Georgia OSOW Permit Guide
Quick summary
Ten-day validity. Daylight travel. Atlanta rush-hour restrictions.
Georgia permits require careful planning around travel times, I-285 restrictions, escort thresholds, signs, flags, lights, and superload review triggers.
Permit validity
Georgia oversize permits are valid for ten days.
Operating time
Travel is generally allowed from one-half hour after sunrise to one-half hour before sunset, seven days a week.
Atlanta restrictions
Inside and including I-285, permitted moves are restricted from 7:00–9:00 am and 4:00–6:00 pm Monday through Friday.
Superload review
Loads above routine permit limits must be submitted as Georgia superloads for additional review.
Operating rules
When permitted loads can travel in Georgia
Permit validity
Georgia oversize permits are valid for ten days. If a load requires continuous travel, that request should be made when the permit is ordered.
Standard travel window
Permitted loads may generally operate from one-half hour after sunrise until one-half hour before sunset, seven days a week. Loads at or below 125,000 lbs. with legal dimensions may be eligible for continuous travel when requested in advance.
Restricted travel
Georgia does not allow permit movement on major holidays. Atlanta-area movement inside and including I-285 is restricted during weekday rush hours from 7:00–9:00 am and 4:00–6:00 pm.
Planning note
Because city, holiday, escort, and daylight rules can affect dispatch, Georgia oversize permit planning should begin before a truck is committed to the route.
Georgia legal dimensions and weights
Length
75′ including overhang is legal with a 48′–53′ trailer; 60′ overall applies on some non-designated routes.
Width
8′-6″ is generally legal; 8′ may apply on some non-designated roads.
Height
13′-6″ is the standard legal height limit in Georgia.
Weight
80,000 lbs. gross is legal; single axle 20,340 lbs.; tandem 34,000 lbs.; tridem depends on spacing.
Routine permit limits
When a Georgia load becomes a superload
Routine dimensions
Length has no set routine maximum. Width is routinely permitted up to 15′-6″, and height is routinely permitted up to 16′.
Gross weight limits
Typical routine gross weights: 5 axles up to 100,000 lbs.; 6 axles up to 125,000 lbs.; 7 axles up to 148,000 lbs.; 8 axles up to 150,000 lbs.
Axle weight limits
Routine axle weights are commonly 23,000 lbs. single, 46,000 lbs. tandem, 60,000 lbs. tridem, and 92,000 lbs. quad.
Loads exceeding Georgia routine permit dimensions or weights must be applied for as Super Loads.
Georgia escort requirements
Length
Over 75′ may require one escort or approved rear amber lights. Over 100′ requires one escort. Over 125′ requires two escorts.
Width
Over 12′ up to 14′-8″ may require a rear escort or amber light on interstate routes, and two escorts or one escort plus amber light on two-lane roads. Over 14′-8″ up to 16′ generally requires two escorts on two-lane roads and one escort on limited-access or interstate routes. Over 16′ is reviewed case by case.
Height
Loads over 15′-6″ require one escort with a height pole. Flashing amber lights used in Georgia require a current Georgia light decal.
Signs, flags, lights, and load notes
Signs and flags
“Oversize Load” signs are required on all Georgia permit loads. Flags are required on all four corners and on oversize extremities.
Georgia Light Sticker
A current Georgia Light Sticker decal is required when using flashing amber beacon lights in Georgia.
Miscellaneous load notes
Poles, structural steel, and pipes may be legal up to but not over 75′. Blades over 12′ must be angled; blades up to 14′ wide may travel on the same vehicle when they belong to the equipment being hauled.
Atlantic Unity LLC helps carriers request Georgia oversize permits, overweight permits, superload permits, route support, escort coordination, and compliance guidance for permitted loads moving through Georgia.