Central Services Division - Overweight/Overdimensional Permit Section
Suite 800 James K. Polk Bldg.
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone 615.741.1751
fax 615.741.8993
For Permits: 615.741.3821
To prescribe rules in the interest of public safety and preservation of highways, for the issuance and or renewal of special permits for the transportation of such oversize, overweight, or overlength articles or commodities as cannot be reasonably dismantled or conveniently transported otherwise, and for the operation of such superheavy or overweight vehicles, motor trucks, semi-trailers and trailers, whose gross weight, including load, weight, height or length, may exceed statutory limits, or which in other respects fail to comply with requirements of the Tennessee Code Annotated, as may be reasonably necessary for the transportation of such oversize, overweight or overlength articles or commodities as cannot be reasonably dismantled or conveniently transported otherwise.
Tennessee Department of Transportation, Overweight & Overdimensional Permits
Suite 300, James K. Polk Bldg., 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN 37243
615.741.3821 (Voice) 615.741.1159 (Fax)
Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday
Statement of Necessity Requiring Public Necessity Rules
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Vertical Clearances for the State of Tennessee
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Overweight and Overdimensional Movements on Tennessee Highways
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Tennessee Computerized Permit Issuance Services (CPI)
How To Obtain a Permit:
- It may be ordered by mail.
- It may be picked up in person.
- Ordered through permit transmittal services. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Additional Information That May Be Useful:
Tennessee Department of Safety
Commercial Vehicle Division
1148 Foster Avenue - Cooper Hall
Nashville, TN 37210
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday
The following telephone numbers may assist you in answering inquiries relating to commercial vehicle registration enforcement and auditing of the same.
| Commercial Vehicle Administration | 615.687.2326 Fax: 615.253.2278 |
| Commercial Vehicle Enforcement | 615.687.2326 |
| Audit – IRP and IFTA | 615.687.2281 615.687.2274 |
| International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) | Toll Free: 1.888.468.9025 Fax: 615.532.7015 |
| International Registration Plan (IRP) | 615.687.2274 Toll Free: 1.888.826.3151 Fax: 615.532.7015 |
| Overweight Assessments | 615.687.2289 Fax: 615.253.2287 |
| Single State Registration and Motor Carrier Authority |
615.387.2285 Fax: 615.253.2283 |
| Other telephone numbers of interest: | |
Tennessee Department of Safety
Tennessee Department of Revenue
Federal Government
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