To apply for an Oversize/Overweight permit, click on the
SCDOT ARPS link to access the Automated Routing and Permitting System.
Minimum requirements to
use the SCDOT ARPS System:
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator
* Version of web browser must support 128-bit encryption. In the event of inclement weather during the winter months, the permit office will be closed per the Governors instruction for state offices in the Richland and Lexington County area. Please visit the SCDOT home page for road conditions in each county you may be traveling at www.scdot.org.
South Carolina shippers of containerized loads have found themselves at a competitive disadvantage with Georgia and North Carolina in the permitting of overweight container trucks. Georgia allows 100,000 lbs and North Carolina allows 94,500 lbs. South Carolina currently allows 90,000 lbs. SCDOT is aware of the commercial implications this creates for the trucking industry, however, SCDOT is also aware of the potential connection between increased truck weights and other highway-related issues.
Because of concerns about safety and damage to the state’s highways, SCDOT has developed a pilot program to test the effects of increasing permitted weights of containerized loads. This pilot program will run from January 1 through December 31, 2010, with an option to extend or revise it after analyzing the results. Participants in this pilot program will be limited to transporters of refrigerated containerized loads on routes designated by SCDOT.
If a special Oversize/Overweight restriction waiver is needed in the event of a national, statewide, regional or county emergency, the requesting governmental entity or utility should contact and work with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division at (803) 737-8500 to request the waiver.
If an Oversize/Overweight restriction waiver is currently in place, it can be viewed below or on the following websites:
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