• ​ OS​/​OW Application and Information​​​​
• WINNDOT cross-border permit ​Application and Information (Currently not available)​
• Contact a commercial permit service
• Mail​
• Drop-Box (Madison)

Permit information and requirements

• Determine if a permit is required​
  
• Single trip permit information
• Multiple trip permit information​
  
• Sign up for OSOW permit updates
• Implements of Husbandry (IoH) information​
• Hours of operation for permitted vehicles​
• Escort, lighting, flagging and signage requirements
• Trans 252 - Escort vehicles
• Wisconsin Statute Chapter 348 - Vehicles - size, weight and load law
• OSOW YouTube channel

Forms and applications

• Oversize-overweight forms and applications

Weight restriction program

• Weight restriction programs include​​ frozen road declaration, seasonal posted roads and class II roads

Seasonal weight exemptions​

• Frozen road exemption for unpeeled forest products, abrasives or salt
• Section 348.175 Wis. Stats.​
• Seasonal harvest exemption, section 348.17(5) Wis. Stats.​
• Seasonal manure exemption, section 348.17(6) Wis. Stats.

Emergency permits, declarations and exemptions

• No current declarations​

Bridge information for routing purposes

• Bridges with height clearances less than 16'-03"
• Bridge heights less than legal on Wisconsin highways
• Bridges with weight-postings on Wisconsin highways
• Emergency Vehicle Weight Posted Bridges on Wisconsin Interstate Highways and Within One Mile of Interstate Interchanges
• Highway Structures Information System​ (HSIS)

Motor carrier enforcement and truck safety

• Hours-of-service regulation (U.S. DOT website)
• Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)
• Motor carrier enforcement
• Safety and Weight Enforcement Facilities (SWEF)
• Wisconsin State Patrol home page
• Wisconsin State Patrol Permit Support Request​

Maps and publications​​

• Wisconsin Roundabout Map
• Official Wisconsin highway map
• Official state trunk highway system maps
• Winter road conditions
  
• Wisconsin Commercial Driver’s Manual
• Wisconsin long truck operators map
• Work zones and detour information
• Work zones all states (Federal Highway Administration)​

Related links:​

• ​ 511 Wisconsin Travel Information​
• ​Minnesota DOT oversize/overweight permits
  
• Motor carrier credentials
• Motor carriers and trucking

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