State permission to exceed legal size or weight limits.
Federal limits sit at 80,000 lbs gross and standard dimensions, but every state sets its own permit process, fees, routes and travel restrictions above that.
Permits are per-state and often per-trip, which is why a heavy or wide load crossing four states is four separate approvals and four chances to get it wrong.
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