the annual fee per month plus $15, e.g. 3 months at $30 (length), $37.50 (width/height) or $65 (up to 90,000 lb)

Wisconsin has no superload or ton-mile fee. Local authorities charge their own issuance fees (348.25(8)(f)), and City of Milwaukee street permit fees could not be confirmed. State Patrol escort and inspection time, cancelled escorts included, is billed to the carrier at a rate WisDOT does not publish, and the online checkout adds a service fee whose amount is not stated.

Escort and pilot car rules in Wisconsin

WisDOT sets minimum escort counts in its 'Minimum Standards for Escort Vehicles' chart (dated July 9, 2018), which reads width against length, and the rule adds one trigger regardless of size: a properly equipped escort must accompany any load that crosses the centerline of a 2-way road, extends past the left edge of the right lane on a road with more than 2 lanes, or travels a highway named in the permit (Trans 254.15(3)). That rule overrides the chart's 'no escort' cells. Trans 252 sets no escort-driver certification; states that do are on our pilot car rules for each state page.

WisDOT minimum escorts by width and length (escort chart, 7/9/2018)
WidthUp to 110 ft longLonger loads
Up to 12 ft NoneNone to 140 ft; 1 private over 140 ft to 160 ft; 2 private over 160 ft to 200 ft; 2 private and 1 law enforcement over 200 ft
Over 12 ft to 15 ft None1 private over 110 ft to 160 ft; 2 private over 160 ft to 200 ft; 2 private and 1 law enforcement over 200 ft
Over 15 ft to 18 ft 1 private2 private over 110 ft to 200 ft; 2 private and 1 law enforcement over 200 ft
Over 18 ft to 20 ft 1 private and 1 law enforcement2 private and 1 law enforcement
Over 20 ft 2 private and 2 law enforcement2 private and 2 law enforcement

The chart applies to all permits except SM and MH mobile and modular homes, starts its length scale at 75 ft and lets WisDOT add escorts for route complexity, turns or traffic.

Other Wisconsin escort triggers
LoadEscort requirement
Over 16 ft high, at any width A pole vehicle, but the total of private escorts including the pole car stays at two or fewer (escort chart)
Gross weight over 350,000 lb 1 law enforcement escort (escort chart)
Over 16 ft wide, at any length One or more escorts by rule, no Interstate use without a special permit condition, and 35 mph on highways without paved shoulders (Trans 254.16(2), 254.12(1), 254.08(4))
Mobile or modular home, roof over 16 ft or box over 15 ft (SM) 1 escort behind on divided highways; 1 ahead and 1 behind on undivided highways, with radio contact among all units
Escort placement One escort on a 2-way undivided road leads by at least 300 ft and flags oncoming traffic at bridges, narrow points and sharp turns; on a divided highway it follows 300–500 ft behind; with two, one leads and one follows (Trans 252.04)

A Wisconsin escort is a Type 1 automobile or a single-unit truck of no more than 16,000 lb, driven by someone 18 or older with a license valid in Wisconsin. It carries a roof-mounted OVERSIZE LOAD sign whose visible face is 5 ft by 12 in or more, with 10 in letters and a 1.5 in stroke, and at least two amber warning lamps visible all around at 500 ft, flashing 30 to 120 times a minute and switched off when not escorting (Trans 252.05). A uniformed officer in a marked squad car may replace a private escort at the permittee's cost (Trans 252.03(2)).

Travel times, curfews and holidays

Wisconsin's hours turn on one size line: 12 ft wide, 13 ft 6 in high or 150 ft long. Below all three, an oversize load has no hours restriction in 67 counties unless its permit says otherwise; above any of them, it runs in daylight only, stops for the weekend at noon Saturday and follows WisDOT's published holiday list (Trans 254.11).

  • Larger loads: no travel during darkness in any county, from noon Saturday to sunrise Sunday, or 4–8 PM Sunday (Trans 254.11(3)). WisDOT's hours page and chart also bar them 4–8 PM on Fridays from the fourth Friday in May through Labor Day statewide, while the rule text reaches that Friday limit only in the five counties below; we plan to WisDOT's posted statewide version.
  • Five-county rule: in Columbia, Dane, Milwaukee, Rock and Waukesha counties, which take in Madison and Milwaukee, no oversize travel 4–8 PM on Sundays, on summer Fridays, on restricted holidays and on the day before each, except July 3 when it falls on a Saturday (Trans 254.11(2)).
  • Milwaukee County Expressway system: no oversize travel Monday–Thursday 6–9 AM and 3–6 PM, Friday 6–9 AM and 3–8 PM or Sunday 3–8 PM, and permits for loads over 14 ft wide, 14 ft 6 in high or 150 ft long are not valid on the system at all (Trans 254.11(4), 254.12(2)). Both rules exclude US-45 between West Florist Avenue and West Hampton Avenue (MV2605 labels it I-41) and I-94 from the Waukesha County line to 108th Street (WIS-100).
  • Madison Beltline: no single trip oversize travel on US-12/US-18 between Verona Road and Stoughton Road 6–9 AM or 3–6 PM, Monday–Friday (MV2605 condition 25).
  • Overweight only: legal-dimension loads may run 24 hours a day, weekends and restricted holidays included, unless the permit says otherwise (Trans 254.11(1)).
  • Weather: a permit is not valid when fog, smoke, heavy rain, snow, ice or wind impair the safety of the move (Trans 254.06(4)); WisDOT sets no numeric wind or visibility limit.
WisDOT 2026 restricted-travel holidays for loads past 12 ft wide, 13 ft 6 in high or 150 ft long (list dated Oct 30, 2025)
HolidayNo movement
New Year's 2026 Noon Tue Dec 30, 2025 to sunrise Fri Jan 2
Easter weekend (Apr 4–5) Noon Fri Apr 3 to sunrise Mon Apr 6
Memorial Day, May 25 Noon Fri May 22 to sunrise Tue May 26
July 4 (a Saturday in 2026) Noon Fri Jul 3 to sunrise Sun Jul 5, then the Sunday 4–8 PM rule
Labor Day, Sep 7 Noon Fri Sep 4 to sunrise Tue Sep 8
Gun deer season opening weekend (Nov 21–22) Noon Fri Nov 20 to sunrise Mon Nov 23
Thanksgiving, Nov 26 Noon Wednesday Nov 25 to sunrise Friday Nov 27
Gun deer season closing weekend (Nov 28–29) Noon Fri Nov 27 to sunrise Mon Nov 30
Christmas Eve and Day (Dec 24–25) Noon Wed Dec 23 to sunrise Sat Dec 26
New Year's Eve and Day (Dec 31–Jan 1, 2027) Noon Wed Dec 30, 2026 to sunrise Sat Jan 2, 2027

Dates as WisDOT published them, not computed; its list calls Dec 30, 2026 a Tuesday, but it is a Wednesday. Read together, the Thanksgiving and closing-weekend windows leave larger loads only sunrise to noon on Fri Nov 27 between Nov 25 and Nov 30. Smaller oversize loads face holiday limits only in the five counties, 4–8 PM on each restricted day and the day before, and MLK Day, Presidents Day, Juneteenth, Columbus Day and Veterans Day run on standard hours.

Wisconsin frozen-road and spring thaw limits by zone

WisDOT runs three seasonal programs on state highways across five frost zones, under Wis. Stat. 348.175 and 349.16: a winter frozen-road weight increase, Class II spring restrictions and seasonal posted roads. Roads are declared frozen at 18 in of frost and Class II starts at 6 in of thaw, with at least 24 hours' notice (Highway Maintenance Manual 06-05), while counties, towns, cities and villages run their own. How other states handle the thaw is on our frost laws by state page.

  • 2026 Class II dates: Zones 4 and 5 from Feb 20 to Apr 17, Zone 3 from Feb 20 to Apr 25, and Zones 1 and 2 from Mar 9 to 12:01 AM CDT Apr 30, 2026 (Class II history, updated Apr 28, 2026).
  • What Class II does to permits: about 1,400 miles (94 segments) of state highway are Class II. Non-divisible overweight single and multiple trip permits must stay off those segments, most divisible-load overweight multiple trip permits are suspended on all state highways, and WisDOT publishes no numeric single trip weight for Class II roads. Milwaukee County and the Interstates are not restricted, and no permit condition overrides a seasonal limit (Trans 254.06(2)).
  • Posted roads: about 170 miles (13 segments) too weak for even legal loads were signed at 6 tons per single axle, 10 tons per tandem and 24 tons gross from 12:01 AM Mar 9, 2026, on segments of WIS-52, 54, 55, 65, 107, 122, 131, 153, 169 and 173.
  • Winter frozen-road increase: once declared, legally registered trucks hauling forest products cut crosswise, or winter salt and abrasives, may run 98,000 lb gross and 23,000 lb per axle on state and US highways, not the Interstate except the I-39 and I-41 corridors. In 2025-26 it began Dec 14, 2025 in Zones 1–2, Dec 18 in Zone 3 and Feb 6, 2026 in Zones 4–5, and ended in every zone Feb 20, 2026.
  • Local roads and status: annual permits are not valid on local roads during spring thaw without a local single trip permit (HMM 06-05-10). WisDOT's recorded line is (608) 266-8417, and its seasonal page and map show the current zones; on Oct 17, 2026 no restriction was in effect.

What catches carriers in Wisconsin

Two signs from 10 ft wide

OVERSIZE LOAD signs are required once a load is more than 10 ft wide or overlength: at least 7 ft by 18 in, 10 in black letters with a 1.4 in stroke on yellow, one on the front of the power unit and one on the rear of the towed unit or load. The message may not show when the vehicle is not under permit, and the rules name no other wording. Overwidth loads add 18 in red or orange flags at each corner. Our sign, flag and light rules in each state page compares the specs.

Trans 254.10(3)–(4); MV2605 conditions 16–17

State Patrol escorts are booked by email

Email the State Patrol post where the escort starts (DeForest, Tomah, Waukesha, Fond du Lac, Wausau, Eau Claire or Spooner) at least 48 hours ahead with the WisDOT permit marked DRAFT and the Permit Support Request form, then phone to confirm with the duty sergeant. Faxes and phone-only requests are refused, the carrier supplies CB or two-way radios, and cancelled escort time is billed.

WSP Permit Support Request (updated Sept 18, 2025)

Insurance rises with size

The lower tier, $150,000/$450,000/$300,000 or a $750,000 combined single limit, covers a single trip that stays inside 12 ft of width, 13 ft 6 in of height, 100 ft of length and 25% over legal weight; past any of those, the minimum is $200,000/$600,000/$400,000 or $1,000,000 combined.

Trans 254.14(6)

Local bridges get their own review

Since a March 30, 2026 Bureau of Structures memo, local agencies issuing single trip overweight permits must evaluate and document every bridge with a span over 20 ft on the route under 23 CFR 650.313(k)(3), with Bureau help that can take up to 3 business days, so a county permit for a heavy load can take longer than the WisDOT one.

WisDOT BOS memo, Evaluation of Overweight Loads on Local Bridges (3/30/2026)

One extension or two

Trans 254.04(5) allows one extension of a single trip permit, while the newer MV2605 conditions (7/2024) say up to two. We ask for the extension before the permit lapses rather than count on the second one; requests are accepted until the third day after expiry.

Trans 254.04(4)–(5); MV2605 condition 2

Wisconsin's de facto superload steps and the toll question

Wisconsin has no superload definition, permit or fee in its statutes, Trans rules or WisDOT pages; very large moves run on the regular single trip (SS) permit, and the extra steps start at set sizes. WisDOT's 2016 Transportation Fund Solvency report maps Wisconsin with no toll facilities, though the Illinois Tollway across the state line needs its own permit.

Size steps that add review

Over 16 ft wide: escorts by rule, no Interstate without a special condition, the $10 region review per region and 35 mph on roads without paved shoulders. Over 150,000 lb: bridge review at $10 per employee-hour. Over 18 ft wide, 200 ft long or 350,000 lb: a law enforcement escort, rising to 2 troopers and 2 private escorts over 20 ft wide. Over 16 ft high: a pole vehicle.

Single trip axle and length caps

MV2600 caps single trip axle weights at 20,000 lb on the steering axle and 35,000 lb on any other axle, with further limits by route, and single vehicles at 50 ft (60 ft for mobile cranes). No more than 60% of gross may ride on the wheels of one side, and a single trip combination is limited to 2 vehicles, dollies allowed (Trans 254.05(8), 254.09).

Annual AA permit for equipment

The AA multiple trip permit covers equipment, machinery and self-propelled vehicles up to 150 ft long, 14 ft wide, 16 ft high and 170,000 lb, checked against bridge capacity lists A (130,000 lb and less), B (150,000 lb) and C (170,000 lb). The carrier does its own routing, must clear overhead structures by at least 3 in, and a strike voids the permit at once (Trans 251.02, 255.06(6)).

Schnabel and dolly loads

When the load itself becomes the trailer, WisDOT's diagram calls for amber flashing lamps on the front of the power unit, the rear of the trailer and at no more than 20 ft intervals along the load, steady amber and red corner lamps, OVERSIZE LOAD signs front and rear, and flags at the corners and every 20 ft, all visible at 500 ft at any time of day.

Route checks

WisDOT has no route survey form, but MV2605 condition 8 makes the permittee drive and evaluate the route, confirm the load clears every vertical and horizontal obstruction, report obstructions needing removal to WisDOT, tell law enforcement about expected moving violations and pay removal costs; overheight loads also notify the owners of overhead wires and cables in advance (Trans 254.15(2)).

Crossing into a neighboring state

  • South into Illinois: the Illinois Tollway needs its own permit after the IDOT one, and outside four listed segments, Cook County expressways close to anything past 12 ft of width, 13 ft 6 in of height or 120,000 lb, as our page on Illinois oversize and overweight permits explains.
  • West into Minnesota: a MnDOT single trip is $15, overweight trips add a per-mile damage fee for each over-legal axle group, and a load over 16 ft wide in the seven-county Twin Cities metro may move only midnight to 5 AM on weekdays; see MnDOT oversize permit rules for Minnesota.
  • North into Michigan's Upper Peninsula: MDOT single trips cost $15 or $50, and its 2026 spring restrictions (Feb 17 to May 15 on state trunklines) halted overweight permits and loads over 14 ft wide in the restricted area; Wisconsin's own MI border permit covers Michigan rigs within 11 air miles of the line. The rest is in our Michigan oversize permit rules.

Wisconsin oversize permit questions

What do WisDOT single trip permits cost?

A single trip is $15 for overlength only, $20 for overwidth or overheight and $25 for both (Wis. Stat. 348.25(8)(a)). Overweight trips start at $20 up to 90,000 lb and reach $85 at 150,000 lb, then add $10 per 10,000 lb. Loads over 16 ft wide pay $10 per WisDOT region for route review, and loads over 150,000 lb pay $10 per employee-hour of bridge review.

Can wide loads travel on weekends in Wisconsin?

Any load past the 12 ft wide, 13 ft 6 in high or 150 ft long line may not move from noon Saturday to sunrise Sunday or 4 to 8 PM Sunday, but may run in daylight on Sunday outside those hours (Trans 254.11(3)). Smaller oversize loads have no weekend ban except 4 to 8 PM Sundays in Columbia, Dane, Milwaukee, Rock and Waukesha counties. Overweight-only loads may run all weekend.

Which 2026 holidays restrict oversize loads in Wisconsin?

WisDOT's 2026 list covers New Year's, Easter weekend, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, the opening and closing weekends of gun deer season, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Day, and New Year's Eve and Day. Larger loads, those past 12 ft wide, 13 ft 6 in high or 150 ft long, stop at noon on the day before and stay parked until sunrise on the day after; for Easter that meant noon Fri Apr 3 to sunrise Mon Apr 6.

When does Wisconsin require an escort?

Under WisDOT's escort chart, one private escort over 15 ft wide, two over 15 ft wide when the load is over 110 ft long, and law enforcement escorts over 18 ft wide, 200 ft long or 350,000 lb. Loads up to 12 ft wide need none until 140 ft long. Regardless of size, a load that crosses the centerline of a 2-way road needs an escort under Trans 254.15(3).

When are Wisconsin's spring weight restrictions?

WisDOT sets Class II spring restrictions by frost zone once thaw reaches 6 in below the pavement. In 2026 they ran Feb 20 to Apr 17 in Zones 4 and 5, Feb 20 to Apr 25 in Zone 3 and Mar 9 to Apr 30 in Zones 1 and 2. Non-divisible overweight permits must avoid Class II segments, though the Interstates and Milwaukee County are not restricted.

Can oversize loads use the Milwaukee freeways?

Only outside the curfew and within size limits. The Milwaukee County Expressway system bars oversize travel Monday to Thursday 6 to 9 AM and 3 to 6 PM, Friday 6 to 9 AM and 3 to 8 PM, and Sunday 3 to 8 PM, and permits for loads over 14 ft wide, 14 ft 6 in high or 150 ft long are not valid on it at all (Trans 254.11(4), 254.12(2)).

Does Wisconsin issue superload permits?

No. Wisconsin has no superload definition, permit or fee; very large loads run on the regular single trip permit. Extra steps begin at set sizes: region review over 16 ft wide, bridge review over 150,000 lb, law enforcement escorts over 18 ft wide or 350,000 lb, and a pole vehicle over 16 ft high. WisDOT must decide a complete application within 30 days.

Sources

Facts on this page were checked in October 2026 against the sources below. Rules and rates change; we confirm current requirements on every move.

  1. eCFR 23 CFR Part 658: Truck Size and Weight (federal baseline)
  2. WisDOT Oversize-Overweight Permits general page (contacts, links, bridge lists)
  3. WisDOT: Determine if a permit is required (legal dimensions and weights)
  4. WisDOT: Single trip permit information
  5. WisDOT: Multiple trip permit information
  6. WisDOT: Hours of operation for permitted vehicles
  7. WisDOT: Escort, lighting, flagging and signage requirements
  8. WisDOT: OS/OW forms and applications
  9. WisDOT: How to apply (mail, drop box, permit services)
  10. WisDOT: OS/OW automated permit system page
  11. WisDOT online permit system login and bulletin (wi.gotpermits.com)
  12. WisDOT WINNDOT cross-border permit page
  13. WisDOT MV2600 Single Trip Permit Information and fees (6/2021)
  14. WisDOT MV2604 Single Trip Application (6/2021)
  15. WisDOT MV2605 Single Trip Permit General Conditions (7/2024)
  16. WisDOT MV2614 Multiple Trip Permit Information and fees (7/2026)
  17. WisDOT MV2740 Escort Highways (mobile homes)
  18. WisDOT SP4075 Maximum Weight Limitations Summary (7/2024)
  19. WisDOT Minimum Standards for Escort Vehicles chart (7/9/2018)
  20. WisDOT Single Trip Factory Built Home escort requirements (06/08/2016)
  21. Wisconsin State Patrol Permit Support Request (updated Sept 18, 2025)
  22. Wisconsin State Patrol HRCQ Support Request (rev. 9/29/2016)
  23. WisDOT 2026 Holiday Hours and Days of Operation for Oversize Vehicles (10/30/2025)
  24. WisDOT Hours and Days of Operation chart (10-31-2024)
  25. WisDOT Lighting and flagging requirements for loads with Schnabels and/or dollies
  26. WisDOT Bridges with clearances less than 16 ft 3 in
  27. WisDOT Implements of Husbandry page
  28. WisDOT Seasonal Harvest Exemption sheet (8/31/2021)
  29. WisDOT Seasonal Manure Exemption sheet (8/31/2021)
  30. WisDOT Truck routes page (long truck operators map)
  31. WisDOT Seasonal weight restrictions page
  32. WisDOT Class II roads page
  33. WisDOT Wisconsin Transportation Fund Solvency summary report (Dec 2016; tolling map)
  34. WisDOT Bureau of Structures memo: Evaluation of Overweight Loads on Local Bridges (3/30/2026)
  35. Wis. Stat. ch. 348 (Vehicles: size, weight and load), published 10-1-2026
  36. Wis. Stat. ch. 349, incl. 349.16 (special or seasonal weight limitations)
  37. 2025 Wis. Act 161 (FG grain, feed and fertilizer permit)
  38. Wis. Admin. Code ch. Trans 250 (permit fees and general provisions)
  39. Wis. Admin. Code ch. Trans 251 (multiple trip permit weights)
  40. Wis. Admin. Code ch. Trans 252 (escort vehicles)
  41. Wis. Admin. Code ch. Trans 253 (Michigan border permits)
  42. Wis. Admin. Code ch. Trans 254 (single trip permits)
  43. Wis. Admin. Code ch. Trans 255 (multiple trip permits)
  44. Wis. Admin. Code ch. Trans 276 (size and weight; long truck and 65-ft restricted routes)
  45. WisDOT Frozen road declaration page
  46. WisDOT Seasonal posted roads page
  47. WisDOT Frozen Road Declaration and weight chart (Dec 14, 2025 / Feb 6, 2026)
  48. WisDOT Frozen Roads Declaration History (updated 4/28/2026)
  49. WisDOT Class II Roadway Weight Restriction History (updated 4/28/2026)
  50. WisDOT Class II Highways 2026 list (updated 3/9/2026)
  51. WisDOT 2026 Springtime Posted Roads list (updated 3/5/2026)
  52. WisDOT decision process and zone descriptions (Jan 20, 2017)
  53. WisDOT Highway Maintenance Manual 06-05-05 Frozen Road Declaration (Oct 2022)
  54. WisDOT Highway Maintenance Manual 06-05-10 Class II Roads (Oct 2022)
  55. WisDOT Seasonal weight restrictions interactive map

Delivering an oversize load in Wisconsin?

Holiday weekends, the Milwaukee expressway hours and spring zones decide when a large load can roll, and local roads need their own permits. Tell us the size, weight and delivery address, and we will build the WisDOT and local permits and the escort plan around them.

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